Re: Bark damage on an avocado

On Wed, 14 May 2025 14:32:20 -0000 (UTC)
bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

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It does explain the anomalous flowering, however. Still, it doesn't seem
like a good practice for general cultivation. It's effectively starving
the roots.

In case you didn't read all the way to the comments... I found them
interesting, voicing some of your concerns too.

Seems girdling would only be done on some branches, not the whole tree.
It would insure the grower that part of their tree would likely have
fruit this harvest season.

I'd noticed small trees on my property flowering after rabbits had
badly girdled them earlier during winter. They always die but I'd never
paid attention to whether they set fruit or not. Plan on paying better
attention to this, for curiosities sake.

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids  MI