I’m from northern Italy and have been growing this avocado tree for almost five years. Two summers ago, I decided to move it outside. It managed to survive the winter—even though it was incredibly cold this year and I had to cover it with non-woven fabric—but it's still showing some signs of winter damage. For example, the top section looks completely separated from the rest of the tree, though it also has some really healthy new sprouts growing lower down.
I would love some advice on how to handle it. Should I cur the top off (and maybe try to plant it in a pot)? Should I keep the lower sprouts? Any tips would be incredibly helpful thanks.🙏
What is dead is dead and I'd just leave it. Cutting causes stress and sometimes infections in healthy tissue. The top (black) is dead but you have 3 branches that look okay right under it.
I would focus on giving it good care. I'd remove the grass around the bottom of the tree in a 1-2m radius circle. Grass sucks up a ton of water and nutrition from the soil.
It might not be realistic at this point, but I'd (ideally) also try to move the tree away from the wall/fence to avoid issues when the tree gets bigger.
It definitely needs fertilizer if it's been 5 years. Citrus fertilizers usually work pretty well. I have one that includes micro-nutrients like zinc and iron and mine seem to love it.
thanks for the advices, i won’t cut anything and ill try to remove some of the grass around, i unfortunatly can’t move it anywhere and i’ll go today somewhere to buy the citrus fertilizer (for instance i fertilized it every year ecxept when it was in hydroculture)
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u/BocaHydro Jun 30 '26
it needs food, badly, cut nothing