Fruit Trees & Citrus

Avocado

Drainage matters more than anything else — plant high on a mound.

Persea americana · Fruit Trees & Citrus · Perennial

When to plant Avocado in Australia

Sourced timing by broad climate zone. Zones with no sourced timing for an action are left out rather than estimated.

Plant out seedlings: Temperate — Sep, Oct

Australian planting guide by climate zone

Sourced guidance by broad climate zone, shown as fixed months, timing relative to sowing or planting, or written growing advice. Your GrowCal calendar applies your regional growing profile, so its dates may sit earlier or later than the months below.

Avocado planting timing by Australian climate zone
Action	Cool	Temperate	Subtropical	Tropical	Arid
Plant out	Climate guidance Details Avocados are frost tender and demand deep, well-drained soil. In cool climates they only succeed in a genuinely frost-free, sheltered microclimate, and they will not tolerate wet feet.	Sep, Oct Details Plant an avocado in early spring into a warm, sheltered, frost-free spot with excellent drainage; use the cooler months beforehand to prepare the soil and the position.	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	Climate guidance Details Avocados in arid Australia are an irrigation crop: the trees need deep well-drained soil and a large, reliable water supply, and they suffer quickly when water is restricted. Not a low-input backyard tree in dry inland gardens.
Feed	No sourced timing currently shown	Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov Details Feed with a complete fertiliser in spring, when the tree pushes its main growth flush. Feed again in autumn with a complete fertiliser to carry the tree through to the next season.	Soil preparation and feeding Details Correct nutrition is critical and fertiliser treatments should be based on regular soil and leaf analysis. If you need to apply fertiliser or manure before planting, do so six months before so it is broken down.	Soil preparation and feeding Details Correct nutrition is critical and fertiliser treatments should be based on regular soil and leaf analysis. If you need to apply fertiliser or manure before planting, do so six months before so it is broken down.	No sourced timing currently shown
Prune	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown
Pest check	No sourced timing currently shown	Keep young trees frost free Details Young avocados are frost sensitive. Keep them in a warm, sheltered position and protect them over their first winters; mature trees only tolerate brief, light frost.	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown
Harvest	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown

Only sourced growing and timing guidance is shown.

Zone notes

Cool: Avocados are frost tender and demand deep, well-drained soil. In cool climates they only succeed in a genuinely frost-free, sheltered microclimate, and they will not tolerate wet feet.
Arid: Avocados in arid Australia are an irrigation crop: the trees need deep well-drained soil and a large, reliable water supply, and they suffer quickly when water is restricted. Not a low-input backyard tree in dry inland gardens.

About this data

This schedule is part of GrowCal's preview horticultural dataset — useful as general guidance, and still being validated. Conditions vary with your soil, aspect, frost and variety. Read more on the data & methodology page, or send us a correction.

Other plants in the GrowCal dataset, mostly from the same category.

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