Hi all,

I was looking for a specific type of avocado, Winter Mexican, specifically. I found one finally at a houston garden center (assuming the tag is correct) and it was not in good shape.

It appeared to be healthy other than it was laying on the ground for who knows how long and the branches were all growing in weird directions.

Now ive got it home for a few weeks and ive been working on straightening the main trunk and i can just now start to see some buds forming all over the tree, so i am expecting explosive growth like my other avocado tree.

My question is are these droopy branches a normal attribute of this winter mexican avocado tree? My other avocado doesnt grow like this at all. branches go straight up.

Will these droopy hanging branches ever right themselves and go straight up like i would expect an avocado?

Should i try and train them to grow up?

Should i just cut them off or ignore them?

My concern is i dont think they are fruit worthy, they already hang low without any fruit on them.

Thank you very much.

Patience. Give the poor thing a chance to get its roots into the ground before you expect it to burst into explosive growth. It will likely reward you for rescuing it by doing cartwheels...just not quite yet.
Nature - and time - have ways of sorting things out...I wouldn't do anything until it shows you how it plans on responding to your ministrations. Probably not by Thursday.
I really wish I could grow avos here!

I Agree with JBarstool, but it would help to know the variety name, as some do better than others in different areas. Winter bearing refers to most Avocados in the states. I grew one from seed that actually came true to parent, but was not the best for my area. It did well though, until it outgrew it's space, and had to be removed.

Thanks for your replies.

To JBarstool, your in the same zone as me, 9A. You should be able to grow the Mexican type varieties. Some of them can handle down to 20°F once established. I have make-shift tents i can put up with incandescent lights to get them through inclement weather.

The variety is a Winter Mexican Avocado. Supposedly its a hybrid Guatemalan and Mexican.

Maybe hanging branches is its style, im used to avocado branches growing upwards like most trees.

I killed one on the ground, they don't like to their roots to be wet. Now I only have them in container.

SoCalGardenNut said:I killed one on the ground, they don't like to their roots to be wet. Now I only have them in container.

They are very high maintenance fruit trees when they are young.

Im told if you can get them past their first few years in the ground they are very hardy after that, surviving hard freezes and hurricane rains and flooding.