Attempt to grow Outdoors Avocado Tree in Germany

[theadventurousallotmenteer]

Here in UK, I've had a Hass Avocado survive winters for the last 3 years, however.. they usually lose a portion of their leaves and the last 3 winters, we didn't even get below -2C.. so Im pretty sure that one is fresh, and the person has decided to take advantage of the waste seed germinating, probably with the attitude of "we will see what happens" - probably the best attitude to have.

[pavlovssheep]

there are full grown fruit producing avocado in London . could try planting avocado plant inside an evergreen bush / shrub . young avocado like protection from strong sun, the evergreen shrub should protect it while young, and protect base when it taller , as it grows bigger the avocado gets more cold hardy

[drewsample]

I had a pair of avocado trees show up in my compost this season. Having only had half a season to grow, they are almost the size of the tree you have here. I expect you are right, and it's a volunteer which they chose to cultivate.

[abelstropicalfruit]

I might have to put one of these outside to see if these make it here. There’s also a rare type called ‘Mexicola’ that can tolerate temps down to -6.

[kristofp]

I have 5 Avocados I intend to keep outside this winter. Bacon variety. I do intend to plant Mexicolas next years

[Drawingeasilyeasy]

Hi.
Have you managed to visit it again as it's been more than a year?
I'm very curious to know if or how it has survived winter.
Thanks.

[Peekcasso]

Mine seedling survived till end of January here in Eastern Austria. And it was a Haas, the are probably hardier varieties that could have maye it when bigger

[FruitingPlanet]

This looks like a normal 5-8month old Hass seedling i doubt it will survive at most one very mild winter. But someone should try and plant some "Mexicola" in that region, they tolerate at least -8 C° and you can order the plants from nurseries in spain. If "Mexicola" is still not hardy enough, "Del Rio" might be worth to experiment with they are for sure hard to aquire as you have to import the plants from the US and the fruit has less flesh than "Mexicola", however they will survive and set fruit in the mildest parts of germany with a 95% chance.

[XoroksComment]

I think it's a seedling of a normal Hass supermarket avocado that was grown in a pot for one/two years and then planted here this spring/summer. The plant is too large for one season of growth from a pit and it wouldn't look like this if it had been through the last winter outdoors, especially considering it's not a Mexican type. The most common variety in supermarkets, Hass, can barely take any frost at all. Bacon, which is also sometimes available, is slightly hardier, but it can still only take very light frosts (optimistically -3°C).

A lot of people grow avocados as houseplants. The seeds are so big and always left over, people are inclined to plant one sooner or later, and often they plant more than one and have some expandables left to risk outside.

Also, the compost is around the other planted fruit trees too, and only in a small cage around the plant, as mulch/fertilizer. It's not like the avocado plant is coming up randomly in a large compost pile.

Some Mexican type varieties are slowly becoming available in Europe/Germany. I know some sources if you want to try planting one in a protected spot 👍 It would be worth trialing in e.g. a protected courtyard in the inner parts of the city.

[gurkengamingpvz]

Unrelated question, but why did my mango only produce 2 leaves since 4 months and all the other ones just simply die before even being a little bit developed at all?

[alvin]

If you filled that netting with straw, the plant may survive winter

[jorgemartin]

Hello mate
the Mexican avocado withstands -8 degrees, it would still be a good option, I sent some fresh Mexican seeds to Germany from my house in the north of Spain, at the moment they are growing happily
I also sent some to Holland, which were exposed to -6 degrees and withstood it well and continue to grow

[lyonheart]

Personally I think everyone here is being a bit optimistic. Although the Mexican varieties do surely tolerate more cold for short spells, that's for well established trees with mature wood. I believe young ones will take almost as much cold damage as a 'normal' avocado seedling. A lot of us have had some surprisingly mild winters in recent years. Prior to these mild winters I've seen serious damage on smaller avocado trees surviving in London 😁

[rotesdiadem]

I have seen an avocado tree in Madrid this year which was not planted recently (it was a maybe 5yo tree with some "deformation" of the branches, perhaps from winter die back) and I guess it had to survive the January 2021 Madrid cold wave with about -9°C in one night. Of course I don't know the variety, but from what I have seen as avocado trees in different places in Spain, even a Hass variety (standard supermarket avocado) should survive -5°C at least for trees a couple years old.

[gardenofseeden]

Nice, I love to zone push! Zone 7a here but I dont think I could push zone 9 for avacado.

[PaulW]

I could imagine that the compost around is intended to give off heat during the wintertime to increase chance of survival.
Anyone has experience with this? Is a compost pile even active in wintertime, or are the bacteria at rest?

I've some puppy trees that have the same shaped red leaves, yet they have not grown from avocado seeds but from mangos. Maybe I'm missing something here cause mango leaves should be way more slender.

[pavlovssheep]

how similar are avocado and Asimina seedlings ?

[XoroksComment]

I have seen a similar sized plant die completely in early winter in Vienna.

[timc]

All the fruit, sounds like u got a face full of snot. U doin ok my man?