How to Grow Avocado: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

Persea americana

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• Planting an Avocado Tree: Grafted Plants, Pit-Grown Seedlings and Drainage
• Avocado Pollination: A and B Flower Types and Why One Tree Sets Little Fruit
• Pruning an Avocado Tree: Height Control, Sunburn and Suckers Below the Graft
• Avocado Tree Care: Watering, Salt Burn on the Leaf Tips and Feeding
• Avocado Growing Calendar: What to Do Through the Year and What to Watch For
• Avocado Problems: Root Rot, Leaf Tip Burn, Mites and What Is Not Worth Treating
• When to Pick an Avocado: Fruit That Only Softens After It Is Picked

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (18)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.