A: We are glad your avocado is doing great. Anise is
one of our favorite varieties, with the wonderful smell of leaves and tasty
fruit.
Cold hardiness and flower quality
It is true that cold damage may affect avocado production, especially in
setting fruit. To improve the tree's cold hardiness, make sure to provide
balanced plant food, especially during the season of active growth. For our
avocado trees, we use Sunshine C-Cibus year-round.
If you prefer to use dry (granulated, slow-release) fertilizers, make
sure they contain micronutrients, or apply Sunshine Superfood microelement complex once a month.
To improve flower quality (including the ability to set fruit), we
recommend a special micronutrient supplement called Sunshine Honey. It contains Boron and Molybdenum - elements that are
responsible for setting fruit and for developing fruit (meaning not dropping at
the early stage of development).
Cross-pollination and crop
In general, every avocado tree is self-fertile, meaning it can produce
some fruit with its own pollen and doesn't necessarily require a second tree
for pollination. So even if you don't do anything, sooner or later your tree
will set fruit. However, it is also true that the amount of fruit and crop
reliability depends on pollination factors. One type of avocado classification
is by flowering and pollination behavior - type A or B.
When both types of trees are grown in proximity to each other, their
overlapping flowering patterns significantly enhance the chances of
cross-pollination. This can lead to improved fruit set and higher yield, making it
especially important for commercial production and, to a lesser extent, for home
growers.
Therefore, it's advisable to plant different varieties of avocado in
your garden - the more, the merrier! The greater the diversity of avocado trees
with overlapping flowering periods, the better your crop is likely to be. If
you're growing an avocado tree without other avocados nearby, it becomes
helpful to have more than one tree with different flowering patterns (A and B) to
increase yield in your garden.
Anise Avocado is type B. So to increase your crop, you may consider
planting type A variety from the list: Bernecker, Black Prince, Catalina, Choquette, Day,
Donnie,
Fantastic,
Florida Hass, Lila,
Loretta,
Lula,
Mexicola, Mexicola Grande, Red Russell,
Reed,
Russell,
Simmonds, Ulala
, Waldin
.
To learn more about avocado types, fruit characteristics, cold hardiness
and much more, refer to our Avocado Variety Guide - a page with very convenient interactive chart
allowing you to quickly sort types of avocado by requirements of your choice
(just click on column header to sort data). You may also buy a Book or download a PDF.
Photo above: 15 gal Avocado trees for local pick up. Delivery and installation
available!
