How to plant avocado trees

Avocado is a kind of fruit, but in tropical and subtropical regions, its fruit is spherical, dark green in color, and tastes as sweet as persimmons, but it is high in fat and can not be eaten much. So, how to plant avocado trees?

1. Raising seedlings

First go to the market to buy some full avocados to go home, then deal with them, choose a sunny place, put one end of the seeds up in the soil, cover them with fine soil, and water them every 8 hours. Seedlings can grow in about two weeks.

2. Transplanting

When the seedlings grow to about 40 cm high, they can be transplanted with soil. Dig the hole before transplanting, apply the basic fertilizer, and then transplant the seedlings into the pit with a plant spacing of 4 to 4.5 meters and a row spacing of 2 to 4 meters. Watering immediately after transplanting can improve the survival rate of seedlings.

3. Lighting

Avocado is a kind of tropical fruit, which requires relatively high light and temperature, with eight and a half hours of light every day. In order to get enough light, branches and leaves with exuberant growth should be pruned in time.

4. Fertilizer and water

The growth of avocado needs a lot of nutrients, the early stage is mainly phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, nitrogen fertilizer should not be applied too much, so as not to burn the roots of plants; with the continuous growth of trees, it is necessary to gradually increase the amount of fertilizer. Avocado is a water-loving plant, it should be watered frequently to ensure that the soil moisture reaches more than 60%, and pay attention to drainage in the rainy season. In order to improve the ability of plants to absorb nutrients, the soil was loosened before fertilization and watering.