What's wrong with my avocado tree? Please help!

9 years ago

Hello everyone,

I have recently been growing avocado trees from pits and all has been well until recently. My avocado trees are only a couple of months old..maybe 3 or 4 months and they have been drooping with a brown color on the leaves. They also have a strange color on the leaves and I haven't been able to figure out what the problem is. I have attached pictures of both my trees. Please help!

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sunshine (zone 6a, Ontario,Canada)
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
The color on the leaves is from spider mites damage ( tiny insects sucking the life out of the leaves), spray the plant and leaves thoroughly, underside of the leaves as well with water and then spray again everything including the soil with horticultural oil spray. The brown spots are from too much water. Remove the stake, let the tree stand on it's own to get stronger.
Eleni Apostolou
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you so much!
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Ryan Mitscherlich
9 years ago

Are these brown spots on my young avocado plant due to over watering too? Any idea? I lost an entire leaf recently and it was pretty concerning.

Thanks!!
sunshine (zone 6a, Ontario,Canada)
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
How is your tree doing, Ryan? Brown spots can happen from overwatering or from salt build up in soil, I see you have good draining soil, if it's throughout the container ( looking at the pictures), don't let the tree sit in water, remove the extra water that gathers under the container after each watering. What, when and which amount of fertilizer you feed your tree?