Avocado Tree

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We have a beautiful avocado tree that last year bore hundreds of incredible softball-sized fruit. We had a hard time giving them all away besides eating them every meal. We moved into the house in August '09 and the young fruit was already there.

This year we've had nothing, not one blossom or fruit. The tree has a lot of new growth and seems healthy, but no fruit.

We're in Jarabacoa where it's cooler tham most other places.

Can anyone give me some insight about how these trees work? Are they seasonal? Do they skip seasons?

We also have a larger mango tree that is very healthy but has produced exactly 5 mangos of dubious quality. We get new growth all the time and flowers, but no fruit. What gives?

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the science bit

rain at the wrong time stops insects pollinating and the flowers go soggy and drop off
 
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Dear Cobraboy:

This lack of fruit is the result of a lack of communication with your Avocado tree. The tree felt it gave you the best fruit of your life but you gave it all away,and then you went and paid attention to that old mango tree that did not do anything for you.

Your avocado tree is sulking and it needs some tree food and some love. Talk to it and you'll see that it will produce for you again. Don't let it see you urging that mango tree to give you some fruit.

Avocados are notoriously whimsical. They have a major tap root that tells the tree when to flourish. Some fertilizer might help.

Dr. HB, tree consultant......
 
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Ahhh I remember those times when we had so many avocadoes we ate them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.........but we loved them........

Avocado trees seem to have a life span of about 40 to 50 years....because now our avocado trees no longer have avocaditos...:(....


I think your tree needs loving, you brought negative vibe or somethin'
 
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Wiki says the trees are bienniel bearing, meaning they can bear a heavy fruit one year then little to none the next. The really good yield you had last year put stress on the tree and it didn't create the hormones this year to start the prodcess. Expect a good crop next year.

I've seen this happen with apple trees too.
 
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well the first strange thing is that this tree hasn’t flourished. it should have and maybe it hasn't been properly fertilized or the terrain is not suitable (to much clay) or didn't have enough water....
second, Avocado trees are, like many flowers and trees, able to “express” male and female characteristics upon blossoming. The problem is that they do it in different times, female do it first and male the latter, so they can’t auto pollinate. So when having an avocado plantation you need extra pollinating agents, such as:
another kind of avocado tree with different flourishing timing or
using a fertilization agent, such as bee colonies.

In your case, you neighbour avocado trees where unable to pollinate your lonely tree and it was unable to do it by itself.

So my recommendation is to get another tree or to buy a small bee colony.

If not, well you can always get some from your neighboor....
 
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Another way to trigger a tree into bloom is to have a brush fire upwind of it. This can trigger blooms especially in tropical trees. Trees have evolved to detect forest fires and the first one to seed gets the newly opened ground. I know this works for tamarind for one, but I don't know about avocados.
 
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PeterInBrat said:
Another way to trigger a tree into bloom is to have a brush fire upwind of it. This can trigger blooms especially in tropical trees. Trees have evolved to detect forest fires and the first one to seed gets the newly opened ground. I know this works for tamarind for one, but I don't know about avocados.
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Peter!!!
so You recommend Robert to Bushfire the upwind located Neighbour's Property including that Neighbur's flourishing Tree to 'Stimulate' the productivity of Robert's Tree?

sound's logic to me, no doubt,
but maybe then afterwards the Tree will be full of Fruits but Robert need's to move to a new Neighbourhood, lol.

Mike
 
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MikeFisher said:
Peter!!!
so You recommend Robert to Bushfire the upwind located Neighbour's Property including that Neighbur's flourishing Tree to 'Stimulate' the productivity of Robert's Tree?

sound's logic to me, no doubt,
but maybe then afterwards the Tree will be full of Fruits but Robert need's to move to a new Neighbourhood, lol.

Mike
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He can also make some money selling aguacates to his neighbor...
 
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JDJones said:
I too have trees that give tons one year, then hardly nothing the next. I wouldn't be concerned.

As far as giving them away-are you nuts? Sell that tree!!! I got a few thousand pesos for each tree by selling the crop each year.
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Only a gringo would do this.....ugggg:ermm:
 
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It never was an "active" tree.

It was just a "Real Estate" trick to get you to buy the property.
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D in Santiago
 
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PeterInBrat said:
Wiki says the trees are bienniel bearing, meaning they can bear a heavy fruit one year then little to none the next. The really good yield you had last year put stress on the tree and it didn't create the hormones this year to start the prodcess. Expect a good crop next year.

I've seen this happen with apple trees too.
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Bienneal it is!

It's exploding with new fruit!:D

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SEE??? It certainly was NOT Yanni at the Acropolis!!

When you come to Santiago, pls bring some coffee??? Thanks, I tried to call but no answer, changed ##s??

HB
 
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Hillbilly said:
SEE??? It certainly was NOT Yanni at the Acropolis!!

When you come to Santiago, pls bring some coffee??? Thanks, I tried to call but no answer, changed ##s??

HB
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Same #,HB. How much and molida or beans?
 
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