growing avocados

[WINJA]

IS THERE ANY ONE HERE THAT CAN GIVE ME ADVICE ON GROWING AVOCADOS?
I HAVE ABOUT 1 ACRE THAT I WANT TO PLANT WITH AVOCADOS

[N4CR]

Start by sowing seeds :rofl:

Umm... ill take a guess and say fertilliser, also do they like hot or cold climates etc..?

By the way.. 1 acre - looking to sell them or what? Surely you would know how to plant them before setting aside an acre..?

[Zookey]

Right choice Winja,i have 20 hectares around me up here at Mahia.depends where you live man,.frost not enough wateretc.have a web site to give you but not on this machine.will find and coro;DUD CROP THIS YEAR.cheers

[Artifice]

yeah, they dont grow fruit for the first 7/12 years. not sure which. but once they are mature enough you could make a ot of face cream or something to keep those wrinkles at bay.

[Slipstream]

...who grows avocado's from the stone in a glass on her kitchen window...once it sprouts she puts it in a pot and then grows another and now she has 3 and one on the way....but somehow I don't think that way will fill up your acre very fast....:no:

[Odin]

...who grows avocado's from the stone in a glass on her kitchen window...once it sprouts she puts it in a pot and then grows another and now she has 3 and one on the way....but somehow I don't think that way will fill up your acre very fast....:no:

...and I'm guessing they are from "supermarket" stoneds ? they are no good as they are from hybrids and if they fruigt it will be a while (12 years...or more) and not nececarily very good fruigt....sorry to spoil the party. but they might be useful for grafting a branch from a "real" advocado tree on to.

[placidfemme]

I'm not too sure how you'd grow a lot of them... But you need to know if you have a male seed/pip or a female one... one of them (proberly the male lol) doesn't grow big avo's, or doesn't grow them at all.

I've seen many people just put a toothpick into either side of the seed/pip and use the toothpicks to hold half the seed above the water level of the container/jar they keep it in... then when it starts to grow just shove it into some soil and hope it grows..

[WINJA]

...and I'm guessing they are from "supermarket" stoneds ? they are no good as they are from hybrids and if they fruigt it will be a while (12 years...or more) and not nececarily very good fruigt....sorry to spoil the party. but they might be useful for grafting a branch from a "real" advocado tree on to.
THIS IS ONE OF THE TRAPS IM WORRIED ABOUT WE USED TO GRAFT HAYWARD KIWIFRUIT ONTO BRUNO ROOT STOCK, CHEERS ODIN

[WINJA]

I'm not too sure how you'd grow a lot of them... But you need to know if you have a male seed/pip or a female one... one of them (proberly the male lol) doesn't grow big avo's, or doesn't grow them at all.

I've seen many people just put a toothpick into either side of the seed/pip and use the toothpicks to hold half the seed above the water level of the container/jar they keep it in... then when it starts to grow just shove it into some soil and hope it grows..
LOOKED AT SOME TREES THE MALE HAD SMALL UNEDIBLE FRUIT, PROBLEM IS HALF MY CROP WILL BE USELESS BUT I WONT FIND OUT FOR 10 YEARS

[Fart]

Hey Winja, why plant advocados?

I hear from a friend in Tauranga that it is a very lucrative fruit and is in good demand at the moment.

[WINJA]

Right choice Winja,i have 20 hectares around me up here at Mahia.depends where you live man,.frost not enough wateretc.have a web site to give you but not on this machine.will find and coro;DUD CROP THIS YEAR.cheers
I HAVE MY OWN CREEK , NORTH EAST FACING LAND AND MY SOIL IS FREE DRAINING SANDY LOAM SO I HOPE ITS OK.
HOW FAR APART DO YOU SPACE THE TREES?

[WINJA]

Hey Winja, why plant advocados?

I hear from a friend in Tauranga that it is a very lucrative fruit and is in good demand at the moment.
I WANT TO GROW AVACADO OR SOMETHING EASY TO SELL I HAVE ALMOST 2 ACRES AND WANT TO MAKE IT WORK FOR ME, ON 2 ACRES I CAN HAVE 2 COWS
OR SHIT LOADS OF FRUIT AND VEGE. I WOULD LIKE TO GROW TREES THEREFORE , AND THEN GROW SOMETHING BETWEEN THE TREES, AND LET MY CHICKENS BE INCHARGE OF PEST CONTROL , I GOT THE CHICKENS ALREADY AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY TURNING MY INSECTS TO EGGS

[Fart]

I WANT TO GROW AVACADO OR SOMETHING EASY TO SELL I HAVE ALMOST 2 ACRES AND WANT TO MAKE IT WORK FOR ME, ON 2 ACRES I CAN HAVE 2 COWS
OR SHIT LOADS OF FRUIT AND VEGE. I WOULD LIKE TO GROW TREES THEREFORE , AND THEN GROW SOMETHING BETWEEN THE TREES, AND LET MY CHICKENS BE INCHARGE OF PEST CONTROL , I GOT THE CHICKENS ALREADY AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY TURNING MY INSECTS TO EGGS

Awesome !

I am thinking of buying a lifestyle block of around 3-10 acres. Is it alot of work to maintain the large piece of land? Is there anything I should be aware of before I make a decision to purchase?

[ManDownUnder]

I WANT TO GROW AVACADO OR SOMETHING EASY TO SELL I HAVE ALMOST 2 ACRES AND WANT TO MAKE IT WORK FOR ME, ON 2 ACRES I CAN HAVE 2 COWS
OR SHIT LOADS OF FRUIT AND VEGE. I WOULD LIKE TO GROW TREES THEREFORE , AND THEN GROW SOMETHING BETWEEN THE TREES, AND LET MY CHICKENS BE INCHARGE OF PEST CONTROL , I GOT THE CHICKENS ALREADY AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY TURNING MY INSECTS TO EGGS

There is an avocado dude I came across a while ago (we were looking at doing the same) and he gave us some good pointers.
Jack Crozier
48 The Esplanade
Omokoroa Beach
Tauranga
Telephone: 07 548 1744
Fax: 07 548 1745
Mobile: 021 271 8212
Email: jcrozier@xtra.co.nz (jcrozier@xtra.co.nz)

Also, I think there is an Avocado board or grower's association around somewhere? I recall we downloaded a bunch of useful stuff.

MDU

[MSTRS]

Also, I think there is an Avocado board or grower's association around somewhere? I recall we downloaded a bunch of useful stuff.

MDU
yep, there is

[Hitcher]

Also, I think there is an Avocado board or grower's association around somewhere? I recall we downloaded a bunch of useful stuff.
Try www.nzavocado.co.nz

[MikeL]

...and I'm guessing they are from "supermarket" stoneds ? they are no good as they are from hybrids and if they fruigt it will be a while (12 years...or more) and not nececarily very good fruigt....sorry to spoil the party. but they might be useful for grafting a branch from a "real" advocado tree on to.

I've got 3 avocado trees in my suburban Auckland section. All were grown from seeds thrown out inot the garden between 8 - 10 years ago. The oldest one has produced a small crop of fruit for the last couple of years and one of the others had a couple on it last season. Hard to say what the quality is because the accessible fruit has been stolen by people walking past the boundary, and the rest has been either badly pecked by birds as soon as it started to ripen or so high up that I can't get at it. I have also been told frequently that you need grafted trees if you are serious about getting a good crop.

[vifferman]

Awesome !

I am thinking of buying a lifestyle block of around 3-10 acres. Is it alot of work to maintain the large piece of land?
No, not a lot of work at all. Just buy a few pygmy goats, and lotsa beers. Sit round in your deckchair, swilling beer, reading novels, eating fine cheeses and listening to the goats farting, while you grow comfortably fat and rich.

Is there anything I should be aware of before I make a decision to purchase?
Yes.
The Beer will have to be bought, brewed or stolen. Beer doesn't grow on trees.

[Fart]

:rofl: :rofl:

That is what I am doing right now. Hanging around the Auckland house drinking beer and doing nothing while watching myself fart.

I am thinking of getting out of the rat race (Auckland) and getting myself a nice lifstyle block and watch the goats fart instead. The only problem is that I am allegic to hard work. So was wondering if there is alot fo work owning a lifestyle block.

[vifferman]

So was wondering if there is alot fo work owning a lifestyle block.
Yeah, you said that already.
Not a lot of work in owning one - it's in maintaining one, and that depends on what you're doing with it. My sister has a 9.x acre block, and they may as well be living in town. Apart from growing a few fruit trees and some flowers around the house, they do nothing to it themselves, and the neighbouring farmers use it for grazing, haymaking, etc.

If you're serious about growing stuff, then there'll be some work involved, in mowing (even if you have animules), weeding/weedspraying, tending to the crops, maintaining fences, checking IDs of the contract dope growers, prowling around with a shotgun growling, "Git Off Mah Lay-ind!!", etc.

[Fart]

Best place to buy a lifestyle block without paying stupid prices?

[vifferman]

Best place to buy a lifestyle block without paying stupid prices?
Siberia, or mebbe somewhere like Ruatoria.
I dunno, actually. But you guessed that, didn't choo?

[WINJA]

Best place to buy a lifestyle block without paying stupid prices?
BUY BETWEEN HAMILTON AND AUCK BUT BE FAST PEOPLE ARE CATCHING ON QUICK, TAUPARI, NGARUAWAHIA AND HUNTLY GIVE YOU A STAB AT 2 JOB MARKETS AND THE AREA WILL HAVE A PRISON SOON . I ONLY GOT 2 ACRES OR LESS BUT THATS ALL I NEED ITS MORE WORK THAN YOU THINK , AT THE MOMENT IM FARMING GORSE

[Fart]

How much for a 2-4 acre block in that area?

[WINJA]

How much for a 2-4 acre block in that area?
$250,000 FOR 1 ACRE AND A HOUSE DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU WANT IT AND WHAT CONDITION .
I BOUGHT 2 ACRES WITH 2 HOUSES A DOUBLE GARAGE AND A SLEEPOUT IM TURNING THE SLEEPOUT INTO THE BIKE WORKSHOP FROM HELL.
ONE OF THE HOUSES IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD THE VILLA I LIVE IN IS ROUGH FUCK
ITS A LOT OF WORK ITLL BE WORTH IT THOUGH , ALL I NEED IS A CASH CROP

[Sutage]

ALL I NEED IS A CASH CROP

grow some dope:P what else do huntly teenagers have to do? apart from killing cats of course

[Fart]

$250,000 FOR 1 ACRE AND A HOUSE DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU WANT IT AND WHAT CONDITION .
I BOUGHT 2 ACRES WITH 2 HOUSES A DOUBLE GARAGE AND A SLEEPOUT IM TURNING THE SLEEPOUT INTO THE BIKE WORKSHOP FROM HELL.
ONE OF THE HOUSES IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD THE VILLA I LIVE IN IS ROUGH FUCK
ITS A LOT OF WORK ITLL BE WORTH IT THOUGH , ALL I NEED IS A CASH CROP


Thats a pretty good price. Have to give me a bell when you have finished your workshop from hell, I will drop by for a visit. Thanks for the advice and will look to purchase a lifestyle block maybe next year.

[WINJA]

Thats a pretty good price. Have to give me a bell when you have finished your workshop from hell, I will drop by for a visit. Thanks for the advice and will look to purchase a lifestyle block maybe next year.
YOU CAN PM FOR THE ADDRESS WHEN YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOOK I HAVE A COFFEE MACHINE , ILL KEEP AN EYE OPEN FOR BARGAINS IF YOU WANT

[750Y]

I am thinking of getting out of the rat race (Auckland) and getting myself a nice lifstyle block and watch the goats fart instead. The only problem is that I am allegic to hard work. So was wondering if there is alot fo work owning a lifestyle block.

It really depends on what You're wanting out of it.
If You're lazy I wouldn't recommend it unless You can afford all the toys to make the jobs easier but You'll still have a never ending job on your hands, it's never 'finished'.
Also be prepared to spend plenty of time/money maintaining it.
I have a 15 acre lifestyle block in Hunua & I need plenty of gear to maintain/work it.(tractor,quad,mowers,sprayers,chainsaw,scrubcut ter bla bla)
I also work fulltime in town so i find it keeps me busy.
If You wanna actually make money from it You will have to do some research.
I have Scottish Highland Cattle(shaggy cows with massive horns) which I'm breeding & sheep(which I kill when the freezer starts looking sad).
i had a citrus grove(oranges, grapefruit,lemons,tangelos etc) which i cut back from about 200 trees to 60 odd because of the maintenance aspect in relation to the return.
I would recommend buying something setup ready to go if You can afford it, that's the only way You're gonna get to kick back & relax more.
On the plus side It's good to escape the bustle at the end of the day & the countryside is a pleasant environment if you're into it. Also for the kids, they ride the quad & feed the cows,sheep & chickens & get to see animals being born. they run around in the paddock in their gumboots & there's no road to get run over on & the worst thing they have to look out for is the electric fence. I love it.

[750Y]

...i have 20 hectares around me up here at Mahia....

where is there 50 acres of Avocados in Mahia?

[Fart]

750Y; I am looking for a lifestyle block for two reasons. First is that I think it is more healthy lifestyle and I enjoy living in peace and quiet. Auckland is giving me a headache. Second is that I think land is more valuable in the future. I was only joking about teh hardwork. I dont mind abit of hard work. Just wanted a lifestyle change.

[WINJA]

750Y; I am looking for a lifestyle block for two reasons. First is that I think it is more healthy lifestyle and I enjoy living in peace and quiet. Auckland is giving me a headache. Second is that I think land is more valuable in the future. I was only joking about teh hardwork. I dont mind abit of hard work. Just wanted a lifestyle change.
I DONT REGRET LEAVING AUCK AND GETTING MY BLOCK , NOTHING LIKE WAKEING UP LATE THEN SITTING ON YOUR PORCH IN YOUR UNDERWEAR DRINKING A COFFEE AND SHOOTING STUFF

[750Y]

750Y; I am looking for a lifestyle block for two reasons. First is that I think it is more healthy lifestyle and I enjoy living in peace and quiet. Auckland is giving me a headache. Second is that I think land is more valuable in the future. I was only joking about teh hardwork. I dont mind abit of hard work. Just wanted a lifestyle change.

go for it, it's pretty rewarding...

[Zookey]

Hi man said i"de get back.Now ;only one to plant to maximise any profit.(HASS) To plant;As long as you can get a small tractor and mower between the mature rows.ie Minimum 5 metres centres up and down.Your climate seems excellant.Try.www.hortnet.co.nz,for info.Cheers "Don"

[Zookey]

Mahanga bro and its all been cut up into lifestyle blocks,one has just sold for ,hold ya breath !.1 million bucks no house no anything zilch,but we did host the Norton convention here.,

[WINJA]

OMG $17 +GST PER PLANT AND THEY ALL NEED FROST CLOTH

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OMG $17 +GST PER PLANT AND THEY ALL NEED FROST CLOTH

I had a patch of land up Northland where I was growing Macademia (sp) and Olive trees. Had to stick a barrier around them when they was small due to animals graizing. But they came away really well and I never bothered with and protection from frosts, but it was close to the sea and I'm not sure if they ever had any. Go for it Winja, if I'd not parted with it along with the ex, then I'd probably have that new Blade I want, right now...

[750Y]

Mahanga bro and its all been cut up into lifestyle blocks,one has just sold for ,hold ya breath !.1 million bucks no house no anything zilch,but we did host the Norton convention here.,

didn't realise there was that much avocado in there! my nan would sometimes send me to get some & put the money in the honesty box.
as for the prices, yep the place is a going ridiculous but it's not hard to see why.. I'm looking at building soon myself... just sussing the access to the spot which'll be a challenge(vertically).

[Fart]

Last year I nearly bought a 5 acre block up North in Opononi. Wanted to build a house on it later. But then things happen and have to delay my lifestyle block purchase later, maybe next year. Anyway, Opononi is ages away from Auckland, 3.5-4 hours drive.