[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick Gross]

Sinbad, I've seen avocado seedlings well over 20 feet tall but you don't 
have to give one that much rein. If you want an ornamental, evergreen tree, 
top and prune this one away from the overhang to suit your desires and buy 
the fruit at the grocery store. Prudent sculpting with a pair of loppers and 
a hand saw can make the tree fit into about any shape to occupy a space. You 
never know, in eight or ten years, you might get fruit but don't plan on it. 
Later, you could bud or graft mature scions or buds from named varieties to 
some lower branches for a case of "having your cake and eating it too."

Dick Gross, Master Gardener Volunteer
University of Arizona Maricopa County
Cooperative Extension

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Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page


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> I have several avacado plants I started with the pits.  Just wonder how 
> tall they will grow?  I have one under the eaves on the north side of my 
> house which is about 3.5 ft tall.  Wonder if it should be moved out into 
> the open in case it grows tall.  Or is there some way to keep it smaller? 
> I probably won't get avacados from it but I like the foilage.
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