Why Avocado Trees Die Even in GOOD Soil

Avocado trees don’t always die because of bad soil; even GOOD soil can fail them. In this video, I explain the real reason avocados struggle for many home growers, what’s happening at the roots, and why soil type is often blamed unfairly. Self Sufficient Me Store: https://shop.selfsufficientme.com/

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0:00 Introduction
1:15 Planting Avocado Directly into the ground
2:52 Planting Avocado into Clay Soil
3:38 Mounding up avocado trees
4:33 Phytophthora disease
5:31 Perfect Avocado soil experiment
6:58 Avocado trees failing at graft
8:14 Phytophthora-resistant rootstock trials
11:06 Chemicals used in commercial crops
13:17 Why I'm not growing any more avocados
14:24 Incredible Conclusion