On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:55:57 -1000, Maren Purves
<m.purves@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>smithfarms pure kona wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:17:37 -0700, "galadriel"
>> <galadriel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>Can you grow avocados, that are edible, inside?
>>>
>> Inside the house? I do not think so.
>It isn't the size of the tree that limits you - I have seen avocado
>trees bearing fruit that would very well fit inside a normal size
room.
>If you treat it like a bonsai you may be able to keep it small.
>The main problem I see is with pollination, as avocados are A and B
>types and need cross pollination (see e.g.
>http://bee.airoot.com/beeculture/book/index.html
)
>
>We have one avocado tree - and we sometimes get a few avocados.
>Hand pollination may solve that problem.
>
>Maren
Sorry to be late in responding. Maren, avocados love the Kona side of
the island. There are many wild ones, all bearing fruit. I even see
tourists, stop their cars and dash out and get one<g> from the road.
Some how our leeward microclimate is well suited for avocados.
If California did not have that powerful political action group Calavo
(I think that's the name), Kona would be happily cultivating and
sending many avocados to the US mainland. Calavo wants to keep out
our wonderful massive avocados so they can be sure their teeny little
Haas have a long term market. That PAC is very powerful.
with aloha,
Thunder
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