I once saved an avocado tree from what I think was root rot. The leaves started dying from the tip first. The branches too had this blight that would creep toward the trunk. I ended up repotting it into a bigger pot. I washed out as much of the old soil as possible and used a tree planting mix in the new pot. I pruned the blighted branches and used pruning seal on them. Finally I applied Agri-fos with a syringe at the base of the trunk. I did this maybe two or three times a week for a few weeks. The tree recovered! I’m not a gardener and didn’t really know what I was doing. Just grabbed bits and pieces from the internet trying to find a solution. Anything to save that tree. I can still remember how ecstatic I was when I saw that first bit of green leaves starting to grow after my intervention. That was six years ago and the tree is still doing good.
Man, thank god for your video. My young avocado started to get rotten leaf tips and i didn t know what to do, but after i took it out of pot i noticed rotten root tips, and now it is back in water with toothpicks and waiting new pot and perlite soil. Thanks
All right dude I have a huge pot it's got to be at least 50 liters with a avocado tree growing in it that is over 2 m high but now it's totally wilting. Every time I eat an avocado I throw the pits in some soil and eventually they grow. no toothpicks nothing weird. all my other trees are flourishing on a big patio I have. So this one I'm now going to take your advice and see if I can aerate the soil and get rid of your suggestion of what it might be. Thanks for the info.n the planter was in the place where I moved in I would never buy one the shape it's really pretty but it's an oval shape so the center is really wide I'm going to have to get a hose in there and gently pull out the tree with the roots get the dirt off like you say sorry I'm thinking out loud thanks again for your help. big hugs Mike and Argentina
THANK YOU for your channel, I have been growing an avocado from seed for a bit over a year and it's looking very sick. I got a moisture metre which I didn't know even was a thing.. and realised I've been watering it waaayy too much. Yesterday I bought some new soil for it, because I'm a beginner and felt the best thing would be give it some good quality soil. I noticed the roots looked a bit nasty, the old soil felt like it had clay in it and it must have root rot. But it still has some ok leaves up the top. I will take your advice and hoping I can save it since it is not quite as bad as the one here
Maybe try a smaller pot? This will allow the soil to dry out quicker and prevent root rot. Downside is you’ll have to water and repot more frequently as the tree grows... good luck!
Yeah, I saw that on this other guys channel. A lot of people including myself pot in huge pots to save time and effort. I’m never doing that again. You only pot up once the roots are big enough and have outgrown the pot and even then you go up one size that’s it.
For some reason, all of my citrus trees hate terracotta pots, and I live in Oregon, which I'd imagine is cooler than where you're at. My semi dwarf meyer lemon, which looked completley dead, started to come back. It is in a plastic nursery pot with E.B. Stone: Cactus and Succulent mix. The E.B. Stone: Citrus and Palm mix is taking a little longer to dry before I could water again, probably because it had more lava rock than the cactus and succulent mix
Thank you for this video. My avocado plant, that I grew from a seed, was doing fantastic for 6 months. Over the last few weeks, it's been droopy, all the leaves have started to brown on then ends to ultimately die and fall off, but new leaves are growing. I suspect root rot, so I just did exactly what was in this video and transfer to a new pot, with better draining soil and I hope it works. The roots seemed pretty well in tact, only had to cut off a couple so I hope I can revive it.
Lisa Savage I changed the soil 2 days ago but there were no improvements and I was too nervous about losing them ::(( now I disinfected the roots with alcohol-water solution and got rid of the parts of the root which grew in weird orientations. the soil was wet, mixed it with some dry soil and now I will wait for two weeks :( hope it’s not fungi but just too much water
Your pot needs better drainage...either drill more holes in the terracotta pot, or use a plastic pot with more drainage. Potting mix is also not ideal in the long term because it would decompose; I would recommend 50% sand + 25% perlite + 25% peat moss +/- vermiculite...the ratios would depend on how frequently you would like to water; using 100% washed sand will always be better than potting mix because silicon dioxide would not decompose.
Have to do this for my mother's geranium tonight, so super helpful! Thanks for uploading. I didn't realize it was a fungus, so I'll make sure to clean the pot well!
I will definitely be trying this. My Avocado tree was flourishing to last summer. When I brought it indoors in winter( I live in NJ) all the leaves shed and about 2 months ago the stem began becoming brown. I hope I can Revive Ollie( my name for my Avocado plant).
Such a well done video! Loved how simple it was explained and how you used animations to make it even more clear! The only thing I would do differently - I would use a smaller pot, cause the bottom layer of the soil will keep the moisture in, since there will be no roots to "drink" that water. So good to see you back! Good luck with this poor baby! :)
Thanks for the kind words and the advice Svetlana! I need to rethink my pots, it would seem. I’m not going to report her now because I’ve stressed her out enough already, but in the future, certainly!
Interesting, great info to have. I think the little weed growing out between the stones where you mixed your soil is a portulaca, very medicinal. I still hold too, a correlation between root rot, root size an pot size.
I’m getting a few comments about the size of the pot and it’s not something I really considered - I might need to look into this more! (And thanks for the plant ID, always appreciated ☺️)
Hi Scott !! So we bought two 4ft avocado trees fall of 2019. We went to the nursery and got the pots/ soil they suggested and went home and potted them ! They looked great until this unusual rainy winter we had... We tried covering them to prevent the rain and everything but it didnt help. Their root rot was soooo bad... Its so crazy though its ssooo hard to find any information online on how to treat root rot for avocados, everything is for prevention. We ended up winging it and repotted them into new large plastic pots and gave them a good sand/cactus soil/ gypsum/ 420 mix. Three weeks later they LOOKED better, greener and leaves wernt falling off anymore so we thought they were good. A month later they started to look sad again..I went on a last ditch effort to scramble through google looking for ANYTHING that could possibly point us in the right direction. On like the 6th page of a search I found this little article talking about cutting all the roots off and pouring hydrogen peroxide water over the cleaned roots, repotting them again, and pouring more peroxide over the soil to further kill any rot that was missed. I then searched for what felt like hours for a video of someone doing this to their avocados and couldnt find anything! Couldnt even find anyone doing it to trees in general, only little house plants. Gave up searching and decided to just do it anyways, if they die they die, if not then amazing !! It was the saddest and cruelest thing ive ever done to a plant haha Its been about a week since we have done it and they havent dropped the rest of their leaves yet !! All of a sudden, after all that work, I just stumbled on your video -__- I SSOO wish I found this earlier, would have saved so much research time BUT happy to see we pretty much did it the same! Read your comment below about it starting to grow back. Sorry to hear about your cat lol but thank you for the giving us hope that this might actually work !!! Fingers crossed !
Hi Korin! I'm sorry about your tree (and also sorry for my delayed reply!) I hope that this information will be helpful for you in the future! I'm actually experimenting with using hydrogen peroxide to kill root rot at the moment.... if all goes well, there'll be a video about that come the summer time! Good luck :)
@@ScottGrowsanAvocadoTree Hi Scott ! no worries thanks for the reply !! The hydrogen peroxide worked wonderfully !! I also poured some agri fos on them once a month. After 2 months of watering sticks leaves just popped out of both trees !! they are growing faster every day !! I Good luck with the experiments !!
@@korinchapman4561 I think you're right. I use Monterey Garden Phos - it's a Systemic Fungicide Soil Drench, Foliar Spray, or Basal Bark Application. Root rot is a fungus and hard to get rid of without removing the cause - rotting organic material in the potting soil. Good luck.
Hi Scott. I’ve been having my own problem with my avocado plant’s root. There was root rot, so, I treated it by simply scraping the ‘brown’ fungal growth off the root. Systematically, the root stopped sprouting new roots and hardened, becoming the plant’s only root and way to absorb water. Keep in mind that it has only been growing in a glass mayonnaise jar for the last 10 or so months, using the toothpick method, submerging 70% the pip in water. I decided to rather transplant it to a pot, using potting soil and small pot. Drainage is great, the water almost drains immediately. But I think it’s still infected despite the cleaning. The potting soil also started showing a white substance, which I think may be some mold, and is spreading. I’m not seeing improvement, only leaves dying and looking rather lifeless. Any advice? Thanks!
How often did you change the water while it was growing in the jar? The roots absorb the oxygen in the water to survive so may have run out causing the roots to die Another thing to consider but probably wasn't your issue is soils that are made up of mostly composted material will continue to compost every time you water your tree, so every time it gets water your soil will decompose and along with it the roots, it also consumes the oxygen in the soil that the roots need If your tree doesn't look like it'll survive replanting it into correct soil than you can let the soil dry between Watering which slows the soil from decomposing, after it recovers replant into sandy loam soil and add Peat moss, volcanic rock, charcoal and perlite then heavily mulch to insulate the shallow roots, do not wash the old dirt out as you will potentially wash away an important root fungus, instead use a skewer to pick old soil out or just leave it be and give it lots of water
Thank you for your video. I did the same thing today with my dwarf avo tree which we bought the end of Jan 2011. I rescued it from the ground to a pot. Use well drained sail plus perlite plus peat moss . Fingers crossed.
Hi there! :-) I was wondering if you might have any advise for a young...ish (about 4ft tall and skinny) Haas tree that I've already planted in the ground. I think I've been over-watering if, but I also wonder if a gopher may have gotten to it's roots and/or if it's getting too much warm --> hot sun??? I live on the central coast of California and we are just now starting to get our "summer heat" in July. Temps may reach up to 90+ (F), but usually hover around the high 70s and 80s. We also often receive fog in the evening, which last throughout the night and into mid-morning or so. Basically it's leaves are all slightly brownish-green and droopy-looking. The top has almost lost ALL of it's leaves already. 😢 It's only been in the ground about 3 months or so. How often do you think I should water it? How often should I add fertilizer/food to it? Any advise is MUCH appreciated!
Did it sirvive ive been looking all over your channel for an update and i dont see one any where. I have a 3 year old avacado tree and the leaves were wrinkling up i dont know what it was.i assumed root rot but then i got a humidifyier and it came back started growing good but in my room my brother started smacking my tree around but it was still too cold so i kept it jn there and then i took it outside it had started to go again but when i took it out it started growing again but now today i pulled it into the sun to get more direct sun and then an hour ago i saw it had dropped many leaves and the new growth seemingly has stopped. I watered it because the soil was dry 3 inches kn top and only mildly damp under that but im at the point where i have no idea whats going on with my plant im still thinking its root rot to a point but mow i believe that it isnt humid enough outside or maybe i need to water it a bit more often and give it much more direct sun for more hours. It would be great to know what you think.
Please help. I have been growing my tree for 4 years but out of no where the leaves all brown even the new sprouts, The soil is moist I have the plant on the window to gain light I do not live in tropical climate. So we have cold winters and regular summers. My setup is a big pot with natural soil and rocks under for drainage. Do you think I need to use more fertilizer ? I have never given this tree fertilizer.
I started an avocado tree from seed. It was potted in regular soil and it grew around 20 inches tall. Then it started to loose leaves. I got to say that I was not educated on the watering and I guess it got too much water. Here in Houston we have a radio program about gardening on the weekends and the guy said that avocados tree do better in rose soil. So I took it out and potted in rose soil. That's when the stem started to turn brown at the top. Took it out again from the rose soil and notice that most of the roots were falling off. Decided to cut the stem to about 4 ". and potted it back in regular soil. Is is too late to save an avocado tree when the stem is all brown?
Its very very hot in the philippines these days. Daily i water my fully grown avocado tree. I noticed that told leaves turn yellow and have brown spots. What should i do. Thnks
Hi Scott, I have an avocado tree that the wind blow 11 of the baby avocado out of the tree but they look very healthy. How can I help those baby avocados that fell out of the tree continue to grow healthy to full adults; Is there any way? Thank you, Raquel
My avocado is over 1m tall and it has lost sooo many of its leafs and I thought it was too dry for it because the leafs dried out and fell off but now I chose to repot it and I found a horrible case of root rot. Wish me luck, I don't wanna lose my little friend that is over 3 years old at this point 😩
Following your advice and I hope it works! I sprouted my avocado from a seed from the grocery store. How do tell which roots are rotted? I'm looking at pictures online, but want to be sure.
Hi Scott, if part of the stem is browning from the bottom up, do you think its too late? Also how far down should i cut it? Mine is 5 years old, 1'5m long, but quite thin, with two side branches, by now no leaves...
All my leaves went limp and started dying so i just pruned it and cut like half thr stem and repotted the plant. But it just rained like crazy so i don't know if it will survive. I'm sad that tree is 1 year old and I grew it from a seed 😭😭😭😭😭
It is certainly a good sign! It's not a *sure* sign - not until it's got some serious new growth, but it is a good sign :) Keep an eye on the soil's moisture, make sure you're letting it dry, and you'll be on your way.
I cut mine from the top and its turning brown now as if going to dye, but It was a grafted tree that I bought. Funn thing the leasve were brow falling off and I gave the plant some citrus tone. Now the leaves have burst forward beautiful with my diffuse and sun through the window, however, it turning brown from top where I cut it and traveling down somewhat. I don't want to reach all my new blossoming branches. What should I do?😖
Ayuda por favor sembre mi arbol cerca de un lago detras de la casa y el nivle de agua subió y esta muy cerca del arbol y se esta secando que debo hacer???😢
What if my pit broke/rotted off (but plant still looks healthy) of my 7 month old plant and it has tiny clear bugs on it? I'm assuming throw it away, but should I do this treatment to the soil?
There was an update: th-cam.com/video/Y10QJwjTKVA/w-d-xo.html (It was recovering well, then my cat decided to use it as a sneaky toilet , by the time I eventually realised, the root rot had set back in).
Hello, Scott, my name is Sylvia. I am new to growing my own avocado tree. I seem to have a rather healthy tree. Just recently I realized I was over watering it. Now it's quite tall and the newer 3 leaves are white. Is there something else wrong with my tree?
I have good news and bad news... the good news is that an update is coming on Thursday... the bad news is that after it started really well, my cat used it as a toilet for like a month, causing the root rot to come back 🙃 it would have been fine had I caught the cat earlier 😅
Hey scott. Did your tree in this video survive? Was there anything you could have done better because I'm about to do what you suggested the same thing happened to me with my avocado tree my cousin's stayed at my house and over watered it😢
Just ordered a 5 ft hass avacado tree that had 20 leaveson it. Leaves are falling off the past week but they look healthy. Is there something wrong with the tree? I live on sand so I took it out, I dug out the existing sand and replaced it with 75% peat % and 25% vegetable miracle grow mixed. I will also mention that maybe I might have accidentally sprayed the leaves kinda hard by accident..sorry... with a water hose and maybe I'm overwatering it too??
Scott, you don't seem to have a shortage of avocado seeds so at this stage just plant another. Your Hass seed will not be a "Hass" as it has two parents. You've done excellent research on root rot I think you would enjoy watching Greg Adler's youtube videos. My error, I just viewed your previous video and see it is a grafted avocado, so enjoy your Hass.
I need to know did it survive, my avocado tree was thriving while it was in a jar of water, then i plant it in a pot and now a week later it started to die. I am trying to save it and would love some tips. should I buy special soil? should i give it extra nutrients ? :'( help pls
What about putting the avocado back into water? My cado lost all its leaves because of too much water, so I was thinking maybe it's a good idea to put it in a water vase instead of a dirt vase (as when it was a sprouting seed). Can this help?
I have 2 avocado trees I've grown from the pit . They were growing great , then one by one the leaves turned brown around the edges , I pinched them off till only a stem left . Same happened to the other as well . I left them was going to throw them out but leaves started growing again , all at the top of the stem . And then the leaves started to turn brown at the edges again . Is this root rot ? Right now I can't really repot them with fresh soil , it's cold out and I did my planting out on the deck . Will they just keep losing leaves and growing them back ? Not sure what to do with them , I want them to grow , they're a pretty green plant 😔 I try to check the moisture , water them once every week and a half maybe , I've brought them inside in hopes to keep them going til spring .
Water them every ten days… try repotting before next cycle of water… use cactus soil … and copper hydrochloride fungicide to treat new plants and cut off old ones that are affected by fungus
I have about six sprouts that I haven't transplanted into soil yet. I've got some browning leaves. I got mine in a indoors and in a bright area...would you say they need direct light? I suppose I'll transplant them tomorrow. What soil did you use? Any other of suggestions?
We watched your video, followed all steps but are afraid we may have gotten carried away with snipping off too many roots. Been a couple weeks now and she's not looking so hot. Any tips..?
Ah, Rob. It takes time, I usually don't see a lot of regrowth for a few weeks - hopefully it pulls through. There's not a lot more to do now other than wait. Good luck!
Scott - You need to check out "Gary's Best Gardening" channel. 'Gary's Tips For Growing Avocado Trees'. He's the owner of Laguna Hills Nursery. He says potting soil and compost kills avocados if you plant in them. He has video seminars on soil, planting and trees etc. I've tried his methods and saw results in less than 2 weeks. He advocates not planting in "ground up dead trees" - compost and potting soil. Decaying compost and ground up trees rot if they are wet. Don't plant in them. He also says growing a tree from a seed will take 7-13 years to make fruit. So he recommends grafted stock. You get fruit within 3 years of grafting. Good luck with your avocados.
If the roots are still in the ground and there's still some stem - there's a chance it'll recover. Keep an eye on how moist the soil is and only water when it's dry. Stressed trees are more prone to root rot and other problems. Hopefully it recovers!
My avocado is about 15 inches now and has alot of gnats buzzing around it. Can you recommend anything for the bugs? I have Nataria neem oil spray and there is no luck
Replace soil with cactus soil and water every ten days… make sure they get lots of sunlight or keep by a window for first three years - use fungicides on leaves and water a couple times if you have root rot… or when you transplant … try to cut off roots that are spoiled and replant in new pot… not the same pot
some of my avocado leaves look burned. i have been growing it from a seed in my window for one year now. i know i need to replant it and maybe put it outside? what causes the burned leaves?
What happened? My dog ripped my avacado out when planting in the yard. It was about 5 months. And now it has lost all its leaves.I replanted it in all potting soil and back in a pot Please help. Thanks a bunch
Ah. Yes. This is an interesting question. I was hoping to make one a little while ago - it was looking fantastic. It had grown a couple of dozen new leaves. It's stem was growing, it had a new branch..... then tragedy. It wasn't drying out, and I was very confused because I only water it when it was dry, which was usually a weekly thing... Then I discovered that our beautiful cat, Luna, decided that whilst she has the option of two pristine kitty litter trays in the house, she would instead use the avocado tree's pot to do her business. It dropped its leaves again and was not looking good. I repeated the process in this video again and put it in a smaller pot. But it's not looking good. I've added another strategy in my attack on root rot in that I am now watering plants with root rot with a water and hydrogen peroxide solution, but I fear that these tree, after being used as a toilet for who knows how long (maybe two months) has lost too many roots and isn't going to make it. I'm really sad because after I made this video it was doing exceptionally well, until it became a cat toilet... if it recovers, a video will be coming. FIngers and toes crossed!
@@ScottGrowsanAvocadoTree I wish it all the best, I have a tree clinging onto life as well so your method seemed promising, mine is almost 3 years old and I however put mine into the ground instead of another pot, it lost most of it leaves and is budding back but the new leaves are curling ever so slightly and tips slowly turning brown almost immediately after budding out. Our neighbours cat occasionally gets into where my avo tree is growing so hopefully his not doing the same as your cat, thanks again for the update though
hello ... I have big avocado tree almost hit 200m , I thinks have same problem you mention it ...It will impossible takes my tree cut dye roots 😔 can suggest a way to help my tree 😭???
I made an update some time ago - TL;DR, it was recovering, then my cat used it as a toilet, and by the time I realised it was too late 😔 th-cam.com/video/Y10QJwjTKVA/w-d-xo.html
I once saved an avocado tree from what I think was root rot. The leaves started dying from the tip first. The branches too had this blight that would creep toward the trunk. I ended up repotting it into a bigger pot. I washed out as much of the old soil as possible and used a tree planting mix in the new pot. I pruned the blighted branches and used pruning seal on them. Finally I applied Agri-fos with a syringe at the base of the trunk. I did this maybe two or three times a week for a few weeks. The tree recovered!
I’m not a gardener and didn’t really know what I was doing. Just grabbed bits and pieces from the internet trying to find a solution. Anything to save that tree. I can still remember how ecstatic I was when I saw that first bit of green leaves starting to grow after my intervention. That was six years ago and the tree is still doing good.
Man, thank god for your video. My young avocado started to get rotten leaf tips and i didn t know what to do, but after i took it out of pot i noticed rotten root tips, and now it is back in water with toothpicks and waiting new pot and perlite soil. Thanks
All right dude I have a huge pot it's got to be at least 50 liters with a avocado tree growing in it that is over 2 m high but now it's totally wilting. Every time I eat an avocado I throw the pits in some soil and eventually they grow. no toothpicks nothing weird. all my other trees are flourishing on a big patio I have. So this one I'm now going to take your advice and see if I can aerate the soil and get rid of your suggestion of what it might be. Thanks for the info.n the planter was in the place where I moved in I would never buy one the shape it's really pretty but it's an oval shape so the center is really wide I'm going to have to get a hose in there and gently pull out the tree with the roots get the dirt off like you say sorry I'm thinking out loud thanks again for your help. big hugs Mike and Argentina
THANK YOU for your channel, I have been growing an avocado from seed for a bit over a year and it's looking very sick. I got a moisture metre which I didn't know even was a thing.. and realised I've been watering it waaayy too much. Yesterday I bought some new soil for it, because I'm a beginner and felt the best thing would be give it some good quality soil. I noticed the roots looked a bit nasty, the old soil felt like it had clay in it and it must have root rot. But it still has some ok leaves up the top. I will take your advice and hoping I can save it since it is not quite as bad as the one here
How’s the tree doing Scott? Wondering if it recovered? Update video coming soon I hope?
Did it survive???
Yes did he post an update?
Waiting aswell
You're always so informative! I love watching what you have going on there.
Thank you so much! :)
Maybe try a smaller pot? This will allow the soil to dry out quicker and prevent root rot. Downside is you’ll have to water and repot more frequently as the tree grows... good luck!
I was thinking the same thing 🤔
I hadn’t considered a smaller pot - I’ll see how it does here, but possibly in the future that’s something I need to try!
Yeah, I saw that on this other guys channel. A lot of people including myself pot in huge pots to save time and effort. I’m never doing that again. You only pot up once the roots are big enough and have outgrown the pot and even then you go up one size that’s it.
For some reason, all of my citrus trees hate terracotta pots, and I live in Oregon, which I'd imagine is cooler than where you're at. My semi dwarf meyer lemon, which looked completley dead, started to come back. It is in a plastic nursery pot with E.B. Stone: Cactus and Succulent mix. The E.B. Stone: Citrus and Palm mix is taking a little longer to dry before I could water again, probably because it had more lava rock than the cactus and succulent mix
Thank you for this video. My avocado plant, that I grew from a seed, was doing fantastic for 6 months. Over the last few weeks, it's been droopy, all the leaves have started to brown on then ends to ultimately die and fall off, but new leaves are growing. I suspect root rot, so I just did exactly what was in this video and transfer to a new pot, with better draining soil and I hope it works. The roots seemed pretty well in tact, only had to cut off a couple so I hope I can revive it.
Good luck, Lisa! If you make sure to water it only when dry, I expect it'll come back :)
hey! did you succeed? I am very afraid of cutting my plant :(
@@nusinnaki Yes I did succeed. It grew even bigger after changing the soil and cutting some of the dead roots off.
Lisa Savage I changed the soil 2 days ago but there were no improvements and I was too nervous about losing them ::(( now I disinfected the roots with alcohol-water solution and got rid of the parts of the root which grew in weird orientations. the soil was wet, mixed it with some dry soil and now I will wait for two weeks :( hope it’s not fungi but just too much water
@@LisaSavageChristensen what soil did you use?
Looking forward to the update!
Your pot needs better drainage...either drill more holes in the terracotta pot, or use a plastic pot with more drainage. Potting mix is also not ideal in the long term because it would decompose; I would recommend 50% sand + 25% perlite + 25% peat moss +/- vermiculite...the ratios would depend on how frequently you would like to water; using 100% washed sand will always be better than potting mix because silicon dioxide would not decompose.
Interesting... I'm not yet happy with my soil mix and I might need to try your recipe - thank you very much for the suggestion!
@@ScottGrowsanAvocadoTree
hello, this mix of sand, perlite and peat moss works, i am using it and my trees are growing very well
What kind of sand do you use and where do you buy it? Lowe's and home depot here where I'm at don't sell sand in the garden section
@@wilsonquail736 they sell play sand in the construction section.
@@wilsonquail736- It’s in the construction area next to the concrete bags.
Have to do this for my mother's geranium tonight, so super helpful! Thanks for uploading. I didn't realize it was a fungus, so I'll make sure to clean the pot well!
Good luck!
Get a new pot
Thank you for explaining root rot!!
My pleasure! ☺️
Thanks so much. It’s like you went into my mind and showed me how to do everything I needed to know! 👏 Great video!
I’m so glad I could be helpful! 🥑🪴
Thank you Scott! Thanks for this information, great video and great advice! Where’d the updated video? Did the tree survive?
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I will definitely be trying this. My Avocado tree was flourishing to last summer.
When I brought it indoors in winter( I live in NJ) all the leaves shed and about 2 months ago the stem began becoming brown.
I hope I can Revive Ollie( my name for my Avocado plant).
my plant is in same condition. i'll try as you shown in the video and i hope for the best.
Best of luck!
Such a well done video! Loved how simple it was explained and how you used animations to make it even more clear! The only thing I would do differently - I would use a smaller pot, cause the bottom layer of the soil will keep the moisture in, since there will be no roots to "drink" that water. So good to see you back! Good luck with this poor baby! :)
Thanks for the kind words and the advice Svetlana! I need to rethink my pots, it would seem. I’m not going to report her now because I’ve stressed her out enough already, but in the future, certainly!
Interesting, great info to have. I think the little weed growing out between the stones where you mixed your soil is a portulaca, very medicinal. I still hold too, a correlation between root rot, root size an pot size.
I’m getting a few comments about the size of the pot and it’s not something I really considered - I might need to look into this more!
(And thanks for the plant ID, always appreciated ☺️)
they are pretty yummy, i leave alot of mine to grow. i like to ad them to mash potato and a little raw onion.
How did you differentiate the good roots from the dead ones when pruning them?
Healthy roots are a white/yellow color while bad roots are black (:
@@livingend Oh! I missed this! :)
Yeah I was coming here to ask the same thing
@@livingend Thanks 😊 👍🏾
Hi Scott !! So we bought two 4ft avocado trees fall of 2019. We went to the nursery and got the pots/ soil they suggested and went home and potted them ! They looked great until this unusual rainy winter we had... We tried covering them to prevent the rain and everything but it didnt help. Their root rot was soooo bad... Its so crazy though its ssooo hard to find any information online on how to treat root rot for avocados, everything is for prevention. We ended up winging it and repotted them into new large plastic pots and gave them a good sand/cactus soil/ gypsum/ 420 mix. Three weeks later they LOOKED better, greener and leaves wernt falling off anymore so we thought they were good. A month later they started to look sad again..I went on a last ditch effort to scramble through google looking for ANYTHING that could possibly point us in the right direction. On like the 6th page of a search I found this little article talking about cutting all the roots off and pouring hydrogen peroxide water over the cleaned roots, repotting them again, and pouring more peroxide over the soil to further kill any rot that was missed. I then searched for what felt like hours for a video of someone doing this to their avocados and couldnt find anything! Couldnt even find anyone doing it to trees in general, only little house plants. Gave up searching and decided to just do it anyways, if they die they die, if not then amazing !! It was the saddest and cruelest thing ive ever done to a plant haha Its been about a week since we have done it and they havent dropped the rest of their leaves yet !! All of a sudden, after all that work, I just stumbled on your video -__- I SSOO wish I found this earlier, would have saved so much research time BUT happy to see we pretty much did it the same! Read your comment below about it starting to grow back. Sorry to hear about your cat lol but thank you for the giving us hope that this might actually work !!! Fingers crossed !
Hi Korin! I'm sorry about your tree (and also sorry for my delayed reply!) I hope that this information will be helpful for you in the future!
I'm actually experimenting with using hydrogen peroxide to kill root rot at the moment.... if all goes well, there'll be a video about that come the summer time! Good luck :)
@@ScottGrowsanAvocadoTree Hi Scott ! no worries thanks for the reply !! The hydrogen peroxide worked wonderfully !! I also poured some agri fos on them once a month. After 2 months of watering sticks leaves just popped out of both trees !! they are growing faster every day !! I Good luck with the experiments !!
@@korinchapman4561 I think you're right. I use Monterey Garden Phos - it's a Systemic Fungicide
Soil Drench, Foliar Spray, or Basal Bark Application. Root rot is a fungus and hard to get rid of without removing the cause - rotting organic material in the potting soil. Good luck.
Hi Korin, Thanks for sharing your experience. Did you use Hydrogen peroxide 3% solution? Did you dilute with water and in what ratio?
you should list the items you use down below. i'm not an Aussie so hard to understand at times. good stuff!
Hey Scott, how is your avocado tree doing from the rescue? I'm going through that issue right. I'm thinking about changing the soil
I can’t wait for this update!
Neither can I 😅
@@ScottGrowsanAvocadoTree How's the tree doing today?
Can’t wait for the update Scott!! How was your holiday?
Fantastic thanks Brad! 😎
Have you made an update on this replant? Thanks 🙏🏻
Hi Scott.
I’ve been having my own problem with my avocado plant’s root. There was root rot, so, I treated it by simply scraping the ‘brown’ fungal growth off the root. Systematically, the root stopped sprouting new roots and hardened, becoming the plant’s only root and way to absorb water.
Keep in mind that it has only been growing in a glass mayonnaise jar for the last 10 or so months, using the toothpick method, submerging 70% the pip in water.
I decided to rather transplant it to a pot, using potting soil and small pot. Drainage is great, the water almost drains immediately.
But I think it’s still infected despite the cleaning.
The potting soil also started showing a white substance, which I think may be some mold, and is spreading.
I’m not seeing improvement, only leaves dying and looking rather lifeless.
Any advice?
Thanks!
How often did you change the water while it was growing in the jar? The roots absorb the oxygen in the water to survive so may have run out causing the roots to die
Another thing to consider but probably wasn't your issue is soils that are made up of mostly composted material will continue to compost every time you water your tree, so every time it gets water your soil will decompose and along with it the roots, it also consumes the oxygen in the soil that the roots need
If your tree doesn't look like it'll survive replanting it into correct soil than you can let the soil dry between Watering which slows the soil from decomposing, after it recovers replant into sandy loam soil and add Peat moss, volcanic rock, charcoal and perlite then heavily mulch to insulate the shallow roots, do not wash the old dirt out as you will potentially wash away an important root fungus, instead use a skewer to pick old soil out or just leave it be and give it lots of water
Thank you for your video. I did the same thing today with my dwarf avo tree which we bought the end of Jan 2011. I rescued it from the ground to a pot. Use well drained sail plus perlite plus peat moss . Fingers crossed.
Hi there! :-) I was wondering if you might have any advise for a young...ish (about 4ft tall and skinny) Haas tree that I've already planted in the ground. I think I've been over-watering if, but I also wonder if a gopher may have gotten to it's roots and/or if it's getting too much warm --> hot sun???
I live on the central coast of California and we are just now starting to get our "summer heat" in July. Temps may reach up to 90+ (F), but usually hover around the high 70s and 80s. We also often receive fog in the evening, which last throughout the night and into mid-morning or so.
Basically it's leaves are all slightly brownish-green and droopy-looking. The top has almost lost ALL of it's leaves already. 😢 It's only been in the ground about 3 months or so. How often do you think I should water it? How often should I add fertilizer/food to it?
Any advise is MUCH appreciated!
Thank you Scott. How does one determine how much to prune away?
So, top of stock is turning black. Too much water? Happened after heavy rain...💚🎸
Did it sirvive ive been looking all over your channel for an update and i dont see one any where. I have a 3 year old avacado tree and the leaves were wrinkling up i dont know what it was.i assumed root rot but then i got a humidifyier and it came back started growing good but in my room my brother started smacking my tree around but it was still too cold so i kept it jn there and then i took it outside it had started to go again but when i took it out it started growing again but now today i pulled it into the sun to get more direct sun and then an hour ago i saw it had dropped many leaves and the new growth seemingly has stopped. I watered it because the soil was dry 3 inches kn top and only mildly damp under that but im at the point where i have no idea whats going on with my plant im still thinking its root rot to a point but mow i believe that it isnt humid enough outside or maybe i need to water it a bit more often and give it much more direct sun for more hours.
It would be great to know what you think.
Yes, give us an update and show us how it is doing?
Hey Scott, my Avocado plant has a tiny stem, very hard to see but it's been 2 months and it doesn't seem to grow any taller
Thanks Gandalf
Please help. I have been growing my tree for 4 years but out of no where the leaves all brown even the new sprouts, The soil is moist I have the plant on the window to gain light I do not live in tropical climate. So we have cold winters and regular summers. My setup is a big pot with natural soil and rocks under for drainage. Do you think I need to use more fertilizer ? I have never given this tree fertilizer.
I started an avocado tree from seed. It was potted in regular soil and it grew around 20 inches tall. Then it started to loose leaves. I got to say that I was not educated on the watering and I guess it got too much water. Here in Houston we have a radio program about gardening on the weekends and the guy said that avocados tree do better in rose soil. So I took it out and potted in rose soil. That's when the stem started to turn brown at the top. Took it out again from the rose soil and notice that most of the roots were falling off. Decided to cut the stem to about 4 ". and potted it back in regular soil. Is is too late to save an avocado tree when the stem is all brown?
Is there any update on this tree you attempted to save? I seem to be having some issues as well...looking for help!
Its very very hot in the philippines these days. Daily i water my fully grown avocado tree. I noticed that told leaves turn yellow and have brown spots. What should i do. Thnks
Hi Scott, I have an avocado tree that the wind blow 11 of the baby avocado out of the tree but they look very healthy. How can I help those baby avocados that fell out of the tree continue to grow healthy to full adults; Is there any way? Thank you, Raquel
My avocado is over 1m tall and it has lost sooo many of its leafs and I thought it was too dry for it because the leafs dried out and fell off but now I chose to repot it and I found a horrible case of root rot. Wish me luck, I don't wanna lose my little friend that is over 3 years old at this point 😩
Can you do a video on brown spots on the avocado leaf?
Following your advice and I hope it works! I sprouted my avocado from a seed from the grocery store. How do tell which roots are rotted? I'm looking at pictures online, but want to be sure.
Hi Scott, if part of the stem is browning from the bottom up, do you think its too late? Also how far down should i cut it? Mine is 5 years old, 1'5m long, but quite thin, with two side branches, by now no leaves...
All my leaves went limp and started dying so i just pruned it and cut like half thr stem and repotted the plant. But it just rained like crazy so i don't know if it will survive. I'm sad that tree is 1 year old and I grew it from a seed 😭😭😭😭😭
Hi, I am growing my avocado plants in water and i have white stuff growing on all my roots. I'm scared it might be bad
Wow Scott! I feel like I need to hire you to educate me on production (amongst other things lol)! That was EXCELLENT!
Thanks Ash 💚 I’m always happy to chat - you know where to find me!
@@ScottGrowsanAvocadoTree Sure do! Will be hitting you up! 😉
I wonder if adding a little peroxide to the water would help?
If you notice new growth is that a sure sign the tree will make it?
It is certainly a good sign! It's not a *sure* sign - not until it's got some serious new growth, but it is a good sign :) Keep an eye on the soil's moisture, make sure you're letting it dry, and you'll be on your way.
I cut mine from the top and its turning brown now as if going to dye, but It was a grafted tree that I bought. Funn thing the leasve were brow falling off and I gave the plant some citrus tone. Now the leaves have burst forward beautiful with my diffuse and sun through the window, however, it turning brown from top where I cut it and traveling down somewhat. I don't want to reach all my new blossoming branches. What should I do?😖
Ayuda por favor sembre mi arbol cerca de un lago detras de la casa y el nivle de agua subió y esta muy cerca del arbol y se esta secando que debo hacer???😢
Potting mix is the culprit especially if you live in a place where you have cold winters.
Hi Scott, thank you for this information! Could you tell me what the sea salt to water ratio is that I should use for the solution?
I really need an answer to this too
What if my pit broke/rotted off (but plant still looks healthy) of my 7 month old plant and it has tiny clear bugs on it? I'm assuming throw it away, but should I do this treatment to the soil?
Is there a video update on this particular Avo tree you were trying to rescue in Jan 2020? How does it look now (Sept 2021)?
There was an update: th-cam.com/video/Y10QJwjTKVA/w-d-xo.html
(It was recovering well, then my cat decided to use it as a sneaky toilet , by the time I eventually realised, the root rot had set back in).
Would you recommend putting the roots in water and letting them grow out again? Or would that just cause more bacteria to form?
Hello, Scott, my name is Sylvia. I am new to growing my own avocado tree. I seem to have a rather healthy tree. Just recently I realized I was over watering it. Now it's quite tall and the newer 3 leaves are white. Is there something else wrong with my tree?
An update on this one please!! Would love to know what happened...
I have good news and bad news... the good news is that an update is coming on Thursday... the bad news is that after it started really well, my cat used it as a toilet for like a month, causing the root rot to come back 🙃 it would have been fine had I caught the cat earlier 😅
@@ScottGrowsanAvocadoTree Bad kitty!!! :O
I can't wait to see what happens!!
Fingers crossed 🤞🏻
I did this to my tree today, should i water it after repoting it, Or should I wait?
Hey scott. Did your tree in this video survive? Was there anything you could have done better because I'm about to do what you suggested the same thing happened to me with my avocado tree my cousin's stayed at my house and over watered it😢
If you grow an avocado from seed will it produce avocados? I have a couple but want to make sure I get avacados from it.
My tree is grown up like 13 feet and I can't dig it up. How to help it.its dying off by the branches
What would you recommend as this is happening to an avocado tree I planted in the ground? Thanks
Just ordered a 5 ft hass avacado tree that had 20 leaveson it. Leaves are falling off the past week but they look healthy. Is there something wrong with the tree? I live on sand so I took it out, I dug out the existing sand and replaced it with 75% peat % and 25% vegetable miracle grow mixed. I will also mention that maybe I might have accidentally sprayed the leaves kinda hard by accident..sorry... with a water hose and maybe I'm overwatering it too??
Water every ten days and use cactus soil so it drains well.. fungicide when needed
Why you watered it with the old contaminated water that you washed the roots with at first?:)
Scott, you don't seem to have a shortage of avocado seeds so at this stage just plant another. Your Hass seed will not be a "Hass" as it has two parents. You've done excellent research on root rot I think you would enjoy watching Greg Adler's youtube videos. My error, I just viewed your previous video and see it is a grafted avocado, so enjoy your Hass.
Hi Scott. Thanks for the great information. How did the avocado tree fare in the end?
Yea - what the hell happened ? Did this work or not - I’m guessing from the dead silence … it didnt
I just read in another that it didn’t for that plant because cat was peeing on it … but another plant it worked
I need to know did it survive, my avocado tree was thriving while it was in a jar of water, then i plant it in a pot and now a week later it started to die. I am trying to save it and would love some tips. should I buy special soil? should i give it extra nutrients ? :'( help pls
What about putting the avocado back into water? My cado lost all its leaves because of too much water, so I was thinking maybe it's a good idea to put it in a water vase instead of a dirt vase (as when it was a sprouting seed). Can this help?
I have 2 avocado trees I've grown from the pit . They were growing great , then one by one the leaves turned brown around the edges , I pinched them off till only a stem left . Same happened to the other as well . I left them was going to throw them out but leaves started growing again , all at the top of the stem . And then the leaves started to turn brown at the edges again .
Is this root rot ? Right now I can't really repot them with fresh soil , it's cold out and I did my planting out on the deck . Will they just keep losing leaves and growing them back ? Not sure what to do with them , I want them to grow , they're a pretty green plant 😔
I try to check the moisture , water them once every week and a half maybe , I've brought them inside in hopes to keep them going til spring .
Water them every ten days… try repotting before next cycle of water… use cactus soil … and copper hydrochloride fungicide to treat new plants and cut off old ones that are affected by fungus
I meant leaves … apply to both sides of new leaves
I have about six sprouts that I haven't transplanted into soil yet. I've got some browning leaves. I got mine in a indoors and in a bright area...would you say they need direct light? I suppose I'll transplant them tomorrow. What soil did you use? Any other of suggestions?
How is the tree doing now?
The leaves on my avocado tree are drying up but not turning brown. How can I stop this?
I see you have a moisture reader. What number should it be for an avocado tree?
We watched your video, followed all steps but are afraid we may have gotten carried away with snipping off too many roots. Been a couple weeks now and she's not looking so hot. Any tips..?
Ah, Rob. It takes time, I usually don't see a lot of regrowth for a few weeks - hopefully it pulls through. There's not a lot more to do now other than wait. Good luck!
What are your NPK ratios for your overall soil plus fertilizer regimen
I aim for a 2-1-1 NPK ratio :)
Did you make a update video for this????
I have a black gooey roots any ideas?
Where can one get a moisture meter?
What happened to this avocado tree?
Scott - You need to check out "Gary's Best Gardening" channel. 'Gary's Tips For Growing Avocado Trees'. He's the owner of Laguna Hills Nursery. He says potting soil and compost kills avocados if you plant in them. He has video seminars on soil, planting and trees etc. I've tried his methods and saw results in less than 2 weeks. He advocates not planting in "ground up dead trees" - compost and potting soil. Decaying compost and ground up trees rot if they are wet. Don't plant in them. He also says growing a tree from a seed will take 7-13 years to make fruit. So he recommends grafted stock. You get fruit within 3 years of grafting. Good luck with your avocados.
Thanks for the tip - I'll be sure to check out the advice from an expert! Thanks :)
What to do if all the roots are black. By using hydrogen peroxide does it make to help the regrowth of plant ?
Hi Scott my dog recently ate my tree I replanted it after trimming some pieces is there anything I can do to boost the chance of survival
If the roots are still in the ground and there's still some stem - there's a chance it'll recover. Keep an eye on how moist the soil is and only water when it's dry. Stressed trees are more prone to root rot and other problems. Hopefully it recovers!
Hey Scott, did the tree survive. I am about to try and save my tree.
What if your 9yr avocado tree is dying all of a sudden?
My avocado is about 15 inches now and has alot of gnats buzzing around it. Can you recommend anything for the bugs? I have Nataria neem oil spray and there is no luck
Replace soil with cactus soil and water every ten days… make sure they get lots of sunlight or keep by a window for first three years - use fungicides on leaves and water a couple times if you have root rot… or when you transplant … try to cut off roots that are spoiled and replant in new pot… not the same pot
Cut off fungus leaves… and apply fungicide to new ones
Wonderful thank you so much ❤❤
some of my avocado leaves look burned. i have been growing it from a seed in my window for one year now. i know i need to replant it and maybe put it outside? what causes the burned leaves?
@D Keyless at the tips of the leaves. It will not let me attach a pic here.
What happened? My dog ripped my avacado out when planting in the yard. It was about 5 months. And now it has lost all its leaves.I replanted it in all potting soil and back in a pot Please help. Thanks a bunch
did it survive?
have you made the follow up video as yet?
Ah. Yes. This is an interesting question. I was hoping to make one a little while ago - it was looking fantastic. It had grown a couple of dozen new leaves. It's stem was growing, it had a new branch..... then tragedy. It wasn't drying out, and I was very confused because I only water it when it was dry, which was usually a weekly thing... Then I discovered that our beautiful cat, Luna, decided that whilst she has the option of two pristine kitty litter trays in the house, she would instead use the avocado tree's pot to do her business. It dropped its leaves again and was not looking good. I repeated the process in this video again and put it in a smaller pot. But it's not looking good.
I've added another strategy in my attack on root rot in that I am now watering plants with root rot with a water and hydrogen peroxide solution, but I fear that these tree, after being used as a toilet for who knows how long (maybe two months) has lost too many roots and isn't going to make it.
I'm really sad because after I made this video it was doing exceptionally well, until it became a cat toilet... if it recovers, a video will be coming. FIngers and toes crossed!
@@ScottGrowsanAvocadoTree I wish it all the best, I have a tree clinging onto life as well so your method seemed promising, mine is almost 3 years old and I however put mine into the ground instead of another pot, it lost most of it leaves and is budding back but the new leaves are curling ever so slightly and tips slowly turning brown almost immediately after budding out. Our neighbours cat occasionally gets into where my avo tree is growing so hopefully his not doing the same as your cat, thanks again for the update though
@@ScottGrowsanAvocadoTree what's your hydrogen peroxide recipe for cleaning root rot now?
Hi Scott, can you recommend any product I can order online?
hello ... I have big avocado tree almost hit 200m , I thinks have same problem you mention it ...It will impossible takes my tree cut dye roots 😔 can suggest a way to help my tree 😭???
Where is the follow up video?
where's the updated video? it's been 2 years
I made an update some time ago - TL;DR, it was recovering, then my cat used it as a toilet, and by the time I realised it was too late 😔 th-cam.com/video/Y10QJwjTKVA/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for vid where are you located?
I'm in Melbourne, Australia :)
What a cute video, thank you
Did it survive?
Did it recover?