Reading avocado leaves

[@gysbertvanderwesthuizen8011]

Great information,thanks. Im in South Africa, but we grow the same cultivars. Just love your input!

[@turbopete7794]

Good stuff, Greg. It’s great having a local reliable source of information. I live in OC and have a mini home orchard with a combination of trees similar to what you have just on a smaller scale. I have 8 avocados, 10 citrus, 20 deciduous fruit trees.

[@gregalderdotcom]

Thanks, Pete. Sounds like your home orchard isn't mini at all! That's a really nice collection.

[@jonlee2186]

Thanks, very comprehensive. And thanks for sharing your knowledge .

[@dvanb9207]

Great video and examples! thank you for making this, it's helped me a lot.

[@kaykaethomas2791]

Thank YOU so much. Very helpful and now I am not worried so much on my Choquette Avo tree here in Florida. we had unusually cold snaps this year so that explains why leaves shedding and I do have new and flowers so again YOUR info helped me! Thankx so much

[@jamesrichard6458]

Very good info about the avocado leaves. Thank You

[@shelleynobleart]

Incredibly helpful and trustworthy. I appreciate this particular video so much. Thank you.

[@dnebula7164]

Thanks mate, this helped me with my Joey!

[@Crypto.Vantage]

So helpful thanks so much! She wants to be warmer for sure!

[@gregelwood6668]

Think you for the great info! I have been worried about my plant for some time due to 90 percent of the leaves all fell off. I am just now waiting for the leaves to grow back.

[@rlk5709]

Thanks for the info, easy to remember, keep it up!

[@brians09crf450x]

Thank you for sharing this helpful information

[@greenthumb6697]

Great video brotha! I'm loving the detailed, hard-to-find info! Thank you for making these videos 👌

[@miguelsamaniego8435]

Good information and a great video, by the way, those are some really nice avocado trees. Thanks for sharing.

[@tzukhi]

Wow , that’s Avocado heaven right there 😻😻😻 I need an invitation !

[@garywatson9519]

Fantastic video, well done.

[@minnoux]

Thankyou so so much....Trying to identify what’s up with my recently planted grafted Pinkerton, think I’ve mothered it too much and overwatered!! Going to check the roots now! You’re a Godsend, Thankyou for this informative video and sharing your expert knowledge x

[@melaniee8781]

Thank u for the information, my fantastic Avocado leaves are little bumpy but older are not, I am worried because the tree has some black spots on a few leaves.

[@tisoy909]

Thank you Greg! this video is very helpful. Subscribed!

[@organicgardening5989]

The leaves of my avocado tree droops down but the soil is moist. Thanks

[@RolandoNispiros]

Excellent info!

[@juliedurlak]

Thank you for that fantastic knowledge very invaluable. 🥑💗👌🏻☀️🥑🥑🥑

[@marymckee6038]

I planted a seed years ago and have a tree now. I live in East Tennessee and it is doing well.

[@pridefu1seven]

thanks

[@originalguckfoogle]

You have a relaxing speaking cadence.

[@iffatsiddiqui3205]

Brilliant! Thanks.

[@justmejus]

That's helpful, Greg. Thank you! I was also wondering if you happen to have any plans to do a profile on the holiday avocado tree.

[@gregalderdotcom]

Thanks for the suggestion. That's a great idea. I'll try to profile the Holiday this summer, or even a little earlier -- just sometime near when the fruit on the tree is mature.

[@organicgardening5989]

Do avocado trees produce leaves all summer long or seasonality. Thanks

[@nosajsamaniego4512]

WONDERING???

[@pstsai2211]

Thank you very much for sharing great info on the leaves. I'm wondering if there's any way that I can share you a few pictures about my leaves that you could help me to identify the issues?

[@christydewolfe3481]

What causes the leaves to turn brown and unhealthy.

[@evergreennursery1953]

Very nice 👍👍👍👍👍

[@craigdonald551]

I live in the tropics and have a number of avocados trees growing ..Ruehle, Peterson, Booth 8, Hass and a number of others grown from seed from the Philippines The trouble I’m having is that the top new growth completely dies back, then a few weeks later new shoots appear, this has happened twice. I have clay soil on a slope but have the trees planted in mound above that. The trees were planted in 2017 and were doing great until 2 years ago. Any advice welcome

[@waydeepinside]

Thank You very much, I learned a few things 👍

[@zaily348]

My avocado tree has like a black dots on the back of the leaf, what can I use ?

[@acidnut]

Great. My Gem and Reed's leaves are getting wavy, was getting kind of worried.

[@passerby6168]

Thanks. Very helpful. :)

[@cherrilgallagher7875]

Thank you for your great information ,can I grow avocado trees in Arizona? and where do I plant them so that they get enough sun

[@jorgemartin7697]

Hello mate Allow me a question, in my area I have seen some avocados planted from seed, and to try to identify some of their genetics I usually pinch the leaves to swim if they smell like anise, and on some occasion I noticed that they smelled more like sassafras, this is what you want Say about its genetics, and would it bring some interesting feature to the tree? Thank you . you do a great job

[@gregalderdotcom]

Thanks, Jorge. I have only noticed a little connection between the characteristics of the avocados on trees whose leaves smell like anise. There isn't a consistent relationship, such as black skin or size or a certain flavor. That's a great question though because if there were, then you could test a seedling's leaves to get an idea of what its fruit would be like. Some say that only the leaves of "Mexican" varieties smell like anise, but this is not true. Popenoe found trees in the highlands of Guatemala that smelled like anise over a hundred years ago.

[@kimarknheu4037]

Hi and thank you for you inform post. I have just transplanted a new hass avocado tree about 9 days ago and notice the new leaves are dying would anyone know the reason why? And also all the leaves are wilting too doesn’t look good 😢

[@ocnealocneal6549]

Maybe there is some transplant shock which is not abnormal. It should have recovered. 2 years later now, do you have an update on that Hass?

[@moj8945]

Just recently planted a Reed in a 15 gallon and the leaves look droopy after a day. Never seen a droopy leave before but would that be of any concern? I did add about 3 gallons of water with some fish emulsion since the tree is a baby

[@gregalderdotcom]

You only need to worry if all the leaves are drooping in that specific way that avocado leaves droop when they're thirsty.

[@narayandasvaishnav4108]

Vary good infrmation

[@gracekapea7983]

Oooh i was worried about mine. The new leaves growing are purple i wanted to 😭😭

[@RareAvoTrees]

Greg i have a bacon seed avo tree ungrafted that is 2 years old throwing flowers right now, so does it have a chance of setting fruit so young ?, i thought ungrafted trees take 5 to 13 years for any chance of fruit set ?

[@blackkennedy3966]

Wow 2 years old? It must be in prime real estate to be fruiting that young. are you sure that isn’t a grafted or cutting grown tree?

[@bowmag803]

We have leave cutter bees in Florida

[@judypham]

I have a avocado tree, I'm not sure what type A or B. My avacodo tree has lots of flowers but not bearing only 1 fruit. I would like to plant 1 more avocado tree, but don't know if my tree is A or B. Please help. Thanks

[@josehernandez9486]

Thanks Greg for the useful and much appreciated information. Today I installed a 24 inch box Reed tree at my mom’s house in San Jose. Added to the clay dirt gypsum, biochar, and lots of course sand. Hope it does well. I will also have it on a monthly foliar spray program of seaweed extract, molasses, and protien hydrolasate. Do you have any experience or knowledge using any of the above. Not sure if it will help but I am going to it to see. Take care!

[@gregalderdotcom]

Hi Jose, Thanks. Did you add those materials in the planting hole or did you add them to a mound above the grade of the clay soil?

[@josehernandez9486]

The tree was planted on a mound with a biochar and sand mixed into the clay soil. This mixture was three feet wide and deep. The gypsum was top dressed before the addition of a wood chip layer that was 4x4 feet by 6 inches deep. I added about half of a 32 gallon container of charged biochar mixture That I haves used on smaller container plants. I’ve been fine tuning my concoction for the biochar and I think I have a pretty good thing going. I’ve used it on smaller containerized avocado trees with great success. It’s all homemade and includes fish emulsion, azomite dust, humic acid, goat manure, worm castings and more items. It takes a while to produce but it sure get my plants off to a really good start, including my grafted avocado trees. As I mentioned in my previous comment, I am now trailing protien hydrolosate as a foliar spray. I also want to get a hold of clonal rootstock material such as Duke 7 or Toro Canyon to try my hand at double grafting. I think Dusa patent will be expiring soon so I’d consider that one as well. Keep me in mind if you have any information or suggestions. I’m willing to trade materials and/or information with you.

[@gregalderdotcom]

I haven't used most of the materials you have. I'm a simple grower, and I'm lucky because I have sandy loam soil with good drainage, which is nearly ideal for avocados. I mostly use what I have on hand: homemade compost and wood chips. You go all out! Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who sells clonal rootstock material. If I find someone, I'll let you know.

[@helenh0134]

Did you see video from Snow Flower Channel - why avocado trees from seeds for medicinal leaves. She said that the red color is due to anthocyanin -for photoprotection Red young leaves also seen in Dragon eye & mango trees

[@digil4509]

Thanks for the great information on Avocados Greg. I get your werkly emails, now I will follow you on KZbin too!

[@AdamOnVinyl]

Thank you man. Your videos are great, please keep them up. My Stuart also has that taco shape leaf look. Was wondering if you had a zutano and if so can you do a video on that tree and taste profile. Thanks!

[@gregalderdotcom]

Oh yeah, Stewart has those leaves too. I forgot to say that. I only have Zutano on a multi-graft tree so it wouldn't make for a very helpful video. But I can use a friend's Zutano for a video profile of that variety. I'll see when I can get that done. And I'll put it on the calendar to make a profile of the Zutano fruit next winter when its season rolls around again. Thanks for these suggestions.

[@RyderNight99]

Hi Greg thanks for the great videos! The dropping leaves you mentioned about thirsty trees. I noticed some old leaves were drooping and i moved aside some of the dirt to check and the dirt is still moist. Is it possible it could also be from overwatering?

[@brian5233]

Not OP, but I suspect the same, after a huge rainy winter in sacramento, my potted hass & fuerte avocado trees leaves look droopy and wilted. I tried to protect them from the giant endless rainstorms best I could but the pots were still soaked for weeks on end. It may have given way to root rot. I did my best to have a sandy soil mix with rocks but likely should have had more drainage. I was at first more worried about the summers and water retention that I didn't consider a crazy endless monsoon. It's spring now and it's dried out, i'm trying to keep them as dry as possible for a while to see if they bounce back. Just wilty looking leaves but nothing falling yet.

[@patriciasankey4103]

do you know when a Reed will put on blossoms. Our tree is about 13 years old and produced its first and only fruit last season. It is now June 6 and there have been no blossoms yet. Could it be that they will set later? thanks

[@gregalderdotcom]

I don't know how Reeds behave elsewhere, but if you're in Southern California and your Reed has no blossoms yet here in June then you'll have to wait until next spring. Some Reeds are still blooming but every one I have seen lately is either peaking in bloom now or is finishing its bloom. It's also unusual if you have a Reed that is 13 years old on only just produced its first crop. I've never heard of a Reed that is so slow to come into bearing. All that I know start bearing within a couple years of grafting.

[@lallad1]

Greg Alder, I have a Hass tree, ever since soil from hilly area got dumped and spread to the area the tree is in (the soil seems clayish pale and looks compacted) it has not produced fruit or very few. It's a large tree been here many years. The leaves don't look great either. It makes me sad to see the tree suffering. I don't know how to help it. Please advise :((((

[@gregalderdotcom]

This is a dangerous situation because trees don't like to have a bunch of soil added on top of where their roots are growing. Other than removing that added soil, I don't know how else to help the situation.

[@lallad1]

@@gregalderdotcom Thank you for your reply! That soil needs to be removed. What do you feel should be done afterwards??

[@1cleandude]

Very good video where do you live? Thanks

[@frankyancy1347]

More great information. My Hass does have persea mites, so sprayed with Neem oil, seemed to help, will spray one more time. Is this the correct treatment? Has your Holiday set any fruit? My #15 that I planted last fall, about 6 1/2 ' tall, after the water/honey spray has a good set, but know a lot will drop this summer.

[@gregalderdotcom]

Thanks, Frank. I've never treated for persea mites myself, but of people I know who have, they have used predator mites with success. Let me know how the Neem spray goes. No on the Holiday. It has set fruit, but has yet to carry any to full maturity. From what I've seen in my Holidays and elsewhere, the trees need to get fairly large before they hold fruit to maturity (and the fruit is giant when mature!). Hope yours does this year!

[@bindusingh3816]

Hey my avocado leaves are getting dry and rust coloured.and they are new What do I do?

[@stanalachniewicz1082]

Greg, I love how detailed you are. My Hass avocado tree has taco shaped leaves that turn up, not down like you shoed in the video. Just like the ones on Holiday. You didn't mention this. It it a cause for concern?

[@gregalderdotcom]

Taco shaped leaves that turn up are never a problem on avocados, Stan. Nothing to worry about there.

[@stanalachniewicz1082]

@@gregalderdotcom Thanks I’m not sure what was going on but I put the avocado tree on a drip 15 minutes a day and it seems to be doing better

[@jamestnguyen2165]

How does a Holiday taste Greg? If you have a choice between a Hass or Holiday, which would you pick?

[@gregalderdotcom]

Hi James, I've only tasted a few Holidays and it was a long time ago. I remember them being good but I don't remember much else. I'd grow a Hass tree over a Holiday tree, for sure. As for the fruit, I'd choose Hass there too just because Holiday is big. I like to eat big avocados sometimes, but as an everyday fruit I like smaller avocados like Hass. That's just my personal preference.

[@markocean2811]

My avocado never has red leaves? Does this depend on type?

[@gregalderdotcom]

Yes, Mark. For example, the new leaves of Mexicola are yellowish.

[@underbarrelpbcam2959]

Great vid. I have a reed avocado tree and it's been super pollinated. But a lot of the pea size avocados are starting to fall every day there will be like 20 on the floor. However there is still a lot on the tree and the big size marble size avocados are not falling off. Is this normal?

[@gregalderdotcom]

Yes, and it's healthy. Imagine your tree trying to hold all thousand of those tiny avocados once they reach the size of grapefruits. Branches would break! Reed is an overachiever when it comes to fruitset. Thankfully, it usually sheds a lot. Still, last year mine set so much that branches nearly broke.

[@underbarrelpbcam2959]

@@gregalderdotcom oh ok, that's a relieve. Thanks bro.

[@postmortemspasm]

Mines doing the taco effect, but its not normally like that. Any tips? Im in australia, its a Hass

[@gregalderdotcom]

Shouldn't be anything to worry about. Leaves cupping like that never indicate a problem that I've seen.

[@nirep2]

Hey, healthy looking new growth.Does size of new leaves when they fully grow and turn green an indication of health of tree? Smallish new grow perhaps sign of root rot?

[@gregalderdotcom]

You're on target there. I should have shown that in the video. I have a tree with small new leaves right now. It doesn't necessarily mean that the root rot fungus is the cause -- although that's possible -- but it does mean that the tree's roots are in bad shape. With my tree in particular, it is a young tree that was not getting enough water all year last year because it was planted near a large sumac bush whose roots had infiltrated its root zone and was sucking the area dry.

[@ZamaniSahib]

Hey Greg, have you ever had new growth leaves start falling off the tree?

[@gregalderdotcom]

Not really. Occasionally, new growth will start and then die back on a single twig though. This usually coincides with spring heat although I don't think that causes it. Small branches on avocados just often die off due to shading or some internal damage or something else I'm not aware of.

[@ZamaniSahib]

@@gregalderdotcom Thanks Greg. Always appreciate your insight.

[@samuels.4622]

Hey I had the tips on avocado look burnt has this happened to anyone?

[@gregalderdotcom]

Hi Samuel, This happened to my trees and the trees of many others in Southern California last week. Check here for some details: gregalder.com/yardposts/avocado-trees-get-sunburned-what-to-do/

[@samuels.4622]

@@gregalderdotcom awesome thanks for your help

[@vegardno]

Your leaves are so shiny and waxy, my indoor tree has none of that, even the really old leaves, so it's not about maturity. Maybe has something to do with sun and nutrients?

[@brianblaster1]

The fuertes leaves are not red ? Laughing out loud 🤣 in the beginning you contradicted yourself in the video.