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Avocado Tree

Avocado Tree

Known as Persea Americanus serves well raw in mixed greens and guacamole and has a lot of nourishment so some us will eat it alone like an apple. You can grow this fantastic food from its
seed that you would usually just discard.
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Optimal Time/Temperature for Germination:
One method is to sprout the seed – rinse it under warm water to remove all of the avocado fruit from it. Do not remove the brown skin or “seed cover” from the seed. The top of the seed is the pointed end, while the lower part of the seed is rounded. It’s important that you’re able to identify the top and the bottom of your seed. The roots will grow out of the bottom and your tree will sprout from the top of the seed. Insert three toothpicks on a slight downward angle in the middle of the seed. The toothpicks will enable you to suspend your seed so that the roots can get enough water while the top of the seed stays dry. The toothpicks should be an equal distance apart from one another. Make sure that each toothpick is inserted firmly but not too far. Use the toothpicks to balance the seed on the brim of a cup, ensuring that the bottom half of the seed is under water. The other half of the seed should be above the water’s surface. Place the glass in a warm spot where it can get some sun. Remember to replace the water as it evaporates. Change your water once a week to prevent mold from growing in your glass. Use room temperature water for your avocado tree. In two to six weeks, you should see your avocado tree start to sprout. You’ll notice that the seed will crack and roots will begin to grow from the bottom of the seed. If your avocado tree does not sprout in eight weeks, consider starting over with a new seed. Once your plant grows to 6 – 7 inches (15 – 17.7 centimeters), you should move it to a pot with soil. Remove the toothpicks from your seed and place it in a 8 – 10 inch (20.3 – 25.4 centimeter) deep pot filled with humus soil or a multi-purpose potting soil. The seed should be half exposed on top of the soil. Humus is loose and crumbly soil. It includes organic material like leaves, grass clippings, and peat moss. Avocado trees thrive in fast draining organic soil.
Optimal Soil Conditions:
Avocados thrive in warm and humid climates and grow in zones 8 through 10. Avocado trees generally due best in tropical climates. However, there are a few species of cold hardy avocado trees that can survive in temperatures as low as 20 degree Fahrenheit. A healthy pH level for your soil is between 6.0 and 7.0. If you’re using soil from your garden, make sure you sift through it and remove any weeds or roots are in it. The best times to plant your avocado tree are March through June. Planting your avocado tree during the hottest parts of the summer increases the risk of sun damage for your tree.Burying more than one seed may increase your chances of a tree sprouting.
Seed Planting Depth, Spacing and Procedure:
Another method is right into the dirt. You can use a paper towel or run your seed under water. Remove all of the avocado pulp from the seed before you continue. If your seed is giving you issues during cleaning, you can submerge it under water for one to two minutes to loosen some of the stuck on avocado. Once you’ve extracted your avocado seed, you’ll need to peel back the brown layer over the seed, sometimes referred to as the “seed cover.” Use a sharp knife and cut away at the brown cover to reveal the tan seed under it. Light scratches on the seed will not prevent growth but avoid puncturing or cracking the seed while you remove the cover. Fill a pot with loose soil that has good drainage. Some options include sandy loam or humus. You can find these specialty potting soils online or at a home and garden store. Good drainage is essential for growth. Bury your avocado seed so that the fat rounded end is under the soil while the pointed end is exposed. An avocado grown this way may take up to two months to sprout. Return to the soil daily to make sure that it’s wet enough to promote growth. It’s important that your soil doesn’t dry out during this period.
Best Companion Plants and Plants that Hinder:
: 2 to 4 inch layer of some sort of bark, compost, leaf mold, etc. is enough to provide huge benefits to the soil/root system of your trees. weeds and green grass can hinder the avocado tree’s growth. Comfrey is a beneficial companion plant for the avocado tree and most other fruit trees by serving as a trap crop for slugs. A trap crop pushes insects away from other essential plants with a disagreeable taste or a bad smell. The comfrey plant also accumulates phosphorus, calcium and potassium and helps keep surrounding soil moist and rich. An extra note for greatest results is that comfrey needs to be harvested and applied as mulch, tea or compost to releasing nutrients instead of using them up. Also, lavender, garlic, strawberries, and sweet potatoes are good as each plant has a different benefit, they all grow well next to, or underneath the canopy from avocado trees. Some attract pollinators, while others keep away pests or provide a living ground cover

Growing Instructions

Crop Maintenance

Once your avocado tree grows to be about 6 – 7 inches (15 – 17.7 centimeters), cut it back about 3 inches (7.6 centimeters). Cutting the top of the stem will promote more horizontal growth on your plant. Trim the tree when using both the toothpick and potting method. Regular pruning after the first year of growth should be limited but is useful for maintaining a healthy avocado tree in some cases. You can prune smaller branches as your tree matures to limit its growth or to balance the tree. The best times to prune your tree is in the late winter or early spring. If you don’t cut your avocado plant, the stem may grow too long. Do not cut the roots on the bottom. If you live a place where the temperature doesn’t dip below 24 degrees Celsius, (75.2 degrees Fahrenheit) then you can keep your tree outdoors all year round. However, if you live in a place where it gets cold, you’ll need to bring it indoors, or it will die. For your avocado to grow fruit, it must be pollinated by insects. If you have had your plant for a long time and it hasn’t grown fruit, consider moving it to an outside garden or keeping a window open so that bees and other insects can pollinate it. Pruning the flowers have little effect on the vegetative root system. Avocado growth is rhythmic, meaning that it goes through phases of growth and phases of dormancy and alternates for the seasons. Flower growth is a sign that your shoots have stopped growing for the season.
Moisture Requirements & Solutions:
Watering your tree too much can hurt the plant. A good indication of overwatering is if the plant’s leaves become a light green or translucent color. Check the soil every couple of days to make sure that it isn’t dried out.You can do this by pressing a finger into the soil about an inch (2.5 centimeters) deep. A fully matured avocado tree will need about 20 gallons (75.7 liters) of water per day during the irrigation period. It doesn’t need much watering in the winter. Avocado trees don’t like cold, wet soil and can develop root rot.
Weeding Needs & Solutions:
Feeding Needs/Optimal Natural Fertilizers:
Avocados need nitrogen, first and foremost, and a little zinc . You can use a citrus tree fertilizer as an avocado fertilizer or go organic and use compost, coffee, fish emulsion, etc.
Pests, Diseases & Solutions:
To protect your avocados from anthracnose disease,there are a few steps you can take: Prune dead limbs and twigs to prevent the spread of the disease. This also improves air circulation in the tree canopies, thus reducing humidity. Spray your tree with a copper fungicide every two weeks after blossoming to protect your fruit throughout development. Any crop residue should be properly disposed of to cut down on the spread of the disease. Prune and harvest during dry conditions and consume ripened fruit quickly. (BonideCaptain Jack’s Copper-Fungicide-Rtu-Natural has organic approval). Also, avocado trees are very susceptible to root rot, which is caused by the soil- borne fungus Phytophthora cinnamomi. Controlling this disease is the highest priority. Lace bugs can damage leaves and cause yellow spots on them, weaken leaves to fallout, exposing fruits and the wood to destructive ultraviolet rays. Horticultural oils can be used for their management. Insect borers tunnel into avocado trees and lay eggs causing branches to weaken and fall off. To prevent their spread, cut off infected branches. Washing some pests off with water spraying can be helpful while overseeing tree growth with a solid routine of pruning, cautious regulation of issue zones, and composting.
When to Harvest/Number of days to maturity:
Avocado trees can take 2-8 weeks to sprout. Once your taproot begins to grow, you’ll know you’re on the right track. The taproot will be thicker than your tree’s other roots. After your avocado tree sprouts, it can take anywhere from 5-13 years for it to bear fruit. (Should your avocado tree never bear fruit and if it does, there is a chance it will not be edible.)
How to Harvest:
Optimal Storage temperature and conditions:
Conditions: Prune and harvest during dry conditions and consume ripened fruit quickly. Since air is the enemy of avocados, vacuum sealing with a handheld sealer makes sense. Citric acid in lemon or lime is a strong antioxidant that slows the browning process. Squeeze a small amount to stretch the cut fruit another day. Plastic wrap is often used in food preparation and storage to prevent oxygen exposure. To protect an avocado that has been cut open, simply wrap the avocado as tightly as possible, making sure the exposed surface comes into full contact with the plastic, leaving no air gaps and they are freezable.
Optimal Preserving Procedures:
Seed Saving:

Harvest and Storage

Notes

Feeding avocados to your pets is bad for them.

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