u/radcanman

Has anyone out there attempted grafting a different variety onto an avocado sucker?

For background, I have a 7 year old seed grown tree that has reached maturity. It currently hold about 80 good size immature fruit. All indications are that the fruit will be very good, albeit with a large seed. I just located 2 suckers growing from the base. I’m wondering if it would be a good idea to graft onto those suckers. I figure the roots are already established and it would take up less space.

I have a 2 year old ‘oro negro’ in a pot which I intend to plant in a year or two. I figure I could take the scion from there.

Any experts out there think it’s a good idea to do this.

I have a 6-7 year old seedling tree that flowered for the first time this year. It is about 20 ft tall and has pretty good fruit set.

Looking forward to testing the fruit to see if it’s good. I’m in Deep South Texas zone in 9b or 10 depending on which map you look at.