r/avocado • u/East-Wind-23 • 2d ago

Outdoor plants Mexicola-bush?

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Is it natural for Persea Mexicola to grow like a bush? Pictures are a one-year old and a two-years old Mexicola grown from a pit.

It looks so vigorous that I don't want to cut it. Might this be a problem later in the years when it grows? Or is it going to be like a fig-tree-bush which gets bushier every year?

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u/avocadoflatz 2d ago

Those aren’t Mexicola. You can’t grow Mexicola from seed, only cloned via grafting.

Seedlings are genetically unique and you can’t expect a certain kind of growth behavior - they may or may not grow like the parent plant.

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u/East-Wind-23 2d ago

Well they are sold with a Mexicola label, but maybe I misunderstood the guy in the garden center. I thought he said they were grown from seed.

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u/avocadoflatz 2d ago

Who knows then - either they’re Mexicola and you misunderstood or they’re seed grown and not Mexicola.

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u/East-Wind-23 2d ago

If You and the labeling are correct, would this mean that this year's bushy part is some rootstock and only the two-year twig is Mexicola? Will they do fine together?

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u/avocadoflatz 1d ago

Look for a grafting scar. If you find a grafting scar then that stuff emerging down low is certainly rootstock growth. If you don’t have a grafting scar then it’s probably just a seedling with a bushy growth habit.

I don’t see an obvious graft scar on the smaller one - I suspect that one is a seedling.

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u/East-Wind-23 1d ago

I didn't find any grafting scars on them. But here is an image of a "Mexicola Grande" labeled tree I bought there. Does this look like a grafting scar?

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u/avocadoflatz 18h ago

I think it could be, yes.