Pruning an indoor Avocado Tree
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- This is an experiment. I pinched off the tip of one of the avocado trees I started from seed to keep it small...here's what happened in the following three weeks. There'll be more videos on this in the future.
I like how you timeline the stages in your video. It really gives you some hope of fast growth and change! Thank you
So nice it looks beautiful the way it branched. I just potted mine out of water and I’m just waiting for it to get comfortable in the soil before I prune it because I know potting can be a stressful experience to the plant but I’m gonna try this maybe in a week or two.
Thank you for this video! Very helpful and also the only High Quality video on how to do the pruning on avocado trees in their early stage. Cheers!
Thank you for the simple short and very clear explaintation and tip. I don't know if it is too late to prune, mine ia alrady about 60cm, will give it a go.:)
Here it goes, just pruned my second attempt avocado. First one unfortunately died of root rot due to putting it in a ceramic pot, not making same mistake twice. So far it coming along nicely, started it bk in August September time.
PS thanks for the tip on how to prune avocados. It helped keep updates on yours please
great to see the results of pruning first hand, thanks! Gonna try it too for my next avo tree
It def. looks healthy and growth is vigorous! 🙌
Looks good, love to get an update on your tree now, im growing my first one, thanks for the tips
What do I do if my plant is about 2 feet high, all stalk with nice leaves now growing on top?
Your plant looks great !
Thank you for video. We have roots and are still in the water. I did a google search on this very topic and found your simple
yet informative video. We are going to follow your same steps.Alan and Kim
Did you fully cover the seed below the soil when you first planted it?
It’s 2020 now, how’s the plant 🌱 doing? Any avocado 🥑 yet?
Actually home grown avocado trees won’t give fruits :) maybe after like 10 years but mostly they are just simple
trees ^^
Well this is the best documentary I have seen on Avocado trees to date because your plant is a little bit further on it's path than mine. As many others, I started mine with the tooth-pick method and only today I put it into a pot.
My leaves are smaller than yours, but I have 4 at the top. I'm wondering when the right time is to prune for the first time. Also, do you prune at an angle? Sorry, I'm a newbie but I am so interested in nature and plant life.
Lastly, what are you indoor surroundings like? I live in London and we have very warm Summer and then your typical British winters. Is it mostly important to keep the plant next to the window with sunlight coming through? Should I put the plant outdoor when it's warm? I know......a lot of questions but I am very interested.
Thanks again for your lovely video
KinkyMelinky Hi! Thank you for the compliment!
Now, I am not an expert on this at all, so take anything I write with a grain of salt.
From what I have gathered on youtube/the internet, the right time to prune is when the leaves are still half transparent and the stem easily bendable. You could probably prune at a later point in time too, but if you want to keep them small, this might be the way to go.
I picked a very laissez-faire approach to angles when pruning, and there hasn't been any trouble. My guess is the plant doesn't care. However, some people say it's best to just gently pinch off the very tip of the new growth on top of the avocado tree, so consider that.
In my experience, avocado trees love being outside. I actually took two trees outside this summer and the other two stayed inside for two months longer. The difference is striking (there will be a video on this soon). However, keep an eye on them outside, blackflies seem to love them.
Winter will be a challenge. I live in Germany in a regular flat (no fancy giant indoor greenhouses or anything) and worry about the toll the dry air will take on the plants. A lot of light is a must, definitely, but other than that, I'm clueless...ask me again next year ;)
Another point to consider: If you want to try to get fruit (extremely unlikely, but, hey, one can dream), it's best to grow two trees. Avocados flower in a way that most often prevents pollination if there is only one tree around.
Good luck with your avocado tree, keep me updated if you like, it'd be interesting to see how somebody in a similar climate fares with this. And don't worry, I love questions :)
+WindowsillGardening Hi there, I am at the part where you put it into soil. Just wondered if your tree is still alive and doing well?
I want a big tree xD but one that I can keep inside and no avocado fruit is necessary, should I prune at all?
How is your plant going, four years on?
*it took me 4 months to grow and now its tall! About 1 foot and a few more inches but only has two leaves because of pruning. One leaf is smaller than rhe other and i mean wayy smaller. The long one is 6 inches and the other is about 2-3 inches*
wow excellent video I have grown at least 10 avocados to about 45-50cm in height after about 9-10 months i think in the uk but I really never considered to prune the top growth it seems barbaric at first but makes sense.
Please can you tell me if it is ok to do this now close to November? or is the spring time the best?
thanks
Thanks for this! I'm at about this stage and I'm nervous about pruning...I may need to do it now ^_^
THANK YOU! I was looking for a video where they prune the top off but i could not find one anywhere, this is perfect!! thanks so muchhhhh!!! :-D
So what happened to the tree? This video was made 9 years ago and there has not been any updates.
Wow, what a beautiful avocado plant!! Great job!
I recently put my avocado plant in soil & the minute I did that all 4 leaves gradually turned brown and died. My other avocado lost 3 leaves when I transplanted it for the first time but it's thriving now. What can I do to save my avocado? It looks terrible & there's no new growth.
Asya Ivanova Sorry its a bit late, but if you ever want to grow acocados again be sure to slowly add soil a little each day to the original glass of water it is in so you dont shock or stress the plant. In nature, the plant grows its root until it hits soil under the water, so it naturally gets used to soil. You must replicate this process so you dont shock and kill the plant
i like the avocado tree you grow 4years ago i wanted to see your next update on it
because i looked like very pritty plant im trying to starte avocado garden in fort collins colorado in the usa
This is an awesome video -- the best one I've seen on pruning avocados.
Looking for some help. Grown my avocado tree from a seedling in a pint glass at university. Fell in love with it so much I brought it home and have cared for it ever since. 2 years on and it’s been a cold winter here in England. I keep it inside but some of it’s leaves are turning brown and falling off. It’s leaves are also becoming quite crisp. I check it’s soil regularly and it’s quite damp but the top layer has this peculiar white mould on it. Was wondering if anyone could give me some advice to keep him healthy and hopefully outlive me?
I grow my plant on a table in my workplace (a school) and when I returned from a 10 day vacation, the leaves were brown and shriveled from the unexpectedly hot, bright sunshine we had while I was away. I was sad, but I kept taking care of it and new leaves came out within a few weeks and now it's a big (almost 3 feet tall) healthy plant. The mold could be from overwatering or too much moisture. Do you have a terracotta or plastic pot?
My avocado trees are only 8 months old now, but they are HUGE!
Update us, Rob, please? ☺
Hi. If I wanna have bushier than a taller avocado tree, how should I prune it?
Thank you for your videos...
You didn't show the process of your pruning. You should have shot a video of how you cut the leaves off.
Pinching off the newest growth with your index finger and thumb is usually ideal. Using a tool or pruning shears may have you remove more than you may intend to.
How is your avocado plant doing now? Mine is still in the water stage but it's slowing growing. There was so mushroomy things growing on the roots and I panicked thinking it was rot so I scrapped it off. I am afraid I might have shocked the poor plant even more. I hope I didn't just kill it.
I'd love to see a new video on how your avocado plant is doing.
What's up with your tree in the year 2024?
How often should you prune? I never pruned mine and it's getting tall...maybe 1ft and a half
What type of soil did you use and how much water you give to the plant and if from top or the bottom plate? .. is it ok I made mine abit sandy so it will drain and i water from the base plate.
Beautiful plant. Is it still alive?
My indoor avocado I planted from seed. It soil it now has a stem 13 inches high. At 8 inch point small to medium size leaves at the top. Tiny beginnings of leaves are on Lower stem but not yet leaves. Should I prune this on too which would cut almost all leaves? How much should I prune and where?
I have a seed that just started; unlike others I've has 3 stems coming our of the sees. Is there anything special I should do? Do I need to remove any of the new branches??
Whoops, when I write this late in the day, I should proof read first!! Dah!
Thank you for your tips 👍👍👍♥️
thank you for sharing your experience with us. why did you decide to prune the top off?
After many tries to get my Avocado plant started, finally a successful one. Not for long; I think I waited too long before I realized I should be pruning it, the stem is about 12 inches. Any suggestions or start over.
Hi, i have avacado plant which is around 2ft tall...but i have issue of leafs turning brown...what could be reason...pot being small or more heat ( i am frm India ..my city temp in summer is around 4w to 45 ) ..what should i do..also wish to share pic ...
it sounds like a water issue.. either too much or too little. check the soil if it's dry, water it more - if it's wet, leave it be fo a while :)
I was given a plant & within 2weeks all the leaves hardened & fell off. I don’t think it’s has ever been pruned. It’s 2 feet tall. Idk what to do with it.
I have a Question I Started 4 avocado plant's and one is growing very well with leaves and the other three have lots of roots but not growing any spam or leaves I've had it in there since September what do I do? Will they grow or should I start another one ? thank you very much for your help ! Patricia
im growing an avocado tree, but i waitet for one and a half years before pruning! i live in sweden, so i wont plant my avocado outside. this video is the best!
Alexander Mangano how much will you prune and is there a reason for pruning at one and a half years?
I have a avocado tree a out a year and 3months planted in my garden which I have never pruned. So your comment got me wondering if I should also prune my tree at one and a half years.
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Vill ha en stort träd som jag fortfarande kan ha inomhus, men vet inte om jag ska beskära den alls då :O
Mitt avokado träd har 2 "stammar".. men alla blad förutom ett föll av ( min kille glömde vattna xS ) fast jag klipper toppen på ena så blir det bara brunt och inget nytt växer ut.. vad ska jag göra? :O
Hi , could I prune the leaves at the bottom?The tree that I have is about 8 weeks old now
Lovely video !
What kind of soil would you recommend for avocado plants ?
Thanks so much :)
Just for the record-I used a half and half mixture of PEAT MOSS and POTTING SOIL thoroughly mixed. My plant loved it and it is thriving on liquid fertilizer and water. Mel in Oregon
It looks great!
I just pruned mine a few weeks ago and now it seems to have stopped growing
my avocado tree has 2 "branches"... but all the leaves fell of except one... and on the other one all fell off... how can I save it? when I cut the top it just started to get brown and nothing new grows out of it
Why do you prune it
ha ,i pent half year to let pit sprout out. and it weird that stem is about 7 inch and without any leaf ...and i have two stem came out from the pit .....
I'm just wondering if this one is still alive..?
With that procedure how tall will it be upon transplanting it to a pot thanks
Thank you for sharing. How's your avocado tree doing now?
Are you going to prune more on that new top branch? Great documentary! Maybe you can make an avocado bonsai tree :)
Thank you! I'm going to HAVE to prune more, otherwise this thing would reach the ceiling before long. People say avocados can't be bonsais but...you never really know until you've tried :)
+WindowsillGardening do you still have the avocado tree indoors?
wonderful, thanks for the week by week look. i will attempt to do this when my seedling is of a similar size!
also, if you pinch off the new leaves as well, does that mean the branch it was on will branch out even further, creating more branches?
thank you! how does the avocado plant look now? 🥑🥑🥑
Yes it’ll create more branches but don’t stress the plant too much
@@vastya.3255 hi thanks for the reply! in the past year, i have pruned twice. the first really gave good results, the stem got so thick (1cm) and with nice branching and growth. however, when i did the second prune months later to attempt another branching, this time it just stayed as a bud. the plant is still alive and thriving, but the bud still remains as a bud with no more growth. what gives???
How to ensure it bushes out instead of so tall?? I live in Ohio and I will always be in doors except summers.
I started mine in a 3 inch pot with soil It is 18 inch tall with no leaves. What did i do wrong
Do you have an updated video of further pruning and growth?
Ok I just discovered a small ceramic pot sitting on a kitchen window sill has spawned a hass avacado seed by accident I didn’t plant it thinking it would grow and now it’s a foot and half tall with similar leaves count as yours. I need to transplant it I guess and of course it’s indoors, this tree won’t survive here in NC outdoors.
what happened to you tree in the year 2024, I also live in NC
beautiful plant, informative, beautifully shot :-)
I pruned mine below all the leaves and I think I killed it... Its just a stem now. Any idea if it will continue growth at this point?
it’ll grow back, doing this just triggers the plant to activate the nodes (little bumps on the stem) where a new branch will form , but pinching seems like a more efficient and less drastic way to encourage growth, i pruned my first one back to a single stem and now it grew one new stem
this is interesting. I am interested in growing my own avocado tree. Do you think that you plant will produce fruit? have a great day
How to be self sufficient maybe but in 5 years
@@djurofaca I think a lot longer than that as an house plant
What does your tree look like now?
This may get me to top my two tallest avocado trees before it rains
Het model van de reclame "Nagelmackers" is perfectly, handsome!
Whats the name of the avocado???
mine has 2 branches growing out of the seed xD
mine too! One of them had three branches but the smallest one couldn't be supported and the second one is probably dead
Me too! And 2 separate roots and 2 seperate stems.
Wow. I thought that's very rare
Me too I’m thinking about braiding both branches together.
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my lose all leaves now all I have is a stick any advice or it's lose for ever
Awesome tutorial :D What is the music in the background?
I started a avacado tree from sees recently. The leaves well some have curled, There not yellow or brown still very green. Not sure why some curled.
Look up leaf curl... Could be that you are overwatering or you aren't getting sufficient drainage
I am so sad! I went to wiki how and they suggested to cut it back at 6 inches and now the tiny undeveloped leaves along the side look to be dying. I hate you wiki How!!
Thanks for posting! I saw that to and was concerned about cutting it in half. I will leave mine then. Sorry to hear yours is dying :(
Do l leav my plant outside in the cold or do bring it inside pleasereply
will it produce edible avocados that taste just as good?
yes
I have a avocado plant but its 3 leaves are still very small but its probably because its roots broke off but its growing new roots now and i dont know if the leaves are small because the plant is using its energy for growing the new roots or i should just prune it if anyone know what i should do please help i also recently transferred it to soil
I wonder why she stopped giving updates 😕
How is it going, can u do an Update?
Could you grow avocado outdoor in zone 7?
no
my avacdo is roughly 5 months old and is 2 and a1/2 feet tall and this will be my first time pruning ( I live in zone 5)
please help! i have an avacado tree that over 8 ft tall but my ceilings are only 8 ft tall. its starting to bend. i never knew i had to prune this thing. it 2 1/2 years old, started from a pit seed. the entire trunk stem is way to thin, like less than an inch and its very flimsy. seems like i need to cut the tree in half to let it get thicker at the trunk and body and to be able to start pruning it. any help is appreciated. thanks!
First off, kudos for getting your tree to grow this tall at all, that's pretty amazing considering it's indoors!
I'm no expert, but all of my avocado trees (I have 4 of them growing right now, but all of them are less than a year old) have reacted nicely to pruning, so I guess you don't have to worry about your tree getting issues after you prune it.
However, it seems like avocado trees aren't suited to be kept as bonsais - I've read that they need to grow a lot before their stems start to thicken. I'd say just try it, and post a video on youtube, I'm sure many people would be interested in seeing such a tall avocado tree kept indoors.
This probably isn't of much help to you - hoping somebody else with more experience chimes in soon! :)
I need a bit of advice from all the avacado ppl out there. My avacado has seemed to sprouted 3 stems. I have no idea what to do. I am very tempted to just twist or braid them together and wrap them with that stretchy wrap. Any advice. :(
so what happened?
Wow, I'm jealous! I grew my avocado from a seed back in March (it's September now) and it's probably about as big as yours. I definitely need to figure out what I'm doing wrong...
Emjay From what I've learned, how much they grow also depends on the seed itself...there are lots of different types of Avocados and some of them don't grow as strongly/quickly. So it might not be you :)
In my experience, the really important part in the early stages is PLENTY of sunlight. I "experimented" by putting 2 avocado trees outside and leaving the other two inside on the windowsill where they got sun for about half of the day. It made a real difference.
Thanks for your comment, and keep me updated if you like!
Does anyone know why my plant has the very top leaves a little bit red?
Would anybody know why mine only has 3 leaves, then those three leaves dry out and die and three more pop up?This has happened more than 10 times
great video! I'm going to try pruning mine for the first time now.
Can you (or anyone here) please recommend the best type of soil mix for avocado?
morebeauty Hello and thank you! I put my Avocado into some kind of regular soil I bought at the supermarket. Really nothing special. I read that for the first few months, soil is not that important, since they feed off the seed. I guess some research is in order after that! Have you found your answer already?
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what happened to your tree?
I have also two avocado trees
Would love an update!
Hailey Fegan i agree, but she has not uploaded one video in 2 years...
Thank you. ❤️
Will my tree still grow higher when I pruned it or does it stay the same size and just expands to the side? Does anyone know?
the plant always grows higher, with pruning it’ll expand to the side by creating new branches and leaves at the place where you pruned
AWESOME !
are you able to get fruit from it...
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DON'T use instructions from wiki How. I feel like such a dummy. Thanks for the video. I should have come here first.
As soon I see this vid i immediately went to my avocado plant and pinched the top baby leaves. I hope i didn't murder it.
I was exactly the same when I pruned minge 2-3 months ago, but it florshing new leaves have grown. Cut off dying older leaves only has one original leaf
Omg I so scared to prune my avocado tree
same.
Nett Pflanze :)
I don't have the heart to do that to my baby
I'm scared don't want my avocado to die Pic 1 prntscr.com/fd301z and Pic 2 prntscr.com/fd30mz hey... love the music
pinch off the top three or four leaves but try not to get too much of the stem. Just the leaves. In about 3 or 4 weeks you should notice some real improvement.
i want to touch your roots ^_^ uwu
*This is not an experiment*
You're just making observations and next time use a ruler.