The Mountain Fire burned about a quarter of Ventura county's avocado harvest. The county is the number one producer of the ...

Want to grow an avocado tree? It’s a good project to start in the winter; all you need is an avocado, a clean jar of water, ...

Like many fruit trees, an avocado tree has its own unique growth cycle. Sometimes, different varieties of avocado trees have shorter or longer periods of ripening or produce fruit earlier or later in ...

St. Croix couple Mark Gelband and Courtney Loveman, who have owned and operated the historic Frederiksted property, Estate Mt ...

For the last nearly 25 years, Sergio Acevedo said he poured his heart and soul into his farm. Now, the 75-year-old says his ...

If you love guacamole, grow an avocado! Here's how to grow an avocado from seed (aka the pit), so you'll have a lovely indoor plant for your home.

If you plant only type A avocado trees, pollination will not occur because the flowers have different fertilisation times.

Push it over. Pile it up. Strike a match. That's been the fate of thousands of avocado trees as growers destroy entire paddocks in search of more profitable crops.

Over the weekend, Acevedo and his family surveyed their land, where the fire had damaged or destroyed an estimated 100 of his 300 avocado trees. Acevedo’s orchard is one of more than 140 avocado ...