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Esther Avocado - Grafted and Semi Dwarf

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Esther Avocado (Persea americana)

Esther is a medium sized oval shaped fruit with a very attractive smooth shiny thin green skin. Easy to peel with a medium to large seed. Yellow-green flesh of a light flavour, smooth and silky. The skin remains green though darkens slightly when ripe. The fruit of `Esther` is quite distinctive from all other avocado cultivars. It is very thick and weights about 300g-500g. It has moderate to coarse roughness and some russeting. `Esther`, as in the case of most avocado cultivars, does not have distinctive foliage and cannot consistently be distinguished from `Hass` on the basis of leaf, flower, or limb traits. In tree form `Esther` is rounded and quite uniform in tree outline. Growth is vigorous, but only about two-thirds the size of `Hass`. 
Production is consistently heavy with exceptionally little alternation. 

Self Pollinator, Semi Dwarf. Plant is 2.5+ years. More advance plants are also available.

Delivery time April 2023

Plant Care

Light

Plant in a warm sheltered position.

Water

Plenty of water around summer, less during winter. Never let the soil dry out or the roots to soak in water

Soil

Well-draining, mulch well to keep moist all year around. Prefer to be planted on the mound. Can’t tolerate clayish soil. Add scoria at the bottom of planter/pot for good drainage and some blood and bone in the hole prior to planting

Fertilizer

Every 4 weeks from spring to autumn. Love seaweed juice. Mulch and use any kind of fertilizer. Nitrogen hungry.  Give chicken manure 3 times a year  

Wind

Keep away from strong wind. Young or small plants will require protection cover to establish well. Stake the plant /branch for support

Frost

Frost tender when young, provide shade or cloth cover during winter. An exception is the Mexicola variety which is very frost tolerant

Fruiting

1-2 years for grafted and cutting grown. 4+ years from seedlings. Planting both A and B type improves fruit set. Plant flowers like lavender close by to encourage bees around

Pruning

Every 1st April for vigorous growth the following season

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