How many years does it take for an avocado tree to bear fruit? A detailed guide to growing methods

Everyone has seen avocados in the supermarket, right? The fruit is green and looks like an unripe citrus. A fruit shop generally sells them for 15 yuan each, and their nutritional value is very high. Therefore, many fruit growers want to grow avocado trees to make money, but at present many people do not know how to grow avocado trees? Today I will introduce the avocado growing methods and related questions about how many years it takes to bear fruit.

I. Introduction to avocado

The avocado tree is grown to produce avocados. I believe some people do not know much about avocados, so today I will briefly introduce a few key points as follows:

1. Where are the main avocado production areas in China?

The main avocado production areas in China are distributed in Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Guangxi, Taiwan, China, Yunnan and Sichuan, and other places. There is a small amount of cultivation in these areas, but not every place in the above areas can grow them.

2. What nutrients do avocados contain?

The avocado is a fruit with very high nutritional value. It contains a variety of vitamins, fat, protein, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and so on. Besides being eaten as a fresh fruit, it can also be used in dishes and canned food.

3. What effects and functions does the avocado have?

The avocado has effects and functions such as antioxidant and anti-aging, breast enhancement, protecting the liver, beauty care, alleviating diabetes symptoms, protecting uterine health, and as baby supplementary food.

II. How to grow an avocado tree?

1. Step one: Raising seedlings

The first step in growing avocados is raising seedlings. Without seedlings, how can you grow them? The method of raising seedlings is to first buy some plump avocados from the market and bring them home, then process them. Choose a sunny place, place the seed with one end facing up in the soil, then cover it with fine soil, and water once every 8 hours. In about two weeks, seedlings will grow.

2. Step two: Transplanting and field planting

When the seedlings grow to a certain height, they can be transplanted. Keep the planting row spacing at 5-6 m, and each hole dug must have enough base fertilizer. When planting, they need to be transplanted together with the roots, and do not damage the tree roots. After transplanting is completed, water immediately. This can improve the survival rate of the seedlings.

3. Step three: Light and temperature requirements

The avocado belongs to tropical fruits and has relatively high requirements for light and temperature. When the fruit tree is growing, it needs to maintain 7-8 hours of light time every day.

4. Step four: Fertilization

Nitrogen fertilizer needs to be applied more than 4 times each year, usually by broadcast application or through the irrigation system. For adult trees during the young fruit stage, apply 100 jin of organic fertilizer per tree and 50 g of compound fertilizer, then apply once more after harvest, with the amount doubled.

5. Step five: Pollination

When the avocado blooms, artificial pollination should be carried out. Only in this way can the yield be increased. Generally, artificial pollination is carried out on a sunny morning before the sun comes out.

The above 5 points are the key points of avocado cultivation, so be sure to save them!

III. How many years does it take for an avocado tree to bear fruit?

According to the planting situation in China's coastal city provinces, under normal conditions, avocado trees generally bear fruit after 3-4 years of planting. In tropical areas, the fruiting time will be a little earlier, usually in the 2nd year of planting. This generally refers to planting grafted avocado seedlings. If they grow naturally in the wild, then the fruiting time needs more than 6-8 years. In addition, avocados generally bloom in February-March each spring, and the fruiting time is in August-September each year. Therefore, based on the flowering time of the fruit tree, it will generally bear fruit in the year it blooms.

Summary: The above is an introduction to relevant knowledge about avocado tree cultivation. I hope it can help fruit growers in need. This article is compiled from the internet.

Avocado growing methods: How to grow them by water culture from seed

 Everyone knows that avocados are very delicious, and their nutritional value is not ordinarily high. If you want to grow them at home yourself, what are the avocado growing methods? How do you water-culture the seed?

Tools needed to grow avocados: a glass cup and a few toothpicks.

Seed processing. This step is very critical. Carefully remove the flesh. Be careful not to damage the upper and lower seed covers of the pit, and distinguish the top from the bottom. Do not make low-level mistakes.

Grow the seed in water, keep the seed facing up, and carefully insert 3-4 toothpicks into the pit. Do not insert them too deep. After about half is submerged in the cup of water, place it in a sunny place, but do not expose it to strong sunlight. Change the water once every 5-7 days to avoid too much bacteria in the water causing deterioration and damaging the seed.

Keep going for 4-8 weeks and observe the germination state of the seed. If cracks appear at the top and the outer skin of the seed begins to loosen, this shows that the hard work of the past month or more has not been wasted and the cultivation has basically succeeded.

After a few more weeks, the seed's root system continues to grow. At this time, note that the water must cover the roots. Continue until the main trunk of the sapling grows out and the branches and leaves gradually become lush, then prepare to transplant it into a pot.

When potting, the soil should be loose, with high water-holding capacity but not saturated. Do not water too frequently. If the leaves begin to turn yellow, it indicates excess water, so be sure to stop watering and observe for a few days. Avocado trees like sun, so they need to be placed in a sunny place where they can absorb sufficient sunlight. When they grow to about 30 cm, the topmost branches and leaves must be pruned to make the sapling grow more lushly.

Notes: Avocado trees are fragile and prone to pests and diseases, so pay attention to prevention and timely pest control; lower temperatures in winter are a nightmare for saplings, so be sure to take heat-preservation and warmth measures; generally they will bear fruit in 3-4 years.

Avocados contain extremely rich unsaturated fatty acids, which can improve the elasticity of breast tissue. They also contain vitamins A, C, and E, whose functions are respectively to promote female hormone secretion, prevent breast deformation, and help breast development.

The avocado growing methods are introduced here. From now on, you no longer need to worry about your breasts being small and looking bad in anything you wear.