This video shows how to successfully plant avocado trees in areas containing clay soil. Root rot disease and poor soil drainage is the number 1 reason why avocados fail and die but this method helps ...

Avocados are notoriously hard to grow particularly in heavy soil (clay). This video shows a great example of how to plant an ...

You can plant an olive pit and grow an olive tree either indoors or outside. Use an olive pit from an organic tree, rather than from a jar of olives you got at the store. Be patient! It can take years ...

Florida avocados are facing a renewed threat from avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBVd). The disease can severely stunt tree ...

Start by choosing the correct variety of plum, then remove the pit. Extract the seeds from the pit, then let them germinate before placing them in the soil. Wouldn't it be great to have free plums ...

There's nothing more satisfying than harvesting the literal fruits of your labor, and if you've grown an avocado tree from a pit, then there's no prouder plant parent than you. As you've probably ...

If you've sliced into an avocado and found it turning brown, don't throw it away—it's perfectly safe to eat for up to two ...

The news isn't so good for your leftover guac. "Conversely, if you smash up an avocado, it'll brown way more quickly, because ...

An entrepreneur from Limpopo has opened an avocado oil-producing factory at Dovheni, outside Thohoyandou, in Limpopo. The manufacturer, Ecovado, aims to use the local factory to empower local farmers ...

Byron E. (Barney) Titcomb likes avocadoes; so, he has grown an avocado tree six feet tall — in one of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service offices at 126 Fenn St., a fitting site. The trouble is it has ...