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Avocado tree question.

10 years ago

Hi there,

I bet some of these questions have been answered a million times already, but I'm new to the forum and I just figured it would be easier to start a new thread than search all over the place. Sorry.

I have grow an avocado tree inside in a pot. Some of its leaves around the main stem first started getting small brown spots all over them, then the spots became more "aggressive". I just figured that the leaves were getting old, as no matter what kind of search around the web got me nothing but inconclusive answers. Then, after re-potting, it started turning the said leaves yellow and almost rust-like in colour, before finally dropping them. I'm guessing the stress from re-potting it and using a bad soil-mix were the big factors in this.

I've never pruned the tree, which leads me to my question, should I risk doing it now? It's about two years old and about +/-160 cm high. It has branched, but it's only one branch and it happened quite recently. My guess is that I should start over again now that I have a bit more info about it, but I don't really want to chuck it over to start again.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Chris

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gnappi
10 years ago
I've had only a few avocado, the Florida type many seem to not like, but I like them a lot. I'm no expert by any stretch and not familiar with problems as mine have all been trouble free.

Anyway, re-potting has shocked mine, but ultimately they like being in the ground. Leaf drop NEVER happened to me when they were in the soil.

You didn't mention watering but I never watered mine excessively till they fruit then they like a bit more water but too much has caused fruit drop.

Your tree is pretty big, I'd think cutting the top would force branching. I ALWAYS cut my trees a bit high because I'd rather walk under than around them.
Zahl
Original Author
9 years ago
It's getting alot better now it even branched a bit more at the top, but I still haven't done anything to it. I'll prune it down when summer's over.

Thanks for the answer gnappi, I'll start pruning it down seasonally from now on.

Chris
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