Like so many tropical fruits, avocados are in season all year round. As a rule, high-quality avocados are commercially available between September and May. However, their own fruits tend not to grow in our latitudes.
Homegrown avocados very rare
In their tropical homeland, avocados grow year-round due to the climatic conditions. The commercially available avocados are usually unripe, but this does not mean a lack of quality. In nature, too, the fruits only ripen when they have fallen from the tree. Due to the complicated fertilization and the climatic conditions, home-grown avocados are hardly possible in Central Europe - at most an avocado cultivation with several trees in a specially air-conditioned greenhouse would be conceivable. However, this is likely to be a very cumbersome (and expensive) affair.
tips and tricks
Buy the hardest possible fruit in the supermarket. These will ripen at home within a few days if they are wrapped in newspaper and kept together with apples and bananas. For taste reasons, avocados should not be placed in the refrigerator.