Hubby and I Are Growing An Avocado Tree And Need Some Help....

This picture looks like what they describe as black spot in roses. It is fungal. The recommendation is to spray with a mild baking soda solution and when dormant spray with Bordeaux spray or dormant oil. The baking soda sure would not hurt.

My God kids mother is from Spain and she knows quite a bit about mexican food so she's the one who told me about the nut in the center of the avocado, that it will grow into a tree if I planted it so we gave it a try and "presto!" one day it took root and actually grew!! We've been ecstatic ever since!! lol It doesn't take much to make us happy, does it? LMBO!!
Oreo, if you like guacamole like I do, you really should try the guacamole mixture at walmart, but be sure you do not get the hot spicey one!! Whoa, talking about HOT, oh my gosh!! No thank you!! lol But the mild one is even spicy so instead of two avocados we use three which helps to tame the taste down a bit. As for the avocados, you get the ones that are soft, not real soft but soft that you feel some movement of the texture inside. Hard ones aren't ripe yet. All you do is peel the outter skin off and there's your avocado. Break it in half and you have your "seed". I bet if you plant one, it'll take shape too and you'll have abundance of them too like we hope to some day.

I didn't know Walmart had that! I'll have to look for it when I go again. Where in the store is it? Where the deli stuffs are?

I'm sorry for being so slow here Oreo!! My head hasn't been on my shoulders right for at least a week. I'm working sooooo hard to right that. I'm so sick and tired of being in this HELL!! ARG!!

Yeah, it's in the deli section, the mixture is nearby too if not right below the avocados are. Just be careful and not get the hot one for it's REALLY HOT!! Get the mild one and if you don't like hot things, get three avocados instead of two like it calls for so it won't be so spicy.

Thanks Cats for getting back to me. I told my daughter about this, and we both said to remind each other to look for it the next time we go. I'll let you know how we like it.

Thanks GG!! When I posted this question, I thought of you!! lol Your name says it all!! Ah, no we just planted it outside last summer and it just took hold some how. Even through all that snow we had, it survived and kept on growing! We're shocked that it took hold as well as it did. I've heard of dormant spray, Bordeaux spray and dormant oil but don't know what they are exactly or where to get it so my question is where do I get those items? I will try the baking soda and water first to see if that works but the other stuff, I'll have to wait for your reply.... Thanks again!!

Where do you live? They are supposed to be tropical. The baking soda spray is probably the only thing that is suitable at this time. Dormant oil and Bordeaux spray are available in garden centers, and you can get them places like Home Depot as well. You use those when the leaves drop off in the winter. Read the labels. One of them has a lot of sulphur in it I think. If your plant is around rose plants, or is losing leaves, clean all the affected stuff up and burn it. Do not put it in your compost. I did not find anything that said avocadoes get black spot fungus, but they get other fungi. The baking soda spray is even used in wheat fields for fungus diseases. Pretty generic. Pick off as many spotted leaves as you can.

I'm in North Carolina, 10 miles south of the Virginia border. Thanks for the info, I will check into it when I go into town again and will try the baking soda spray mixture now in hopes it'll get this fungi or what ever it is. In my mind I'm thinking, if I see spots then there's something wrong. Maybe not and it's a natural thing that happens to some plants? I don't have a green thumb at all so to have something grow from my hands, is a miracle! lol

Now what if all the leaves are spotted? Do I remove them all? If I remove all the leaves, will the tree (to be) die? Isn't that how they get their oxygen.... from the leaves?

No, I would not take off all the leaves. I would take them off if they began to wilt. Maybe if you spray it you will get new, spotless growth.