Planting Avocado Trees in Heavy Clay Soils

This Soil can look deceiving. At first glance, it looks sandy and silty, but upon closer inspection, this soil is very heavy clay. Once you add water, it gets mucky and sinks. Planting avocado trees in this kind of soil can be tricky, but with a few adjustments, your tree will thrive in this “bad” soil!

0:00 - 0:39 October is a great time to plant trees!
0:40 - 1:27 Sometimes clay doesn’t look like clay
1:28 - 2:13 Avocado trees grow well in clay!
2:14 - 3:01 The key to planting in clay soils
3:02 - 3:45 Preparing the tree and placing it
3:46 - 4:35 Putting the native soil back in place
4:36 - 6:17 The secret ingredient
6:18 - 6:36 Watering
6:37 - 7:18 Mulch is critical
7:19 - 8:17 Adding the mulch
8:18 - 9:02 Showing some trees planted in the same style
9:03 - 9:39 No need to overthink planting avocados

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