3 Fertigation Mistakes That Are Harming Your Avocado Yields (and How to Fix Them Using Israeli Techniques)
Introduction Over the past few years, I’ve personally spoken to hundreds of avocado farmers across India. Thanks to my videos and field demonstrations, many have perfected the planting technique. However, most avocado farmers still struggle to achieve the kind of growth I’ve demonstrated in my orchard — or that my friend Ronak has achieved in […]
New Bio-control Agent for Post Harvest Anthracnose Management
Namaste everyone, Introduction I believe Anthracnose will turn out to be a severe problem in India for avocado farmers, and more importantly for traders as well. Anthracnose is one of the most destructive postharvest diseases of avocado, caused primarily by the fungi Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. acutatum. These pathogens infect fruit during its development and remain […]
How to manage Anthracnose in Avocado orchards in India?
The fruit I am holding in my hand is a Pinkerton affected by Anthracnose. This is a picture from my last year’s harvest. Pink spores appeared after the ripening. It was hard to tell what the problem was when the fruit was unripe. Anthracnose is caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides or Colletotrichum acutatum (Schaffer, Wolstenholme, & […]
How to achieve 5:3:5 ratio of NPK fertilizer for Avocado farming in India?
I have made an attempt in this blog post to get you started with water soluble NPK application. Available NPK in soil is different for each avocado farm in India. Different soil types have different requirements and one size does not fit all. But due to the non-existent research on avocado fertigation in India, we […]
Commercial avocado rootstocks suitable for India
Contents Dganya 117-Seedling Dganya 189-Seedling Ashdot 17-Seedling Fairchild-Seedling Tziffrin 99-Seedling Zutano-Seedling Day-Seedling Duke 7-Clonal Dusa-Clonal Bounty-Clonal Rootstocks Avocado rootstocks were thoroughly reviewed by BenYa’acov and Michelson (1995). The major attributes sought in avocado rootstocks are resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi, salinity tolerance, adaptability to calcareous soils, smaller trees, and high sustainable yields of quality fruit (Whiley, […]