Your videos are consistently a wealth of information. And most importantly, information that I don't see in the hundreds of other videos on the same topics. I don't know how you do it, but I appreciate your unique approach.
Thank you. I center my channel around what I'm doing right now in my garden, which changes quickly based on the time of year and what I'm growing. Since I'm always adding things, there are always new things to talk about and it's rarely repetitive. It also tends to be "always on-time" advice since I'm just filming what I'm doing at the moment. I try do a "this is what I'm doing and why I'm doing it" sort of approach.
If you can grow them, they’re nice to have, and they’re beautiful trees. They are low maintenance as long as it doesn’t get cold. If your climate is too cold, a dwarf tree like Lila does well in a large-ish container.
I have two 30 years old avocado tree, probably about 20+ft. I live in North America, here in Benicia Ca, and I’ve never fertilized it. I get about 6-8 fruits in every branch, and sometimes the branches would sag because there’s just so many fruits. Now for a tree that has never been fertilized, it does good by itself. I do use rice water for watering, and I think it really likes it! I water atleast twice a week..
Thank you for this, my tree is about a year old. Someone told me to feed it blood meal every 3 months. This gives me more me details. Zone 10b. I also believe I need another Avocado Tree to help with the pollinate.
I'm growing a Hass avocado this is it's second year. I have it indoors in a 5 gallon pot right now. I use citrus and avocado tree fertilizer. It's growing well indoors under some grow lights. A few day ago I noticed it has started setting new leaves at the top 🌴
That's outstanding. Now is about that time of year where the tree will start flushing for blooms. It's an exciting time for avocado growing! It's nice to have something to look forward to at this otherwise lifeless time of year.
Avocado trees thrive in full sun, done some experiments last year, 10( fuerte/lamb/hass/reed) trees in partial sun and 10 in full sun, with the same soil and irrigation, the ones that in full sun are way better
Thanks for the great video!. I have several avocados, all in ground, and grafted a little under 3 years old. I have a Jim Bacon that has a few cocktail avocados on it. A Lamb Hass that has about 15-20 avocados on it. A Carmen that has 1, but the tree is huge. And I have a Reed, Sir Prize, and a Gem that haven't fruited yet
Awesome! Please note when growing avocados from seed: they do not grow true to type and will be a random genetic cross. An avocado tree takes 10-15 years to flower and fruit when grown from seed, and avocado trees grown from seed are often stringy and fibrous. Some do not fruit at all. While it's possible you'll get good tasting fruit, it will take a very long time to determine that. If you want good quality fruit more quickly, I recommend getting a grafted tree of a known, high quality variety like this Lila in my video.
Yep you basically get a really nice looking tree 🤣🤣.. grew one for 10 years.. thing was massive, 20 feet tall.. no signs of flowers.. eventually cut It down as I wanted a tree producing fruit
My parents have an avocado farm in southern California. They have some avocado leaves tested once a year to determine how much fertilizer they need. They usually don't need to add any Phosphorous because it seems there is already a lot of Phosphorous in their soil. Based upon the leaf analysis, they do always need to add Nitrogen and Potassium though. This year they are going to try bat guano fertilizer (7-3-1 NPK), and add Sulfate of Potash to each tree for extra Potassium.
That may be dependent on your soil type. California is notorious for heavy, rocky clay soil, which may have more minerals in it. I live on sand, so my soil is excellent for drainage, but not for nutrients. Even worse, the rain is so heavy here and it washes the nutrients out of the sandy soil with ease. Much of the phosphorous in soil is not in forms that are readily bioavailable to the plant, so keep that in mind. Soil high in phosphorous may be locked up in forms the tree cannot use. I'm always extremely wary of soil testing, because there is no set amount of nutrients that a tree "needs." What a 135 lb sedentary person needs versus what a 185 lb professional athlete needs are very different things, so the way I try to figure out how much to feed my plants is to observe their reaction to the fertilizer. If I give them more than they "need," and they react by growing bigger and stronger, it turns out they enjoy more fertilizer than they "need" just to survive. I want my trees to be athletes, not couch potatoes, so I try to push them with more food to get more results if I see it's working with no ill effects, like tip burn on the leaves from overfeeding.
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Oro Negro, Lamb Haas, Haas, Fuerte, Mexicola and Jim Bacon - noticed some flowers already starting to form on the Jim Bacon - definitely gonna fertilize this weekend. All trees have been growing in growbags or pots for about a year - Haas and Fuerte are the biggest at about 5 feet.
I bought a Hass Avacados for someone else two years ago at Home Depot. The first year it flowered and produced 14 Avacados, They all gradually dropped over a five month period. The last one to drop was the size of a large golf ball. I want to buy this person a Lila as well as one for myself. Your videos are very helpful and thoughtful.. However currently I don't have an outside area to plant so will have to keep in a pot inside. 🥂👍
I have two dwarf avocado trees that did not produce at all this last year, so I will be using your fertilizer advice immediately. Previous years they always had a good crop though. I live in zone 10 - San Diego - and they are approximately 8 years old.
Thank you so much for sharing this highly informative video and for simplifying the seasonal feeding process. In NZ the avocado industry are very protective of the fertilising process which makes it very difficult to find this information online.
I’m growing one indoors. I have it on a south facing window that gets a lot of sun. I water and feed mine once a week and add coffee grounds once a month. It’s doing great.
You know whatbis really good. Once you have grown indoors and have 💯 control over your grow you know exactly what it needs and when you learn what stumps growth and what excels it.
Excellent video, I'm going to try and fertilize my avocados this winter. I had quite a few avocados this year, but they dropped their fruit before fully maturing. My trees are about 3 years old.
I love the fertilizing avocado upload I'm going to use it, mine is about 3 ft tall I did start from seed its on its second year this year but I noticed it looked it had a bit of yellowing or veins on the newer leaves, im thinking it needs something. Anyways I am excited to tell you I had gotten 12 fig cuttings from someone at ourfigs, some really nice ones, and I used you method for rooting I started on Christmas day, today 5 so far are starting to leaf, I didn't get cleat cups mine are red solo cups so I can't see anything starting on roots. But for my first time not to shabby, I'm sure more will come along as it has not been that long, so Thank you for the success so far!
Yellowing is a sign of a nutrient deficiency. It is either low in the macronutrient nitrogen, or it's missing micro-nutrients like megnesium, zinc or something else. I would give it a complete soluble fertilizer, like a Jack's or MiracleGro to give it a quick hit of nutrients, as well as a good granulated organic fertilizer for trace micronutrient value. One thing you must be aware of: when growing avocados from seed, they do not grow true to type and will be a random genetic cross. An avocado tree takes 10-15 years to flower and fruit when grown from seed, and avocado trees grown from seed are often stringy and fibrous. Some do not fruit at all. While it's possible you'll get good tasting fruit, it will take a very long time to determine that. If you want guaranteed good quality fruit more quickly, I recommend getting a grafted tree of a known, high quality variety like this Lila in my video. Grafted avocados usually fruit within 3-5 years depending on the variety.
@@TheMillennialGardener I'll try a soluble, like miracle grow? Thank you it's not super yellow just sorta off green but you can see veins. I've been giving it Bone Meal, and a organic slow tomato feed, could it be iron it needs? I did not realize how heavy a feeder it is. Oh I know about growing from seed, I just wanted the tree to see how far I can get it more for fun :) it probably won't survive when I have to plant it outside.California is my backyard (literally)but the climate is high desert, with heavy clay soil Alkaline and elevation at 2500 ft. I've got it in my bathroom with light from the East and South. I'm surprised I've gotten it this far, it's thanks to you. I have learned a lot from you. I started it using peroxide mixed with water in a paper towel, and have up potted it 3 times now.
Would love anyone's thoughts on growing a Winter Mexican avocado. Been growing in a pot in order to take outside in summer, inside in winter. I live in Raleigh, NC. I think technically I could get away with growing outside as long as I can protect in the winter, but would hate to end up killing it. I also just inherited a sad looking avocado tree of unknown variety. Hoping your pruning video can help me bring it new life come spring. Your avocado is stunning!
There are many different varieties of Mexican avocados. My Lila avocado is a Mexican avocado. Almost all the "cold hardy" avocados that can survive frosts are Mexican varieties. I'm in Wilmington, NC, and as you can see, this specific variety of avocado tree can survive here, but it takes considerable protection, and I had to select one of the most cold hardy, semi-dwarf varieties. Not knowing what variety of avocado you have will make it more of a challenge, and if it was grown from a pit, that would make things more complicated, because avocado trees do not grow true to type. A pit-grown avocado is a random genetic cross, meaning every seed-grown tree is a new variety. They take 10-15 years to fruit from seed, so if yours is pit-grown, you'll be waiting a long time for fruit, and generally speaking, seed-grown avocados have very poor fruit quality. In Raleigh, I would say there is a very low chance of an avocado surviving, unless you have a real high tunnel structure, even with protection. It would take a lot of external heat to do so, and if you ever get an ice storm/cold night with a power outage like what happened in Texas last year, it won't survive. If you want to grow an avocado, you'll want to grow it permanently in a container.
Thank you for your detailed answer. I'm in the same location Raleigh, NC I have purchased a Dwarf Condo Avocado (patio avocado) in error and I've planted in ground in the Spring by mistake and now coming Fall I need to relocate to a container to prepare for Winter zone 7b. So, is the fertilize schedule for container avocado similar to a in ground avocado schedule? I'm planning to have my avocado tree in the garage under grow lights during the winter.
Thank you for this extremely informative video. The best I have seen. I have a huge tree that for the past 3-4 years blossom heavily but doesn’t hold fruit. By the time the fruit reach the size of a pea they fall off. The leaves are not the healthiest either. Have beautiful leaves when they shed and as they mature are bitten and become yellowish-brown. I don’t know the name as I got the seed and planted it. How do I get a leaf analysis? Tree needs a lot of help.
Awesome, great video and advice. What's the reason for the bricks around the stem? To avoid splash up when watering from ground born decreases to go on the tree?
Thanks! No, it is not organic. It is synthesized. The ingredients are naturally derived, but they're broken down in a laboratory so the plants can use it right away.
@@TheMillennialGardener Organic Phytamin has hi phosporous 4.5-2-1. The label doesn't really have hi phosporous, however this product kicks butt giving you blossoms. It's not the only thing I use I also use bonemeal and a bunch of other nutrients. Any reason why you use the bricks around the root system, never seen that before. Maybe to give the tree more stability because of avocados being so top feeders maybe roots aren't that deep in high winds. Thank you for your info.
It's been warm down in the Southeast - total opposite of the PNW. It's funny how when it's really warm and dry somewhere, somewhere else is having a near record wet and cold season. It's been a December to remember down here in NC! 🌞
Thanks for the good info. I’m trying to grow my small avo trees a couple years until they are ready to support fruit and will be removing fruit during this time so the energy goes to growth. Would you just stick with the even npk ratio until they are ready to support fruit? Also I heard that cow manure can be salty and have avoided it but your tree looks healthy so maybe not an issue...
Thank you for all of this info! I live in Bradenton Florida, and have 2 very tall avocado trees in the backyard. In the winter of 2020, we had lots of giant Florida avocados. None in the winter of 2021, and now it's looking like we won't get any this year. If the trees were smaller, I could see how fertilizing around the roots and base of the trees would work, but the root system for these trees is probably all over the backyard. Should I fertilize and mulch the whole backyard? Also, most of the leaves have holes in them, probably from some bug? I'm looking forward to hearing from you! Thanks, Keith
I see it the same way, the method shown in the video is excellent for a small tree such as his Lila. But for larger full size trees, especially if you have multiple trees, it would be an extreme amount of time and effort to rake back the leaves/mulch to expose the soil. Just spread the fertilizers on top of the mulch and water it in. The fertilizer will wash down and eventually get to the roots. This would also not disturb and damage the tender feeder roots.
So, since watching this very informative video, I have come to the conclusion that I have been fertilizing my non-producing avocado trees wrong. I have been starting the fertilization process in early Spring, here on the Central Coast of California. Question: How often to fertilize during this time. Once a month, every two weeks? My trees have never produced. They have flowered. One is 9 YO, the other 3 YO. Any other advice to get them fruiting would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks so much. Love watching your videos.
Hey amazing video! Its been one year since my tree has been growing, i live in canada , i have a tent with my tree inside , this has been the best educational video about avocados i have seen thus far, i wanted to know some things, considering the fact that each avocado plant comes from a different cross of avocado fruits , if im not mistaken, are all avocado trees different to take care of ? Do they all require the same treatment? Can you do more of an instructional video on the early stages of the avocado tree please? I have been feeding my tree a couple of spoons of 4-4-4 all purpose nutrients. Recently the leaves have been falling off, not sure weather if its because the temperature is not hot enough, or lack of nutrients ? Should i be putting only bloom ? 2-8-4? (Gaia greens) im sure a video on the early stages of the avocado plant would be a big help to everyone here on TH-cam including myself and im sure you would save a lot of trees from dying and growing healthier ! Thanks a bunch, have a great day
That is a good option. I bought a 1 gallon jug of it, but I haven't used it yet. It is a good alternative for container-grown plants if you want to stay organic, since container gardens need soluble feed.
Hello there, great videos.....Would you givas some info on the tube structure around the avocado trees ..... I love it, they wound make a perfect canopy structure for my garden beds.
@@innerjon potted trees must be fertilized differently. Potted trees are stuck with the amount of food available in the pot, and there is very little soil bacteria, beneficial fungi, and no worms in your pot to help decompose things like compost and organic granulated fertilizers. Therefore, potted trees need to be fed frequently, and you need to rely on mostly soluble fertilizers. Water soluble, synthesized fertilizers like MiracleGro and Jack's work best on potted trees, because they lack the microbiome to break down organics. I recommend you watch my video on fertilizing citrus in containers here: th-cam.com/video/uhZ6gslBoVw/w-d-xo.html Citrus trees have almost identical requirements as avocados when it comes to the soil type and container type. The only difference is you can go with a more balanced NPK fertilizer, like 20-20-20, instead of a nitrogen-heavy fertilizer like I recommend for citrus. With that tiny change, you can basically do everything the same as in the citrus fertilizing video.
@@TheMillennialGardener thank you so much for this info. I value everything you teach in your videos, you really do have the best gardening channel on any platform.
Hi I'm growing a Hass I believe, started it from seed. I have been using cut up bananas to fertilizer also miracle grow 😁 Wondering how long it takes to fruit? thx for information. Love this video
I am from India , western Ghats north of Mumbai, I have 10 Avocado plants in my farm and they are 4 years old, None of them have started flowering yet, do I need to fertilize them every month or 2 months, because n India you can not differentiate between seasons ....its summer 4 months then rain 5 months and then winter. Tropical weather.
I wouldn’t worry much. In-ground trees tend to spend most of their energy growing roots the first 2 seasons. Usually, they tend to focus on gaining size and height on Year 3. As long as you feed it enough, it should take off your 3rd season.
I have 2 avocados in pots, have a lila and a joey, gonna fertilize them this weekend. Gonna have to try growing them in ground, it's suppose to be zone 8a here in West Texas, but it feels more like 7a-ish B-ish.
One thing to keep in mind: the organic granulated fertlizers don't work as well in container gardens, because they rely on the bacteria, fungi and worms in the soil to break it down. Containers lack that microbiome, and they also can't hold nutrients well. With containers, you need to use a good amount of water soluble fertilizers like MiracleGro and Jack's, or at the very least things like fish emulsion and MorBloom, since they don't require the soil biology to break it down. With container plants, you need to fertilize with lower concentrations, but much more frequently.
Do you have a video for container avocado fertilizing? Could use some help with that. Or is it simply that I go with the purple miraclegro/jacks like once a month & smaller amounts?@@TheMillennialGardener
Thank you so much for invaluable advice. My inground avo has never fruited. I will try this and keep my fingers crossed. Am I correct, this is for winter fertilizing? How about the rest of the year, Spring/Summer/Fall?
I hope you, Dale and Mrs Millennial gardener had a wonderful New Year! I was wondering if you reuse potting soil in your containers? We finally had our first super cold snap here on the gulf coast of Mississippi. I went ahead and pulled everything that had hung on since spring and only winter plants are left. I've got tons of used potting soil left that I'd like to reuse, just because it was so expensive and I don't think I'm going to be able to buy nearly as much this year. I am worried about disease that some of the plants had though. Is there a was to store it and sanitize? Thank you!
Thank you! Yes, I will reuse my potting soil. My large 20 gallon grow bags that I had melons and cucumbers growing in, I'll reuse that next season for melons and cucumbers. I pulled all the roots out, so there should be no host plants in there to maintain disease. If you pull all the roots out and let them sit in the sun overwinter with nothing growing in them, they should be okay. The only thing I don't reuse soil: I don't grow tomatoes in pots that just had tomatoes in that soil, since they are *so disease prone.* I don't really have much other disease issues where I live except tomato, squash and cucumber diseases, so you can rotate them. Plant something else, like lettuce, in your tomato soil.
How often do you add the fish and Yacks fertilizer? Also on what week of what month do you start fertilizing for spring? It's the first week of February and I'm starting to see new leafing on my avocado trees, should I start now or wait till March?
Is the Jacks fertilizer organic? I bought without hesitation because your video is awesome. But now I’m not sure if it’s good for me to use since I’m trying to use only organic materials., especially for edibles like avocados. Thank you for your insight
Great video. I have 5 avocado trees grown from seed, 4 of them are 2-3 feet and the other is around 8 feet in a 5-gallon container. I'm afraid to plant them in the ground because I had one die-off in the winter. I live in lower Alabama where it is super hot in the summer and will lite freeze once or twice in the winter. The big tree I know needs to go in the ground soon, I have been growing it for about 3 years. BTW, I never had any flowers bloom on any one of them. What do you think about my situation?
I also am growing a couple. The poor things were a bit neglected the first few years but I up potted them this year and they're very happy with huge leaves that don't look anything like the ones in this vid.
Love your Lila avocado videos hopefully you'll get some fruit this year, year 3? all of my avocado trees are loaded with flower buds Right now here in inland Los Angeles so cal except the 1 yr olds I planted this spring and summer, I'm in Usda zone 9a sunset zone 19, I do fertilize same as you but different times in january, march and October with fish emulsion, manure/ compost, Wood mulch, 15-30-15 vigoro bold blooms,( which I use on all my citrus too) sometimes miracle gro but not usually, its used for maximum fruit and flower set I have growing in ground wurtz, lamb hass, Mexicola grande, gwen, Jim bacon, Poncho, lila, del rio, Bacon, zutano, joey, Reed, holiday, and in a container Whitsell, which is a dwarf type b hass seedling. I have only had fruit from Mexicola Grande 100+ in one season, and wurtz 30-50 max in one season as they are my 20 yr trees the rest are all 1-2 yrs old.
I hope you get fruit as Mexican cultivars of avocados are notorious for not producing or Having very few fruits near the coast in lowland humid areas especially here in California cultivar fuerte a Mexican type only fruits inland at higher elevation because it prefers a drier cooler climate than coastal. Mexican types are notorious for that they hate lowland Beach type humid weather and may have many off years, Best lowland avocados are cultivars of guatemalan mexican hybrids or pure Guatemalan but not pure Mexican types.
Also west Indian hybrids are even better for lowland humid areas but people complain about the watery avocado taste from Florida type avocados. I live in banning, CA a Mediterranean climate in the San Bernardino mountain foothills at 2500 ft elevation. Our yearly average humidity is 51% and monthly humidity averages range from lowest of 36% in november the end of the summer dry season to 70% in January the middle of the rainy season. Because banning is a Mediterranean climate we get our rain in December- April and no rain in may - November where the humidity in summers average 45% humidity
This will be my Lila avocado's 4th season in-ground, but since it was planted in the middle of a year, it's only been in ground for 3 full seasons. It has fruited every year for the past 3 years, but it drops its fruit once they're the size of quarters or golf balls. I'm hoping this year, it will hold its fruit. I wish I could grow all those varieties, but it's just so cold here. This week, we've had 25F, 27F and 29F for lows, and next week is forecast to be even colder. I've had to keep it under a plant jacket, and it won't flower for probably another 4 weeks here due to our colder temps. I've actually heard a bit of the opposite, and that avocados struggle to self-pollinate in drier climates like in California. I've heard they are much more likely to be self-fertile in the Southeast due to our fluctuating temperatures where it can be 80 one day and 45 the next. That's responsible for the flower overlap. Maybe that's just for self-pollination, though. The most the tree has ever set was about 2 dozen fruits, which I would be happy with, but again, they all dropped. I can only grow the Mexican types here, because it's so cold during winter nights.
Avocado trees in general are difficult trees to get to fruit productively and are very temperamental in their cultural requirements because a lot can go wrong with avocados vs. Other easy to grow/produce trees even between cultivars they have very specific site requirements, did you ever wonder if your site was too hot against a brick wall in summer? hass is not productive if subjected to frost, fuerte does not fruit near the coast, avocados drop fruit if temps are too hot. many growers cannot discern what that limiting factor is in a given year or specific planting site because its too complex, if one specific requirement is not met they will either not set fruit or will drop their fruit, ie pollination, wrong temperature, too much wind, nutrient deficiency, soil ph, bad drainage, too much pruning, too much too little humidity, soil salinity, no bees, etc the u.c. riverside breeding avocado testing and program has an avocado growing site at irvine, ca 5 miles from the coast reporting that at their site fuerte bears iratically and many off years, Irvine is a lowland humid climate with a yearly average humidity between 70-86% as far as pollination it varies too many factors there too temperatures, bees, your trees and mine are setting fruit but dropping this is more of an environmental heat related I think fruit drop is weather excessive heat, or nutritional, watering related.
avocados that are cross pollinated tend to hold their fruit whereas the self pollinated fruit tend to drop. your avocado is isolated with no cross pollination maybe get a b type grown in a pot put near the lila
I have a question I am growing an avocado in a very large container because I live in Joplin Missouri I do not have mine in the ground. I’m in zone 6B so I am two days before spring time. What should I fertilize my avocado tree with spring summer and fallin Missouri zone 6B in container please let me know. Thank you. Have a blessed rest of your day.
My hass avocado tree yields about 40-60 fruit a year. I have never added fertilizer. This last summer most fell due to extreme heat. It is now covered with shade cloth. Maybe added fertilizer could have prevented this? Is there anything I can do to help it set blooms again? It is now October.
Hi, I was hoping I could get your advice? I live in Soutern California... I have a very old avocado tree that's almost two stories high and for the past few seasons it's canopy has thinned out and it has not been producing next to any avocado fruits. Admittedly I never did much to take care of it because my grandfather (It was his before I inherited it) always just told me to water it. But now that I've looked into it I'm worried it could be too late for it! The soil around it is very dry and barren, and I don't have a bed of dry avocado leaves around it like most people recommend. I've never given it fertilizer or any kind of compost. Some of it's bigger roots feel damp and soft as well. Is it too late for my tree? Or does it just need some proper attention? I water it pretty heavily twice a week but it doesn't seem to have made much of an impact.
I live in Tampa Bay and My Avocado tree are heavy producers, I never fertilize my tree it takes care of its self like my Mango Trees. We are in the Sub Tropical Zone I'm just a few blocks by Tampa Bay.😊
Are you supposed to cover your new trees for low temps? Got two between 3 to 4 foot tall. In containers now and want to have them live to get to warmer weather. Live in north east Alabama. Been covering with the lights some, or bringing them in for temps in the thirties.
We are still under frost advisories, so it is too early to really tell. The tree has been flowering for about 3-4 weeks, and it is still producing inflorescences. We will see what the fruit set will be like. This is the most blooms I have ever had.
Hello, What is the name of the Avocado you were treating with fertilizer? I was watching on 5/20/2023. I live in Florida so our climate is usually hot. I have a Hass seed that I am going to plant and I already have another to transplant into the ground. Thanks for your response.
I have been growing my avocado tree in my house for 3 years. I finally transplanted it outside and it is getting new growth but I find something is eating holes in the new leaves but I don't see any pests on it. Any recommendations?
If you are growing an avocado from seed, please note they do not grow true to type and will be a random genetic cross. An avocado tree takes 10-15 years to flower and fruit when grown from seed, and avocado trees grown from seed are often stringy and fibrous, while some do not fruit at all. While it's possible you'll get good tasting fruit, it will take a very long time to determine that. If you want good quality fruit more quickly, I recommend getting a grafted tree of a known, high quality variety like this Lila in my video. It is a fun experiment to grow from seed, but you will wait a very long time for fruit that probably won't be good, so keep that in mind.
@@TheMillennialGardener I know, but according to the Dr I was supposed to die of cancer many years ago, so everyday is gravy. I don't expect to see any of the trees I plant, fruit. Besides someone can always graft into it if it doesn't come out any good. I will also know the roots are the best it can be, since it will never need to be transplanted.
We just bought a house that has a So Cal & it has a Mexicola avocado tree, it started to get full of flowers in march & I started to see a bunch of tiny avocados in June know some of the avocados that are growing & are about the size of my thump are turning black can anyone help ? I'm not sure what's going on, And my wife love's avocados she was so happy to see our new home had an avocado tree..
I live in Gulfport Mississippi and I started an avocado tree from a seed. I never grew one before I just wanted to see if I could. I don't know what I am doing , but it is in my front yard and it is about 5ft tall. It has never produced flowers but it is very full and beautiful. What can I do to make it start to flower and prduce
I am not growing a plum tree at this time. I will be adding a pluot tree this spring, which will probably be as close as I will get to a plum. I'll eventually have info on that.
A potted tree must be fertilized very differently. Potted trees are stuck with the amount of food available in the pot, and there is very little soil bacteria, beneficial fungi, and no worms in your pot to help decompose things like compost and organic granulated fertilizers. Therefore, potted trees need to be fed frequently, and you need to rely on mostly soluble fertilizers. Synthesized fertilizers like MiracleGro and Jack's work best on potted trees, because they lack the microbiome to break down organics. I recommend you watch my video on fertilizing citrus in containers here: th-cam.com/video/uhZ6gslBoVw/w-d-xo.html Citrus trees have almost identical requirements as avocados when it comes to the soil type and container type. The only difference is you can go with a more balanced NPK fertilizer, like 20-20-20, instead of a nitrogen-heavy fertilizer like I recommend for citrus. With that tiny change, you can basically do everything the same.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you so much! Tbh, I did not expect a reply and am thrilled to have gotten one. I will check out the citrus vid. Thank you!
Hi I really enjoyed your video may I know at what stage of growing avocado tree do I start to fertilize secondly I have a small tree grown from seed about 14inches tall and it is still on my window sill, when should I take it to the ground. I am in South Africa and it is Spring time.Thank you
I have a 4x8 grow room where I keep my figs and overwintered shrubs etc. Do you think i could grow a couple avocados to fruit in there? Im running light in there anyhow...
Avocado trees never stop growing, so they will need *a lot* more light than overwintered figs or fig cuttings that you are rooting. You can overwinter an avocado tree with a grow light, but keep in mind it will need to be a very powerful one, because the avocado needs to be blasted with full sun all year like it's in the subtropics outdoors.
I would appreciate any advice I can get. I live in the midwest Zone 6B. I have a three or four year old Avocado tree in a container, it has grown to about 10ft tall.😮 last winter I was still able to get it in my sun room. it was quite bent over all winter. This winter I doubt that I can get it in there. Im open to Ideas and suggestions, can I just Lop off the top. what would be the recommended time of year to do that, Towards Fall? Thank you in advance.
I live in zone 9 , last month we had a freeze and my Avocado in the pot had suffered from it and now all the leap look old and dead . Can I pick out All the leaves without killing the tree ? Can I transplant it into ground now since it’s warm in the day time and cool at night now? What should I fertilize it after transplanting the Avocado plant.
Which side of the house is this avocado tree, please. I’m about to put my tree in the ground that I have grown from a seed and want to have the benefit of the best side here in NE La.
Your videos are consistently a wealth of information. And most importantly, information that I don't see in the hundreds of other videos on the same topics. I don't know how you do it, but I appreciate your unique approach.
Thank you. I center my channel around what I'm doing right now in my garden, which changes quickly based on the time of year and what I'm growing. Since I'm always adding things, there are always new things to talk about and it's rarely repetitive. It also tends to be "always on-time" advice since I'm just filming what I'm doing at the moment. I try do a "this is what I'm doing and why I'm doing it" sort of approach.
This is by far the most thorough and succinct tutorial/informational gardening video I've seen.
Thank you! I really appreciate it! I try to model all my videos like this. Feel free to check out others if you have questions.
I live in Australia and everything on u tube is America don't understand fall anyour season but love this video
Thank you! I bought my first avocado tree today and now I have the confidence that I can look after it (I'm not naturally a 'green thumb').
So informative! I absolutely love avocados. Eat them every day ❤️ I really want my own tree
If you can grow them, they’re nice to have, and they’re beautiful trees. They are low maintenance as long as it doesn’t get cold. If your climate is too cold, a dwarf tree like Lila does well in a large-ish container.
I have two 30 years old avocado tree, probably about 20+ft. I live in North America, here in Benicia Ca, and I’ve never fertilized it. I get about 6-8 fruits in every branch, and sometimes the branches would sag because there’s just so many fruits. Now for a tree that has never been fertilized, it does good by itself. I do use rice water for watering, and I think it really likes it! I water atleast twice a week..
Thank you for this, my tree is about a year old. Someone told me to feed it blood meal every 3 months. This gives me more me details. Zone 10b. I also believe I need another Avocado Tree to help with the pollinate.
I'm growing a Hass avocado this is it's second year. I have it indoors in a 5 gallon pot right now. I use citrus and avocado tree fertilizer. It's growing well indoors under some grow lights. A few day ago I noticed it has started setting new leaves at the top 🌴
That's outstanding. Now is about that time of year where the tree will start flushing for blooms. It's an exciting time for avocado growing! It's nice to have something to look forward to at this otherwise lifeless time of year.
Avocado trees thrive in full sun, done some experiments last year, 10( fuerte/lamb/hass/reed) trees in partial sun and 10 in full sun, with the same soil and irrigation, the ones that in full sun are way better
Thanks for the great video!. I have several avocados, all in ground, and grafted a little under 3 years old. I have a Jim Bacon that has a few cocktail avocados on it. A Lamb Hass that has about 15-20 avocados on it. A Carmen that has 1, but the tree is huge. And I have a Reed, Sir Prize, and a Gem that haven't fruited yet
Have you been able to harvest any of the fruit that set?
Awesome! I just grew Avocado from seed and its about 24inches now
Awesome! Please note when growing avocados from seed: they do not grow true to type and will be a random genetic cross. An avocado tree takes 10-15 years to flower and fruit when grown from seed, and avocado trees grown from seed are often stringy and fibrous. Some do not fruit at all. While it's possible you'll get good tasting fruit, it will take a very long time to determine that. If you want good quality fruit more quickly, I recommend getting a grafted tree of a known, high quality variety like this Lila in my video.
@@TheMillennialGardener dang! Well Thank you for this information.
@@NicoleGrow you're welcome!
Yep you basically get a really nice looking tree 🤣🤣.. grew one for 10 years.. thing was massive, 20 feet tall.. no signs of flowers.. eventually cut It down as I wanted a tree producing fruit
My parents have an avocado farm in southern California. They have some avocado leaves tested once a year to determine how much fertilizer they need. They usually don't need to add any Phosphorous because it seems there is already a lot of Phosphorous in their soil. Based upon the leaf analysis, they do always need to add Nitrogen and Potassium though. This year they are going to try bat guano fertilizer (7-3-1 NPK), and add Sulfate of Potash to each tree for extra Potassium.
That may be dependent on your soil type. California is notorious for heavy, rocky clay soil, which may have more minerals in it. I live on sand, so my soil is excellent for drainage, but not for nutrients. Even worse, the rain is so heavy here and it washes the nutrients out of the sandy soil with ease. Much of the phosphorous in soil is not in forms that are readily bioavailable to the plant, so keep that in mind. Soil high in phosphorous may be locked up in forms the tree cannot use. I'm always extremely wary of soil testing, because there is no set amount of nutrients that a tree "needs." What a 135 lb sedentary person needs versus what a 185 lb professional athlete needs are very different things, so the way I try to figure out how much to feed my plants is to observe their reaction to the fertilizer. If I give them more than they "need," and they react by growing bigger and stronger, it turns out they enjoy more fertilizer than they "need" just to survive. I want my trees to be athletes, not couch potatoes, so I try to push them with more food to get more results if I see it's working with no ill effects, like tip burn on the leaves from overfeeding.
@@TheMillennialGardenerhey did you planted 2 avacado plants side by side..?? If yes , then what’s the reason.. For pollination..??
@MichaelFons when do you parents start fertilizing here in Cali and how often? That is where I am most perplexed.
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This is a Haas type. 4 feet tall. No fruit yet. It is still a baby
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Oro Negro, Lamb Haas, Haas, Fuerte, Mexicola and Jim Bacon - noticed some flowers already starting to form on the Jim Bacon - definitely gonna fertilize this weekend. All trees have been growing in growbags or pots for about a year - Haas and Fuerte are the biggest at about 5 feet.
I bought a Hass Avacados for someone else two years ago at Home Depot. The first year it flowered and produced 14 Avacados, They all gradually dropped over a five month period. The last one to drop was the size of a large golf ball. I want to buy this person a Lila as well as one for myself. Your videos are very helpful and thoughtful.. However currently I don't have an outside area to plant so will have to keep in a pot inside. 🥂👍
In his videos he says it is a dwarf Lila avocado
Hass mine is around 15 years old and produces 200-500 a year depending on if the wind knocks them off 🥲
Thank you for taking the time to give us useful information..all the time 😊 great video 👍
Thank you! I hope you find the info helpful.
I have two dwarf avocado trees that did not produce at all this last year, so I will be using your fertilizer advice immediately. Previous years they always had a good crop though. I live in zone 10 - San Diego - and they are approximately 8 years old.
Oh, no! That's a shame to hear. They may need a food boost. It certainly can't hurt!
@@TheMillennialGardener They are already covered in buds, so I just finished fertilizing them per your instructions. Thank you for the great video.
I am getting ready to plant my first avocado tree, I appreciate the information.
Thank you so much for sharing this highly informative video and for simplifying the seasonal feeding process. In NZ the avocado industry are very protective of the fertilising process which makes it very difficult to find this information online.
I believe it. Much of New Zealand has an incredible climate for growing avocados.
Fantastic details. Thanks for sharing the products you use for avocado success.
I’m growing one indoors. I have it on a south facing window that gets a lot of sun. I water and feed mine once a week and add coffee grounds once a month. It’s doing great.
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Thank you! I appreciate you watching, and I hope it was helpful.
You know whatbis really good.
Once you have grown indoors and have 💯 control over your grow you know exactly what it needs and when you learn what stumps growth and what excels it.
Thanks. I will feed my avocado trees soon too.
You’re welcome! Best of luck!
Excellent video, I'm going to try and fertilize my avocados this winter. I had quite a few avocados this year, but they dropped their fruit before fully maturing. My trees are about 3 years old.
I love the fertilizing avocado upload I'm going to use it, mine is about 3 ft tall I did start from seed its on its second year this year but I noticed it looked it had a bit of yellowing or veins on the newer leaves, im thinking it needs something. Anyways I am excited to tell you I had gotten 12 fig cuttings from someone at ourfigs, some really nice ones, and I used you method for rooting I started on Christmas day, today 5 so far are starting to leaf, I didn't get cleat cups mine are red solo cups so I can't see anything starting on roots. But for my first time not to shabby, I'm sure more will come along as it has not been that long, so Thank you for the success so far!
Yellowing is a sign of a nutrient deficiency. It is either low in the macronutrient nitrogen, or it's missing micro-nutrients like megnesium, zinc or something else. I would give it a complete soluble fertilizer, like a Jack's or MiracleGro to give it a quick hit of nutrients, as well as a good granulated organic fertilizer for trace micronutrient value.
One thing you must be aware of: when growing avocados from seed, they do not grow true to type and will be a random genetic cross. An avocado tree takes 10-15 years to flower and fruit when grown from seed, and avocado trees grown from seed are often stringy and fibrous. Some do not fruit at all. While it's possible you'll get good tasting fruit, it will take a very long time to determine that. If you want guaranteed good quality fruit more quickly, I recommend getting a grafted tree of a known, high quality variety like this Lila in my video. Grafted avocados usually fruit within 3-5 years depending on the variety.
@@TheMillennialGardener I'll try a soluble, like miracle grow? Thank you it's not super yellow just sorta off green but you can see veins. I've been giving it Bone Meal, and a organic slow tomato feed, could it be iron it needs? I did not realize how heavy a feeder it is. Oh I know about growing from seed, I just wanted the tree to see how far I can get it more for fun :) it probably won't survive when I have to plant it outside.California is my backyard (literally)but the climate is high desert, with heavy clay soil Alkaline and elevation at 2500 ft. I've got it in my bathroom with light from the East and South. I'm surprised I've gotten it this far, it's thanks to you. I have learned a lot from you. I started it using peroxide mixed with water in a paper towel, and have up potted it 3 times now.
Thank you so much. This is the most thorough video on growing avocado trees in the ground that I've seen. Subscribed.
I'm so happy to hear that! Glad it was helpful and thanks for the sub!
Would love anyone's thoughts on growing a Winter Mexican avocado. Been growing in a pot in order to take outside in summer, inside in winter. I live in Raleigh, NC. I think technically I could get away with growing outside as long as I can protect in the winter, but would hate to end up killing it. I also just inherited a sad looking avocado tree of unknown variety. Hoping your pruning video can help me bring it new life come spring. Your avocado is stunning!
There are many different varieties of Mexican avocados. My Lila avocado is a Mexican avocado. Almost all the "cold hardy" avocados that can survive frosts are Mexican varieties. I'm in Wilmington, NC, and as you can see, this specific variety of avocado tree can survive here, but it takes considerable protection, and I had to select one of the most cold hardy, semi-dwarf varieties.
Not knowing what variety of avocado you have will make it more of a challenge, and if it was grown from a pit, that would make things more complicated, because avocado trees do not grow true to type. A pit-grown avocado is a random genetic cross, meaning every seed-grown tree is a new variety. They take 10-15 years to fruit from seed, so if yours is pit-grown, you'll be waiting a long time for fruit, and generally speaking, seed-grown avocados have very poor fruit quality.
In Raleigh, I would say there is a very low chance of an avocado surviving, unless you have a real high tunnel structure, even with protection. It would take a lot of external heat to do so, and if you ever get an ice storm/cold night with a power outage like what happened in Texas last year, it won't survive. If you want to grow an avocado, you'll want to grow it permanently in a container.
Thank you for your detailed answer. I'm in the same location Raleigh, NC I have purchased a Dwarf Condo Avocado (patio avocado) in error and I've planted in ground in the Spring by mistake and now coming Fall I need to relocate to a container to prepare for Winter zone 7b. So, is the fertilize schedule for container avocado similar to a in ground avocado schedule? I'm planning to have my avocado tree in the garage under grow lights during the winter.
Thanks so much for this video,exactly the information I was after…. Your are a champion
Very helpful
Thanks,informative video and easy to understand …
Glad it was helpful!
Hello there, thank you for your tips. Our avocado tree is around 8 yrs old, how do you prune it?
Thank you for this extremely informative video. The best I have seen. I have a huge tree that for the past 3-4 years blossom heavily but doesn’t hold fruit. By the time the fruit reach the size of a pea they fall off. The leaves are not the healthiest either. Have beautiful leaves when they shed and as they mature are bitten and become
yellowish-brown. I don’t know the name as I got the seed and planted it. How do I get a leaf analysis? Tree needs a lot of help.
You have to have a second pollinator tree of a different variety.
@@daddio7249I don’t have a second tree
Awesome information! You’re one of my favorite channels!
I’m so happy to hear that! I really appreciate you watching.
Awesome, great video and advice. What's the reason for the bricks around the stem? To avoid splash up when watering from ground born decreases to go on the tree?
Thank you for guiding us👍 Best video
Top notch as always brother I will begin the process today!!
Sweet dreams Dale!🙏🏻🙏🏻
Glad it was helpful! Dale says hi 👋
Another fabulous video. Is Jack’s synthesized bloom booster organic? I think you really do have the most comprehensive gardening channel around.
Thanks! No, it is not organic. It is synthesized. The ingredients are naturally derived, but they're broken down in a laboratory so the plants can use it right away.
@@TheMillennialGardener Organic Phytamin has hi phosporous 4.5-2-1. The label doesn't really have hi phosporous, however this product kicks butt giving you blossoms. It's not the only thing I use I also use bonemeal and a bunch of other nutrients.
Any reason why you use the bricks around the root system, never seen that before. Maybe to give the tree more stability because of avocados being so top feeders maybe roots aren't that deep in high winds. Thank you for your info.
Great video. I have a baby avocado and will start the system.
Thank you! Best of luck with the tree!
Your avocado videos are amazing, thank you.
Thank you! I appreciate it.
Thanks bro!
Thanks for sharing. My avacado trees are setting blooms earlier this year so this is very helpful.😎🏖🏝
It's been warm down in the Southeast - total opposite of the PNW. It's funny how when it's really warm and dry somewhere, somewhere else is having a near record wet and cold season. It's been a December to remember down here in NC! 🌞
Thanks for the good info. I’m trying to grow my small avo trees a couple years until they are ready to support fruit and will be removing fruit during this time so the energy goes to growth. Would you just stick with the even npk ratio until they are ready to support fruit? Also I heard that cow manure can be salty and have avoided it but your tree looks healthy so maybe not an issue...
Thank you for all of this info! I live in Bradenton Florida, and have 2 very tall avocado trees in the backyard. In the winter of 2020, we had lots of giant Florida avocados. None in the winter of 2021, and now it's looking like we won't get any this year. If the trees were smaller, I could see how fertilizing around the roots and base of the trees would work, but the root system for these trees is probably all over the backyard. Should I fertilize and mulch the whole backyard? Also, most of the leaves have holes in them, probably from some bug? I'm looking forward to hearing from you! Thanks, Keith
I see it the same way, the method shown in the video is excellent for a small tree such as his Lila. But for larger full size trees, especially if you have multiple trees, it would be an extreme amount of time and effort to rake back the leaves/mulch to expose the soil. Just spread the fertilizers on top of the mulch and water it in. The fertilizer will wash down and eventually get to the roots. This would also not disturb and damage the tender feeder roots.
So, since watching this very informative video, I have come to the conclusion that I have been fertilizing my non-producing avocado trees wrong. I have been starting the fertilization process in early Spring, here on the Central Coast of California. Question: How often to fertilize during this time. Once a month, every two weeks? My trees have never produced. They have flowered. One is 9 YO, the other 3 YO. Any other advice to get them fruiting would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks so much. Love watching your videos.
Hey amazing video! Its been one year since my tree has been growing, i live in canada , i have a tent with my tree inside , this has been the best educational video about avocados i have seen thus far, i wanted to know some things, considering the fact that each avocado plant comes from a different cross of avocado fruits , if im not mistaken, are all avocado trees different to take care of ? Do they all require the same treatment?
Can you do more of an instructional video on the early stages of the avocado tree please? I have been feeding my tree a couple of spoons of 4-4-4 all purpose nutrients. Recently the leaves have been falling off, not sure weather if its because the temperature is not hot enough, or lack of nutrients ? Should i be putting only bloom ? 2-8-4? (Gaia greens) im sure a video on the early stages of the avocado plant would be a big help to everyone here on TH-cam including myself and im sure you would save a lot of trees from dying and growing healthier !
Thanks a bunch, have a great day
Nice buds there 👍🏼🐶
This crazy warm December has them ahead of schedule!
I use the Alaska Morbloom Liquid Fertilizer from Lowes/Homedepot in the late Fall through early Winter to promote my avocado trees to flower more.
That is a good option. I bought a 1 gallon jug of it, but I haven't used it yet. It is a good alternative for container-grown plants if you want to stay organic, since container gardens need soluble feed.
What months would be ideal to fertilize for flowers?
Hi Raymond l gardening too l think it's helpful but bad weather but need more products like yours 😏🌴💯 ...
We have a Fuerte Avocado 🥑 tree. Live by Disneyland. We had a large crop this year. My hubby just puts Amend to fertilize it.
Thanks for the video and the information I will try again to plant it.
Thanks for watching!
Hello . Great info. What's the purpose of the red bricks around the tree truck. ? Thanks
Great video thank you! 👍🏽💯
Hello there, great videos.....Would you givas some info on the tube structure around the avocado trees ..... I love it, they wound make a perfect canopy structure for my garden beds.
My grafted avocado were flowers an all fall first time awaiting to see if it will set bro
Thank you for posting
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for doing this video! As always the best comprehensive information.
You're welcome! I hope you enjoy it.
@@TheMillennialGardener Can I do this to potted Avocados too?
@@innerjon potted trees must be fertilized differently. Potted trees are stuck with the amount of food available in the pot, and there is very little soil bacteria, beneficial fungi, and no worms in your pot to help decompose things like compost and organic granulated fertilizers. Therefore, potted trees need to be fed frequently, and you need to rely on mostly soluble fertilizers. Water soluble, synthesized fertilizers like MiracleGro and Jack's work best on potted trees, because they lack the microbiome to break down organics. I recommend you watch my video on fertilizing citrus in containers here: th-cam.com/video/uhZ6gslBoVw/w-d-xo.html
Citrus trees have almost identical requirements as avocados when it comes to the soil type and container type. The only difference is you can go with a more balanced NPK fertilizer, like 20-20-20, instead of a nitrogen-heavy fertilizer like I recommend for citrus. With that tiny change, you can basically do everything the same as in the citrus fertilizing video.
@@TheMillennialGardener thank you so much for this info. I value everything you teach in your videos, you really do have the best gardening channel on any platform.
@@innerjon thank you. I really appreciate that!
Great educational video. Would chicken manure be okay instead of cow manure? Thank you for your videos.
Hi I'm growing a Hass I believe, started it from seed. I have been using cut up bananas to fertilizer also miracle grow 😁 Wondering how long it takes to fruit? thx for information. Love this video
You need too graft your avocado tree in order for it to produce fruit. Search 'scion wood grafting'
Great video. Can you please tell me what the bricks around the trunk are for? Thanks in advance 🙏🏾
Bump 😅
I am from India , western Ghats north of Mumbai, I have 10 Avocado plants in my farm and they are 4 years old, None of them have started flowering yet, do I need to fertilize them every month or 2 months, because n India you can not differentiate between seasons ....its summer 4 months then rain 5 months and then winter. Tropical weather.
I have a mexicola and it hasn’t grown that much in a year and a half. I’m going to try your method and hope it works. Thanks
I wouldn’t worry much. In-ground trees tend to spend most of their energy growing roots the first 2 seasons. Usually, they tend to focus on gaining size and height on Year 3. As long as you feed it enough, it should take off your 3rd season.
Are the nutritional needs of the plants different after it has been stumped or when it has no leaves?
I have 2 avocados in pots, have a lila and a joey, gonna fertilize them this weekend. Gonna have to try growing them in ground, it's suppose to be zone 8a here in West Texas, but it feels more like 7a-ish B-ish.
One thing to keep in mind: the organic granulated fertlizers don't work as well in container gardens, because they rely on the bacteria, fungi and worms in the soil to break it down. Containers lack that microbiome, and they also can't hold nutrients well. With containers, you need to use a good amount of water soluble fertilizers like MiracleGro and Jack's, or at the very least things like fish emulsion and MorBloom, since they don't require the soil biology to break it down. With container plants, you need to fertilize with lower concentrations, but much more frequently.
Not necessarily. By adding mycorrhiza/plant probiotics, and worm castings in your pots you can create living soil and stay away from synthetics!
Do you have a video for container avocado fertilizing? Could use some help with that. Or is it simply that I go with the purple miraclegro/jacks like once a month & smaller amounts?@@TheMillennialGardener
The Hass avocados grown in California flower in the spring.
Good video
You use the fish fertilizer when the tree is flowering of is that too and you
Thank you so much for invaluable advice. My inground avo has never fruited. I will try this and keep my fingers crossed. Am I correct, this is for winter fertilizing? How about the rest of the year, Spring/Summer/Fall?
Can I use this products on any fruits or vegetables?
Can you grow it in the South part of Missouri
Great explanation and well demonstrated. Well worth my time!!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
I hope you, Dale and Mrs Millennial gardener had a wonderful New Year!
I was wondering if you reuse potting soil in your containers? We finally had our first super cold snap here on the gulf coast of Mississippi. I went ahead and pulled everything that had hung on since spring and only winter plants are left. I've got tons of used potting soil left that I'd like to reuse, just because it was so expensive and I don't think I'm going to be able to buy nearly as much this year. I am worried about disease that some of the plants had though. Is there a was to store it and sanitize? Thank you!
Thank you! Yes, I will reuse my potting soil. My large 20 gallon grow bags that I had melons and cucumbers growing in, I'll reuse that next season for melons and cucumbers. I pulled all the roots out, so there should be no host plants in there to maintain disease. If you pull all the roots out and let them sit in the sun overwinter with nothing growing in them, they should be okay. The only thing I don't reuse soil: I don't grow tomatoes in pots that just had tomatoes in that soil, since they are *so disease prone.* I don't really have much other disease issues where I live except tomato, squash and cucumber diseases, so you can rotate them. Plant something else, like lettuce, in your tomato soil.
How often do you add the fish and Yacks fertilizer? Also on what week of what month do you start fertilizing for spring? It's the first week of February and I'm starting to see new leafing on my avocado trees, should I start now or wait till March?
Is the Jacks fertilizer organic? I bought without hesitation because your video is awesome. But now I’m not sure if it’s good for me to use since I’m trying to use only organic materials., especially for edibles like avocados. Thank you for your insight
Great video. I have 5 avocado trees grown from seed, 4 of them are 2-3 feet and the other is around 8 feet in a 5-gallon container. I'm afraid to plant them in the ground because I had one die-off in the winter. I live in lower Alabama where it is super hot in the summer and will lite freeze once or twice in the winter. The big tree I know needs to go in the ground soon, I have been growing it for about 3 years. BTW, I never had any flowers bloom on any one of them. What do you think about my situation?
I also am growing a couple. The poor things were a bit neglected the first few years but I up potted them this year and they're very happy with huge leaves that don't look anything like the ones in this vid.
Love your Lila avocado videos hopefully you'll get some fruit this year, year 3? all of my avocado trees are loaded with flower buds Right now here in inland Los Angeles so cal except the 1 yr olds I planted this spring and summer, I'm in Usda zone 9a sunset zone 19, I do fertilize same as you but different times in january, march and October with fish emulsion, manure/ compost, Wood mulch, 15-30-15 vigoro bold blooms,( which I use on all my citrus too) sometimes miracle gro but not usually, its used for maximum fruit and flower set I have growing in ground wurtz, lamb hass, Mexicola grande, gwen, Jim bacon, Poncho, lila, del rio, Bacon, zutano, joey, Reed, holiday, and in a container Whitsell, which is a dwarf type b hass seedling. I have only had fruit from Mexicola Grande 100+ in one season, and wurtz 30-50 max in one season as they are my 20 yr trees the rest are all 1-2 yrs old.
I hope you get fruit as Mexican cultivars of avocados are notorious for not producing or Having very few fruits near the coast in lowland humid areas especially here in California cultivar fuerte a Mexican type only fruits inland at higher elevation because it prefers a drier cooler climate than coastal. Mexican types are notorious for that they hate lowland Beach type humid weather and may have many off years, Best lowland avocados are cultivars of guatemalan mexican hybrids or pure Guatemalan but not pure Mexican types.
Also west Indian hybrids are even better for lowland humid areas but people complain about the watery avocado taste from Florida type avocados. I live in banning, CA a Mediterranean climate in the San Bernardino mountain foothills at 2500 ft elevation. Our yearly average humidity is 51% and monthly humidity averages range from lowest of 36% in november the end of the summer dry season to 70% in January the middle of the rainy season. Because banning is a Mediterranean climate we get our rain in December- April and no rain in may - November where the humidity in summers average 45% humidity
This will be my Lila avocado's 4th season in-ground, but since it was planted in the middle of a year, it's only been in ground for 3 full seasons. It has fruited every year for the past 3 years, but it drops its fruit once they're the size of quarters or golf balls. I'm hoping this year, it will hold its fruit. I wish I could grow all those varieties, but it's just so cold here. This week, we've had 25F, 27F and 29F for lows, and next week is forecast to be even colder. I've had to keep it under a plant jacket, and it won't flower for probably another 4 weeks here due to our colder temps.
I've actually heard a bit of the opposite, and that avocados struggle to self-pollinate in drier climates like in California. I've heard they are much more likely to be self-fertile in the Southeast due to our fluctuating temperatures where it can be 80 one day and 45 the next. That's responsible for the flower overlap. Maybe that's just for self-pollination, though. The most the tree has ever set was about 2 dozen fruits, which I would be happy with, but again, they all dropped. I can only grow the Mexican types here, because it's so cold during winter nights.
Avocado trees in general are difficult trees to get to fruit productively and are very temperamental in their cultural requirements because a lot can go wrong with avocados vs. Other easy to grow/produce trees even between cultivars they have very specific site requirements, did you ever wonder if your site was too hot against a brick wall in summer? hass is not productive if subjected to frost, fuerte does not fruit near the coast, avocados drop fruit if temps are too hot. many growers cannot discern what that limiting factor is in a given year or specific planting site because its too complex, if one specific requirement is not met they will either not set fruit or will drop their fruit, ie pollination, wrong temperature, too much wind, nutrient deficiency, soil ph, bad drainage, too much pruning, too much too little humidity, soil salinity, no bees, etc the u.c. riverside breeding avocado testing and program has an avocado growing site at irvine, ca 5 miles from the coast reporting that at their site fuerte bears iratically and many off years, Irvine is a lowland humid climate with a yearly average humidity between 70-86% as far as pollination it varies too many factors there too temperatures, bees, your trees and mine are setting fruit but dropping this is more of an environmental heat related I think fruit drop is weather excessive heat, or nutritional, watering related.
avocados that are cross pollinated tend to hold their fruit whereas the self pollinated fruit tend to drop. your avocado is isolated with no cross pollination maybe get a b type grown in a pot put near the lila
This is awesome thanks for the explanation, quick question? How often would you do this?
You're welcome! Once a season is adequate for me. Make sure you keep a thick mulch layer under your avocado tree at all times.
@@TheMillennialGardener Awesome! Thanks, going to try this asap
Love your channel btw
I have a question I am growing an avocado in a very large container because I live in Joplin Missouri I do not have mine in the ground. I’m in zone 6B so I am two days before spring time. What should I fertilize my avocado tree with spring summer and fallin Missouri zone 6B in container please let me know. Thank you. Have a blessed rest of your day.
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Greetings, the fertilization apply for container as well?
Wow I was always told that you had to have 2 types a and B
Very educative inflation .
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My hass avocado tree yields about 40-60 fruit a year. I have never added fertilizer. This last summer most fell due to extreme heat. It is now covered with shade cloth. Maybe added fertilizer could have prevented this? Is there anything I can do to help it set blooms again? It is now October.
Can I use chicken manure compost instead of cow manure compost?
Hi, I was hoping I could get your advice? I live in Soutern California...
I have a very old avocado tree that's almost two stories high and for the past few seasons it's canopy has thinned out and it has not been producing next to any avocado fruits.
Admittedly I never did much to take care of it because my grandfather (It was his before I inherited it) always just told me to water it.
But now that I've looked into it I'm worried it could be too late for it!
The soil around it is very dry and barren, and I don't have a bed of dry avocado leaves around it like most people recommend.
I've never given it fertilizer or any kind of compost.
Some of it's bigger roots feel damp and soft as well.
Is it too late for my tree? Or does it just need some proper attention?
I water it pretty heavily twice a week but it doesn't seem to have made much of an impact.
Twice a week water sounds like too much for an old tree
I live in Tampa Bay and My Avocado tree are heavy producers, I never fertilize my tree it takes care of its self like my Mango Trees.
We are in the Sub Tropical Zone I'm just a few blocks by Tampa Bay.😊
Are you supposed to cover your new trees for low temps? Got two between 3 to 4 foot tall. In containers now and want to have them live to get to warmer weather. Live in north east Alabama. Been covering with the lights some, or bringing them in for temps in the thirties.
Nice video any updates? Do you wait for the top couple inches of soil to dry out first or do you keep it consistently moist?
We are still under frost advisories, so it is too early to really tell. The tree has been flowering for about 3-4 weeks, and it is still producing inflorescences. We will see what the fruit set will be like. This is the most blooms I have ever had.
Hello, What is the name of the Avocado you were treating with fertilizer? I was watching on 5/20/2023. I live in Florida so our
climate is usually hot. I have a Hass seed that I am going to plant and I already have another to transplant into the ground.
Thanks for your response.
I have been growing my avocado tree in my house for 3 years. I finally transplanted it outside and it is getting new growth but I find something is eating holes in the new leaves but I don't see any pests on it. Any recommendations?
Good luck, I'm still waiting for mine to sprout first.
If you are growing an avocado from seed, please note they do not grow true to type and will be a random genetic cross. An avocado tree takes 10-15 years to flower and fruit when grown from seed, and avocado trees grown from seed are often stringy and fibrous, while some do not fruit at all. While it's possible you'll get good tasting fruit, it will take a very long time to determine that. If you want good quality fruit more quickly, I recommend getting a grafted tree of a known, high quality variety like this Lila in my video. It is a fun experiment to grow from seed, but you will wait a very long time for fruit that probably won't be good, so keep that in mind.
@@TheMillennialGardener I know, but according to the Dr I was supposed to die of cancer many years ago, so everyday is gravy. I don't expect to see any of the trees I plant, fruit. Besides someone can always graft into it if it doesn't come out any good. I will also know the roots are the best it can be, since it will never need to be transplanted.
We just bought a house that has a So Cal & it has a Mexicola avocado tree, it started to get full of flowers in march & I started to see a bunch of tiny avocados in June know some of the avocados that are growing & are about the size of my thump are turning black can anyone help ? I'm not sure what's going on, And my wife love's avocados she was so happy to see our new home had an avocado tree..
I live in Gulfport Mississippi and I started an avocado tree from a seed. I never grew one before I just wanted to see if I could. I don't know what I am doing , but it is in my front yard and it is about 5ft tall. It has never produced flowers but it is very full and beautiful. What can I do to make it start to flower and prduce
PS: Could you please do a stone fruit vid: plum tree?
I am not growing a plum tree at this time. I will be adding a pluot tree this spring, which will probably be as close as I will get to a plum. I'll eventually have info on that.
Please tell me how to keep young plant from dying...I think it is on a big that's is too big?
Curious about how to treat a potted avocado tree wrt/ winter and fertilizer. NJ zone 7a
A potted tree must be fertilized very differently. Potted trees are stuck with the amount of food available in the pot, and there is very little soil bacteria, beneficial fungi, and no worms in your pot to help decompose things like compost and organic granulated fertilizers. Therefore, potted trees need to be fed frequently, and you need to rely on mostly soluble fertilizers. Synthesized fertilizers like MiracleGro and Jack's work best on potted trees, because they lack the microbiome to break down organics. I recommend you watch my video on fertilizing citrus in containers here: th-cam.com/video/uhZ6gslBoVw/w-d-xo.html
Citrus trees have almost identical requirements as avocados when it comes to the soil type and container type. The only difference is you can go with a more balanced NPK fertilizer, like 20-20-20, instead of a nitrogen-heavy fertilizer like I recommend for citrus. With that tiny change, you can basically do everything the same.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you so much! Tbh, I did not expect a reply and am thrilled to have gotten one. I will check out the citrus vid. Thank you!
Hi I really enjoyed your video may I know at what stage of growing avocado tree do I start to fertilize secondly I have a small tree grown from seed about 14inches tall and it is still on my window sill, when should I take it to the ground. I am in South Africa and it is Spring time.Thank you
I have a 4x8 grow room where I keep my figs and overwintered shrubs etc. Do you think i could grow a couple avocados to fruit in there? Im running light in there anyhow...
Nevermind! I just read your answer to Nicole Grows, haha!
Avocado trees never stop growing, so they will need *a lot* more light than overwintered figs or fig cuttings that you are rooting. You can overwinter an avocado tree with a grow light, but keep in mind it will need to be a very powerful one, because the avocado needs to be blasted with full sun all year like it's in the subtropics outdoors.
I have an avocado tree in a pot I fertilize it every two weeks in the summer do i do the same For in the winter
What is the bonus of having the bricks around the base of the avocado tree in the fertilizer example ?
I use them for insulation in the cold weather. I explain why I use them here: th-cam.com/video/zYehs-1f7a8/w-d-xo.html
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I would appreciate any advice I can get. I live in the midwest Zone 6B. I have a three or four year old Avocado tree in a container, it has grown to about 10ft tall.😮 last winter I was still able to get it in my sun room. it was quite bent over all winter. This winter I doubt that I can get it in there. Im open to Ideas and suggestions, can I just Lop off the top. what would be the recommended time of year to do that, Towards Fall? Thank you in advance.
how often do you fertilize your avocado
I live in zone 9 , last month we had a freeze and my Avocado in the pot had suffered from it and now all the leap look old and dead . Can I pick out All the leaves without killing the tree ? Can I transplant it into ground now since it’s warm in the day time and cool at night now? What should I fertilize it after transplanting the Avocado plant.
Which side of the house is this avocado tree, please. I’m about to put my tree in the ground that I have grown from a seed and want to have the benefit of the best side here in NE La.