Large, green-skinned and pear-shaped drupe fruit grown on the tree of the same name
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Mexican Avocado tree grown indoors 1½ years old has round spots on leaves
I have a Mexican Avocado tree growing indoors in the winter (we live in the Northeast) outdoors in the summer. It has developed white round spots and the edges to the inside are becoming brown and the ...
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When to Plant Avocado
My avocado tree is about 4" tall now with big bright green leaves. It is still suspended in water. I've read that I should wait for my seedling to reach 6" in height, cut the leaves off, wait for them ...
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Mushrooms growing from the base of my potted avocado tree
My avocado tree was going fine, until I noticed it became wilting, although her sister was going fine.
I didn't know what fertilizers to give it first, but later I noticed mushrooms coming at its ...
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How to take care of an avocado plant in the chihuahuan desert?
A friend of mine gave me an avocado plant that she grew from seed. She kept it primarily in a well-shaded patio. I don't have such a patio... in fact, I have a non-shaded house with frequent strong ...
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Why are these white dots appearing on my citrus and avocado trees and the leaves getting pale?
My Orange and small avocado trees are becomming yellowish and have many dots on them, is this a deficiency of something or something else?
I checked the bottom of the leaves for any sort of plague ...
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Can I grow a dwarf avocado tree in my climate?
I'm looking into getting some potted plants since I have a patio at my apartment; one plant I'm interested in is the avocado. However, I live in northeastern Ohio. It looks like bacon avocado trees ...
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Advanced care of an indoor avocado plant
I have a 6-month-old indoor avocado plant that is growing nicely. I have cut it back a few times and it is now about 1 meter (3 feet) high:
How often and how much should I prune my avocado plant? ...
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Will my avocado tree produce fruits in my non-tropical climate region?
I have successfully germinated an avocado seed and am now willing to bring it outside and plant it in the soil.
I live on the coast in Northern Portugal, so we never get negative temperatures. ...
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Is it too late to pinch back my avocado plant?
I'm growing an avocado plant from the pit (started with the toothpicks and glass method). Unfortunately I was out of town when it hit its growth spurt and therefore was not there to pinch back the ...
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What is this brown, shell-like thing growing on the stalk of my avocado plant?
Could you please help identifying this brown shell-like thing growing on the stalk of my avocado plant?
There are several of these. It looks like a little shell (with the appearance of a ...
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What is the best type of soil for growing an indoor avocado plant?
Do you know what is the best soil for an avocado plant? Would it vary depending on the breed? What would be a good recipe for this soil (for growing indoors)?
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How is an Avocado plant started?
I find ourselves buying one or two Avocados twice a week.
It's one of these things that I've been wanting to do for a long time: grow an avacado plant.
What is the ideal climate or exposure to ...
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How to prevent avocado from drying out indoors?
I have an avocado plant that has grown indoors since it was a pit. It grew first in a badly insulated, north-facing, wet and cool house, where it grew splendidly. After i moved to a well insulated ...
