Avocado tree clones itself

Avocado tree clones itself

Unlike many other fruit trees, avocados are hard to root. Rooting is where you cut a branch off a tree and stick it partly in the ground or a container so that the cut branch will form roots where it is buried. It’s a way of copying, or cloning, a tree. Try this...
Rejuvenation pruning of stone fruit trees

Rejuvenation pruning of stone fruit trees

On peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, and pluots, I want all of my fruit within reach. So I prune these stone fruit trees down to a height of about seven feet. But I also want my trees to make fruit at chest height, and waist height. I want the fruit within reach...
Mistakes staking and tying avocado trees

Mistakes staking and tying avocado trees

Strong Santa Ana winds blew through my yard yesterday, which revealed whether my young avocado trees had proper support. I shot video for you: A few related posts: “How to plant and stake avocado trees” “Training young avocado trees” Thanks for...
Old guava trees in Southern California

Old guava trees in Southern California

Guavas don’t get as big as some other types of fruit trees. And they certainly get bigger in the tropics than they do here. The biggest guava tree I’ve ever seen was on a coffee farm in the Monteverde region of Costa Rica. Old guava tree on coffee farm in...

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