blades
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You didn't say that. The article to which you linked said it.
ElizabethB
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The question is what will grow where you live. Avocados are tropical fruits. In the U.S. they only grow in south Florida and along the U.S. Mexican border of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and southern California. A freak freeze in those southern regions will wipe out an avocado crop.
Good Luck.
medtran49
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It takes years and years before an avocado tree will fruit when grown from a pit. So, unless you are in a subtropical to tropical growing zone and can plant in the ground, there's really not much point. You can't container garden an avocado tree. It has to get big and mature before it will fruit. They also require fertilization twice a year with a fertilizer for an avocado tree. Depending on the soil, the tree may also need other nutrients, minerals added. BTW, you don't place the fertilizer right around the trunk, you place it at the outer diameter of the branches, so each time you fertilize, it should be in a slightly bigger circle.
The first place we had with an avocado tree was an older home and the tree was mature. We had our next home built and planted a grafted tree shortly after we moved in. It was 5 years before it fruited and it didn't give us many. The sixth year we got nothing. The seventh year is when it really started to give us fruit and the harvest got better each year afterwards.
If you still want to try, find an avocado you like and try with that one.
badjak
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I am in the subtropics...
I'm planting some from pip, because I can
And am looking what I can find. I may graft some as well
I'm planting some from pip, because I can
And am looking what I can find. I may graft some as well
karadekoolaid
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I've planted about half a dozen in my "Green Zone", above my back garden.
Haven't been able to even see them in the last 4 years or so, ever since a pine tree fell from a great height and completely blocked the stairway to the entrance. I'm working on it (with the gardener).
We're sub-tropical/ tropical (further south) so the tree should be able to produce fruit. Have to take a look in the next month or so!
Haven't been able to even see them in the last 4 years or so, ever since a pine tree fell from a great height and completely blocked the stairway to the entrance. I'm working on it (with the gardener).
We're sub-tropical/ tropical (further south) so the tree should be able to produce fruit. Have to take a look in the next month or so!
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Yeah, and some of them that grow from pit will never produce because they weren't grafted. Like the one I had, which of course I had to keep in a container inside, but I was told by a fellow who worked at a nursery that even if we lived somewhere warm enough it needed to be grafted to produce. Nice houseplant though.
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His profile shows he is in Zambia...
ElizabethB
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Yes, I saw his profile. I did not look at a map of Africa to see exactly where Zambia is. Elevation is another issue and can make a difference. General zones provide little usable information. We are fortunate in the U.S. to have county agents who can give us region specific information.
Bajak,
I do not know what resources are available to you. I suggest starting with a 5 to 10 gallon grafted tree. You must have local agriculture specialist. Perhaps through a university. Seek their advice on planting, fertilizing and general care. The more information you have the better chance of success.
Good luck.
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badjak
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Merci.
Indeed in Zambia, but a she
I'm trying to grow from pip and then will graft a variety on it that people grow successfully in my area, but I'm also looking for a ready grafted one.
I'm at 380 mtrs above sea level, in the Zambezi valley. It gets real hot here.
Climate is an issue, but so are termites
Indeed in Zambia, but a she
I'm trying to grow from pip and then will graft a variety on it that people grow successfully in my area, but I'm also looking for a ready grafted one.
I'm at 380 mtrs above sea level, in the Zambezi valley. It gets real hot here.
Climate is an issue, but so are termites
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Sorry about that!Merci.
Indeed in Zambia, but a she
I'm trying to grow from pip and then will graft a variety on it that people grow successfully in my area, but I'm also looking for a ready grafted one.
I'm at 380 mtrs above sea level, in the Zambezi valley. It gets real hot here.
Climate is an issue, but so are termites
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They have an intriguing way of dealing with the problem here when a tree falls across a path. They literally just cut the width of the path or sometimes a single person from the trunk, so the majority of the tree remains where it fell, and you walk through the trunk. On really big trees, the sort that are 2 meters in diameter, we've seen steps cut into the trunk to help you climb over the trunk, as though they were a staircase. They nail/attach fencing wire on the top of the step to give grip to boots etc, so it isn't slippery. But usually they just cut the section out for the path and you'll see it to the side. Nothing gets removed, so the decomposition can carry on as normal.
karadekoolaid
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If I'd had a chainsaw, I think that's what I would have done. I've often thought of buying one. but then, nahh, to use it once every three years... So my tree trunk is diagonal across the steps. It's been there a few years right now, and the gardener who comes round to do the heavy work (which I try to avoid thanks to 2 hernias) tells me he can probably cut the trunk up with a machete and use the "remains" for the base of a new veg pit i'm putting together.
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Hubby had to accept defeat on vetoing both the chainsaw and being a trailer when we moved out here. I never quite knew why he didn't want a trailer. It would have been so much more convenient in the UK, but after a few months here of taking our black waste bins to the tip in the back of his vehicle, he gave in and we bought one. Ask him now why we never had one and he's lost. We couldn't live without it. I'm now working on getting the trailer, a box. For those who are not aware, a box is a metal frame work that sits into dedicated slots that all trailers have here in Australia. It increases the overall height of the trailer but because it's wire mesh, you can see through it. They have doors at the back to make loading easier. Currently I have to use some of the garden waste to construct a 'box' to put garden waste higher than the trailer and then make sure it is safe to take along a gravel road. The box would make my life much easier.
The chainsaw is a small 18inch blade and runs off a battery. That limits how long I can use it (with my bad back etc), but it is quite surprising as to what it can actually get through.
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I have two chainsaws. One of them is a small one for clearing brush or trimming limbs and the other a larger, more powerful one for felling trees. My property has hundreds of trees and they require maintenance to keep access to the land. I took down, bucked and disposed of a huge willow last fall that had a 38" trunk. That one made me feel my age.