2017 August 18

I have been planting avocado pits from store fruit for quite a while. The first one is finally sprouting.

2017 August 20

Progress

2017 August 23

Water every 3 days.

2017 August 30

2017 September 10

2017 September 14

2017 September 28

2017 October 14

2017 November 9

2018 December 22

A clear winner

2019 April 1

Fork

2022 August 15

Fertilized with 4 cups of Tony’s magic mix.

2022 September 18

Foliar fed iron chelate at a rate of 0.7g iron per gallon of water (1.5 tsp of 0.11% iron chelate mixed in a quart of water).

2022 October 6

Foliar fed 2.3g of 13% manganese chelate in 1 quart of water at 6:30a (sunrise)

2022 October 10

Foliar fed Greenlife’s foliar feed mixed 1 tablespoon per gallon plus a little bit of Soil Fertility Accelerator at 6:15am. I also applied SFA to the soil and watered it in.

2023 March 18

Putting grass barrier around the tree.

2023 April 16

Put up shade. This year I made shade from old 2x boards I found in the alley. I didn’t make it wide enough so I had to tack on some shade cloth.

2023 May 12

Staked several low branches that were drooping to the ground so that they would be more upright.

2025 Sep 22

Cut back to a stump. Planning to graft on new sprouts in the spring after last frost.