Avocados

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• Avocado Plant

  Even a small Avocado plant/tree should be potted in at least a 10-12" pot....roots fill up a 6" pot rather quickly. They like to be moist but not saturated. Use a soil medium that drains quickly as they resent "wet-feet"...I've always added horticultural grade sand to mine. African Violet mix… More

• problems with lemon tree and avocado

  ...on tree and has some flowers - just no growth. My avocado tree (also new) has lost all of its leaves but seems to be flowering. Any ideas? Will they be… More

• Avocado Seed which end is up?

  I have some Avocado seed or pits I'm not sure what you might call them but, I would like to try to plant them and see if I can grow a plant or two. My question is which end goes up the pointed or round end? Any help is appreciated.… More

• Starting an avocado pit

  I have unsuccessfully tried to grow an avocado - I usually poke the pit with toothpicks and let the base sit in water, but nothing ever happens. Any suggestions??? THANKS! More

• Avocado...HELP..grafting?

  ...in the middle of the night she decided to BITE my avocado in half. It is like 2 ft tall and was growing rather well and the trunk was thickening but still very soft so… More

• Joshua Tree Seeds

  I've been soaking joshua tree seeds thinking what the heck let me try it. Today, i wanted to add water to my seeds and guess what I found? A seed has sprouted! LOL...now what? do i leave it in water so it can grow some more? plant it in dirt?… More

• Lessons learned regarding wood mulch up to now.

  Citrus trees...do not like mulch. Mango and Avocado...like mulch, but not too close to the trunk. Bananas and berries...LOVE mulch. You can mulch every inch...they will love you for it. Herbs and veggies...I mulch just enough to keep dirt from splashing up onto the plants. They seem to be grateful… More

• avacado

  ...y slow adjustment to the new conditions. Keep you Avocado in as best light you can give it until spring and water sparingly ...not dry but not… More

• Question on how to plant Avocado Tree

  ...just got back from a fruit tree sale. I bought an avocado tree. I will be keeping it in a pot until late Feb/early March, to avoid any issues with frost, but have one question: when I am ready to plant the tree, is there anything special that I… More

• Culinary and Medicinal Herbs

  I am giving another presentation at work next weekend...here is what I have come up with. This is the long version with some of the interesting tidbits included. For the handout I will scale it down to 3 pages. Culinary and Medicinal Herbs Anise Annual, Height: 18 to 24 inches… More

• "California Home Gardener"

  I visited mastergardeners.org which led me to "Garden tips for Los Angeles County" (other Cali. County info. available). Thought people from Cali might want to know about the sites and people from Los Angeles (are there any? :( ) would want to read the following I copied from http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/Garden_Tips_for_Los_Angeles_County/January.htm "January… More

• companion planting for fruit

  ...: grapes almonds olives pears/apples citrus trees avocados raspberries/currants I've read to keep fruit trees mulched, but was wondering if any plants or herbs can protect them from pests or improve their flavours thanks! More

• Please help me identify this plant!

  ...d that its leaves look really similar to my young avocado plants, and found what look to be like little baby avocados. Now it's a… More

• Avocado Seed

  ...went to the store today and bought me a couple of avocados and they are just smaller than a small canteloupe, the largest I have ever seen. She cut one of them for me and the seed is also huge. But what was strange, is that it had a… More

• companion planting for fruit

  ...: grapes almonds olives pears/apples citrus trees avocados raspberries/currants I've read to keep fruit trees mulched, but was wondering if any plants or herbs can protect them from pests or improve their flavours thanks! More

• avocado....

  "The avocado tree (Persea americana), when grown by a hobby gardener is normally grown from seeds removed from ripened fruit. There are two acceptable methods of doing this, either by sprouting the seed in water or by actually planting the seed in soil. Many people start avocado trees as novelty… More

• Hi from Eastern Massachusetts

  Hello all, I hapened on your site less than a week ago and after making several posts on other threads, just found the Introductions forum today . So, I thought i should post here and say hi. I have to admit that I haven't always liked gardening. Growing up, my… More

• New To Forum

  Hi guys...I am Thadd (short for Thaddeus). I live in beaitiful Rolling Hills Estates Ca. We are on the coast on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. If you fly out of LAX and look left, that big hill is our peninsula. I have been gardening most of my adult life. The… More

• New To Forum

  Hi guys...I am Thadd (short for Thaddeus). I live in beaitiful Rolling Hills Estates Ca. We are on the coast on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. If you fly out of LAX and look left, that big hill is our peninsula. I have been gardening most of my adult life. The… More

• Avocados in Zone 6?

  ...swer for me. Can you grow, either indoors or out, avocados in zone 6...Willamette Valley, Oregon? Thanks in advance for any help! Elkwoman (Jan) More

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