The tree is upright and compact. I just saw several Lamb Hass at Parkview Nursery in Riverside (they were at the one on Jackson). What signs do you look for to determine if you’re over or under watering your Lamb? It is considered a hybrid of Hass avocado and differs from it because it is more resistant to wind and high temperatures. Avocados don’t ripen while hanging on the tree. With Hass, you can prune in the late winter and use/market all of the fruit you prune off as it is mature then; however, with Lamb — since it is harvested later, in summer — no matter when you prune you are cutting off some fruit that is immature and a total loss. We’d like to graft it to grow our own avocados. If you get the chance, send a couple photos of the tree and fruit my way. Is your market carrying green dragon Summarizing the harvest season for Lamb, it starts around May in southern Southern California and starts a couple months later up near San Luis Obispo. Aloha, Valeri. And I’ve read that experiences with Pinkerton in Israel are similar. The 2″ mulch is acceptable; it’s just that the coarser stuff is better in a couple ways. It fruited in about 4 years. During cold winter nights, my Hass has always experienced a bit more damage than my Lamb. Add chips to the top of the soil and let them slowly rot. I’m thinking perhaps that might be a reasonable course for us? When we returned, we discovered that our drip system had failed at some point, and our tree looked awful. In an older trial in San Diego County where the trees were planted at high density and pruned to eight feet tall each year, Hass also outproduced Lamb. Ever since, when ever the temperature reach 97 F, I would go out before noon to spray the tree and the surrounding mulch with lot of water. Versandformat: Kiste mit 4 kg Avocados der Sorte Lamb Hass. Then I would prune it to keep it to the size allocated in my yard. I like the harvest time of the lamb, so in short you have sold me on the lamb. In hot parts of California (the San Joaquin Valley), it can perform acceptably except that the fruit doesn’t grow as big as in milder areas. **Please note: our avocados will deliver to you green, not ripe. I was wondering if you have to deal with Anthracnose Fungus there, being what I suspect is a generally drier climate than I have here? History of the Hass. Lamb Hass Avocado. I’ve been watering every third day during the current hot weather with about 20 gallons per tree. It was great for retaining moisture and resulted in all kinds of fungus killing the root system. Only time will tell whether the venture is foolish. Hass. I sympathize. Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment. You might like to check out this post: “Avocado varieties for year-round harvest.”. The best type of avocado to plant in CA are Hass avocados. It looks like Ricardo’s Nursery buys trees grown by La Verne Nursery (grower of avocados, among other kinds). Thanks! Not for your sake, but for your avocados, I hope that there’s some humidity during those days of 44 degrees C and above! I’ve also noticed that those inside branches with fruit on them do tend to lose their leaves after a while. Thanks for your very detailed and personal experience Greg, it’s very helpful, may God Bless you. (See a summary of the trial results here.). The flesh is a pale green colour with a creamier consistency than the more common Hass and it has a slightly nutty and creamy taste. Halls is one of the world's leading producers and marketers of avocados. Die Sorte Lamb Hass … The high yielding tree stays upright and produces good quality of fruit. The lh was put in back in 2015 and along with my other avocados hasn’t really seemed to grow like other types of trees I’ve planted. For more on Hass versus Lamb, you should check out my post: “What’s the best kind of avocado to grow?” I would go with Hass unless the space in your yard is very narrow, less than about 12 feet. As for avocados in particular, they do grow well in sandy soil. The fruit matures later and the tree grows more upright and compact than Hass. Lamb Hass. In your situation, a precocious and productive variety is best. Wait, didn’t I plant both a Lamb and Reed? But please let us know if that’s not the case. The Hass avocado is a large-sized fruit weighing 200 to 300 grams.When ripe, the skin becomes a dark purplish-black and yields to gentle pressure. This post is great. I think it might be a watering issue. The Hass avocado is a cultivar of avocado with dark green–colored, bumpy skin. The Hass avocado, a Guatemalan race with pebbled black skin, is the main planted variety today. I’ve been watching Gary Matsuoka of Laguna Hills nursery on planting avocado, subtropical and tropical fruit tree. Could be that the tree doesn’t like the new soil medium. I have clay soil I mean “real clay” super sticky when wet and really hard when dry. There is plenty of avocado to eat in there. Yet, similar to varieties such as Reed or Holiday, it must be left on the tree long after it is up to size in order for the flavor to develop. Cold-Hardy to: Sensitive below 30°F. are mostly of Guatemalan descent, as they are considered a hybrid of hass avocado lineage. Not sure if I want to let them hold any fruit though. Compare that to some less productive varieties that only set 50 avocados in the first place. With a single Hass tree you can have good avocados at hand for at least seven months out of every year. The tree was only 4 feet tall when it held on to a full sized fruit even through some whipping Santa Ana winds a few months ago. A few examples that I know of: In my own yard, my one Hass outproduces my one Lamb, both of which were planted at the same time on the same rootstock. Lamb Hass Avocado Variety Entomology Water Issues PANEL ON THE LAMB HASS AVOCADO VARIETY Dave Pommer: It is indeed my pleasure to moderate this panel discussion of the Lamb Hass variety. I’ve heard other people who are very experienced with avocado varieties say Lamb is “good,” “great,” “a really wonderful fruit,” and “equal to Hass.” I personally rate it slightly below Hass though. It ripens between April and November and has a nutty taste. When I cut one open, it seemed like there was lots of moisture in it. Next chance, add some of the coarser stuff. If I prune off too many of those lower branches – any branches that are in the bottom 12″, might that cause next summer’s heat in SoCal to put too much heat on the shallow roots? I wouldn’t plant Lamb as my one and only avocado tree. I have one that is only eight feet tall and six feet wide, but still carrying about 30 avocados. Back To Avocados. Lamb also has naturally drooping branches as you described. In the extreme heat of July 2018, when my yard peaked at 117 degrees, my Hass lost all of its fruit while my Lamb retained much of its crop. Lamb Hass A product of the University of California’s avocado breeding program during the mid-‘90s, Lamb Hass is popular due to its large size and high yield. Tree Growth: This cross is a medium-sized upright and compact tree. Based on something I read on your blog, should we have opted for another type and size/maturity of avocado plant–something that will bear fruit much more rapidly? Don’t even think about what anyone says about the ultimate size a variety might attain. Hass, Lamb Hass, Sir Price and Reed Avocado cultivars, all in the same tree. ADDRESS. I’m so glad you didn’t throw away that Lamb fruit too! Our Holiday grew beautifully for a number of years and finally matured and produced 2 gigantic fruit –over 1 lb each–and they were delicious. There forms a sort of cave inside the Lamb tree where many fruit are but few leaves. I’ve got about a 6 year old Lamb – went in as 5 gal and fruited the following year. These exceptional conditions supply us with an abundance of mouthwatering, velvety, creamy avocados. One has a 40′ canopy and another with a 10′ canopy. But I make no hard conclusions based on my single trees in a single location. It’s actually illegal for them to sell it because of a recent law which says that fruit that has touched the ground cannot be sold. I have 1 acre for planting. report. I wasn’t sure if it was redundant or superficial or what. We have a 4ft. Both trees had similarly sized fruit and were irrigated the same. If you leave them until August or so, they should be prime. Anything deeper than 3ft is full of broken slabs and rocks. What I’m wondering… (See my posts “Can I grow an avocado tree in a small yard?” and “What is the best kind of avocado to grow?”). I have just purchased a 1 year old Lamb Hass tree to plant in my garden in a raised garden bed (like my other trees). The Lamb Hass avocado is a cross between a Hass and Gwen avocado. Could be that roots were damaged in the transplant. Bringing you the right avocado at the right time. It is a very clean looking fruit. Yes, but I have space and, OK I’ll admit it, a bit of an avocado problem. Auf unserer Plantage Finca Los Pepones bauen wir zwei Sorten von Avocados an: Hass und Lamb Hass. Well put together. I’d love to see them. Sir Prize – Another variant of the Hass, this ripens earlier, in winter. by Greg Alder | Mar 8, 2019 | Avocados | 72 comments. If you haven’t seen it, you might enjoy reading my post on avocados and heat, “Protecting avocados from heat.”, Thank you for the profile on Lamb. My Lamb has fruited well without a B-type anywhere nearby (as has my Hass), and this “self-fruitful” bearing habit has also been observed by many others. I don’t know for sure, but I don’t see why not. I’m in inland San Diego County, and my Lamb fruits have tasted good as early as May. If you prune in the winter or early spring, you sacrifice immature fruit. Here’s why and what to do.”). Right now I’ve got a tiny sir prize, a bushy but small edranol, a leafless Charlie Brown Christmas tree nabal, and a 5 foot tall lamb hass. share. I am in Bakersfield looking to buy a Lamb. I’m guessing your Lambs will easily hang until the end of the year and still not taste overmature. It has rough, medium-thick black skin, like the Hass Avocado, but unlike the Hass, whose skin changes from green to black as the avocado matures, the Lamb Hass's skin starts off black and stays black. Shop Etsy, the place to express your creativity through the buying and selling of handmade and vintage goods. They taste great and lots of oil. This cultivated variety is larger than traditional Hass avocados, growing between 11.75 and 18.75 ounces when fully mature. They grow and mature on the tree, but they only ripen (soften) after being picked, after their stem is severed. No matter when you prune, you sacrifice fruit. The exposure period of 44-45 degree C, is about a week usually for 3-4 hours per day during that week. save. Much more useful is an ongoing study in Ventura County, California where numerous varieties are being grown on numerous rootstocks. The skin of avocado fruits of `Lamb/Hass` becomes deeper green as the fruits develop, and are a spinach green, 000960 at maturity, close to the color of a mature `Hass` leaf. Lamb trees will spread wider than ten feet, but they can be kept to within ten feet easily through yearly pruning. Hi Greg, I noticed there were A LOT of comments so decided to go straight to my question. We’ve got all the rain we could ask for, and the summer just can’t be as nasty as last summer (right?!). The original name for the avocado was “Ahuacatl”, which refers to a certain part of the male anatomy that the shape of avocados happens to resemble since they tend to grow in pairs. The fruit is large in size,when ripe,the skin becomes dark purplish black and yields to gentle pressure. The worst thing you can do is putting compost in the soil. Lamb fruits a lot and it fruits early, and I’ve never seen nor heard of a Lamb tree that is unsatisfactory in its bearing habit, in terms of its overall productivity. Expected life of tree in years: can live for more than 50 years in fact up to 100 years Then let the others hang until they taste really good in late summer. Similar to Hass, Lamb Hass is an excellent tasting avocado that features a thick, pebbly skin that turns black when ripe. Today, I finally ordered a small plant from Four Winds Growers. They still taste bland. And with avocados, it’s easy to gauge how you’ve watered through the summer once tip burn starts to show in fall, sometimes as early as September. I have two Lambs, about the size of yours, planted in DG up in De Luz Heights and look very much the same, like the taco leaves. I don’t have a Maluma tree, for example. In comparison, Lamb hangs a couple months longer than Hass in my yard, and even longer than Reed. It has rough, medium-thick black skin, like the Hass Avocado, but unlike the Hass, whose skin changes from green to black as the avocado matures, the Lamb Hass's skin starts off black and stays black. I only have room for one tree so should it be a lamb or hass? But since Carmen is just a Hass with a couple quirks, maybe I’ll be able to write it sooner. But if you don’t want to do much pruning, you could plant a Lamb and it would stay naturally smaller. best. Another great post. An easy way to tell when Lamb fruit is ready to pick is by skin color: if it’s black it’s ready. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0Zq3bACC9/. You’ll have a young Lamb tree with a crop of twenty avocados, and then in March as the tree begins to flower it also drops fruit. That’s just what Lambs do. My oldest lamb is the same age as your in the ground and produces like 40 avocado during harvest time. I would certainly like to see you try a different variety than Holiday. All three bear the same characteristics, with the exception of the Lamb Hass avo flesh darkening significantly upon ripening. The harvest seasons are different enough (Hass being earlier) that the two trees could provide delicious avocados for most months of the year. I will still mound it just in case. Here in Santa Cruz – a couple miles inland – the latest crop of about 60 fruit has been on the tree for a year and a half. My concern is choosing the variety, which is stressful. I also purchased a 5 gallon Sir Prize (4 ft tall) there, which they had 4 more as well as 2- 15 gallon ones. Thanks for writing. See more in my post, “Dealing with squirrels in a food garden.”, hello Greg! Thanks for any guidance you may have to offer. I’m looking to plant an avocado tree in my back “small” yard in Norwalk. That will catch my attention. Lamb Hass Avocado. Reply . Alas, in the tree’s fifth year it barely flowered and set nothing. It was one of tens of thousands of seeds planted under the avocado breeding program under the direction of Bob Bergh of U.C. At those places you’ll find lots of enthusiastic people who love to try out new varieties and can also give good feedback. Similar to Hass, Lambs are an excellent tasting avocado that features a thick, pebbly skin that turns black when ripe. Glad you liked the video. I named it after myself “Cadway Cado”. Water will sit around the trunk for extended periods. These trees have dark glossy green leaves and grow to be thick dense shade trees as well. You’re very welcome. Your email address will not be published. Often you’ll find a dozen avocados hanging next to one another. Some years ago, we bought a Holiday Avocado for our bank. Produce Sharing allows you to share your produce discoveries with (See my post, “Avocado leaves turning brown? This is curious. Lambs are actually a cross between the traditional Hass Avocado and a Gwen (Dwarf) Avocado. http://www.gthomson.us/projects/trees/lambhass/avo3-may2020.jpg. Wish I put in a hass but moving forward I’m thinking I will try and graft a hass onto the lamb or maybe a B type flowering one. if you have a carmen, i would love to hear what you have experienced with it in the future. But Lamb doesn’t much mind, and that means that a Lamb tree will look better in the fall and winter because it will have less brown tips. They are the hardest trees to water properly in my experience. If I couldn’t find a Reed, I’d go with Lamb. Hardiness: Cold sensitive below 30 degrees Fahrenheit and more heat tolerant than Hass. The tree grows vertically as the Lamb and is more vigorous than the Hass. For a home grower, Lamb can work out fine with this dropping habit. Log in or sign up to leave a comment Log In Sign Up. Pinpoint your location annonymously through the I want to keep it as close as possible because of future yard use (a room addition) so I don’t regret it because of the space it takes up. Thank you, Juan. The flesh of the Lamb's Hass avocado is a pale green colour with a creamier consistency than its more common Hass relative. I would plant Hass as my one and only. I am so impressed with the fruiting, I planted three 15 gal lamb (5-6ft) late Fall 2018. If you plant one of these varieties as a 3.5 or five-gallon tree today and care for it well (not necessarily superbly), you should expect to eat at least some fruit from it in three years, four at the most, and possibly two. I killed my second avocado by continuing to add compost to the soil by digging holes around the tree and adding kitchen scraps. You have to get to know your soil through frequently feeling the moisture in it — or get lucky. 31 comments. Your post has very good tips that I didn’t know. Thanks for writing. When ready to serve, it becomes white-green in the middle part of the inner fruit. There are hundreds of known varietals of fresh avocados from the Anaheim variety to the Zutano. That 1 year when we had a heat wave (San Jose, CA) 110- 112 F, 80-90% of the fruits dropped. Lamb-Hass is a cross between the traditional Hass and a Gwen (Dwarf) Avocado. Average pit except those fertilized by my Mexicola Grande have large seeds, and tastes better than a Hass. Lamb Hass fruit is similar to Hass but is larger on average. When you cut them open and they look wet, with a shiny surface like that, it indicates that they aren’t totally mature and they haven’t developed the oil content that they will if left to hang on the tree longer. I’ve seen other young Lambs do the same. It is dry heat. That’s my routine with Lamb anyway. I’ve seen it work on my own trees, and I’ve heard many other very experienced growers say this as well. This is a longer maturation time than some other varieties, such as Fuerte or Hass. Not only does it keep the roots shaded and cooler, but it also keeps the leaves and other mulch from blowing away as easily. I wish I had found this before I purchased my mature lamb as my only tree. Would you know anything about the ‘Maluma’ variety in South Africa ? Another factor is alternate bearing. Hass is the most marketable and reliable producer in most areas. The lamb has held on but lost a lot of leaves while the edranol seemed to thrive, at least as compared to the others. Surprisingly it tasted good! I made a five-minute video about the Lamb/Hass avocado tree. I know that avocados grow well in some parts of Portugal, and I know that nearby in the south of Spain many of the same varieties that do well we also have good results with in California (Fuerte, Hass, and others). When ripe, the skin becomes a dark purplish-black and yields to gentle pressure. I’ve never been there, but it sounds like a good place to check. Last year it set 2 fruit and I was wondering when to pick them and now I know thanks to your article. Here is a video of how I water my avocado trees with such mini-sprinklers. Lamb-Hass is a precocious, high yielding, late season avocado with good quality fruit. Avocado LAMB HASS . Here is a link to the patent. You could probably graft onto your Lamb now or soon without cutting it back much or at all. Undaunted, we’ve tried to find another Holiday (not easy) in the past year to plant. Hass, Lamb Hass & GEM. These trees have dark glossy green leaves and grow to be thick dense shade trees as well. Freshly harvested avocados tend to have “green” skins although ‘Hass’ fruit that are harvested late in the season may have some skin darkening at harvest. And further more can I plant it now or should I wait for a better time to plant. Find lamb hass avocado stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. With my own trees, Lamb has alternated more than Hass also.
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