DEAR GARDEN COACH >> We have a Hass avocado tree that’s loaded with fruit for the first time. We put some in a brown bag with bananas, but they are not ripening. How will we know when to pick them? We ...

Hi, Garden Coach: We have a Haas avocado tree that’s loaded with fruit for the first time. We put some in a brown bag with bananas, but they are not ripening. How will we know when to pick them? We ...

When you're choosing your indoor trees, you'll need to consider the space you have. "Lighting is an important factor when it ...

Q. We planted a Hass avocado tree in our backyard about 10 years ago. The tree is now about 15 feet tall, and seems very healthy. It produces many large avocados each year, but they do not ripen and ...

In 1925, Rudolph Hass (rhymes with pass) was 33 years old and earning 25 cents an hour as a mail carrier in Pasadena. Originally from Wisconsin, he had decided to come West to seek his fortune. But ...

This week our SoCal Garden Clinic turns to problematic avocado trees: Question from reader Steven Klein of Malibu: In November 2011, I planted a 3-gallon Lamb Hass avocado tree on a slope with full ...

Like avocado toast? Well, Rudolph Hass, who was born in Milwaukee and lived here until he was in his 20s, invented the Hass avocado that today accounts for more than 80 percent all avocado crops in ...

LOS ANGELES — They could just cut it up and use it for firewood, but what kind of respect would that show a tree that helped launch a revolution in salsa and party dip, to say nothing of giving a huge ...

A new variety of avocado that can trace its origins to Ventura County was released to growers in June. Researchers with University of California Cooperative Extension said the variety — called Luna ...

Mary Lu Arpaia, head of UC Cooperative Extension's avocado breeding program, looks for Luna UCR avocados at an Irvine orchard in July. The new variety has roots in Ventura County. A new variety of ...