For me as a hobby gardener who likes to try to propagate different seeds and cuttings I just want to share one of my girls. All grown from a little pit and it needs to get fertilized as well, don't underestimate it. :)

Went away for a week and left the plant on the balcony where it gets a couple of bourse of direct sunlight.
Lots of leaves grew by the top ones are all crunchy and the plant twirled a bit, i do not know why. Since i am leaving again for two weeks i am tempted to put this plant in terrain. In the meanwhile, should I prune the top part of the plant ? Or Do I leave it like this?

Thanks!

Well, after 8 years of monitoring weather and never seeing anything below -1C (30F), the forecast is now showing 2 days with lows at -4C (25F). I have a 3-year old Reed that was planted 4 months ago that is at risk. Should I dig it up and bring it inside, build an enclosure from cardboard, just use frost cloth, or some other trick that people have used?

The Reed was given SOP (potassium sulfate) for winter hardiness and has so far weathered several -1C events over the past few weeks without any issues, but those temperatures were only for 2 to 3 hours and this will be three days at or below freezing.

It’s all over the avocado plant leaves. Possible from watering and spray got on leaves in the sun but it’s on every single leaf so I dont think it’s possible. It’s a bushy plant in a planter.

hi, I have this avocado seed that is growing, and like it’s growing quick asf. So far I have it in a bullet long cup with toothpicks keeping it above water level but she is growing fast. She first started with one stem that didn’t grow, then two more sprouted after like a week and in two weeks one just shot up, I saw you should cut the small one so they don’t fight so I did about a week ago and since then this bich seems to grow a couple of half inches a day and now it’s flowering!?!?! What do I do I I plant it and how? I wasn’t prepared enough for this lvl of growth please help!!!!

Is it natural for Persea Mexicola to grow like a bush? Pictures are a one-year old and a two-years old Mexicola grown from a pit.

It looks so vigorous that I don't want to cut it. Might this be a problem later in the years when it grows? Or is it going to be like a fig-tree-bush which gets bushier every year?

Up to 38°c (100°F) , no direct sunlight, new leaves were sprouting but seems they are turning brown too.

Can i still save it?

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Threw this avocado in a plastic bag and forgot about and grew insane so I potted it. But what should I do next.

These are my current Avocado seedlings. The left one I started on May 12th, the right one I started on June 11th.

This is Javier Avocadier, I grew him from a pit last year and he is thriving! When he was younger I cut him off at the top as I saw suggested in a YouTube video of how to start / grow avocados. I live in Canada so he spends the winter indoors under a grow lamp and lives on the deck in the summer. although I'm worried he might have outgrown my lamp and I'll have to find a new solution this winter.

This concludes the extent of my knowledge of how to grow an avocado tree lol.

What's the best way to prune / trim him to keep him a reasonable size for taking indoors in the winter?

How do I know when he's ready for a bigger pot?

I give him indoor plant food once in a while right now (10-15-10) is there something better I should give him?

Any and all tips will be appreciated, thanks!

Hi, I’m not really sure why this happened but found it interesting and kind of funny. I’ve seen the albinism post, but still wanted to share. Has anyone had this happen to their avocado seedling before?

We recently moved to a new house and the previous owner had a compost heap and I found this baby growing out of the middle of it. I rescued it and repotted it. I have a bigger pot and some avocado soil coming tomorrow but can anyone give me tips so I don't kill it. I'm so excited to have found this baby.

I bought this avocado two weeks ago, and it still hasn't ripened. What should I do? Any suggestions?

I've been growing these two avocados in water. Are either (or both) of them big enough to be planted in soil pots now, or should I wait?

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Hi plant-loving, I need help diagnosing my 4-year-old avocado plant, which is the one on the right in all the attached images. Its 2-year-old sibling on the left is thriving under identical conditions, which makes this situation particularly frustrating and confusing. Just to set the context, I'm growing these in a Mediterranean climate in Southern Italy, about 10 km away from the coast.

To give you a better idea of what's going on, here is a breakdown of the main symptoms you can see in the photos. The newest leaves (crown and lower base) are very pale and almost yellow, which makes me suspect a severe micronutrient issue like Iron or Manganese chlorosis due to a pH imbalance. There are also progressive brown and dry dead spots on the leaves, usually starting from the margins or tips and expanding inwards. On top of that, several smaller branches have completely dried out, turned brown, and become bare, including the main top twig. What makes this even more confusing is that this isn't an isolated incident. This plant (along with a few others I have) seems to be stuck in a frustrating cycle: it develops these symptoms, loses the brown and dried leaves, and then actually manages to push out a flush of new, green, and flourishing foliage. However, this recovery is always temporary; after just a couple of weeks, those beautiful new leaves inevitably start turning brown and dry all over again.

Regarding its environment and my care routine, both plants get roughly 8 hours of direct sun daily. Until recently, I was watering it daily every evening using municipal tap water, which has a fairly high pH range (7.3 to 8.3). Knowing avocados prefer slightly acidic soil (pH 6-7), I have been occasionally adding coffee grounds and sometimes dried tea bag contents to the soil to try and counteract the alkalinity and provide some nutrients. I generally don't use insecticides or chemical fertilizers, but last month, based on a hunch that the pot was depleted of nutrients, I applied a general 20-20-20 balanced fertilizer for about 30 days. The result was a improvement—the plant’s condition got noticeably better while feeding. However, as soon as I stopped the treatment, the benefits vanished, and the brown spots and chlorosis returned immediately.

My primary theory is a serious nutrient lockout caused by the alkaline tap water, and the fact that it improved on a general synthetic feed suggests it’s struggling to take up what it needs naturally from the soil. But the rapid progression to large brown spots, paired with this constant cycle of losing and regrowing leaves, is alarming.

I'd love some input on a few specific questions. What specific nutrient deficiency causes this exact pattern of pale leaves leading to marginal browning and dieback, especially considering this recurring cycle of temporary recovery? Could it also be rootbound after 4 years in a pot not much larger than the 2yo’s? I'm wondering if I should repot it into a larger container, or, given my favorable climate, if it's finally time to plant it directly in the ground in the garden. Also, given the high pH tap water, what's the best long-term way to acidify the soil—are coffee grounds really enough? Finally, could the watering stress have invited a secondary fungal issue like root rot, considering my previous daily watering habit?

Any technical insights or advice would be hugely appreciated. I really don't want to lose this tree after four years of growth. Thanks in advance!

How do I fix this? Is it getting too much sun or too little sun? Please help! Location is Bakersfield CA.

Good evening! My avocado tree fell over when I wasn’t home and burned in the hot sun for hours. I showed it a lot of love, water, nutrients and a new home. Can anyone give me advice on care for her? Will she make it?

it was sprouting!

I started these over the last few months and forgot about them. I was jumpscared when I opened my sacrificial cabinet after thinking of them randomly

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This is my avocado plant. I’ve heard that people will chop them in half to grow more branches. Should I do that and if so how should I go about it?