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Large, green-skinned and pear-shaped drupe fruit grown on the tree of the same name

Avocado may refer to either the tree or the large drupe that grows on said tree.

Also known as an alligator pear, the avocado fruit has a thick, green skin and contains a large seed.

The avocado tree is native to Central Mexico and classified under the Lauraceae plant family.

avocados in tree

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Why is the leaf on my avocado tree drooping?

I have had an indoor avocado tree for a couple of months, but it doesn't look like the pictures on Google. One leaf is almost touching the tree. The new leaves on top are fine but when others appear the old ones droop and touching the tree…
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What should I do about a newly planted avocado tree that stopped growing?

The new avocado tree that I bought isn't growing well since I planted it in the ground. Should I put more soil around it to build the ground up?
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Yellow discoloration in Avocado leaves

Our two-year-old avocados have started flowering. But I recently noticed yellow patches on the leaves of the flowering plants. The leaves on the non-flowering plants seem to be fine. Otherwise, the plants are well irrigated and fertilized. Would be…
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Scarifying / cutting top and bottom of avocado seeds for faster germination? Also in water?

Straight-up question: Does scarifying avocadoes before putting them in water or a ziplock bag decrease the germination time? And if so, why is it extremely rare to see this procedure mentioned? Research/Context: I have seen very little about…
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Can the seeds of a type A avocado produce type B trees?

According to the blog for UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County The avocado exhibits a type of flowering behavior known as “synchronous dichogamy.” An individual flower will open for two days and the timing of the male and female phases…
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Avocado plant browning!

I don’t know why.I’ve had it for two years. It’s pretty young. Once I put it in soil, it started browning. I moved it into a room that gets more light, but that doesn’t seem to be helping. I pruned it, fertilized it, and pretty much did everything I…
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What is the cause of my avocado plant´s drooping leaves during the day?

I know that similar questions have already been asked here, but mine has strange circumstances to it. For the past couple of days my avocado plant has been showing some strange patterns of behaviour. In the evening and throughout the night,…
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My avocado leaves are dying and I don’t know what’s wrong!

I started this avocado almost two years ago. I live in central Wisconsin and this plant is strictly indoors, sometimes if we have a warm gentle rain in summer it will go out. It currently sits in a south facing window with a finger jade, variegated…
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Should I prune my Avocado

So, I planted without a lot of expectation an Avocado this summer. It has now grown a lot, but yeah, except changing the water regularly and putting near the sun, I haven't done much on it, since it's just a "decoreation" It is an indoor avocado,…
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Avocado sapling of 1 year or so developing brown spot on leaves

So I’ve had this avocado for about a year or more now, and it’s been through a lot. From being outside and developing I’m guessing sun burns on the leaves, to my cat peeing in the pot recently and me having to change the soil it was in outside 3-4…
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Avocado Tree seed shirnking?

I have four avocado tree seedlings (started growing them in mid-2020) One of the seeds split in two and it grew into two trees. One of the half seed trees' seed is shriveling, unlike its twin. I noticed the leaves are drooping as well, everything is…
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avocado tree in pot has rooted in soil

I have grown an avocado tree from seed. The roots have broken thru the large pot and rooted into the ground. How can I remove it from the ground and replant into a larger pot without damaging the tree.
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Is my daughter's avocado plant revivable?

My daughter was growing an avocado tree from a plant, and it was doing well. Unfortunately she got distracted while preparing for her school's testing period and forgot to take care of it properly for over two weeks. I'm not sure if the plant is…
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Grafting avocado

I have grafted avocado seedlings with hass scions. After 5 weeks, I unwrapped the grafting tape (I used kitchen foil for grafting tape). The scion par of graft is live and showing growth (not strong growth, though). However, the graft union turned…
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Can you explain what is going on with my little avocado tree?

I managed to grow an avocado tree from a pit. I transplanted it to a small pot and almost once per week it looks like that: At some point, the drooping leaves issue happened because it was next to heat source, but then I moved it away and became…
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