Avocado Tree Dropping Fruit: Why Avocados Shrivel and Sunburn
If your avocado tree is dropping small, shriveled fruit while its leaves still look green and healthy, the tree is almost certainly…
Fuerte Avocado Tree Care: Managing Aging Trees, Trunk Rot, and Heavy Branch Support
Caring for an aging Fuerte avocado tree comes down to three jobs: supporting its long, heavy limbs before they break, watching the…
June Drop in Avocados: Testing Myths About Seedless Fruit and Crop Loss
June drop in avocados is the natural shedding of young fruit in early summer, and a carpet of baby avocados under the…
The Water Crisis Behind Disappearing California Avocado Groves
California avocado groves are disappearing mainly because water has become too expensive to farm with. People notice when avocado prices move and…
Why We Will Not Quit Growing Avocados
A comment came in suggesting we should stop growing food and simply retire. The argument was essentially that we live in a…
Imported Avocados and California Growers: What Is Behind the Price on the Shelf
Imported avocados now set most of the price on American shelves, and California family growers, who farm under higher water costs and…
The Real Cost of Managing an Avocado Grove: Our Numbers vs UC Davis
Could we save a serious amount of money by managing our own grove instead of paying a company to do it? Our…
Drilling an Avocado Farm Well: Hydrogeology, Water Quality, and Cost Per Foot
A good avocado well starts with a hydrogeologist’s survey and a lab test of the water, because avocados are unusually sensitive to…
The Rise and Fall of the Avocado Co-op: From Calavo to NAFTA
California’s avocado industry was built on a grower-owned cooperative: the California Avocado Growers’ Exchange, incorporated in 1924 and later renamed Calavo Growers…
Storm Aftermath in the Grove: Erosion, Fallen Fruit, and Soil Recovery
We just took over two inches of rain here in Escondido. After a storm like that, an avocado grove needs three things…
