This section contains useful tips and information for new California avocado growers. A more robust archive of cultural management practices can be found in the Cultural Management Library.
Importance of Irrigating California Avocado Groves
In California, poor avocado yields are often related to poor irrigation practices and soil salinity issues.
Irrigation and Salinity Glossary of Terms
ECe. Soil salinity is measured as the salt concentration of a soil solution in terms of electrical conductivity (EC). For soil salinity, the EC is written as ECe. Irrigation. Providing water to soil in order to create a favorable environment for plants. Leaching. Dissolving and transporting excess soluble salts from the root zone of the soil by applying and then draining excess water in the...
Avocado Root Health
Healthy avocado roots play an important role in producing consistent high-quality avocado crops from healthy avocado trees. Roots provide nutrients and water for strong healthy leaves, good shoot growth, flowering and fruit set, and avocado fruit growth.
Assess Avocado Groves to Identify Problems in Advance
The most successful California Avocado growers apply different cultural management activities throughout the year. The key is knowing what to do and how much of a particular activity to do in order to properly support the trees at each stage of the growth cycle.
Using the Avocado Tree Growth Cycle to Manage Groves
Understanding the avocado tree growth cycle for cultural management decisions is critical to identifying challenges and opportunities within your avocado grove.
Meeting the Needs of Avocado Trees During Spring Flowering
Unlike deciduous fruit trees, avocado trees never go dormant, thus avocado trees have three concurrent growth cycles. They are developing the current year’s fruit and providing nutrients and resources that mature the fruit for harvest. They are supporting the needs of the year two fruit set that will be harvested the following year.
