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.

Kahaluu for Hawaiian varieties but not an awesome producer. I also like Yamagata.

Thank you! I appreciate your response. Have a wonderful New Year!
 

If your bookcase is loaded with plant text books even though your career has nothing to do with plants and every weekend involves plant activities whether on your property or elsewhere, you are my people.

I am female and work as an RN. I research and grow our fruit and nurture our bee hives (both rather obsessively), my other half grows orchids and was once a judge. He just got kicked off the couch for being stinky (he just got off of work) and went outside to drink beer with our chickens (no, they don't have a problem but are very spoiled). He is a journeyman carpenter. I do not believe in the stereotype.

mulching chipped wound, grass and chicken poop under my lychee tree. No wonder it's huge and there is no fruit!

Thanks Brad! Awesome story. He knew what I was talking about even though I butchered the spelling. Mystery solved.

Yesss!!!! Some panicles appeared today on my unidentified tree. I think it might be a Kwai Mi. Smooth brown bark, late bloomer. Patience is not my best virtue. 

What elevation are you at and what is the temperature there? Great looking trees!

Peter, I use both Bokashi and EM. I kind of like the smell and so do the rats. I also incorporate some peat with the beneficial fungus that is impossible to remember how to spell. My first avocado will be $500 but the rest will be free.  . Oscar, greater than 150 inches a year in Kurtistown? That's some rain! Thank God for volcanic soil.

The first Sharwil I planted I over-mulched with thick mulch and it croaked. Black roots, lost all it's leaves. It tried to bloom as a last attempt to survive. Then it turned into black twigs. Very sad.  I was over-eager and did not do my homework first. That was about a year a half ago and I think that I have learned a lot.

Hopefully someday I will post pictures of my "haul".

Aloha,
Jenna   

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 a question for the avocado experts out there. I have a grafted Kahaluu avocado in my backyard that is a little over a year old and about 5 feet tall and a Green Gold in the front yard that is about the same age. I'm interested in grafting Sharwill on the Kahaluu to provide A and B flowers and maybe more consistent fruit production. It has flowered for me but has not held fruit yet. The Green Gold is just starting to take off so I'm leaving that one alone. I also have a Wurtz. That one has fruit on it but not very vigorous grower. I live on Oahu in Hawaii at 1150 ft elevation. There is lots of rain but I live on a sloped hill. is it best to graft when the tree is younger or wait till its more mature? The tree (Kahaluu) has lots of new growth and is growing gangbusters.

Thanks for your input..