Avocado (forum)

Mel starts with ...
In the past I've tried growing Avos without success. Please advise the best varieties to try in Central Queensland half way between Rockhampton & Emu Park on the coast (about 18 kms each way).

Thanks Mel

Time: 15th May 2010 1:42pm

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Laisla says...
How would you describe your climate? Is it cold in winter? There is a variety from California (Hass I think it is called) which is cool-tolerant.

Time: 15th May 2010 6:55pm

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Brendan says...
Hi Mel,
I'm in Mackay (just up the road), and have 10 avocado trees growing, 5 from seed and 5 grafted. My grafted avos are: Shepard, Hass, Edranol, Reed and Lamb Hass. You should be able to grow any avos where you are.

Do a search (top right) for 'Anthracnose Avocados', and you'll find a photo of my Edranol that's planted on a mound. That's the secret for a clay type soil. They don't like wet feet either.

Time: 16th May 2010 7:40am

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trikus says...
Childers grows excellent Avocados , the deep red volcanic soil is good for them .
Hass Bacon and Fuerte main ones grown . There are some great giant seedling trees around town . One behind the Chemist is ancient and enormous with big round fruits with very large seeds .

Time: 16th May 2010 5:16pm

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Wayne says...
Mel, go to Tom Ywatt's nursery at Emu Park or call him on ABC radio and you will get the best advise. We bought some beauties on the way back from Mt Morgan the other week from the side of the road

Time: 16th May 2010 5:36pm

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Mel says...
Thanks all for your replies, much appreciated. Guess I'll have to build bigger mounds. Glad to hear Reed will grow up this way :) Happy gardening all.
Mel

Time: 22nd June 2010 4:30pm

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Brendan says...
Hi Mel,
My mounds are made of composted cow manure, cheap potting mix (that has no fertilizer) and lots of gypsum.

Another tip, don't fertilize avos until new shoots appear, that could be 9 to 12 months after planting.

Time: 24th June 2010 8:04am

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Mel says...
Hi Laisla, We're described as sub-tropical here with fairly mild winters as a rule :)

Time: 13th July 2010 8:32am

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Mel says...
Hi Brendan, Fist time I heard of using Gypsum for Avos. I breed Alpacas so plenty of poo available :)

Time: 13th July 2010 8:34am

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Brendan says...
Hi Mel,
Don't forget, as Tom Wyatt says, when planting avo trees, put nothing in the planting hole but soil and some gypsum, NO Alpaca poo yet.
You could put a bit on the mound as mulch :-)

Time: 14th July 2010 10:15am

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Mel says...
Hi Brendan,
Soil & gypsum it is and spare the 'paca poo :) Usually I mix compost with poo and mulch - everything :)))

Time: 27th July 2010 3:46pm

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Nik says...
Whats the best thing to spray avocados with just as they are coming into bloom, I recall Tom Wyatt saying something regularly applied but I cant recall the product.

Time: 13th June 2011 5:16pm

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Mike says...
Gypsum can reduce the avaiability of fe,mg and mn.I reckon it is better to mound and heavy mulch.They also hate any chlorides in fertiliser.Bacon,rincon and hass are cold lovers so Sydney and Melbourne are good.Hass is half mexican so central queensland is a bit warm.I grow wurtz,reed,shepard,sharwil and hazzard but they at at the edge of their tolerance and only shepard does well.That is the price for growing guatemalans.

Time: 13th June 2011 5:56pm

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Brendan says...
Hi Nik,
Tom's spray is: 30g copper oxychloride, 30g mancozeb plus, 4

Time: 15th June 2011 9:42am

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Karen says...
Hi Brendan,

I have just bought property in Mackay which has a variety of Mango Trees. Can you suggest best time of year to prune & fertilize.

thanks Karen.

Time: 2nd April 2013 8:10pm

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Brendan says...
Hi Karen,
I usually wait till it gets a bit cooler, like in a few months time.
A good organic fertilizer is Super Growth, from Katek. http://www.katekfertilizers.com.au/Organic-Super-Growth.html

It's cheaper at Mt Ossa store :-)

(Later) It certainly has become cooler in the past few days Karen, you could prune it now :-)

Time: 3rd April 2013 9:47am

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