Judging the Ripening of Avocados?

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Our young avo trees are holding their first fruit this year.

1 - Sharwil
Our Sharwil has ripened its fruit.
They have all been picked and eaten.
Sharwil is easy to gauge ripening for.
The fruit will begin to lose its shiny skin surface as it turns to a satin/matt surface.
When that has been noticeable for a few days, they're ready to pick.


2 - Ota
Our Ota tree had only 2 fruit on it.
It dropped one of them a couple of days ago.
The one dropped still has shiny skin.
But, after 2 days the skin is now taking on a yellowish cast.

How do you judge the correct picking ripeness while they are still on the tree, before they drop?


3 - Lamb Hass
It's going to be quite a while before these are ready to pick, probably next spring/summer. They have a shiny bumpy skin.

Anyone know how to judge the picking ripeness for this cultivar?

EDIT:
The Lamb Hass should have a skin that turns to black or dark purple. That will probably help in gauging their being ready to pick.




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