by Greg Alder | Oct 12, 2023 | Avocados |
In 1916, not long after graduating from Pasadena High School, Wilson Popenoe headed south to explore the highlands of Guatemala on horseback for avocados to bring back to growers in California. He rode over three thousand miles, he tasted a thousand different...
by Greg Alder | Sep 29, 2023 | Avocados |
My favorite time to plant avocado trees is March; my second favorite is October. So I might be planting some this month, and you might want to, too. Then what? How to water the new tree? In the last handful of years I have established most of my newly planted avocado...
by Greg Alder | Sep 25, 2023 | Avocados |
You are invited to the biggest shindig of the year for California avocado growers, which will be held on Saturday, October 14 at Brokaw’s Long Canyon Ranch in Ventura. It is the California Avocado Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting. A day of connecting with...
by Greg Alder | Aug 25, 2023 | Avocados |
It’s baffling out there. Advice about growing avocado trees in containers comes from every direction and often conflicts. Should you use a potting mix that includes organic materials? Which kind of pot should you use? What’s the best variety for growing in...
by Greg Alder | Aug 4, 2023 | Avocados |
On May 5, I posted a video titled, “California avocado superbloom 2023.” In it I showed a large Gwen avocado tree that looked like a massive yellow ball of flowers, and I gave my thoughts on why this tree and some others I had seen around Southern...
by Greg Alder | Aug 4, 2023 | Avocados |
Thomas Shedden’s mother lived to age 95. Avocados formed a large part of her diet, and it was Shedden’s belief that his mother’s longevity and good health was due to this. In her honor, Shedden named an avocado that he discovered after her, MacArthur...
by Greg Alder | Jul 10, 2023 | Avocados |
If the air temperature is comfortable for you, then it is comfortable for your avocado tree. Optimum temperature for avocado trees It’s tempting to think of avocados as loving heat because they originated in the tropics, but we must remember that they come from high...
by Greg Alder | Jul 7, 2023 | Avocados |
The ideal avocado tree fruits every year, and it makes approximately the same quantity of fruit every year. Alas, this ideal avocado tree is only a dream. Nevertheless, there is a technique that can be used to manipulate an avocado tree into fruiting...
by Greg Alder | Jun 9, 2023 | Avocados |
If I owned a nursery, each time I sold a fruit tree I would attach a flyer that explained rootstock suckers. Too many innocent fruit trees get overtaken by their rootstock while the gardener doesn’t notice . . . until: “Why are my oranges sour?”...
by Greg Alder | Jun 9, 2023 | Avocados |
An avocado pollenizer is a tree of a different flower type that is used to help another tree make more fruit. For example, a Zutano avocado tree is often planted as a pollenizer among Hass avocado trees on farms because the Zutano is a B flower whereas Hass is an A....
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