Please help me identify this avocado. It was given to my aunt in the 90's. She was told it was a Sharwil but I don't think it is. It fruits from November to April. Tree is pretty small for being 25 years old. She does not prune it or do much of anything. I think it may be a Nishikawa. Thank you in advance.

Dear Forum Folks,
I think I may have made a mistake in planting a Nam Doc Mai in my area. I live at 1150 ft in a rather wet area. We are having a rather dry and cool winter for us. I bought this variety as it was specified as a type that can be grown in wetter areas. I see that it is anthracnose resistant but succumbs to powdery mildew.

It bloomed for the first time recently and I sprayed clarified neem but all the panicles turned gray and crumbled. I sprayed in the evening as to not fry it and not when blossoms were open.

I'm wondering if I should graft something like Tommy Atkins on it to increase my chances. I'm pushing the elevation and rainfall envelope with this mango tree.

Or maybe rip it out and put another lychee? 

Or stop being an impatient newbie and give it a chance?

Thanks for your input.

Aloha,
Jena

Hi all,
Hope you are having a relaxing Memorial Day weekend. We just had a thunderstorm here with quite a bit of rain and it got me thinking of my young avocado trees and my attempts to prevent root rot. Some of the things that I try to do are:

1. put dolomite in planting hole and sprinkle liberally around drip line
2. plant on a mounded slope with area that drains (which is challenging as I have clay soil and get 60-80" of rain a year).
3. Agrophos foliar spray once every few months

My question is are there other things i can do? How frequently should I apply dolomite? And how often should I apply agrophos foliar? My Green Gold, Kahaluu and Ota look ok but Wurtz is struggling and looks pathetic. If you guys and gals have any "secrets of the trade" to prevent this devastating disease, please share. It would be greatly appreciated by all of us struggling to be rewarded with ONE STINKIN' AVOCADO. And if Carlos is on line, I was devastated that your Kahaluu dropped all its fruit. I was watching your progress with that one. But man it sure grows fast.

Thanks,
Jenna

Hi all. I have my first bunch of Apple Bananas forming now. I've heard two schools of thought regarding leaving the flower on or removing. Removing flower could introduce pathogens to cut but energy will be diverted back to fruit rather than flower. Any thoughts? Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Hello all,
These are some photos of the tree that came with my house I recently purchased. The fruit are kind of egg-shaped. Seeds are very large on large fruit and chicken tongue on small fruit. The bark is brown in color. It will be hard pruned soon as it is too large. I appreciate you input. Pictures were taken yesterday. Sorry pics are blurry but fruit was kind of high up.

thanks alot,
Jenna

Hi all,
I put this dwarf wurtz avocado in the ground 5 months ago and looks like it it putting out a lot of flowers. Should  I remove them all? Tree is about 4.5 ft tall. do you wait till panicles elongate or just knock off flowers? A couple fruit would be nice as my lychee has put out a nice crop of LEAVES.
Thanks for your input.
Jenna