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    Lynwood Avocado Nursery is a specialist avocado nursery established in 1988 in Whangarei. It is the largest supplier of avocado trees in New Zealand to commercial and retail customers. Avocados are an important horticultural export crop for New Zealand, with approximately 4,000 hectares in production worth $200 million. The industry aims to expand to 10,000 hectares worth $1 billion by 2040. Recent changes in avocado growing practices include the use of clonal rootstocks, higher density plantings, pruning, pollinisers, and artificial shelter. Developing a successful avocado orchard requires consideration of soil, climate, irrigation, infrastructure needs, and ongoing management tasks.

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    Lynwood Avocado Nursery is a specialist avocado nursery established in 1988 in Whangarei. It is the largest supplier of avocado trees in New Zealand to commercial and retail customers. Avocados are an important horticultural export crop for New Zealand, with approximately 4,000 hectares in production worth $200 million. The industry aims to expand to 10,000 hectares worth $1 billion by 2040. Recent changes in avocado growing practices include the use of clonal rootstocks, higher density plantings, pruning, pollinisers, and artificial shelter. Developing a successful avocado orchard requires consideration of soil, climate, irrigation, infrastructure needs, and ongoing management tasks.

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    Lynwood Avocado Nursery is a specialist avocado nursery established in 1988 in Whangarei. It is the largest supplier of avocado trees in New Zealand to commercial and retail customers. Avocados are an important horticultural export crop for New Zealand, with approximately 4,000 hectares in production worth $200 million. The industry aims to expand to 10,000 hectares worth $1 billion by 2040. Recent changes in avocado growing practices include the use of clonal rootstocks, higher density plantings, pruning, pollinisers, and artificial shelter. Developing a successful avocado orchard requires consideration of soil, climate, irrigation, infrastructure needs, and ongoing management tasks.

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    Lynwood Avocado Nursery is a specialist avocado nursery established in 1988 in Whangarei. It is the largest supplier of avocado trees in New Zealand to commercial and retail customers. Avocados are an important horticultural export crop for New Zealand, with approximately 4,000 hectares in production worth $200 million. The industry aims to expand to 10,000 hectares worth $1 billion by 2040. Recent changes in avocado growing practices include the use of clonal rootstocks, higher density plantings, pruning, pollinisers, and artificial shelter. Developing a successful avocado orchard requires consideration of soil, climate, irrigation, infrastructure needs, and ongoing management tasks.

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    LYNWOOD AVOCADO

    NURSERY
    About Lynwood
    • Specialist avocado nursery
    based in Whangarei
    • Established in 1988 by Stephen
    Wade
    • Largest supplier of avocado
    trees to commercial and retail
    customers in New Zealand
    • Team of 40 – 50 staff
    • Small producer of export
    avocados
    Avocado growing in New Zealand
    • 95% of the New Zealand crop is Hass predominantly
    grown for export
    • Avocados are New Zealand's 4th largest horticultural
    export crop
    • Approximately 4,000 ha in production worth $200 million
    • Industry vision is to have 10,000 ha in production worth
    $1 billion by 2040
    • Main growing areas are Bay of Plenty, Whangarei and Far
    North
    • Emerging areas are Nelson, Kaipara and Wairarapa
    Global demand for avocados
    • Demand for avocados still growing exponentially
    • ‘Superfood’ status of avocados will help continue to drive demand
    • Asian countries are only just discovering avocados, NZ is situated in a
    good position to supply to them
    Key requirements of avocado

    • Minimal frosts

    Climate • Ideal day temperatures 20-25oC


    during growing season
    • No less than 10oC at night during
    flowering

    • Free draining • Irrigation and frost


    • Gentle contour protection
    • Ideally north facing Soil Water • Reliable source of clean
    water
    Suitability of Taranaki for avocados
    Positives Negatives
    • Good soils • Variable spring
    • Market window temperatures
    • Climate change • Exposure to wind
    Recent changes in
    growing practices

    • Rootstocks
    • Planting densities
    • Use of pollinisers
    • Pruning
    • Artificial shelter
    Clonal vs seedling rootstocks
    Seedling rootstocks
    • Propagated from seeds
    • Natural genetic variability
    • Simple propagation process

    Clonal rootstocks
    • Propagated from cuttings
    • Genetically identical to mother trees
    • Complex propagation process
    • Selected from ‘survivor trees’
    Clonal rootstocks
    • Several different types
    from South Africa
    ▪ Dusa®
    ▪ Bounty®
    ▪ Latas®
    • SR1 rootstock
    discovered in
    Whangarei
    • Excellent performance
    in replant situations
    High density
    plantings
    • Traditional spacings around
    100 trees per hectare
    (10m x 10m spacing)
    • Trees grow up to 12m tall
    • Intensive plantings in NZ
    range from 300 – 650 trees
    per hectare
    (7m x 5m and 5m x 3m)
    • Trees pruned to maintain 3m
    height
    Benefits of high density planting
    • Trees reach full production earlier
    • Reduced harvest and management costs
    • Improved fruit size and quality
    • Improved tree health
    • Trees help to shelter each other
    • Reduced health and safety risks
    Pollinisers
    • ‘A’ type flowering vs ‘B’ type flowering

    ‘A’ type flowering cultivars ‘B’ type flowering cultivars


    Hass Zutano
    Reed Bacon
    Carmen® Hass Fuerte
    Maluma® Hass Ettinger
    GEM® Edranol

    • Recommend a ‘1 in 9’ spacing for polliniser trees


    Pruning
    • Pruning is now a regular management practice
    on most avocado orchards
    • Essential on intensive plantings to manage
    tree height and size
    • Allows maximum light penetration
    • Reinvigorates the trees – maintains root to
    shoot ratios
    • Flower pruning helps to manage crop load and
    biennial bearing
    Artificial shelter
    Orchard
    development
    • Shelter – artificial vs natural
    • Soil preparation – ripping,
    drainage, contouring
    • Irrigation
    • Trees and planting
    • Infrastructure requirements –
    tractor, sprayer
    • Costs can vary between
    $40,000 and $90,000 per ha
    Orchard management
    Ongoing management tasks
    • Pest monitoring and spraying
    • Fertiliser applications
    • Weed control
    • Irrigation

    Seasonal management tasks


    • Mulching
    • Pruning
    • Harvesting
    Next steps

    • Talk to us – we can help support you with site suitability and


    tree selection
    • Talk to other people already in the industry – growers,
    packhouses, exporters
    • Gather information – NZ Avocado, climate data

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