Duo planting Avocado in containers (forum)

Cain starts with ...
Hi,

Has anyone tried duo planting some dwarf Avocado's in the one container?

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Cain


Time: 27th January 2012 3:12pm

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Brendan says...
Hi Cain,
I've heard of people up Nth Qld planting two avocado trees (type A & Type B), in the one hole about 1 metre apart, and had great success, but two in a pot would be problem I'd say.
Wurtz, type A is a dwarf, but for a B type pollinator, I'm not sure. Maybe a Shepard, Sharwill or Edranol might work if you kept it pruned.
You would need a very large pot.

Time: 28th January 2012 10:17am

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BJ says...
Yeah, the six or so avos that are dwarf, semi dwarf or are able to be dwarfed by grafting and pruning are all type A

Time: 28th January 2012 10:21am

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Brendan says...
Yeah BJ, out of those 3 type 'B' I mentioned, I'd go for the Shepard. Mine is 5 years old, a spreading sprawling tree only about 2

Time: 28th January 2012 10:32am

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Jason says...
I'd do a full size Hass or Reed and have a type B somewhere else in the yard that you can keep pruning to a small size. You only need a few flowers on the pollinator

Time: 29th January 2012 7:51pm

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Cain says...
I have a Half Wine Barrel that is 700mm wide and 500mm deep, would that be big enough for a dwarf variety?

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Cain

Time: 29th January 2012 11:50pm

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amanda says...
Not sure if big enough Cain- maybe someone else here? ...but how are u going to re-pot it when u need to change the soil over? (which u will need to do BTW)

Personally - I always recommend tree sacks that go into a "decorative" container.

U just cut the tree sack open with a stanley knife and lower into the new sack after a "clean up" - so much less root stress.

Time: 30th January 2012 1:17am

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Cain says...
Hi Amanda,

A tree sack sounds like a good idea. Are they made of anything special?

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Cain

Time: 30th January 2012 3:14pm

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amanda says...
They are usually a tough/UV resitant bag Cain, with plenty of drainage holes. I am using one's I ordered from Daleys as I couldn't get any locally. Mine are 35L but need upgrading to a bigger size now...

Time: 31st January 2012 8:58am

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Cain says...
How big are your trees when grown in the bags?

Time: 31st January 2012 10:47pm

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amanda says...
I don't grow Avo's here :( Maybe someone else can help Cain with Avo's in tree sacks?

Time: 31st January 2012 10:55pm

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