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Greg Alder

Jul 20, 2026

13:50
So what's your remedy to that? Or what do you say to that?
13:55
Well, it's usually under-watering.
14:00
So, yes, it's true that our water is not high quality.
14:05
And if you go up north, like if you look at the avocado farms in San Diego County compared to the avocado farms in Ventura, Santa Barbara County...
14:13
They look very different, especially if you go up in like December and all the margins of leaves down here burned and you go up there and everything's perfectly green and you're going, wow, are they just way better farmers? No, they just have better water.
14:29
uh that said you can manage it and one is you you can't uh you can't skimp on the water because these salts that are in the water they will leach down through the profile of the soil provided you add enough water and then um And then the other part that you can consider is rootstocks.
14:54
This is sort of a more advanced thing that you're not going to find widely available at your nurseries.

26 MINS LATER

41:27
What should people be looking for if they think that might be a problem?
13:50
So what's your remedy to that? Or what do you say to that?
13:55
Well, it's usually under-watering.
14:00
So, yes, it's true that our water is not high quality.
14:05
And if you go up north, like if you look at the avocado farms in San Diego County compared to the avocado farms in Ventura, Santa Barbara County...
14:13
They look very different, especially if you go up in like December and all the margins of leaves down here burned and you go up there and everything's perfectly green and you're going, wow, are they just way better farmers? No, they just have better water.
14:29
uh that said you can manage it and one is you you can't uh you can't skimp on the water because these salts that are in the water they will leach down through the profile of the soil provided you add enough water and then um And then the other part that you can consider is rootstocks.
14:54
This is sort of a more advanced thing that you're not going to find widely available at your nurseries.

26 MINS LATER

41:27
What should people be looking for if they think that might be a problem?

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