it's easy to start an avocado tree in this way. However, these plants need some specific growing conditions in order to ...

Like many fruit trees, an avocado tree has its own unique growth cycle. Sometimes, different varieties of avocado trees have shorter or longer periods of ripening or produce fruit earlier or later ...

Q. Many times I have read, “Never top a tree!” I have also read that we should keep fruit trees at 8 feet for easy picking.

On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, the 25% tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed on imports from Mexico and Canada went into ...

Like Jhand, Gursimran Singh has conducted trials with avocados and other exotic fruits on half an acre for nearly a decade.

“When the trees first bud, you take off about half of them and that leads to larger fruit.” Then about 4,500 years ago the ...

The dwarf nana pomegranate is a small shrub that thrives in hotter climates, and will fit into your home as easily as a ...

New research from anthropologists Amber VanDerwarker and Doug Kennett of UC Santa Barbara elucidates the history of avocado ...

A team of anthropologists and evolutionary biologists affiliated with several academic institutions in the U.S., working with ...

Some research shows that avocados can hang on the tree for more than 12 months ... Be sure to check on the avocado daily to avoid overripe fruit. If you’ve cut an underripe avocado, fuse the ...

Avocados are true superfoods: dense, buttery scoops of vitamins, fat and fiber, all in a hand-size package. We worked for a long time to make them this way. According to a paper published Monday in ...

A Katikati couple who have owned an avocado orchard for only five years are “branching out” with clever solutions to survive ...