Hi wondering if anyone can help, We have a Avacardo tree that seems to be struggling. It is a new young tree and lost all its leaves, it is starting to bud again but we also have another one that was planted at the same time and is doing a lot better.
zak410,
Nov 2, 9:51am
In a wetter spot than the other ? Avocado trees don't like wet roots.
tegretol,
Nov 2, 12:10pm
That's right - don't water it.
Except - give it a decent dose of blood & bone then water that into the roots (spread it well outside the centre). Then give it regular but not large doses of fertilizer. Plus they seem to like being chopped fairly heavily. If you've just planted it, it'll be a few years before it produces any decent fruit.
mojo49,
Nov 2, 9:01pm
Do you have room for two trees each of which will grow 40 feet tall and about the same width? If not replace them with roses and buy your avocados at the supermarket.
tegretol,
Nov 2, 11:26pm
Stop exaggerating. I have two of them, both 50+ years old and it's kept trimmed back to about 4m x 4m total. Produced 140kg of prime avocados last year between them.
friendly_prawn,
Nov 3, 7:28am
they dont like wet feet. Water them often if you want. They love water. But the ground must be free draining. If the roots are continuously exposed to water they'll struggle or die. One way around this is to build a large box or use a huge tractor tyre or build up a large mound of dirt to grow them on if your soil retains a lot of moisture. The idea is to keep as much of the lateral roots as you can in free draining soil. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SytGRLPcois
tegretol,
Feb 21, 10:02am
In fact, I found that pouring lots of water (even in free-draining soil) produced a marked increase in the fruit amount but an equally marked reduction in the quality. the fruit was tastless.
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