Harvesting “Lula” avocados (Persea Americana “Lula”), also referred to as alligator pear avocados, is complicated by the fact that you can’t harvest all of “Lulas” on a tree at once. They do not produce flowers in precisely the same time, therefore the ripening of the avocados is staggered. Some avocados will be fully mature while some are still growing. Flowering usually occurs during the months of March through May. While “Lula” avocados will expand at U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9a during 10b, their crop dates vary from different components of the growing range.
Staggered Lula Harvesting
“Lula” avocados will not ripen while they are still on the tree. Should you leave mature avocados on the tree which are prepared to ripen, they’ll finally fall and be bruised or split when they hit the ground. Because they won’t ripen on the tree, then you need to gauge the most mature avocados in their size and choose them so it’s possible to ripen them off the tree. When the first mature “Lulas” drop, there will still be immature, creating avocados staying around the tree.
Ripening Harvested Lulas
You will want to monitor the avocados on your own tree to observe when the first avocados are ready to harvest. At the beginning of the harvesting season, the biggest “Lula” avocados will generally be the most mature. A ripe “Lula” will be green and weigh from 14 to 24 ounces. When you believe some of the avocados on your own tree are ready for harvest, then pick one and put it on the top of your kitchen counter. It will ripen best at temperatures between 60 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit and ought to ripen in three to eight days. If it becomes rubbery and shrivels and its own stem starts to decay, then it is still immature. Pick another avocado and then observe it if will ripen on your kitchen counter.
Harvest Time by Calendar
There’s no 1 calendar date which will say when older “Lulas” are prepared to crop because their maturation is dependent on variations of climate in which they are grown. Purdue University lists a crop date of mid-November and December. The University of Florida gives a normal maturity date of October 15 to February 15 for this particular nation, while they start to mature in October from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, based on Texas A&M.; The most dominant avocado kind in California is the “Hass” variety.
Tree Maturity and Harvest Time
Should you plant a “Lula” avocado seed, you might wonder how long it will take before it yields avocadoes prepared to harvest. The wait is long, from eight to 10 decades. Should you plant a seedling grafted with a budded scion, it is possible to harvest avocadoes in 2 to three decades.