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Avocado Tree Planting -
Field Grown
Plant high and make sure that the
plants are well drained. Notice the use of mulch, gypsum (white material), a
tree wrap to protect the tender new wood tissue from burning and the mini
sprinkler for watering.
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| Gypsum is needed is large
amounts to help leach salts out of the soil. Stake your tree with a
strong tree stake for 12 months. |
Mini sprinklers evenly water
the root zone, without concentrating salts. Drip irrigation can be fatal
to Avocado trees. Use Mini Sprinklers! |
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| Notice the large high bed
these trees are planted into. When we plant our trees they look like a
pitcher on a pitching mound. |
After planting cover the soil
3 to 4 inches of mulch to the bed. Here is another planting where the
grower did not want a high bed. |
| Use mulch that will break
down. Mulch that won't decompose easily is of little value. You need to
feed the micro-organisms in the soil and promote strong worm
development. |
Notice though after a heavy
rain the trees are sitting even with the grade. This is very risky to
the roots. He saved a little on the bed making, and spent a lot on the
tree stake, it could be the only thing left green in heavy rain. |
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| This is a fixed mini sprinkler. Better than
a drip button, but not the best for avocado trees |
Hard to see but this grower chose a spinner
mini sprinkler. You get better coverage and a longer run time with less
run off. |
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| A dwarf Little Cado planted in a wine
barrel, use well draining soil. |
Little Cado's bloom quicker and set fruit
sooner than other Avocado trees. |
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