"Elmo"
First grafted:
2023-03-02
2023-03-02
Johnson, according to Ken: "a large, smooth, green-skin avocado, not unlike Grande Negra. It has never taken damage [in Waterford]." Elmo is named after the guy who owned the tree he got it from.
Grafted onto:
All updates:
(photo taken March 4, 2025)
(March 3, 2025) Planting out -- Just size-testing the hole and I'll probably plant it later this week.
(November 6, 2024) Update -- It looks mostly dormant for winter, but maybe a hint of badly timed bud break.
(photo taken November 6, 2024)
(July 15, 2024) Update -- No fruit set, but looking nice in latest flush.
(April 24, 2024) Update -- The only tree grafted with this so far was moved back outdoors in February, and potted up to a larger pot this spring. It's back in the greenhouse to help with temperatures for pollination now that the flowers are getting close to opening.
(photo taken March 3, 2024)
(photo taken March 3, 2024)
(December 30, 2023) Greenhouse flush stage -- This is already starting bud swell for spring. It's been in the greenhouse since October.
(photo taken December 30, 2023)
(photo taken August 18, 2023)