Just found your channel! I'm near the GA FL line , Suwannee River basin. So we got hit by Debbie. A lot of us are still recovering from Idalia as well. I'm curious how your avacado trees are handling the heat? Mine have never hsd an issue but this summer , specifically the past few weeks, have been tough on them.
Avocados generally can handle temperatures into the low 100's if watered frequently. There are some other channels in Arizona that talk about how to handle summer extremes. Where I live, I'd say summers over 100 are like winters under 10... It might happen, but only for a few days.
Curious if you saw MGs latest video. Seems your Lila is producing better than his. I wonder if he over fertilizes his. You seem to keep everything pretty organic.
I'll be generous and claim my results are proportional to his. I got 5 fruits during the second year in-ground. My Lila is smaller than his tree, which I think is at 4th year in ground. I did mix some granular fruit tree fertilizer into the soil.
@@Avo7bProject have you tasted the fruit? What could you compare it to? I’m really hoping mine sees fruit next season. Also are you planning the same general pruning regiment as he does?
@johnsonrobbins Not quite yet... I'm leaning towards picking one every 2 weeks or so, to get an idea of the ripeness cycle here, beginning mid-August. I did taste some Poncho fruit recently which I presume is similar to Lila. (Texas variety with thin green skin.) Poncho is good, slightly sweeter than Hass. As for pruning, I will shape the tree to make it easier to cover but I'm going to leave as much on as seems practical. In my zone, I should expect some die-back so I will err a little bit towards keeping the tree dense.
I don’t know if you saw this clip. I was amazed at the size of his Lila avocados. Certainly that is what they could look like. ruclips.net/video/I60DjmjRzZg/видео.htmlsi=AnHogBk-FMnearyU
In the wild, avocados live in a deep mulch of their own leaves. The tea grounds help resemble that transition of a deeper layer of broken-down mulch. Roots will grow up towards the surface to get at this nutrition.
Man that's a lot of roots.
That's a good looking rootball, looking great!
Just found your channel! I'm near the GA FL line , Suwannee River basin. So we got hit by Debbie. A lot of us are still recovering from Idalia as well.
I'm curious how your avacado trees are handling the heat? Mine have never hsd an issue but this summer , specifically the past few weeks, have been tough on them.
Avocados generally can handle temperatures into the low 100's if watered frequently. There are some other channels in Arizona that talk about how to handle summer extremes. Where I live, I'd say summers over 100 are like winters under 10... It might happen, but only for a few days.
@@Avo7bProject I'm curious now if up in the Blue Ridge Mountains at say 2,000 feet we might be able to do the same with an avocado tree.
Curious if you saw MGs latest video. Seems your Lila is producing better than his. I wonder if he over fertilizes his. You seem to keep everything pretty organic.
I'll be generous and claim my results are proportional to his. I got 5 fruits during the second year in-ground. My Lila is smaller than his tree, which I think is at 4th year in ground. I did mix some granular fruit tree fertilizer into the soil.
@@Avo7bProject have you tasted the fruit? What could you compare it to? I’m really hoping mine sees fruit next season. Also are you planning the same general pruning regiment as he does?
@johnsonrobbins Not quite yet... I'm leaning towards picking one every 2 weeks or so, to get an idea of the ripeness cycle here, beginning mid-August. I did taste some Poncho fruit recently which I presume is similar to Lila. (Texas variety with thin green skin.) Poncho is good, slightly sweeter than Hass.
As for pruning, I will shape the tree to make it easier to cover but I'm going to leave as much on as seems practical. In my zone, I should expect some die-back so I will err a little bit towards keeping the tree dense.
I don’t know if you saw this clip. I was amazed at the size of his Lila avocados. Certainly that is what they could look like. ruclips.net/video/I60DjmjRzZg/видео.htmlsi=AnHogBk-FMnearyU
Why the tea?
In the wild, avocados live in a deep mulch of their own leaves. The tea grounds help resemble that transition of a deeper layer of broken-down mulch. Roots will grow up towards the surface to get at this nutrition.