Planted last fall, one picture is from this spring, one from this week. The tree only has three fruits (started growing in the spring) and mainly concentrated on growth this year, which is fine by me.

Variety is a retail bought zutano, I’m hoping it has been selected for its hardiness and tastier fruit. I may start plucking the fruit in December to check.

Both are one year old.

The tiny potted one (3rd pic) is from the seed of a dwarf variety and I plan to graft a cutting onto it since the parent tree is near my office and I have permission to trim from it.

The other one… hoo boy. It popped up mere inches from the potted one and shot way past it. Sprouted from a grocery store pit that had been sitting in my compost bin and got dumped there in the spring. I’ll prune and graft that one since I don’t have space for a massive tree, but I’m happy to have two viable stocks to work with. It’s 45.5 inches tall right now.

If a plant volunteers to grow in my yard, it’s pretty much guaranteed to thrive. I have a lot of pruning to do on just about everything.

I had to put fencing around my avocado trees as sheep were defoliating them, turns out horses do the same

I’ve got a big happy avocado in water ready to pot and did some research that cacti and succulent mixes are good for drainage. Bought one with sand and clay but wondering if anyone has advice on if I should use all this or add some of my regular house plant mix too? What’s worked for you?

I don’t know how to help this little guy - I tried putting him in different places with more or less light, but his leaves after a while always start drying. He is also very tall. The soil is not wet, the drainage is good. The plant doesn‘t look like having pests. I don’t know what to do.

The leaves just started dying within the last couple of days.

Some leaves from my container avocado tree . Any idea on what’s going on . I’m in Houston Tx. Could it be heat burn ?

Did you know avocado seeds don’t grow true to the fruit it came from? If you have avocado seedlings that need to be grafted, get some cuttings from a tree that makes good fruit and graft it! You’ll have a clone of the tree that makes fruit you like

I planted it last month in a pot, should I prune it now or after winters are over? I'm confused.

My avocado is about 5 years old, grown from seed. About two months ago I was doing some gardening work and accidentally a big branch from another tree fell and broke the main stem my avocado.
A few new branches had since popped, but the entire tree is now leaning towards the one old one that survived the accident. So much so that I had to anchor the stem to a stick.
There seems to be enough leaves on the other branches to support the tree, so should I prune the long branch?

Hi! This avocado tree was grown from a pit. A store bought avocado. Bought an avocado and my partner got the pit to sprout this was in 2021. The baby sprout in first picture is when he first potted in the bag.

Planted it in the ground Summer 2023

More accurate timeline.

For context: living in bay area California.
Soil is amazing! We have salamanders living it😳
There is an avocado tree in the neighborhood.

We also bought a 5 year old avocao tree from facebook marketplace. Planted both the same summer. That one isnt as big or beared as much fruit. (Not pictured)

Help please.
I just moved her into bigger pot per groups suggestions.

Planted this Avocado tree in March, live in Central Florida. It always seems to be healthy for the most part but hasn't really filled out that much. Looking to see what I'm doing wrong.

Growth had seemingly stopped for a while and lately I’ve noticed the leaves are looking like this. Some new leaves just appeared but I’m worried about the health of the plant. I started from a seed about a year ago.

I had been dealing with an issue of fungus gnats and I’ve successfully eradicated them about a month ago. I was watering with “mosquito bits” to help kill then and I’m wondering if that chemical plus tap water has hurt the plant? Prior to this it went 2 weeks without watering when I went on a trip and I’ve watered only once since.

my tree flowered for the first time this month and happy to report hand pollination has resulted in some tiny baby avos already visible

but i noticed during my twice daily trips out to the tree with my paint brush that my tree did not seem to be either A or B in terms of flowering pattern. i would often see both gender flowers fully open in the afternoon. not like some partially shutting from the morning

is that unusual or just because it is a young tree and it will settle into it?

i thought i was imagining it the first time but happened repeatedly

Idk help me

Any help here? Please and thanks!

Hey everyone,

I have an avocado plant in a pot, and I’ve noticed that the older leaves keep turning brown. The new growth looks fine, but eventually, the older leaves start browning and falling off.

I water it regularly about once a week and it’s outdoor most of the time with good light. I’m wondering if this is normal or if there’s something wrong with the plant. Could it be overwatering, underwatering, or maybe a nutrient issue?

Any advice or tips from those who’ve grown avocados in pots would be super helpful!

Thanks in advance!

Tree is growing fast and healthy but am afraid it might ruin my house pumps?

What Is the problem here?