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Had decided to start the Avocado Project after doing a research on the market and initial trial.The initial trial was planted in September 2010, the small plant between the two markers on the left. Had visited some land with Avocado trees and most of it are healthy. We also have four trees at our little farm which we had been harvesting since we had taken up the farm.
Data collected from the local and city markets are very encouraging. Demand is strong as Avocado is very nutritious favored by both the locals and foreigners. As with all fruits, Avocado is seasonal and good grades of fruits fetch good prices.
We now certain that our local condition does meets the requirement for Avocado.
Our initial plant from seed had grown till this size @ Parcel 1. The tree is healthy and had pruned it a couple of times. The pruning technique that I used was wrong as for Avocado, we need to prune branches and top it so that it shall have more branches. Avocado fruit at the tip.
These are the 4 Avocado trees in our little farm. We collect the rejects and dropped fruits for the seeds. Bigger seeds have a better germinating rate. We germinate the seeds till they sprout and roots before transferring them to poly bags. We care for the plant and water them regularly.
Stage 1 Project Avocado.
Our target for Stage 1 is 200 numbers of Avocado plant-lets of about 450 mm tall.
