Avocado Growing Advice

[@lyonheart84]

Incredible growth since 2020, remarkable. If only we could grow them here in normal locations 😩

[@UrbanBounty]

Thanks Brett. Yes, since the trunks have turned brown I haven't given them any protection at all. It's been a windy winter but the positive of that is that we've had no frosts in my area so far, first time that I can remember this happening 😀

[@marksmtalent]

Beautiful Avocado mate Urban Bounty.... Excellent!

[@UrbanBounty]

Thank you Mark! 😀

[@MasterKenfucius]

It looks like you're doing everything right! Great looking avocado trees. Hello from Melbourne Florida!

[@UrbanBounty]

Thank you 😀 Hello back from Melbourne,Australia Cheers 👍

[@VirginiaFruitGrower]

Solid advice. Nice progression pics too.

[@UrbanBounty]

Thank you mate! 👍

[@Coolclimatetropicalfruits]

They are super healthy looking avo trees 👍

[@UrbanBounty]

Thanks mate! Hopefully the Bacon fruits this year, I heard they are aelf fertile in cooler areas

[@Coolclimatetropicalfruits]

@@UrbanBounty I’ve heard more than once the whole needing a pollinator a and b is not really necessary for most avocado to get a good fruit set it’s more for maximum set probably more relevant to commercial 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@UrbanBounty]

@@Coolclimatetropicalfruits yes me too, I forgot to mention in the video and it looks like my plants wont bloom at the same time this year so I'll see what happens

[@100lucch]

Great looking trees. Good to see more people in Melbourne growing avocados. I've also got a Bacon and hass, also a Pinkerton. Mine were all planted in 2016 as tiny 1 foot plants which I think allowed the rootstock to adapt more to my soil, as it's crap and very heavy clay. But they have all survived and have produced small amounts and hopefully get more over the years.

[@UrbanBounty]

Good to hear that mate! 👍

[@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus]

They look so healthy and abundant 💚

[@UrbanBounty]

Thank you 😀 I went to Welshpool on Saturday and I went fishing and afterwards visited a property I used to own in the binginwarri hills. I bumped into the new owners who showed me the improvements they did to the land and they also mentioned that their relatives in Toora are growing Avocado snd banana with good success. Have you tried avocado?

[@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus]

@UrbanBounty Im notorious for killing avacado trees up here. I do have one that is around 10 years old now, but its not the biggest or heathiest tree. We had an incident where a neighbours goat got to it and damaged it years ago. It has never been good since, but hubby was keen to preserve with it.

[@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus]

@@UrbanBounty ....oh and importantly.... how was the fishing. We enjoy staying at the caravan park down there as a fishing base.

[@UrbanBounty]

@@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus fishing was a bit slow, only thing around was the occasional squid but good fun anyway 😀

[@cameronphin2982]

Thank you for sharing your experience , it really helpful.

[@UrbanBounty]

No worries, thanks Cameron 👍

[@khmergardeningandlifestyle95]

Very nice, wow lots of Avocados. My Asian pear trees didn’t produce any fruit this year. ☹️. I didn’t get to fertilize them this past spring. Can’t wait to see you harvest those Avocados.

[@UrbanBounty]

Hello there 😀 The great thing with most avocados is that they dont ripen on the tree, they only start to properly ripen after they have been picked so we are harvesting them all the time. We pick about 8 at a time and that lasts for a week. Enjoy your weekend 😀

[@gardeningperth]

Oh man... very envious! ❤❤

[@UrbanBounty]

Cheers mate

[@eox7036]

gold mine vid! thank you

[@UrbanBounty]

Thanks mate, glad you liked it 😀

[@growyourownavocados]

Looking good!

[@UrbanBounty]

Thank you 😀

[@wanderwithoutwords]

Love your garden. Very inspiring for me as I live in West Melbourne and wanted to have two avocado plants and, struggling to get it right and failed again and again. Should I plant in the pot after I buy from burnings or should I plant in the ground right away. Thanks

[@UrbanBounty]

@@wanderwithoutwords gday, nice to meet you. You can plant in the ground so long as you give it adequate protection and site preparation. Build the area up high with quality soil and compost and take the time to cover the young tree in weather extremes of both heat and cold. While the trunk it green, protect from sun in a blue sky day above 32c. Any other other questions,ask any time. It saves having to start again 👌

[@wanderwithoutwords]

@@UrbanBounty Thanks Bounty. Will do. Where do you buy the good healthy plant in Melbourne?

[@UrbanBounty]

@@wanderwithoutwords I bought my Avocado from Gardenworld and Coolart Nursery but they are good deals on gumtree and facebook marketplace these days. For advanced trees I went to Tropical Fruit Trees pty ltd in police road Mulgrave as I'm in the south east

[@wanderwithoutwords]

@@UrbanBounty Yeah.100%. Trying Marketplace now. Thanks.

[@minnoux]

Stunning trees, you know something🙂….

[@UrbanBounty]

Thank you very much. Since that video was made, the trees are around 30% larger 👍

[@PeterEntwistle]

Your avocados are looking incredibly healthy! It's great to see how much they have grown over the last 3 years as well. My Bacon avocado tree has been sulking with the cool "summer" weather we have been having this July, I have it in the greenhouse to try and encourage it to grow a bit.

[@UrbanBounty]

Thanks Peter, good luck with the bacon, they are supposed to be more cold hardy

[@qpl88]

Amazing growth and looking so impressive! Thanks for providing that insight; will need to look into some shade for our younger avos when summer comes around again or paint the trunks white, as some others suggest. What's that tree you have planted next to your bacon?

[@UrbanBounty]

Hi mate thanks. The tree to the left of the Bacon is a Red Shahtoot Mulberry. The smaller tree in front is a minature peach but I moved that yesterday. Cheers 😀

[@der-gus]

Do the leaves get affected by frost? I planted an avocado I grew from seed recently. It's looking great and growing well and no doubt I will protect it in winters to come, but when its big, do the leaves get burnt by frost?

[@UrbanBounty]

@@der-gus hello, sorry for the late reply. In my experience once they are big trees, no frost damage occurs on the leaves. They are very hardy once the whole trunk gets thick and becomes brown. But yes, you have to baby them while small. Cheers

[@SiddKundu]

Beautiful trees.. are u going to fertilise now ? Or wait till spring? Or both?

[@UrbanBounty]

Hi there, thank you. I fertilised last week and will probably give them a little bit more in spring. Thanks for watching 😀

[@melbournesubtropicfruits9474]

Shame Paul the possums like that Hass - they dont touch my Lamb Hass - have you tried regular gypsum as they love it like its a fertiliser - also a couple teaspoons of Zinc & Boron {Borax} every 2y for traces helps - My Mexicila about to flower but its never fruited as no pollinators during winter 😭

[@UrbanBounty]

I'll definitely try that mate, i did mix gypsum in at planting but I'll give it a dusting again soon 👍. I wonder if you can save pollen with a small vacuum from the other varieties to use in winter

[@melbournesubtropicfruits9474]

@@UrbanBounty i might have to do something - recognise opening and closing better - ive tried spraying Honey water to no avail - i think i did get one to set years ago using a brush ut it fell off - maybe encourage ants?

[@DamsLifestyle]

They look very edible

[@UrbanBounty]

Yes they are, thanks

[@stupidsnike]

Your trees and fruit look really good!! Your lucky you don't have problems with the fruit spotting bug considering you have bush land next to you. Those bastards make a mess of all my avos here in south east queensland. Anyways nice video..🥑

[@UrbanBounty]

Thank you mate, are you growing other fruit trees too?

[@dingdonglong803]

How far apart are your trees?

[@UrbanBounty]

Hello, these are 3m apart but 2.5 would be ok I think, if you prune to shape 👍

[@dingdonglong803]

@@UrbanBounty awesome, I'm about to get a few trees so looking at spacing requirements, so thank you.

[@UrbanBounty]

@@dingdonglong803 if you have the room go 3m. I also tie up lanky branches back to posts and the main stem to encourage them to grow more vertical. After the branch stiffens up you can remove the rope

[@dingdonglong803]

@@UrbanBounty great I'll take everything you say under advisement, because your trees are looking awesome.

[@UrbanBounty]

@@dingdonglong803 I'm in Melbourne Australia, the main thing when they are young is plant up high, protect from frost and days over 30c protect from sun. Its well worth it because they are hassle free once mature

[@nvrluki7608]

Got a secondo from Daley’s in 21 still barely grown lol. Lamb hass, hass, bacon all died

[@UrbanBounty]

Hello, sorry to hear that. Were they getting sunburn or root problems?

[@nvrluki7608]

@@UrbanBounty both apparently but it was covered in shade cloth to protect. Secondo is still only 500mm high. Had a few new shoots in summer. Stem has browned off just extremely slow growing.