Mexicola Avocado There are many varieties of avocadoes available to purchase in the nurseries. Among them, Mexicola Avocado is a cold-ha...
Mexicola Avocado
There are many varieties of avocadoes available to purchase in the nurseries. Among them, Mexicola Avocado is a cold-hardy, vigorous variety that produces high-quality fruits. It can thrive well in cooler areas even where the temperatures fall about 20 F. After maturing, every individual tree produces about 30 pounds of yield (fruits). These species are native to Mexican highlands.
Weighing about
5 – 7 ounces, the fruits are medium to large in size. The ripened fruits have thin skins with purple-black color. The inner flesh has a nutty flavor and yellowish-green in color. The large seeds at the center are easy to remove while preparing the fruits.
USDA Hardiness Zones
Based on climate and temperatures, the USDA zones indicate the regions where certain kinds of plants can grow. In zones 8 – 11, Mexicola Avocado trees can thrive outdoors. This simply means, if you live in regions from South Carolina to Texas, you can grow these trees outside.
In Zones 4 – 11, these trees can be grown in containers outdoors. However, you have to get the containers indoors during cool winters.
Propagation
Mexicola Avocado trees can be propagated through seeds, seedlings, grafting, and layering.
Seed propagation
In this method, the fruits produced by the offspring may not be identical in quality to those produced by the parent. It may also take in excess of 6 years for fruiting. So, this method is not recommended.
Seedlings
This is one of the most successful and easiest methods.
After purchasing a seedling, remove it from the container carefully. Do not damage the roots. Dig a hole so as to accommodate the root ball. Plant the seedling in the hole and backfill the soil. Water the plant thoroughly.
Other Propagation Methods
Other methods include layering and grafting. These methods are also easy and have good successful rations.
Pollination
Mexicola Avocado trees are self-pollinating trees. The flowers of these trees distribute pollens through pollinators for pollination among themselves. To attract the pollinators, these trees produce flowers in excess of a million in the flowering periods. The sad part is, most of the flowers fall off without developing fruits.
The avocado flowers have both male and female parts in them. They open as females on the first day and males on the following day. They also open only for a few hours either in the morning or in the afternoon. This unusual behavior is known as ‘protogynous dichogamy’.
Depending on the behavior of the flowers, avocados trees are classified into type A or type B.
Mexicola Avocado, Gwen, Hass, etc., are type A trees. The flowers of these trees open as females in the morning of the first day and close in the afternoon. They remain closed in the morning of the second day and open as males in the afternoon.
Nabal, Shepard, Ettinger, etc., are type B trees. The flowers of these trees remain closed in the morning of the first day and open as females in the afternoon. They open as males in the morning of the second day and close their petals in the afternoon.
Interplanting type A trees with type B trees increases the effective yield.
The Mexicola Avocado trees develop fruits in about 3 – 4 years. You can harvest these fruits by September. The matured fruits have black or purple skins. They also will become soft. You can pluck these fruits with your hands or using poles. These delicious fruits have high oil content. They also have a mild nutty flavor.
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