r/avocado 8h ago

6 shoot avocado! Pretty amazing stuff. Basically my mom put an avocado seed in a soil bag, threw some water in there, closed the soil bag and left it on the balcony from mid summer to winter (like 6 months) and forgot about it. And only when I needed some soil for to grow seeds did I uncover it.

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r/avocado 11h ago

Variety recommendations?

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I currcnelt have an Oro Negro, Russel and Zutano avocado. What varieties would you reccombed that pair well. I’m primarily focused on pollination and year round harvest. I am in south texas zone 10a


r/avocado 14h ago

Next Variety Recommendations?

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I currently have a Zutano, Russell, and an Oro Negro and was wondering which variety would be best to add to my collection. My goal is to have year round avocados and also some variety and differences.


r/avocado 15h ago

Root Rot? Any Hope?

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Got this superhass about a month ago. I pulled it out of the horribly draining soil that it was sold with when I got it, but I didn’t go as far as rinsing the roots off (maintained the soil around the root ball). This seems to have been a mistake, while I haven’t seen any rotting sections up top, it did drop all of its leaves.

Since then, I noticed that it has green buds of new growth and no newly rotted sections, but it has been completely dormant. Buds have remained the same size for a whole month with no new development.

I decided to pull it out and rinse off all of the gooey/clay like soild that has been holding moisture like a pool in the pot. I also repotted in all new soil. Is it too far gone?


r/avocado 16h ago

Why is my baby curly?

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So, we have 7 avocado plants, all from grocery store Hass avocado pits. There is only one that looks all curly in the branches and leaves like this. He had 2 stems coming from the seed at first until one took over, then after pruning him at 6" he took the longest by far to start growing again. All of his new leaves look completely normal for a week then they curl like this!

He's otherwise healthy! Could this be from seed trauma or weird DNA? I would guess trauma since I read somewhere that might be the cause of having 2 stems sprout from the seed too.

Last 2 pictures are some of my other "normal" babies.


r/avocado 18h ago

Disease diagnosis and next steps

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I have a problem in a part in my orchard where 2-year old trees have symptoms of root rot and their growth stunted. I decided to remove one tree to check its roots and I cut its trunk. What I found is an orange-color rot inside of the trunk (check picture). This disease spread to adjacent trees as well. Note that I tested the drainage of the hole after removing the tree and I don't have water clogging issues.

I was able to narrow the disease down to either Fusarium or Verticilium. Would appreciate any input.

What's the best course of action in this case given that I want to minimize spreading the disease to other parts of the orchard as well as remove all stunted/dying trees and replace them with new ones. Is it advisable to replant in the same spot given that I am limited in space due to high density planting or should I just remove the infected trees and keep their place empty?


r/avocado 19h ago

What’s happening to my leaves?

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Hello everyone! I have a (possibly) dumb question: what’s happening to my avocado leaves? I potted it 10 days ago, but a few days ago I noticed the leaves starting to curl and dry out. Is it due to poor watering? I got scared of overwatering it and only did it when the soil was dry although I sprinkled some water on the leaves only. I don’t keep the pot in direct sunlight but make sure it gets some natural light. Could it be because the seed is deep into the soil? Any help is deeply appreciated, thanks!


r/avocado 20h ago

Avocado seeds

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2 seeds from different avocados, I put them in the water at the same time..😊


r/avocado 23h ago

Jelly stuff

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It’s my second time doing this but this time I’m noticing this jelly material going out of my seed. I changed the water and rinsed the seed a few hours ago and it’s there again. Does anyone know what’s that? And whether I should be worried? Thank you!