Pruning Avocado Trees Low

Reduce your labor and increase how many Avocados you can harvest per hour. Ken Love, Executive Director of the HTFG explains how to prune Avocado trees to keep them low for ease and efficiency in harvesting.

[@janetpope8495]

Edward Scissor hand! You have inspired me. Thank you for all the great tips. I want to harvest your way. Easy peasy😊

[@michaelluna1968]

nice avocado prune video. Thanks!... Should the tree be fertilized after pruning?

[@malsawmdawnglianikhenglawt2082]

It's a good teaching , today am harvest my avocados.

[@EdSuastegui]

One word of caution: lower hanging branches give the trunk shade. Ditto for upper branches. Hawaii may be more benign, but in places like California, sunburn on your green branches and even on your fruit is an issue. Over-pruning can be detrimental. I like the idea of keeping the tree short, though. Some avos just want to reach for the sky, and you'll be pruning a heck of a lot to prevent too much vertical growth.

[@growyourownavocados]

I am in Cal too. I usually just try to remove or cut back a branch or two in the winter.
I agree on the skirt. I used to cut low branches which weren't doing anything but now I leave them to shade the roots.

[@growyourownavocados]

Greengold looks amazing!

[@titlematchboxing]

I can just imagine the beautiful smell of the avocado leaves.

[@nesq4104]

It has zero smell. I just pruned mine

[@HawaiiFruit]

Its not an exacting science and every five growers will have a different way to prune. No right or wrong way, just what works for you.

[@jameslippert3523]

That’s quite an avocado patch!!

[@rebeccahuru5536]

What do you mean by could have some good saion on it mean. Thanks

[@outwest100az]

scion is a detached living portion of a plant which can be used for grafting onto another avocado plant to gain the use of the other trees growth, A two for one sale.

[@avocadolampung8375]

Nice👍

[@peterchemukawafwakhale]

Good work

[@danieljossiashlungwanechun1811]

Thanks

[@dillonforsyth1709]

How do you feel about nursery stakes?
Over the past month or so I have gotten about 11 different varieties and planted them in my back. From 5gal to 25gal.
One thing I noticed is they are extremely dependent on the stake and I don’t like that. I removed the stakes and gave them a hard prune so they could stand on their own.
People have said I should have just left it for 3-5 years until they are so big they no longer need it. For some reason that doesn’t seem like good advice to me.
What are your thoughts?

[@nappychef35]

Very cool

[@devbachu7072]

Do u cut an peace it exposed? I did an the whole tree rot away so people be careful e in the rainy season ok

[@teresitafactoravalledor3497]

Can I prone My avocado now that it is still fruiting ? Can I cut branches without fruits now

[@lourdesfernandes8744]

Is it gud to prune an avocado tree when flowering?? Or wait till d harvest?

[@growyourownavocados]

I prune mine in the winter so they grow back in the spring in time for summer and try to keep as much fruit on as possible.

[@TheChenny73]

So I have one tree with white sap on the branches and they keep breaking off at that area. What is going on with the white powdery sap?

[@reyn66]

"prune like the tree isn't yours" is how I look at trimming.

[@buddhibylexi1396]

Hi I was wondering if you know what this rust going in avocado trees In kainaliu area lately. Looks like small black sticky bugs and leaves are all turning yellow and brown....

[@jakasatria218]

Mantap pohon alpokatnya

[@devbachu7072]

I did cut my avocado tree pow an rain fepo an rot the whole tree he careful people

[@madimadi8949]

mbok potongi ngono iku karepmu piye to kung, karepmu dewe opo udu

[@rusmadiharyowibowo3546]

iku sing di pruning sing kepriwe mbah jane

[@rayy2816]

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