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asacomm
09-24-2012, 03:59 AM
Hi all,

This is the typical symptom of the fresh leaves of an avocado.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50667&size=1
Regular fertilizing and watering has been done.

Is this a kind of desease or any other thing?

Olafhenny
09-24-2012, 05:16 PM
Hi Noname,

Neither do you state your name (not important) nor where you live (quite important).

I know absolutely nothing about avocados other than, what they taste like, but since nobody
else has replied to your post, I believe, that it is reasonable for me to enter a guess.

I live in a semi arid region and have seen similar symptoms on tropical plants, which could not
take the dry and sometimes windy air here. Watering a lot does not help, if the plant is used
to a humid environment.

I had to give away one of my most precious possessions, a Spiral Costus, because I could
not provide the required humidity. Its leaves looked just like those on your avocado.

I hope you have better luck!
Olaf

asacomm
09-24-2012, 06:24 PM
Hello Olafhenny,

Thanks for your comment, and my name is stated there and I live in a place
near Tokyo, Japan.

I also look forward to receive comments from avocado growers who had the
same or similar experience.

asacomm

david.
09-24-2012, 07:15 PM
It is all of the chlorine that is in the city water.

david.
09-24-2012, 07:22 PM
Some soil conditioner usually helps out a little bit

Abnshrek
09-24-2012, 11:20 PM
Moral of the story save the rain water for your Avocado's, Mango's or Papaya even.. I sprayed mine just in case and used rain water ever since, so its all good. :^)

sandy0225
09-25-2012, 06:24 AM
and make sure when watering to leach your pots out every so often. Which means basically--heavily overwater so that a lot of water drains out and flushes any buildup of salts in the pots. Buildup of salts, such as fertilizer can cause edge burning on the leaves.