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About Avocado
What is an Avocado?
The avocado is an evergreen, tropical tree with green, pear-shaped, nutrient-dense fruit. The term avocado refers to both the tree and the fruit. Avocados come in hundreds of different varieties. And the tree is a member of the flowering plant family, Lauraceae. The fruit itself is technically a berry containing one large seed. But keep in mind that the scientific definition of a berry (a fruit derived from the ovary of a single flower) varies from common usage. Botanists will tell you that eggplant is a berry and a strawberry is not. So I wouldn’t jump at a berry cobbler made by a botanist! While they aren’t sweet, avocados are a satisfying and versatile food with a creamy, buttery texture. And they have a rich flavour from the high-fat content.
What makes Avocado different?
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Conditions required to grow Avocado Plant
Avocado is a subtropical tree and grows very well in semi humid climates.
Temperature
The ideal temperature should be between 16 to 40 Celsius. The trees are very sensitive to frost and high wind. They grow in all type soil with pH ranging from 5.30 to 7 except it should be well-drained.
Soil
Avocado trees thrive in well-aerated and loose soil. In particular, limestone, sandy loam and decomposed granite are the main soil types that encourage lush fruit growth. Although avocado trees tolerate both acidic and alkaline soils.
Water
Mature avocado trees need water equal to about 2 inches of rainfall or irrigation each week during summer.
Fertilizing
Fertilizing - Avocados do best with plant foods designed specifically for avocados and citrus. They prefer fertilizers with higher amounts of nitrogen relative to phosphorus and potassium.
Our Practices
We only encorporate the best methods
Propagation Materials-Seedling plants from selected mother plants or grafted plants. Yielding time is less in grafted plants where as the fruits/tree will be higher in seedling plants.
- Growing geography-Hills and Plains
- Soil Type- Fertile, well-drained soil with 5.5pH. to 7pH
- Planting Time- Before Monsoon (April-May)
- Planting Pit Size- 90 x 90cm
- Planting Spacing- 5 x 3 Meters
- Base Application-5 kilo Organic Manure
Cultivation Practices
PER ACER AVOCADO FARMING CALCULATION
- ✓ Total plants per acre – 300 plants
- ✓ Plant Spacing – 5 x 3 Meters(16 x 9 Feet)
- ✓ Planting Type – Dense
- ✓ Fruiting – After 2 years of planting
- ✓ Full Yield – 4th / 5th Year onwards.
- ✓ Average Fruit per tree – 30 kg per year
- ✓ Per acer total fruit – 9000 kg per year