“Avocado trees are like Baby Bear,” says University of California farm advisor Ben Faber. As with Baby Bear’s porridge in the Goldilocks story, avocado trees need their environment neither too hot nor too cold. They need it just right.
Well then, how do you keep them just right in a location like California’s Central Valley which gets blazing hot in the summer and frosty in winter?
See how Tarcisio Ruiz is accomplishing temperature mitigation for acres of sensitive avocado trees using a canopy of shade cloth:
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See my post from 2022: “Growing avocados in California’s Central Valley.” In it you will find photos from my tour of Tarcisio’s grove then, as well as photos from another grove (not under shade cloth) in the Central Valley.
Also see my post: “Avocado trees get sunburned: what to do?” In it you will find photos of how you can protect single, small avocado trees in a backyard with shade cloth too.
Also see my post: “Overhead watering for evaporative cooling of avocado trees.” Using overhead sprinklers is another proven method of preventing heat damage.
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