Avacado tree

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  1. Payi

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    Can an avocado tree be grown and bear fruit in the Okanagan Similkameen area of BC?
     
  2. Eric La Fountaine

    Eric La Fountaine Contributor Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Not likely if planted in the ground. The most cold hardy variety, 'Mexicola Grande' is hardy to about 18ยบ F (zone 8b). Maybe it could be grown in a pot and overwintered indoors. Whether on not it would make fruit is hard to say.

    http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/avocado.html
     
  3. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Zone 8 gets below 18F rather often. This past winter, for instance.
     
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    LPN Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    I had several "Hass" avacado plants in my cold frame over winter. They where about 4 feet tall and suffered tip and 50% leaf damage (-3 celcius / 29f). They appear to be ready to push new growth but only to have the same or worse happen next winter. I'm eyeing up my compost pile as I type.

    Cheers, LPN.
     
  5. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    If a popular food plant like this was "do-able" up here it would be common, as are genuinely hardy orchard fruits like apple trees.
     
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    LPN Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Congradulations Ron B on 5,000 posts!

    Cheers, LPN. (Barrie)
     
  7. Carol Ja

    Carol Ja Active Member 10 Years

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    Hey LPN, if your thinking of tossing one of those avocado.....I'd take one from you. I have a big green house I can put it in....nudge, nudge, wink, wink. I'd be willing to make the trip to your place to get it also.
     
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    LPN Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Carol, you're on for that Avacado plant. I looked them over today and one in particular looks quite good. The other two are holding up and all signs point to new growth coming. I'll set one aside for you and it's yours however we arrange to connect.

    Cheers, LPN. (Barrie)
     
  9. Carol Ja

    Carol Ja Active Member 10 Years

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    Kisses babe...thank-you
     
  10. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    >Congradulations Ron B on 5,000 posts!<

    Thanks. Guess nobody has figured out how to shut me up yet.
     
    Last edited: Mar 25, 2007
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    Carol Ja Active Member 10 Years

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    LOL....Ron...Ha ha
     

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