Sorry to see the Avocado is struggling hope it's an issue you can resolve Brett. Meanwhile in the background the orange 🍊 citrus fruit on that tree look fabulous. ❤
Such a shame it's struggling, Brett. The tip dieback looks the same as what happened with my now deceased Bacon avocado 😞. Hopefully, you can save it before it's too late 🤞
Yes I naively hoped that leaving it in the pot and soil it came in would alleviate any problems but clearly not 🙄. To be honest I’ve had no luck so far ‘saving’ avocados with root issues 🤕
It could well be a root issue. Not caused by 'watering' or 'overwatering', but from a lack of oxygen if the mix stays sodden for too long. Avocados need a very aggregate-rich mix and also surface mulching to prevent the surface roots from overheating and dying from dessication in the sun. My mango and sapodilla are in a mix so free-draining that I could grow cacti and succulents in the same mix.
Well I agree but I assumed that it would be in a suitable mix as it’s what they are all grown in ( it looks like a sandy topsoil, it’s certainly very heavy ). But I hate those tall tree pots, incredibly hard to monitor watering in our climate. I’ll be investigating this weekend
@lyonheart84 My grafts are in the shade in my greenhouse. I'm hoping the warmth and controlled humidity will be enough for them to take and survive. But I'm fully expecting to see three root socks with black scions on them in a month or so 😁.
Yes Brett is Phytophera issues - that soil it's in is warm climate soil probably 4yo - c an you find a plastic root pruner pot say 5lt similar height but 2x wider - wash most of soil off and report in barkless mix of 33% peat moss 34% Course perlite & 33% coir or coco peat - im going away from pine bark type mixes now - can your get any Anti rot phosphoric acid like we have here ? chees
Thanks for the advice. We can buy phosphoric acid here but I’d have to research the dilution for plants lol as it’s sold for drain cleaning / rust dissolving etc. Peat moss is virtually impossible to buy here for ecological reasons. I’ll probably use coco husks. I’m going to try a fabric ‘air-pruning’ pot with a mostly non organic mix comprising mostly perlite, potting grit , coarse sand , coco husks and some mineral based garden soil to see what happens
@@lyonheart84 DONT use that rust cleaner - i looked on my bottle of Yates Anti rot - is 200g/lt Phosphorous Acid present as Mono Di Potassium phosphate - I use almost 100% as an injection using special syringe as on my channel vid but is diluted to 2.5 to 3ml/lt fir spraying systemicallt - hope that helps. - should be on Yates Aust website
@@lyonheart84Eco blonde peat is sold in Netherlands - helps acidify - Avis like 4.5ph - Anything that rots like pine bark causes phytophera - ive been using root prune bags for 8y and am heading into plastic root pruners.
Unfortunately can’t source the Yates product here so I’ll try copper fungicide and see if that helps. Can’t import peat products from mainland Europe either. I CAN still buy moss peat here, it’s just in short supply because they are trying to preserve the last few remaining peat bogs 😁
@@lyonheart84 Try contact professional Horticulture supply not Hardware store as large seedling growers use that peat and they also have phytophera chems for crops like Asparagus etc
Sorry to see the Avocado is struggling hope it's an issue you can resolve Brett. Meanwhile in the background the orange 🍊 citrus fruit on that tree look fabulous. ❤
Haha hopefully I might save the plant , and of course I’ve put out the full citrus video tonight as it happens 😁
Such a shame it's struggling, Brett. The tip dieback looks the same as what happened with my now deceased Bacon avocado 😞. Hopefully, you can save it before it's too late 🤞
Yes I naively hoped that leaving it in the pot and soil it came in would alleviate any problems but clearly not 🙄. To be honest I’ve had no luck so far ‘saving’ avocados with root issues 🤕
It could well be a root issue. Not caused by 'watering' or 'overwatering', but from a lack of oxygen if the mix stays sodden for too long. Avocados need a very aggregate-rich mix and also surface mulching to prevent the surface roots from overheating and dying from dessication in the sun. My mango and sapodilla are in a mix so free-draining that I could grow cacti and succulents in the same mix.
Well I agree but I assumed that it would be in a suitable mix as it’s what they are all grown in ( it looks like a sandy topsoil, it’s certainly very heavy ). But I hate those tall tree pots, incredibly hard to monitor watering in our climate. I’ll be investigating this weekend
That's rotten luck Brett. I wonder if our cold, wet start to the year has played a part in the die back
Lol more than likely
I didn’t think it was in the full rain as it was next to the wall but I’m not sure 🙄
@lyonheart84 My grafts are in the shade in my greenhouse. I'm hoping the warmth and controlled humidity will be enough for them to take and survive. But I'm fully expecting to see three root socks with black scions on them in a month or so 😁.
@adriangodley sadly the one thing I’m missing is a greenhouse lol, definitely a game changer
The roots will rot because of more watering. Or because of unusual season
Avocados are extremely difficult to keep healthy here because we get a lot of rain of course 🤪
Avocado bit difficult to grow in the uk, to cold die to hot die, it like to be in shades
Too wet is the biggest problem, mine always die from root rot 🙄
@@lyonheart84 yes thats the main problem with avocado roots rot
Yes Brett is Phytophera issues - that soil it's in is warm climate soil probably 4yo - c an you find a plastic root pruner pot say 5lt similar height but 2x wider - wash most of soil off and report in barkless mix of 33% peat moss 34% Course perlite & 33% coir or coco peat - im going away from pine bark type mixes now - can your get any Anti rot phosphoric acid like we have here ? chees
Thanks for the advice. We can buy phosphoric acid here but I’d have to research the dilution for plants lol as it’s sold for drain cleaning / rust dissolving etc. Peat moss is virtually impossible to buy here for ecological reasons. I’ll probably use coco husks. I’m going to try a fabric ‘air-pruning’ pot with a mostly non organic mix comprising mostly perlite, potting grit , coarse sand , coco husks and some mineral based garden soil to see what happens
@@lyonheart84 DONT use that rust cleaner - i looked on my bottle of Yates Anti rot - is 200g/lt Phosphorous Acid present as Mono Di Potassium phosphate - I use almost 100% as an injection using special syringe as on my channel vid but is diluted to 2.5 to 3ml/lt fir spraying systemicallt - hope that helps. - should be on Yates Aust website
@@lyonheart84Eco blonde peat is sold in Netherlands - helps acidify - Avis like 4.5ph - Anything that rots like pine bark causes phytophera - ive been using root prune bags for 8y and am heading into plastic root pruners.
Unfortunately can’t source the Yates product here so I’ll try copper fungicide and see if that helps. Can’t import peat products from mainland Europe either. I CAN still buy moss peat here, it’s just in short supply because they are trying to preserve the last few remaining peat bogs 😁
@@lyonheart84 Try contact professional Horticulture supply not Hardware store as large seedling growers use that peat and they also have phytophera chems for crops like Asparagus etc