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From: Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Bark damage on an avocado
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 19:32:08 -0700
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On 5/14/2025 6:57 PM, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> Leon Fisk <lfiskgr@gmail.invalid> wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 May 2025 14:32:20 -0000 (UTC)
>> bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>> It does explain the anomalous flowering, however. Still, it doesn't seem
>>> like a good practice for general cultivation. It's effectively starving
>>> the roots.
>>
>> In case you didn't read all the way to the comments... I found them
>> interesting, voicing some of your concerns too.
>>
>> Seems girdling would only be done on some branches, not the whole tree.
>> It would insure the grower that part of their tree would likely have
>> fruit this harvest season.
>>
> After thinking it over, maybe shortening the life of the tree, at
> least in a commercial context, makes sense. I've noticed that the
> nut tree orchards near me are getting pulled out and replaced with
> presumably more profitable crops. Sometimes with newer varieties
> of the same tree. It seems odd, but industrial agriculture is the
> model of rational action.

Some nut crops are very high in water demand, which may be why they are 
changing.