Hi Nicholas, that is usually what we do. Good soil with quality compost and you should be good to go. Mulch the top of your containers fairly well with compost or wood chips to keep the top of the soil moist, avocados have a lot of feeder/surface roots and are used to being underneath a good layer of mulch as they typically mulch themselves fairly well with time using their own leaves. Hope that helps and good luck!

I am curious if you think the soil you guys use for raised beds would also be appropiate for avocados? I am in the process of buying 2 Little Cado Avocado trees to plant in containers and would greatly appreciate your input!

Thanks,
Nicholas

Hi Linda, I would check around at your local nurseries or search online for avocados that grow in Florida. I am sure you will be able to find the unknown variety this way and then you will have an idea of when to harvest the fruit. Hope that helps and good luck!

Hello neighbor, letting them grow into a cone or pyramid shape is best to allow maximum light for the tree. We usually try and remove any low branches so the tree has a main trunk as opposed to a bush as it is easier to access in and around the tree. In time you can thin out areas of the canopy to allow light inside. For the most part so far, we have wanted our avocado trees to get big so the pruning has been minimal. Just picture what you want the tree to look like in the future and try and mimic that size and shape. An 8 to 10 foot tree is probably the best size to manage for harvesting fruit and general maintenance. Hope that is enough to get you started and good luck!

What do you do with yours?

Thanks!

Hi Jill, we have yet to notice any of the fruit being eaten by rats or any other rodent although I know they can and will eat avocados. Maybe fruit that falls off the tree would be mores susceptible to rats? Anyway, I wouldn’t let the possibility of rodents getting an occasional fruit stop you from having an avocado tree. Good luck!