I’m going to start harvesting from my Hass tree soon so I thought I’d show yield results from the girdles I did on it in the fall of 2022 and the flowers that are emerging from the girdles I did in the fall of 2023. On those recent girdles, I used narrower cuts so I’d also like to show you the effects of those compared to wider cuts.
I made a video to show you all of this. The video ought to be watched after my initial video about girdling this tree, however, which I’ll post below this update video in case you haven’t already watched it. And you might like to read my post on girdling avocados too.
The first video:
Had enough on girdling avocados? If not, then watch one last short one with an expert, Samuel Garibay of Brokaw Nursery:
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Great info on girdling. In Feb 2023 I girdled two of my avocados, Haas and Sir Prize, that was way too late to girdle, but I gave it a try. As a result of one of the girdles there is some black and white mold at one of the cuts. The mold is approx 1 inch in diameter. Do you have any suggestions to cover/heal/address this “wound”?
Ive had a Pinkerton since mid 2020 (15 gallon) at best, I have had 8 or so avocados. I sun burned the bark in a lot of the area and assumed I hurt the tree, last year I significantly pruned it back in an effort to stimulate growth . This year the tree has many flowers….IF I dont get at least 15-20 avocados that stay on the tree, I am going to remove it….. I have a Gwen in a 15 gallon pot waiting in the sidelines if I need to remove the Pinkerton.
Great video….Greg, did you get zero avocados on the side of your tree that did NOT get girdled?
Hi Al,
Maybe the black and white mold you’re seeing on the girdle cuts is dried sap. Taste a little: if it’s sweet, then it’s just dried sap. That’s no problem. The tree is just healing its wound.
Good question about the crop on the side I did NOT girdle. There is, actually, a little fruit there — just a very small amount compared to the girdled side.
So girdles can improve trees’ figures, production figures. I guess girdling to flatten the harvest year after year might be called the Maidenform Method, if one were a major loon, I mean.