Zander Ernst
Mokgalabje 'Monwana' and his 'Maluma' tree.
Time for reflection on 2024. A few Sunday afternoon thoughts after driving past the old man's memorial on Allesbeste.
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Zander Ernst
Jul 236 min read
15 years and more of experimental plantings. Let's review the successes.
Join us at the Allesbeste Symposium. Learn how more than 15 years of trials come together to secure your yield for the future!
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Zander Ernst
Jul 124 min read
The land of a billion dreams. India's opportunities and 2024 marketing updates.
Allesbeste Symposium session 2 - Markets, cultivars, and marketing. Register here for the Symposium During April 2024 South African...
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Zander Ernst
Jul 114 min read
Data analytics, Business intelligence, and Benchmarking in Agri-space
Allesbeste Symposium session 1 Register here for the Symposium By assistance of AI through Google's Gemini it seems that some farms can...
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Zander Ernst
May 204 min read
Navigating our way through 2024
Selective harvesting and cultivar selection. Possible compass to risk mitigation in 2024
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Zander Ernst
May 13 min read
Allesbeste Symposium 2024
See you soon at our annual symposium! 7 & 8 August 2024
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Zander Ernst
May 13 min read
Allesbeste Blog: another #JoinTheAvolution moment lets talk avocado.
This blog has been a few months in the making. Endless coffees, late nights. Lost notes - found again. What is this blog thing all about?
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Edrean Ernst
Dec 5, 20231 min read
South African avo industry awaits finalised postharvest and shipping protocols with China
A few final protocols concerning shipping and postharvest treatment need to be finalised before South African avocados can make their...
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Zander Ernst
Oct 13, 20234 min read
"Out of all the plants produced in our nursery, 40% are already grafted from Maluma"
Since the Maluma was registered as a variety in 2004, it has gained a foothold in the main avocado producing countries, such as Peru and...
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Zander Ernst
Oct 13, 20231 min read
One of South Africa’s foremost avocado growers branches out into coffee
While some areas of South Africa feature the ideal conditions for growing coffee, only a few farmers are planting the crop, as it is...
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Edrean Ernst
Oct 13, 20231 min read
Micro-cloning powers South African avocado production
Allesbeste Nursery, established in the 1980s, has been expanded many times. Yet the end is still not in sight, according to Zander Ernst,...
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Edrean Ernst
Oct 13, 20232 min read
Allesbeste and Dole South Africa announce new packhouse partnership
Dole South Africa, a subsidiary of Dole plc, and Allesbeste Group today announced the formation of a new partnership agreement in Letaba...
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Zander Ernst
Oct 13, 20232 min read
What exactly does an avo taste like? South African grower develops an avo-cabulary
South African avocado grower Allesbeste Boerdery, owner of the Maluma avocado, is partnering with a South African coffee specialist to...
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Edrean Ernst
Oct 13, 20234 min read
South Africa: Avocado farm looks to apple cultivation for inspiration
At the annual Maluma symposium a large avocado producer throws its doors open, giving a generous insight, free of charge, into the...
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Edrean Ernst
Oct 13, 20235 min read
"The Maluma is the only cultivar capable of competing with Hass" - Dr André Ernst, Allesbeste Boerde
Maluma commercialisation imminent in Chile & Israel with trials in the USA The Maluma avocado, commercially launched in 2007, is an...
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Edrean Ernst
Oct 13, 20233 min read
Which avocado varieties have the best future prospects?
Is there life after the current commercial avocado varieties? That is the question University of California researcher Mary Lu Arpaia...
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Edrean Ernst
Oct 10, 20232 min read
Trellising in avocado orchards is “pushing the boundaries of production"
A major South African avocado producer believes that trellising is the way of the future, especially as new generation cultivars become...
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