🍎 Avocado
Persea americana
fruits
evergreen tree
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
consistent; sensitive to both drought and overwatering
🗺️ Zones
9, 11 (cold-hardy varieties to zone 8)
🧪 Soil pH
6.0, 6.5
🪴 Soil Type
well-drained sandy loam; excellent drainage critical
📏 Spacing
20-30 ft apart (large tree; dwarf 10-15 ft)
⏱️ Maturity
3-4 years (from grafted tree); 5-13 years from seed; bears fruit after establishment
🍴 Edible Parts
🍽️ Fruit
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone
🤝 Companions (8)
Banana leaves provide mulch; bananas pump water into soil benefiting avocado; traditional tropical polyculture
Nitrogen fixer; living mulch cools root zone in hot climates
Potassium accumulator , avocados are heavy potassium feeders; mulch source; shallow avocado roots benefit from comfrey's deep mining
Repel thrips, mites, and scale; antifungal for root rot prevention
Nematode suppression , avocado susceptible to root-knot nematodes
Aphid trap; groundcover; thrives in avocado microclimate
Nitrogen-fixing shrub; windbreak for young avocado; chop-and-drop biomass
Attracts beneficial insects; drought-tolerant understory
⚠️ Keep Apart (3)
⚠️ Dense canopy trees
Need full sun for fruit production
Allelopathic; heavy water competition
Juglone sensitivity
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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