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My Choquette avocado - is it dead ?

jofus, ( Englewood, Fl zone 10a )

14 years ago

Will try to enclose a photo of my prized Choquette avocado tree that I planted in early March 2009 here in Englewood, Florida,...a few miles south of Venice. It was taken on the 27th, just yesterday. Was worried mostly about my young mango trees and somehow didn't think to cover the avocado or papayas ( totally dead - no doubt ) from the cold nights of the 10th and 11th.

I am thinking the Choquette is done for but would appreciate some opinions from more knowledgeable gardeners. See photo below. Thanks.

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corar4gw

14 years ago

My avocado - grown from a grocery store fruit - has frozen for the second year. Last year, I just KNEW it was dead, but didn't dig it up, deciding instead to use it as a trellis for a cardinal vine. (which never bloomed) But, come spring, two healthy suckers took off and the tree was a good 8 feet tall when this year's freeze got it. For sure, I'm going to wait and see if it will regenerate itself once again. cora

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johnjsr
14 years ago
Scratch through the bark on a few twigs. If the cambium layer is still green it may recover.

john
mango_kush
14 years ago
usually when a tree keeps dead leaves on its limbs it means its toast, a healthy tree would drop its leaves and eventually save up energy for new growth.

i see a green leaf though, thats a good sign. i guess time will tell.
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gatormomx2
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Tress can take two years to show damage .
Keeping or not keeping leaves is a sign of nothing .
Give the avocado tree time and just wait and see what happens .
It might just surprise you .
Send us a picture of how it looks in July .
floridays
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Yep, best thing to do is just wait and see what happens. It will naturally begin to flush new growth from it most vertical live point, whether that is at the branch tips, below the branch tips or even just off of the main trunk. As long as new growth pushes above the graft you should be OK. Some of these tropical fruit trees are resilient and will surprise you with the rate they bounce back at.

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kennyn
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I have a Lula avocado tree about that size. Iooks the same as yours. I am worried also. I look at it for 20 minutes a day haha. Yesterday I noticed about 5 or 6 green bumps just above the graft, so Im guessing that the rest of the tree is dead? Any help?
saldut
14 years ago
Choquette is supposed to take cold down to abt. 28 degrees, I know mine did even tho' it got colder than that, some years ago, maybe during the 80s... it is supposed to be self-pollinating also and mine was.... best to just leave it alone and see what happens, give it some time... sally

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