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coll starts with ... Hi new to forum any help please. Planted a grafted avocado about 12 mths ago. Was growing well until wallaby ate all the leaves. Leaves started to grow back well this spring but have now stopped growing and all branches are going black. Any suggestions to help ? Tyou
| About the Author coll GREEN PIGEON 2474 NSW Australia 12th October 2021 6:37pm #UserID: 28120 Posts: 2 View All coll's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Avo L134 says... From the pics, it appeared that your plant has/had flower buds. The blackening of the branches is likely the result of it being exposed to the sun. As you mentioned that the roos stripped your plant of leaves now exposing it to too much sun and "sun burning" your plant. You need to put some sort of shade cloth and protect your young plant from the sun. An unprotected plant like yours will not likely survive the summer. | About the Author Avo L134 WEST WOLLONGONG,2500,NSW 18th October 2021 11:17am #UserID: 24550 Posts: 56 View All Avo L134's Edible Fruit Trees |
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coll says... Hi Thank you very much for your reply. Yes we agree it could be sunburn turning the branches black. We will put up a screen cover to protect the plant. Cant work out why our other avo plant planted same time, same area, same sun, eaten by roos same time is doing well ? Its new shoots all grew but the other plants new shoots arent growing and branches black. Have added 2 more pics showing both plants together and the other plant doing well. Any answers are much appreciated :-)
| About the Author coll GREEN PIGEON 2474 NSW Australia 19th October 2021 10:41am #UserID: 28120 Posts: 2 View All coll's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Avo L134 says... I believe it has something to do with the flowering buds. The poor looking one looked like it has/had flower buds developed/bloomed. When a plant develop flower buds/bloom, a lot of their energy is funnelled into these flower and putting stress on the tree, especially if its been attacked/eaten ie wallaby. The other plant does not seem to had flower, hence all its energy is directed at its leafs. | About the Author Avo L134 WEST WOLLONGONG,2500,NSW 21st October 2021 4:16pm #UserID: 24550 Posts: 56 View All Avo L134's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Edward3 CARLINGFORD,2118,NSW 3rd November 2021 6:06pm #UserID: 1655 Posts: 172 View All Edward3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jadelink says... In most places I would suspect burn over fungus. Especially out in the open like that. I've had young ones burn like that, you can either get them a shadier spot, put up some shade cloth, or make a solution out of something like unscented talcum powder and spray/paint them with it. If it's burn, it stays black, but I've had trees recover from some fairly nasty burn when I got them shade and water. | About the Author Jadelink NORTHCOTE,3070,VIC 2nd December 2021 5:26pm #UserID: 21856 Posts: 19 View All Jadelink's Edible Fruit Trees |
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