Hi

Is there any government institute that can guide me regarding avocado growing?

Thanks

I read somewhere that growing Avocados is very unfriendly to the environment.

Better find a 'happier' crop to grow.   LOL

Are you in the north? I don’t think they can be grown anywhere else. 

Here's an older thread on avocados, maybe some useful info there;

 

10 hours ago, bbko said:

Here's an older thread on avocados, maybe some useful info there;

 

 

Just now, cobyco said:

Thanks you

 

If I’m not mistaken a member that goes by the name of SoiDog has a lot of information on growing avocados. 

On 7/28/2021 at 6:15 PM, KannikaP said:

I read somewhere that growing Avocados is very unfriendly to the environment.

Better find a 'happier' crop to grow.   LOL

Not exactly "fake news" but this is an out-of-context, misleading  post in my opinion. 'Read somewhere"? Come on, tell the whole story, don't discourage responsible growers who may love their guacamole. 

 

The issue with avocado growing and negative environmental impacts is rooted in commercial demand, deforestation and pesticide use, without responible regenerative farming practices.  This is not about avocadoes being environmentally unfriendly, it is about human need/greed, irresponsible land use and management practices, which could be said about much of the livestock and commercial agriculture in the world. 

 

Avocados are grown throughout Thailand, not just in the north. Its just a little tricky to get the growing conditions and management right, because there are environmental factors, pests and diseases that can wipe out a tree or an orchard without mercy if you don't know what you are doing.

 

Avocado Production in Thailand - Chalongchai Babpraserth and Suranant Subhadrabandhu* (fao.org)

 

The Shocking Environmental Effects of Avocado Farming | Vox Nature

 

This thread has rekindled my interest in growing an avocado tree here in my East Pattaya home, as I always regretted not planting one many years ago when I first moved here.  So earlier this week I bought a Hass avocado sapling off of Lazada for 189 b + 64 in shipping.  My gardening skills have greatly improved over the years and hopefully they'll disprove the "can only grow them up north" saying.

  https://www.lazada.co.th/products/i2097892122-s6996450068.html?urlFlag=true&mp=1&spm=spm%3Da2o4m.order_details.item_title.1

1 hour ago, drtreelove said:

 'Read somewhere"? Come on, tell the whole story, don't discourage responsible growers who may love their guacamole. 

I read it in the last link which you posted.

On 8/4/2021 at 7:21 PM, Klong Song said:

If I’m not mistaken a member that goes by the name of SoiDog has a lot of information on growing avocados. 

Thanks u so much

Best guide to grow avocado here is try yourself and see. I recently planted 7 grafted trees of different varieties and several from  seeds. I like seedlings more, they look better and grow  more beautiful. Most grafted trees are curvy and ugly.

Farmers are dumping avos in Australia due to a glut.

22 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Farmers are dumping avos in Australia due to a glut.

They cannot compete with import. They sell now 1 avocado per 1 aud, 1 kilos would be around 5 AUD or  115 baht/ per kilos. The problem is production cost is very expensive in Australia. After  they collect avocados they put them in factory where they sanitize them, recheck and do many other useless manipulations. If they just bring hem directly from farm to supermarket without packaging , they would have profit.

 

Anyway here in Thailand avocados sold at 80-90 baht per kilos, which is very good price and avocados growers do many times more money than rice farmers.

On 7/28/2021 at 9:15 PM, KannikaP said:

I read somewhere that growing Avocados is very unfriendly to the environment.

Better find a 'happier' crop to grow.   LOL

They need a lot of water to cultivate. So it's only environmentally unfriendly to grow them if it creates a shortage of water for other purposes or a lot of energy is used to get water to the trees.