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How can I protect 3 foot high avocado trees which I have grown from "seed" this year.I go away for the winter(3 months).The plants are in sheltered corners.Should I smother them in compost or horse manure..for warmth or surround with a coat of bubble wrap ?
or bury under lots of garden cuttings..branches & the like?
Any suggestions

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  • lionelshriverlionelshriver Posts: 2
    A really helpful video as I am about to plant a fig tree. I am not sure what variety it is - is there any way of telling? Will this planting method keep the height reasonable?
  • PretzelPretzel Posts: 15
    All his advice is great, as always, but the video concentrated more on him and the fruit on the tree than on the PLANTING HOLE which is what I'm interested in (how to PLANT a fig tree). More shots and info, please, on the HOLE - depth, width and so forth. From the very quick glimpses we got, it seemed very small - ? With the paving stones sticking up higher than the surrounding ground - ? And he said the hole was lined with paving stones; we could see four around the edges but was there one at the bottom as well (or just the rubble) ?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,737

    There was soil at the bottom and he tipped the rubble on top of the soil.

    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • ItalophileItalophile Posts: 1,731
    Pretzel wrote (see)
    All his advice is great, as always, but the video concentrated more on him and the fruit on the tree than on the PLANTING HOLE which is what I'm interested in (how to PLANT a fig tree). More shots and info, please, on the HOLE - depth, width and so forth. From the very quick glimpses we got, it seemed very small - ? With the paving stones sticking up higher than the surrounding ground - ? And he said the hole was lined with paving stones; we could see four around the edges but was there one at the bottom as well (or just the rubble) ?

    A hole about a metre by a metre a metre will do the job. As Dove says, spread the rubble on top of the soil in the bottom of the hole. It will help to contain the roots, the whole point of the exercise. Mine, planted about three years ago, is about 8' high and won't get much taller. Now it's a matter of encouraging lateral growth.

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