how long does it take a avacoda to ripen on the vine?

Question

we have had our avacoda tree for ten years and last year it got fruit but it is still hard on the tree, it is beautful in color?

Answer 1

They have to be removed or fall off before ripening.

Harvest and post-harvest
The avocado fruit does not ripen on the tree, but will fall off or be picked in a hard, "green" state, then it will ripen quickly on the ground, but depending on the amount of oil that it has the taste may be very different. Generally, the fruit is picked once it reaches a mature size, and will then ripen in a few days (faster if stored with other fruit such as bananas, because of the influence of ethylene gas). Premium supermarkets sell pre-softened avocados, treated with a special gas to stimulate ethylene synthesis in the fruit (the same process used to de-green lemons). The fruit can be left on the tree until required, rather than picked and stored, but for commercial reasons it must be picked as soon as possible. Growers can keep the fruit on the tree for about 4-6 months after fully developed; if the fruit stays on the tree for too long it will fall to the ground.

Answer 2

Avocados come to the store firm. I ripen mine for a couple of days in a small brown paper bag. In looking it up I find that you do ripen avocados off the tree. Oh, food of the gods....I'm in the land of large avocados, Florida, but I don't have a tree. Avocados are very good for you. Enjoy. I hope the following helps. It's from Avocado Fruit Facts:

"Fruits: West Indian type avocados produce enormous, smooth round, glossy green fruits that are low in oil and weigh up to 2 pounds. Guatemalan types produce medium ovoid or pear-shaped, pebbled green fruits that turn blackish-green when ripe. The fruit of Mexican varieties are small (6 - 10 ounces) with paper-thin skins that turn glossy green or black when ripe. The flesh of avocados is deep green near the skin, becoming yellowish nearer the single large, inedible ovoid seed. The flesh is hard when harvested but softens to a buttery texture. Wind-caused abrasion can scar the skin, forming cracks which extend into the flesh. "Cukes" are seedless, pickle-shaped fruits. Off-season fruit should not be harvested with the main crop, but left on the tree to mature. Seeds may sprout within an avocado when it is over-mature, causing internal molds and breakdown".

On the health side: "High in monosaturates, the oil content of avocados is second only to olives among fruits, and sometimes greater. Clinical feeding studies in humans have shown that avocado oil can reduce blood cholesterol".

Answer 3

An avocado does not ripen on the tree the ripen after they are picked at a mature size, then it will take a few days to ripen.It will ripen faster if placed with other fruit like bananas.

Answer 4

I know they do ripen further and get soft if you pick, once it looks right, and place ina paper bag for a few days.
Now a days Lowes sells trees that produce fruit the second year, they will keep them on the third!