Judging the Ripening of Avocados?

[1voyager1]

OK, the 2nd and final Ota has been picked.
The last couple of days I've been thinking that it has been getting less hard, but not sure of that.
Yesterday, it looked as if it might be loosing some of its shininess and might be lightening up in color, but not sure of that.

Today I reached up and felt it.
Again, it looked a bit less shiny, looked to be not as green in color, and felt less hard, again not sure of that.
Then, it easily broke free from the stem staying in my hand.
I didn't really pick it.
It just came loose in my hand.
It probably would have fallen on its own today or tomorrow.
The stem doesn't really show any sign of the avo being ready either, only a little bit of suntan on the exposed side.

Hopefully, the lack of ripening indicators is due to the tree being young and in its first fruiting.
I'd really hate to have a tree full of avos and have to feel every one to see if it's ready to fall.

A few more days and the Ota will be ready to eat.
The first one was the best tasting avo I've ever eaten.
Hopefully this one will bear that out.

When we first moved here, the fellow we were renting from while we looked for something permanent, had many different types of avos on his property.
He told me that the Ota was the best tasting of all of them.
I bought an Ota sapling and planted it on his word.
It's looking as if he was right.

The Lamb-Hass still look to be far from being ready.



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