1/28/2024 0 Comments Hello neighbor bendy trainerI’ll say if I had not found your site I likely wouldn’t have such a fine looking tree. Thanks for the kind and prompt response Greg. “Any suggestions made must be interpreted in the light of their own individual conditions, and not taken as set rules to be applied anywhere, regardless of conditions,” wrote Carter Barrett back in 1935 in his article for the California Avocado Association, “Training and Pruning Avocado Trees.” I say the same about my suggestions today. You would be justified, however, in training your own tree in other ways or additional ways. So this post is about how I go about forming the shapes of my new trees these days - an improved approach, I think - in order to achieve four main goals: the tree is able to stand without the aid of stakes, it can carry a fruit load, it won’t interfere with irrigation, and it retains the leaf litter it drops and shades its trunk and rootzone. ![]() ![]() I’ve got a number of mature avocado trees that perform well but that I wish I had trained somewhat differently in their early years. ![]() The good news is that even if you don’t train your young avocado tree to the perfect shape, the tree can still ultimately be healthy, balanced, and fruitful.
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