Zaboca tree, need help

**Hance** · 04-05-2011, 10:44 AM

I have this Zaboca tree on my property , back in January / February there were millions of little flowers on it and some actually sprouted a few very small Zaboca buds. After one month nothing was on the tree.

Can anyone help me in reviving the tree ? Maybe recommendations for fertiliser etc. See partial pic of the tree below, sorry for the poor quality of the pic, it is the only one with the tree I have with me presently.

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**indie** · 04-05-2011, 12:24 PM

Why don't you just go the Agro shop and they'll recommed something for your tree...

**vaio** · 04-05-2011, 12:33 PM

sometimes that happens to my tree

**mivs** · 04-05-2011, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by indie

Why don't you just go the Agro shop and they'll recommed something for your tree...

agree!

**Aurea** · 04-06-2011, 07:37 AM

hmmm, that tree lookin kinda small - is it pruned alot?

Aurea

**Hance** · 04-06-2011, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by Aurea

hmmm, that tree lookin kinda small - is it pruned alot?

Aurea

Yes Aurea, I pruned it just before I installed the above ground pool in the pic, which was just before it started flowering in February. I did it myself , so maybe I did not do a good job and it affected the tree.

Advice above noted from Indie, the problem is, I will not be in Trinidad until June, nevertheless I will try to get someone to visit a garden shop and explain the problem..maybe the solution is simple. I love avocados so I really will make an effort to take care fo the tree.

I also have a Julie Mango tree that only bears fruit at the bottom, none inside the tree or at the top....I will try and find a pic of it, we will ask at the garden shop about this problem also.

**Falcon** · 04-06-2011, 02:16 PM

You may have a prolem with high winds around your house. Flowers and small fruits getting blow way.

**Solachica** · 04-06-2011, 04:48 PM

You maybe shock the tree with tht pruning job.
The tree ever bear?

**Aurea** · 04-06-2011, 05:15 PM

Well ah think ur found ur problem - u pruned it at the time it was flowering. Has it flowered after that, and like sola asked, has it ever bear? Are there no agro shops where u live? I'm sure there are - so ask their advice.

Aurea

**Poser** · 04-06-2011, 07:31 PM

i had that problem a long time ago .. i planted another zaboca tree next to it ... which never flowered .. but the older one started to bear fruit

**Solachica** · 04-06-2011, 10:10 PM

less water, inadequate pollination

**kemist** · 04-06-2011, 11:26 PM

go behind the tree and check if you could smell the pool. I dont know if chlorine in the air around it would effect its flowersing or bearing, but its something to consider.

**Chicabonita** · 04-06-2011, 11:58 PM

Hance, very useful information here:

http://www.tropicamango.com/avocado.html

**Hance** · 04-07-2011, 12:54 AM

^^^Thanks everyone for the advice, very informative, did not think about half the stuff stated above. I suspect it is not one specific problem but a combination of factors.
I did prune the tree before it started flowering , there is automatic chlorine added to the pool and also around the tree is tiled except for an area 5 feet x 5 feet ( watering may pose a factor) . The tree did bear many fruit in the past so I guess it is a matter of maintenance and care.

**sacky** · 04-08-2011, 06:16 AM

its quite normal when these trees flower,that they take time to start holding there flowers,maybe the mid year crop of flowers will hold.nature has a way of handling its fruit.

**Hance** · 05-01-2011, 02:01 AM

I am please to announce that there are exactly 8 avocados on the tree that are growing nicely ( watering appears to part a major part of the problem)....hopefully they will be full by the time I return in the middle of May....I will then join this thread with my saltfish thread and is buljol and bake with fresh zaboca....who interested ???