The Mexicola Grande Avocado Tree growing in Northern California

John shares his experience growing one of the most frost tolerant avocado varieites in Northern California. The Mexicola avocado is a black thin-skinned avocado. The skin is edible when ripe and the fruits, while on the small side are delicious.

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Education

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• avocado
• frost
• tolerant
• mexicola
• grande
• edible
• skin
• rare
• fruit
• mexican
• variety

[tabosky]

Hi. You need to prune that tree back (cut the main leader) to promote more lateral branching and a bush-like structure. This serves multiple purposes, 1-it protects the bark from sunburn in the summer, 2-it protects the bark from frost bite (due to wind) in winter. Also the more branches you have the more production you get. You may also need a B flower Avocado tree next to it in order for polination to take place. Mexicolas are A flowers.

[growingyourgreens]

Thanks for the tips. When is the best time to prune this avocado?

[gothichild123]

@italiangrl202

I'm in southern CA and found mine at Home Depot last spring. Good luck.

[italiangrl202]

i was first introduced to avacado's with these types of avacado's in Inglewood, CA. I been looking for them for decades! Thought i had been dreaming. NOW, i am trying to find where to buy one in Ventura County...Any ideas? italiangrl202@yahoo.com

[dhenion1]

Avocado Pitts and Leaves are poisonous! Watch out.

[inremembranceofruth]

In forthrightness, per some comments here - I cannot understand the choice to use latex paint (synthetic chemical-based?) on a/the tree. While there may be the sunburn protection benefit, what of the overall detrimental effects (air, water, and soil)? It seems to me that part of such endeavors is to strive to forego (find alternatives) to synthetic chemical use of all kinds - including plastic items.

[ImperialShark78]

I got a mexicola grande at home depot. I'm in Houston, TX (Zone 9a). It is about 6 feet tall right now. I planted it early June 2011. I do see new growth on several of it's branches. But some of the original leafs have seem to turn brown last month. We are experiencing multiple days of 100F - 104F afternoons. I white washed the trunk with 50-50 water-white latex paint. I do not over water it. Would this be normal? Do I need to water more frequently? I haven't added mulch.

[latinourbano]

thats a nice avocado tree

[gary77777778888888]

(Avocado A and B trees.mov) is a video and its very helpfull in leting you know how to polinate your avocoto tree and it explaines the avocoto tree has botth mail and feamale parts but you may need a nother speasys of tree to help polinate it if its to worm but any how the video explaines it and i saw your video so i thawt id let you know but it could very well be why you havent produced any avocotos.

[yourface260]

wat about in north carolina

[TheLife1996]

Lawl!!! I,ve got my avocado tree indoors (we've bad winters in romania) and it's 2 years old...And it's just 40 cm tall. Yours is 3 and it's enormous. Bad climate...