This post’s goal is to show in action, in real life, the application of the guidelines in the posts listed below. I know it looks harsh and you may think I’m sacrificing too much, but in my experience, this thinning pays off in the following years. This is me doing what I think is right for my trees:
You might find that such thinning also pays off for your trees.
Relevant posts:
“Should you remove avocados from a small tree?”
“Which avocado fruitlets should you remove?”
“Avocado grower: don’t be greedy, remove fruit”
“Training young avocado trees”
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Snap, snap, snap! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! But I have to agree with your pruning. My Lamb is three years in the ground and growing mostly sideways. It had 8 avocados from last spring nearing maturity and in the last few weeks many leaves have turned yellow inside with green around the edges. I gave the tree some Cal/Mag and Iron.Calcium and yesterday some Ozmacote(*sp) Might be my imagination, but i took one avocado off and i think the yellowing has lessened on some of the leaves. After watching your post, I’ll take off two more and see if i can see any difference.
iI live in Modesto, Ca and have a 16 year old Duke avocado that is finally producing . How do i know when to pick them?
We have an avocado tree in a cloth bag; it flowers but doesn’t sustain into a growing avocado. How do we get the flowering to continue to a full-size fruit?
The tree is about 4 yrs old.
A lot depends on a lot. !st off, planting in the ground is best, but if you can’t do that then in a pot, cloth or plastic. At 4 years old you want a 25 gallon pot cloth or plastic. I like the plastic because it’s easier to move. 2nd – if your soil is clay you’re going to want to build a mound If your soil is sandy loam you’re probably good to go. Wherever you plant make sure the soil drains well. If mostly clay add pumice and perlite and some sand for the pot or bag. Stake it up if it’s weak. Try not to mess with the roots. Ther’re very sensitive. Greg has good posts on all of this in more detail.