Overwatering your avocado tree, thus leaving it with wet feet, is the perfect recipe to attract Phytophthora cinnamomi, the water mold responsible for root decay. Growing your fruit trees in deeply ...

Calcium is great because it gives your avocado tree a little more structure to its cell walls, helps keep the plant alive ...

The flat end is where the root emerges. Fill a glass of water ... You will be rewarded with a small leaf or two, as your avocado tree grows. If you wish to take your baby tree outdoors, you ...

I just bought a five-foot avocado tree in a pot and planted it ... Can you figure out what went wrong? A. Check the roots for what now appears to be a dead plant. Most likely the roots or lower ...

The lucrative avocado business is fueling environmental destruction and gang warfare in Mexico. But an Indigenous militia is successfully holding off the encroachment of the popular fruit.

Then there was Jitiam, her wild-haired nephew, who was trying to tie his family's pigs to a tree trunk to prevent ... trees planted out back because their roots run deep and supposedly hold ...

• Make a “base plan.” Measure your property with a tape measure or the measuring app on your smart phone. Plot it on grid ...

From time to time I have remarked on the problems, nay perils, of cultivating trees in your tropical garden. The topic merits ...

* Vegetables that can be sown in November for planting in the garden in December include arugula, beets, broccoli, Brussels ...

Although avocados can be enjoyed throughout the year, autumn is the perfect season to savor them, says Avocados from Mexico.

We’ve chosen thoughtful gifts, like a Meyer lemon tree and fashionable Italian clogs ... Store cellar-loving root veggies in the cool, dark ceramic bottom of this two-part fruit bowl, and ...

It is midday and Gaudensia Tankobatagira is sitting quietly on a stool beneath the shade of an avocado tree at her home in ...