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

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 ...

A 2023 report by Climate Rights International found that avocado expansion over the preceding decade resulted in the clearing ...

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 ...

In about 30 acres of dense forest in the Litchfield Hills, a team of foresters and researchers are pioneering new forest management techniques that they say can be replicated throughout New England to ...

Placing your avocado in a paper bag with a few bananas concentrates the ethylene gas, ripening it in half the time.

In about 30 acres of dense forest in the Litchfield Hills, a team of foresters and researchers are pioneering new forest management techniques that they say can be replicated throughout New England to ...

Over the last few years, I and other people I know in the tree business have noticed an increase in concern about trees doing damage during storms. This, of course, is no surprise, as tornadoes, ...

Florida avocado growers are facing a renewed threat from sunblotch viroid, a disease capable of cutting yields and rendering ...

A new program using satellite imagery seeks to raise pressure on avocado growers by getting support from American buyers.

Increasing tree species diversity is often regarded as a way to make forests more resilient to climate change. However, a new international study led by the University of Freiburg shows that diversity ...

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 ...