Mon 25 Jun 2007
TurboTiger asked me in the comment section of the last post how one tells whether an avocado tree is male or female. So I figured I’d ask my dad. Here is that conversation.
me: Dad, how do you tell if an avocado plant is male or female?
Dad: WHEN IT HAVE FLOWER THE MAIL FLOWER ONLY FLOWER BUT FEMAIL FLOWER HAD SMALL AVOCADO
me: if it has an avocado, then I don’t NEED to graft it, right?
why would I need to have a male/female pair if the female’s already going to make avocados?
Dad: MAIL FLOWER HAD POLLEN. ADN FEMAIL FLOWER HAVE TO HAVE POLLEN TO MAKE PISTILE HAVE AVOCADO
me: but you said if the tree is female, then she’ll already have an avocado.
Dad: SOME TREE HAVE BOTH FLOWER IN SAME TREE
me: okay, now I’m confused.
so I don’t need a 2nd tree?
Dad: MOST OF THE TREE HAD BOTH FLOWER IN ONE TREE. NOT AVOCADO.
AVOCADO HAVE TO HAVE TWO TREE.
me: okay, so for an avocado tree, if the female already has an avocado with the flower, then why do I need a male avocado tree?
Dad: TO HAVE POLLEN TO MAKE YOUR BABY AVOCADO GROW.
WITHOUT POLLEN AVOCADO WL NEVER GROW
me: oh, so the female will have the baby avocado, but it won’t grow to be a big avocado unless the male tree pollinates the baby avocado?
Dad: YES,
me: oh. Thansk!
Thanks
When will it flower? Is it seasonal?
Dad: THAT IS WHY YOU NEED BOTH TREE
EVERY SPRINT
me: but if it’s in my courtroom, then it doesn’t KNOW it’s spring.
🙁
Dad: IF THE TREE OLD AS 2-3 YEARS
YOUR RIGHT. BETTER ON GROUND.
THINK ABOUT IT THE POT ONLY HAVE LITTLE SPACE NOT GOOD FOR TREE TO GROW
me: but I have no ground to put it in.
unless you and mom want some avocados.
Dad: IT IS A BIG TREE. WE DON’T KNOW IF WE HAVE SPACE FOR IT.
me: then what’ll I do?!
Dad: JUST ENJION THE TREE IN THE POT, AND NOT HOPE IT WL HAVE AVOCADO TO EAT.
me: what?! then what’s the point of having an avocado tree? I wanna eat avocados!
Dad: IF YOU MAY MAKE IT ALIVE THAT IS GOOD
me: can I eat the baby unpollinated avocados?
Dad: NO.
THAT IS WAY TO SMALL TO EAT.
me: rice is small.
Dad: RICE IS ALWAYS LIKE THAT SMALL.
me: okay, fine.
Did anyone reading this understand that conversation? Haha. BTW, see TurboTiger’s researched information in his comment on the previous post. His research said that there are indeed two “genders” of avocado trees, but instead of being a full male and a full female, one tree is male in the mornings and female in the afternoons, and the other one is female in the mornings and male in the afternoons. Can we say, “Ranma 1/2“? (Okay, who got that?) His research also showed that avocados start flowering in 5+ years (not 2-3), and that the tree needs to first be a height of like 15 feet to trigger it to flower. *looking at tree* *taking out ruler* My little avocado tree is 32 inches above the dirt right now. That’s just short of 3 feet. *sigh* Also, the avocado seed first went into the cup of water on March 22, 2006 and I think the first real growth appeared on it on April 6, 2006, so that’d make our boy…1 year and 3 months old. *looking at tree* *sigh*
I understood every bit of that!
I understood, too! I think it’s because my Mom writes like that, as well! Tee hee! So in about 2 years and 9 months let us know how it flowers and if it’s a male or female plant.
I understood, too! I think it’s because my Mom writes like that, as well! Tee hee! So in about 2 years and 9 months let us know how it flowers what gender it is.
Jordan – that’s cuz you’re my sista.
Vanessa – I know. Immigrant parents are fun.
haha, for some reason when I read that, a thick chinese accent pops into my head. Then I remember the Russell Peters bit on the chinese shop keeper.
I’ve never heard of that bit. But it probably sounds a lot like my dad. Haha.
Here’s Russel Peters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppepTPOiHp8&mode=related&search=
Be a man!
After watching that, I realized I’d seen it before. The guy’s hilarious! And his Chinese accent is dead-on, EXCEPT that he did the Cantonese accent, and my dad doesn’t have a Cantonese accent as we don’t speak Cantonese.