Just had to show off my Avocado Tree

[Gary B]

According to my neighbour who was actually born in my house and grew up there, this tree is the better part of 50 years old. It is simply HUGE. The fruit that comes off it are once again, HUGE, I have size 11.5 feet by the way and those on the floor that fell, are small.

A few things that I've noticed about this tree are as follows:

1) The tree next to it bears Avocados as well, but most of the time no larger than a tennis ball and they never really ripen properly.

2) It tends to skip a season, one year you'll have some small avocado's nothing big and not a lot, but the next year the tree is full of them.

3) In the 7 years that I've been there, on a good season, I've seen on average about 1-2 THOUSAND come off it.

Some pictures.

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[img]https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m29/flatfourfan/The%20House/avotree005.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m29/flatfourfan/The%20House/avotree002.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m29/flatfourfan/The%20House/avotree004.jpg[/img]

And the best fact of all, no-one in our family eats them......

[webmaster]

No one eats avocados?!

Try this. Slice one open lengthwise through the middle and remove one of the halves, and scoop the pit out from the center. Remove the skin from the fruit. Then slice lengthwise into manageable slices. Before you eat them sprinkle some salt on them. They're a great snack and very healthy for you. Something about the salt brings out the flavor, like sugar does on grapefruit.

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks for sharing those lovely photos.

[Gary B]

No one eats avocados?!

Try this. Slice one open lengthwise through the middle and remove one of the halves, and scoop the pit out from the center. Remove the skin from the fruit. Then slice lengthwise into manageable slices. Before you eat them sprinkle some salt on them. They're a great snack and very healthy for you. Something about the salt brings out the flavor, like sugar does on grapefruit.

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks for sharing those lovely photos.

We've tried that as well as spread out on toast with some lemon and black pepper, but I just don't like the taste/ texture at all.

The dogs seem to like them and when one falls, they all go nuts.

Thanks for the welcome.

[opabinia51]

You know, I don't like the texture either but, I love them in Guacamole with roasted garlic and Lime (as apposed to lemon). I have it with tortilla chips or just crackers, it's also good on sandwiches and on toast....

Also, I have discovered that if you take a few thin slices of ripe Avacadoe and lay them into an omelette with some cheese, fantastic!

And this is coming from a person who doesn't really like Avacadoes

Anyway, another thought would be to donate boxes of them to your local food bank. Avacadoes are loaded with nutrients and I believe that have Omega three Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (the good fats).

[Newt]

If I could swim that far I'd be there for avocado salad!!

Newt

[Gary B]

Anyway, another thought would be to donate boxes of them to your local food bank. Avacadoes are loaded with nutrients and I believe that have Omega three Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (the good fats).

I've actually been doing a few things with the Avo's. When in season, I pick a tonne and put them in bags, we have a lot of elderly people in our area and I give each house hold a bag as a gift, the rest that are picked are sold and the proceeds go towards my monthly charity, we donated a lot to a local foodbank a few years ago, but mismanagement is the name of the game in South Africa and most of the 2000 odd that were picked weren't distributed in time and went manky. So I rather just deposit the cash into a charity and then they can decide what they would like to spend it on.