Avocado Trees by Everglades Farm
Growing your own avocado trees is a healthy, convenient way to cultivate home-grown food and add additional greenery to your garden. These fruit-bearing trees (yes, an avocado is a fruit!) can take a lot of time to grow, but are well worth the wait – avocado trees need a lot of sunlight and less water than other fruit trees. Avocado trees grow best in warm climates, including Florida, California, Hawaii, or Texas – those in colder or wetter climates will have a harder time growing avocado trees.
Why Should You Plant Avocado Trees?
Avocados are truly one of the best foods out there for your body! Avocados are full of good fats, known as monounsaturated fats, which help keep you full and protects against heart disease. There are so many wonderful uses of avocados too: guacamole obviously, avocado toast, milkshakes, slices on your salad, as an oil, the possibilities are endless!
Sometimes it is difficult to find avocados that are just right in regular supermarkets like Walmart, and many stores like Whole Foods sell their avocados at astronomical prices. This is why many buyers choose to purchase one of our avocado trees - ripe avocados right in their backyard!
Avocado trees are also excellent first- time trees for beginners or even veteran gardeners. As long as you follow the instructions given by our Everglade Farms experts, after a few years you will more avocados than you know what to do with!
How to Plant Avocado Trees At Home:
Most at-home growers start their avocado trees from scratch, using the pit. There are advantages to growing an avocado tree that way, but for those who do not want to invest that much time, Everglades Farm is here to help! We have grafted our starter avocado trees from fruit-producing Choquette or Simmonds variety trees. Every single avocado tree comes with a 3-gallon plastic container for easy growing.
Here are some tips on growing your brand new avocado tree:
- The best time to plant your avocado tree is between March to July
- Plant the avocado tree so that the feeder roots are about 6 inches into the ground
- Place your tree so that it has a minimum of 6 to 8 hours of sunlight, either direct or indirect – it cannot bear fruit with a lot lots of sunlight!
- Overwatering is a big problem for avocado trees – make sure that you follow only the recommended amount of watering a day, which is two to three times a week.
How Many Avocado Trees Should I Have?
There is no right or wrong answer to this, but make sure that you have enough room for all of your avocado trees to grow. By having multiple avocado trees in close proximity you allow for cross-pollinating. Avocado trees are self-pollinators, but their male and female organs are not online at the same time. However, because avocado trees need a lot of space, multiple trees should be planted anywhere from 5 to 10 feet away from each other.
Ready to take the plunge and buy some avocado trees? Let Everglades Farm be your go-to source for advice and high-quality avocado trees!
