I assume from your comment that avocado trees grow in abundance where you live. That means your supply is plentiful and you don't have all of the added costs of shipping and import/export fees. In the states, the only place that (I know of) grows haas type avocado is California. Basic supply and demand: if the entire US population has a significant demand, and Ca. can't produce all of it, we have to import, which raises costs. Coupled with how long it takes trees to mature to fruiting age, all of these factors can increase costs significantly.
My son planted a Fuerte pip about 8 yrs ago and it grew well and has produced about 4 yrs in a row but the avos have never grown bigger than ping pong balls! What's the problem (we've had 1 big avo from each harvest?
It was July 1 I planted a Hass Avocado seed...I soaked it in water for 2 weeks until it split. It is now about 1 foot tall with quite a few luscious leaves and even new sprouts on the main stem. I was told by my local nursery it would never grow! Well to my surprise mine did...!!!
@@carmengomez-munoz4723 Thanks for your question. I reside in S. FLORIDA. THE avocado 🥑 grew for only 2 months then died. I inquired at my local nursery for a legitimate answer as to why,and was told that normally commercial grown avocado will not grow from seed to full maturity and they must be grafted... I now have another small tree which I purchased from the nursery and it is doing just fine. 🙂
@@ToneD5150 I had multiple avocado plants in my apartment in Berlin Germany lol One survived the other one dried out after some months for a reason that I don't know But the other one is doing great after nearly 3 years and it's (I use cm normally but let me guess) around 2,5-3 foot tall 😁
I’ve been watching your videos for a while and you have amazing tips tricks ideas. But the best one yet is suggesting people visit their county extension service they are a wealth of knowledge. Keep up the great work
Me getting my Haas avocado from Fast Growing Trees today. "Ok - now I need to find a video to help me keep it alive and happy." Not only did I find an Epic Gardening video - you got yours from FGT too! Whoo hoo!
We got 4 avocado seeds growing in just water and about to transfer them into pots. They already sprouted and grown into about a foot or foot and half baby trees. We live in the high desert so we have to keep them inside during winter nights and inside during the summer. Hopefully the 2 seeds from the tree my dad planted (also from a seed given to him) grow well. I've never liked Hass. Every time we buy them at the market they never tasty oily or creamy enough. My mom says the taste like water and no flavor. I think the one he planted was either a Pinkerton, Fuerte, or Zutano.
I was wondering if you could do a video about growing Hass avocados from seed, what types of problems you might run into, and if it will grow fruit/how that works. I’ve heard conflicting things on a lot of this! Love your channel!!!
Don't grow an avocado from seed because it will likely not produce edible fruit. Avocado along with apples are not true to seed plants, so any avocado you try growing will probably not make anything worthwhile, unless you decide 10-13 years from now to graft on branches
Don't grow an avocado from seed because it will likely not produce edible fruit. Avocado along with apples are not true to seed plants, so any avocado you try growing will probably not make anything worthwhile, unless you decide 10-13 years from now to graft on branches
@@bishoppope2921 avocado from seeds can produce frout because you said Roduf Hass grow his Hass tree from seed the only problem is you can't now how long it will take for the tree to bear frout
@@bishoppope2921 lmao no, that’s so wrong. The only issue is that it takes a longer amount of time, but my dad grew one avocado from seed and once it began bearing fruit it /would not stop/ & also the 🥑 was delicious. Took two back to back hurricanes, a cat 4 followed close by a cat 5, to finally knock that tree out and kill it-but the years it fruited it gave so much avocado the entire family, relatives and friends were sick and tired of avocados by the time the avocado season reached its midpoint every year. 😂
I'm growing 3 Hass Avocados in my house in Las Vegas, NV. Two are already young trees grown from seed right from the fruit bought at the store, so you CAN grow them from seed.
@@georgemathew352 mine is about 7 years old from seed and has 2 fruit on it, it's flowered the last 3 years , avo plant next to it same age has done nothing.
@@epicgardening Hi, I am growing a Kenyan avocado tree in a cloth container on my balcony. Not ideal, I know. It was a pandemic thing 😁. A trick that has worked for me is planting mungbeans in the pot in order to supply nitrogen. They grow fast and get the job done. Have you tried it? My tree is about 5 ft 9in - is it a lost cause to find a garden for it now? Have I damaged the root development for good? I wouldn't want it to be prone to falling over (if that is a thing). I am also growing sweet basil and Brazil spinach in its shade, to balance out the watering, as I tend to overwater things.
If you decide to keep this tree in a pot, make it the largest pot you can afford/find, I have two in very large commercial pots. I live in a very wet area and avocados do not like wet feet, so best to plant on a small mound or a large pot, I cannot remember if it is 50 gallons or 100 gallon pots. I would not have done it if I did not have to as this causing many problems that I would not have if it was in the ground. No tree wants its roots cramped, nutrients drain out and it is very important to stay ontop of nutrient replacement much more than if it was in the ground, etc
Some great advice mate. I grow a Lamb Hass in an elevated mound in the ground and Fuerte in a large pot. My concern with the Hass , like many other avocados is that it grows into a massive tree, so for most people, they may not have a large enough yard to grow one.
Fun fact; Rudolph Hass wanted to take down this tree but his kids forced him to keep it alive. So its thanks to his kids we have the Hass avocado today🙃👍
Hi, Shadow hills here. Your gardening information is always spot on and useful. I have a HASS Avocado tree several years old. It usually gives me anywhere from 40 - 60 avocados per season. It got very hot here and just about all the fruit fell. Is there any way I can get it to flower again? I have now covered it with shade cloth to protect it until this heatwave diminishes. Also should avocado trees be fertilized? Thanks a lot.
Hey Kevin hope your doing great I watch you all the time. So I live in Central Florida. About 7 years ago was at the grocery store bought some haas avacado I think from Mexico? Planted seed because my son wanted to try it out. It stayed in a pot for almost 3 years. We bought a new house so I took it with me. 7 years later I have a avocado. Yep just one though. I have done nothing to the tree except fertilizer maybe 2-3 times. I only got 1 this year. Wondering what I need to do to get more. How do I prune etc. this baby is a 20 tree now. I would send you pics but don’t know how through TH-cam.
Thanks for the info! I've got a couple little seedlings going right now, but I have no expectation of them to fruit, especially being indoors & in zone 5b. They're more just cute houseplants for the time being. :)
@@sarge6283 becuse they are too small, and they need a big pot or they will have to be planted in the ground. Btw if you just grow seed without grafting it you never know what to get most of the times you get bad tasting fruit or just a tree that dosen’t fruit at all
Thanks for demonstrating why one should not create a tutorial just because a friend has an old avocado tree. The first rookie giveaway was the fact that he couldn’t even pronounce the name of the tree correctly. Avocado trees do require quite a bit of water but only every five days or so even in extreme heat. Watering daily is a good way to drown the roots. Video tutorials are more useful when based on your own experience.🤗
My parents left me a small home in the Caribbean with a huge avocado tree and a guava tree. The avocado towers over the small house and shades the entire yard. Caribbean avocados are huge and taste different than hass. I would love to plant a hass but It wont get any sun with the other tree there and it gets to cold here in GA. I do love & appreciate the trees though. It feels like my parents are there.
One great reason Hass avocados are the number 1 farmed avocado in California is they hold on the tree for a long time. Farmers can pick them slowly and size pick them, giving them time to get bigger. It's a little like the stock market. It's always a gamble, Do I pick now or wait and see if prices get better. They can last for more than year on the tree. Unlike most green skin avocados that come to the end of their lifecycle at the end of summer. Also the Hass avocado is a durable fruit. It doesn't bruise easily and can be shipped all over the world.
Great video, very informative. I live in la mesa, I have a young small avocado tree and ever since the fires which started last week my trees leaves seem to be drying out, even with watering. Any ideas on how to remedy this? Thank you.
Excellent tutorial. May I ask a question please, do small grafted Hass planted inground ,take a long time to establish? My two planted 18 months ago are growing very slowly, similar growth rate to newly planted grafted Citrus.
Good information, i am currently growing an avacado tree from seed in Michigan. Im not really sure what my plan is after its too big for my house but it will at least be fun. Thanks for the tips.
I'm growing a Hass tree from fastgrowingtrees. The top half lost all of it's leaves and branches the first week, though the bottom looks healthy. It's been about a month, no new growth. Would you recommend pruning the top half?
I'm in South OC and have two avocados started, they're about 18" tall, i started them from seeds but I don't know what variety they are. How can I find out & can they end up in large box planters without being planted into the ground and if so will they produce?
Call it the Conny avocado, it will probably taste better. I’m all for new strains, the cloning is fine but roll the dice who cares, nature has done it since the beginning.
That’s right. Only Mr. Hass can grow avocados from seeds. The rest of us can’t because our last name isn’t Hass. I hope that makes perfect sense to you.
Found an avocado tree sprouted with quite a long and healthy root inside one of my grocery bought Avocados this morning. As any proper biologist and gardener would do, I just HAD to put it into the ground to see what will happen. So anyways, now I'm watching avocado care videos😂
thanks, kevin. i actually knew nothing about avocados except for the difference between the ones i like and the ones i don't. i did try growing one from seed in water and it got so tall and leggy that out it went. the house is no climate to grow the plant. later, carmine.
Hi thank you for the video. I've got about 7 🥑 grown from seed. 2 are nearly 2ft. Sometimes I have leaves that are curled, or brown tips, or pale green mockled, is there a leaf problem I could follow please and a feeding guide? Im in the UK. Many thanks
I FINALLY after many tries got two seeds to sprout and they are both now about 2 feet tall. Javier and Jessica! I just repotted them for the winter indoors and was hoping to plant them outside in the spring. Now I'm bummed they aren't going to be fruit producers...
Hi Kevin love your simple n east to follow plant care advice. Need some help on avocado tree stumping. Have 25ft tall haas avocado which is too tall n not fruiting. Iam looking to stump it down to 5ft or so n hopefully the tree will survive n regrow more vigorously. Any advice of do’s n don’ts? Please help!!!
Seriously good timing! I live up near SF, and am about to plant my "Sir Prize" avocado tree, which I got last fall, and potted it up then. Time to put it in the ground now, I think. Thanks for all the tips! Sir Prize is self-fertile, which I'm hoping will help also pollinate my Mexicola Avocado tree, which I got to help pollinate its opposite type tree, but that tree died! So complicated! I appreciate the advice about the planting hole. I love Hass avocados but I think back when I was choosing varieties, it wasn't right for my area.
@@chinatownboy7482 I am out of the country at the moment (2 months away), but when I left at the end of April the Mexicola tree was loaded with tiny fruits (50?), and is about 15 feet tall - I will prune her shorter when fruiting is over. The Sir Prize tree appears to be woefully stunted, only about 2 feet tall, but is clearly doing a great job of pollination, so I'm keeping him.
Kevin, I have a place in Zone 11, and wanted to grow Hass avocadoes, but I have people telling me that I have to be at an elevation of at least 3,000ft, but where I wanted to plant is only about 850ft above sea level. Are there ways I can make it work still? What makes the elevation a factor? Temperature? Air flow?
I have purchased 4 avocado trees from Fast Growing Trees. They look great when they arrive but just a few days after planting the leaves fall off. I am in Central East Florida so the climate should be right.....any suggestions?
Hey Kevin! I have a 1 year old has about the size of the one your holding but far more leaves. There is a nitrogen deficiency and I got some recommended fixes. Should I prune the sad leaves? If so, how do I do that? Or do I just leave them? Thanks!!!!
How much should I water my avocado tree? How do I know if I’m watering enough? Moisture meter? Digging? I planted a new tree and put two pvc pipes in the soil near the tree so I could see 2ft into the ground. This is the third time planting an avocado tree in this spot. This time I took the “mound” approach since I have clay soil.
👍....Wow! After all that info on growing your own avocado tree, I confess, I would not last to the point of harvesting just one! Therefore, I will just get mine at the grocers...... as usual! lol
I am in Perth, Australia, it gets very sunny and bright. Can I grow them at location where it get heaps of sun especially afternoon and evening sun. We get extreme sunny conditions here for few months. Pls advise
I've grown some avocados from seed, not expecting worthwhile fruit. In a greenhouse most of them suffered from mould in the winter, with one or two surviving one winter but didn't really do well after that. The ones I started last year have been outside, and I'm waiting to see how well they cope with the frost I've been having here this week.
Very informative video, like always ! Question: How well does the haas avocado tree grow in South Florida? I am currently growing one seed in water and so far it looks good with a pretty good size root. Recommendations on what steps to follow on transitioning from water to soil.
Greetings, Kevin, Thank you very much! I’ve been planning to grow an avocado tree for a long time, but it never happened until this month. I ordered Hass and Catalina avocado trees from Fast Growing Trees, and it took almost a month for them to be delivered. Unfortunately, both trees arrived in poor condition-dried, falling leaves, and a generally sad appearance. One of the branches is even broken. I sprayed some water on the leaves, watered the soil a bit, and left them in their nursery pots for now. I scraped a tiny bit of the stem, and it’s somewhat green, so I’m slightly hopeful, but the rest of the trees look rough. I’ve already purchased 1/2 wine barrels with drainage holes and sturdy legs for repotting. Do you think the trees will survive repotting? Or should I not waste my time? I’m in zone 10 A Looking forward to your advice!
So there is another really good variety of avocado in Florida, aptly named the Florida Avocado. They're a brighter green than the Haas, they have a smoother skin and they are HUGE! They're absolutely delicious! Not sure if you've heard of them, I was just curious if they have the same growth habits and requirements as the Haas. I'm sure it's very close.
Thanks having lived in California I knew about Hass however I did not know how or why he began propagating his own, me being moi thought it was simply monetary when in truth I now know it twas not. Thanks. Being in the Winter it's a Wonder we survive clim Av trees are not in the plan without a custom greenhouse so we grow planted tree- lings. Thanks for the info. Happy joyous holiday season 2021-22.
I noticed a lot of leaves with brown tips and or spots on them. I have a dozen trees that I started from seed last year and they grew like crazy, but these brown spots are bad on some of the young trees and eventually fall off. The trees keep putting on new growth in spite of this. What can be done about this browning?
ive had major issues with fastgrowingtrees. they've sent me dead trees on more than one occasion, I've sent the pictures to them, they promise to replace them and then after a couple months ill message them because I've not heard anything and they will basically say they are sorry and will get right on it but never actually replace them. my mango tree purchase was 2 years ago now and still haven't received the replacement lol. The trees are nice when they arrive healthy and they tend to have some hard to find varieties so I'm not telling people not to buy from them, just know the risks. I've spent about 2k at their store and have only had this happen on 2 separate occasions so like 10% of the time.
I live in the Central Valley and have a hass avocado that is about 15 years old and hasn’t produced fruit in several years. My soil is clay and I’m trying to fix it. The leaves are real green and look good but no fruit. It’s September and I wanna know when what time of year should I fertilize?
I got mine from a seed, and it grows to 1 foot now. I didn't work much on the soil before putting it on the ground. Is there a way to fix or troubleshoot the soil for the moment?
Hey Kevin, about a year and a half ago I successfully germinated an avocado seed. Since then the sapling has grown to about a yard high. Recently, I repotted the sapling into a larger pot, then a couple of days afterwards, made the mistake of overwatering it. When I found it 12 hours after watering it was completely drooped. To try and fix this I moved the soil around and poked holes to try and airate it. Do you have any suggestions that I could do that would help my sapling recover?
it was more likely transplant shock than overwatering. Whenever I transplant mine no matter how carefully, they'll droop a little. just out of curiosity, did it recover?
Question: my 17 year old haas has yellow spots, the trunk, branches have long areas of holes or depressions. My neighbor won’t trim his trees, huge palms fronds are imposing to the west. There was an abundant yield over the Spring. Now problems. I’m in Oceanside. Do I rake all fallen leaves away? Do I apply something to stop bark from further depressions? What to spray on yellow spotted leaves and what to fertilize with to stop problems. Thank you!
I've been growing an Avocado Tree from seed for about 4 years now, and recently all of the new leaves have been staying smaller and curling inwards. Do you know why it may be doing that?
Thanks for the video. I would like to ask you some questions. The first: It seems that you are growing the Hass variety. Do you grow it alone? Or do you grow another variety with it? So that there is a feminine and a masculine? If so, what is the appropriate male variety to plant with the Hass variety? What is the appropriate number of trees of the male variety to plant for 10 trees of the female variety? If there is an optimal planting combination, please tell me it? Thank you very much.
From end September to May there's a risk of frost in my location. Can I move my avocado tree indoor at the winter time? What is lowest temperature avocado can handle without any damage? I am sure frost will destroy it, how about not frost, but still low temperatures like 5-10 Celsius?
Please help ! what kinda plant do u get from Hass alvocado pits? I FINALLY got a pit to root in a jar of water method . Does this mean that I won't get Hass alvocado fruit from it? (Bought it at a local grocery store) will it be the green variety ? Or will it not produce fruit? How will I know ? (I know it may take years to finally harvest) tyyyy please help
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I live in Kenya .... STILL cant believe that avacados are a luxury in the other side of the world
I assume from your comment that avocado trees grow in abundance where you live. That means your supply is plentiful and you don't have all of the added costs of shipping and import/export fees. In the states, the only place that (I know of) grows haas type avocado is California. Basic supply and demand: if the entire US population has a significant demand, and Ca. can't produce all of it, we have to import, which raises costs. Coupled with how long it takes trees to mature to fruiting age, all of these factors can increase costs significantly.
My son planted a Fuerte pip about 8 yrs ago and it grew well and has produced about 4 yrs in a row but the avos have never grown bigger than ping pong balls! What's the problem (we've had 1 big avo from each harvest?
Marie-Anne teBrake Have you been fertilizing?
Vyes Sampson I was about to say same thing. Possibly it’s deficient in nitrogen or nutrients etc 🤷♀️ or may lack water since they drink loads.
@@EwokyBalboa yes ovacado are in plenty in Kenya.Only costs 30 cents here
It was July 1 I planted a Hass Avocado seed...I soaked it in water for 2 weeks until it split.
It is now about 1 foot tall with quite a few luscious leaves and even new sprouts on the main stem. I was told by my local nursery it would never grow!
Well to my surprise mine did...!!!
Did you do this in the United States? If so, what area?
@@carmengomez-munoz4723
Thanks for your question.
I reside in S. FLORIDA.
THE avocado 🥑 grew for only 2 months then died.
I inquired at my local nursery for a legitimate answer as to why,and was told that normally commercial grown avocado will not grow from seed to full maturity and they must be grafted...
I now have another small tree which I purchased from the nursery and it is doing just fine. 🙂
@@ToneD5150 I had multiple avocado plants in my apartment in Berlin Germany lol One survived the other one dried out after some months for a reason that I don't know
But the other one is doing great after nearly 3 years and it's (I use cm normally but let me guess) around 2,5-3 foot tall 😁
My Dad planted a Hass Avocade Seed and has grown to 3 1/2 ft and has given a bit of flowers and fruit. I used the hand pollination technique.
well its not a hass anymore :S
What is a hand pollination technique?
@@iselamonasterio5630 letting the female and male bone by hand
How was the fruit?
It's not a hass avocado if grown from seed
I’ve been watching your videos for a while and you have amazing tips tricks ideas. But the best one yet is suggesting people visit their county extension service they are a wealth of knowledge. Keep up the great work
Yes, you really can't beat that source of free information!
Me getting my Haas avocado from Fast Growing Trees today. "Ok - now I need to find a video to help me keep it alive and happy." Not only did I find an Epic Gardening video - you got yours from FGT too! Whoo hoo!
We got 4 avocado seeds growing in just water and about to transfer them into pots. They already sprouted and grown into about a foot or foot and half baby trees.
We live in the high desert so we have to keep them inside during winter nights and inside during the summer.
Hopefully the 2 seeds from the tree my dad planted (also from a seed given to him) grow well. I've never liked Hass. Every time we buy them at the market they never tasty oily or creamy enough. My mom says the taste like water and no flavor. I think the one he planted was either a Pinkerton, Fuerte, or Zutano.
I was wondering if you could do a video about growing Hass avocados from seed, what types of problems you might run into, and if it will grow fruit/how that works. I’ve heard conflicting things on a lot of this! Love your channel!!!
Don't grow an avocado from seed because it will likely not produce edible fruit. Avocado along with apples are not true to seed plants, so any avocado you try growing will probably not make anything worthwhile, unless you decide 10-13 years from now to graft on branches
Don't grow an avocado from seed because it will likely not produce edible fruit. Avocado along with apples are not true to seed plants, so any avocado you try growing will probably not make anything worthwhile, unless you decide 10-13 years from now to graft on branches
@@bishoppope2921 avocado from seeds can produce frout because you said Roduf Hass grow his Hass tree from seed the only problem is you can't now how long it will take for the tree to bear frout
@@tajelsirkafai48 you will still get an avocado tree, the problem is you have a very low chance of getting a tree that makes decent fruit at all.
@@bishoppope2921 lmao no, that’s so wrong. The only issue is that it takes a longer amount of time, but my dad grew one avocado from seed and once it began bearing fruit it /would not stop/ & also the 🥑 was delicious.
Took two back to back hurricanes, a cat 4 followed close by a cat 5, to finally knock that tree out and kill it-but the years it fruited it gave so much avocado the entire family, relatives and friends were sick and tired of avocados by the time the avocado season reached its midpoint every year. 😂
I'm growing 3 Hass Avocados in my house in Las Vegas, NV. Two are already young trees grown from seed right from the fruit bought at the store, so you CAN grow them from seed.
Do they fruit though?
@@peruperu-jj8zs yes
How long it took to give fruit.?. I have a 3year old avocado
@@georgemathew352 mine is about 7 years old from seed and has 2 fruit on it, it's flowered the last 3 years , avo plant next to it same age has done nothing.
They will grow but the fruit will taste nasty
This is a well timed video, my avocado that I started growing from seed last year has just started growing it’s first leaves. 😊🥑
Amazing..good luck :)
@@epicgardening Hi, I am growing a Kenyan avocado tree in a cloth container on my balcony. Not ideal, I know. It was a pandemic thing 😁. A trick that has worked for me is planting mungbeans in the pot in order to supply nitrogen. They grow fast and get the job done. Have you tried it?
My tree is about 5 ft 9in - is it a lost cause to find a garden for it now? Have I damaged the root development for good? I wouldn't want it to be prone to falling over (if that is a thing).
I am also growing sweet basil and Brazil spinach in its shade, to balance out the watering, as I tend to overwater things.
I live in San Diego as well & this video is making me want to grow my own avocado tree. Wish me luck guys!🥑🤗
Me 2 growing avocados 5 seedlings and I already have a tree it’s the perfect environment here in Tenerife but the soil isn’t good for fertility.
good luck
Live in San Diego as well. Have 2 Hass avacodos and they give lots of fruit. Good luck.
San diego is very dry climate though and these need a lot of water
Do avocado trees do well in a pot? Or should they be planted in the ground? If so - what size pot would you recommend? Thanks!
Pot to start bud
If you decide to keep this tree in a pot, make it the largest pot you can afford/find, I have two in very large commercial pots. I live in a very wet area and avocados do not like wet feet, so best to plant on a small mound or a large pot, I cannot remember if it is 50 gallons or 100 gallon pots. I would not have done it if I did not have to as this causing many problems that I would not have if it was in the ground. No tree wants its roots cramped, nutrients drain out and it is very important to stay ontop of nutrient replacement much more than if it was in the ground, etc
You know what try it! Experiment! And find the best way for you
I have 40 acres of avocados in mexico and it's alot for work to maintain but rewarding as well
Oro verde.
isn't that like a lot lol?
Some great advice mate. I grow a Lamb Hass in an elevated mound in the ground and Fuerte in a large pot. My concern with the Hass , like many other avocados is that it grows into a massive tree, so for most people, they may not have a large enough yard to grow one.
Keep it in a container. That's what i'm doing.
@@shiftgood same here.
This is for the books. Hopefully TH-cam doesn't remove it. Beautiful work team P&C.
Thanks for the tip, having avocado seed sprouting it’s root now. Never had seed sprout it’s root, tried all methods especially toothpick method.
Can you please make a video on how to prune an avocado tree? I like your videos very much very helpful!!! Thank you
Did you end up finding a video about pruning?
Nice , I learned a lot
This is so informative! Great job, fantastic reporting!🌻🌼🐝 Keep it up 🙌
Fun fact; Rudolph Hass wanted to take down this tree but his kids forced him to keep it alive. So its thanks to his kids we have the Hass avocado today🙃👍
And, it's roughly 85% of the world market and 90% of California's.
Hi, Shadow hills here. Your gardening information is always spot on and useful. I have a HASS Avocado tree several years old. It usually gives me anywhere from 40 - 60 avocados per season. It got very hot here and just about all the fruit fell. Is there any way I can get it to flower again? I have now covered it with shade cloth to protect it until this heatwave diminishes. Also should avocado trees be fertilized? Thanks a lot.
Hi and thank you, is it necessary to plant in the ground or can I keep in my container. New to gardening.
👍👍fast growing trees has a awesome guarantee on all their plants..
Yup, I love them!
Hey Kevin hope your doing great I watch you all the time. So I live in Central Florida. About 7 years ago was at the grocery store bought some haas avacado I think from Mexico? Planted seed because my son wanted to try it out. It stayed in a pot for almost 3 years. We bought a new house so I took it with me. 7 years later I have a avocado. Yep just one though. I have done nothing to the tree except fertilizer maybe 2-3 times. I only got 1 this year. Wondering what I need to do to get more. How do I prune etc. this baby is a 20 tree now. I would send you pics but don’t know how through TH-cam.
Love me some hass. Do they grow well in San Bernardino county??
I'm looking for the video when you plant the avocado tree. Mine just arrived from Fast growing trees and i wanted to follow your lead!
I’m also growing avocado these days. It‘s the 22nd week😊😊😊
Thanks for the info! I've got a couple little seedlings going right now, but I have no expectation of them to fruit, especially being indoors & in zone 5b. They're more just cute houseplants for the time being. :)
Nice, they grow well as houseplants just won't fruit :)
@@epicgardening why won't it fruit?
@@sarge6283 becuse they are too small, and they need a big pot or they will have to be planted in the ground. Btw if you just grow seed without grafting it you never know what to get most of the times you get bad tasting fruit or just a tree that dosen’t fruit at all
Thanks for demonstrating why one should not create a tutorial just because a friend has an old avocado tree. The first rookie giveaway was the fact that he couldn’t even pronounce the name of the tree correctly. Avocado trees do require quite a bit of water but only every five days or so even in extreme heat. Watering daily is a good way to drown the roots. Video tutorials are more useful when based on your own experience.🤗
My parents left me a small home in the Caribbean with a huge avocado tree and a guava tree. The avocado towers over the small house and shades the entire yard. Caribbean avocados are huge and taste different than hass. I would love to plant a hass but It wont get any sun with the other tree there and it gets to cold here in GA. I do love & appreciate the trees though. It feels like my parents are there.
How long does it take an avocado tree to produce fruit?
Wow SO CLEAR .Good naration
One great reason Hass avocados are the number 1 farmed avocado in California is they hold on the tree for a long time. Farmers can pick them slowly and size pick them, giving them time to get bigger. It's a little like the stock market. It's always a gamble, Do I pick now or wait and see if prices get better. They can last for more than year on the tree. Unlike most green skin avocados that come to the end of their lifecycle at the end of summer. Also the Hass avocado is a durable fruit. It doesn't bruise easily and can be shipped all over the world.
Great video, very informative. I live in la mesa, I have a young small avocado tree and ever since the fires which started last week my trees leaves seem to be drying out, even with watering. Any ideas on how to remedy this? Thank you.
Does the hass need a mating tree or does it self pollinate?
Excellent tutorial. May I ask a question please, do small grafted Hass planted inground ,take a long time to establish? My two planted 18 months ago are growing very slowly, similar growth rate to newly planted grafted Citrus.
Good information, i am currently growing an avacado tree from seed in Michigan. Im not really sure what my plan is after its too big for my house but it will at least be fun. Thanks for the tips.
It's a fun experiment regardless, good luck :)
I have one that’s about 8 years old still in a large pot on my patio. You’ve got some time. 🙂
Bonsai it
Has it worked well for you?
I think you planned a avocad fuerte that kind is very taller I saw it in the garden of my neighbor's
I'm growing a Hass tree from fastgrowingtrees. The top half lost all of it's leaves and branches the first week, though the bottom looks healthy. It's been about a month, no new growth. Would you recommend pruning the top half?
I'm in South OC and have two avocados started, they're about 18" tall, i started them from seeds but I don't know what variety they are.
How can I find out & can they end up in large box planters without being planted into the ground and if so will they produce?
I planted two avocado trees a few years back and wanted to know if they should be pruned or fertilized. Thanks!
So Mr. Hass grew a Hass Avocado from a seed but we can’t ?
It’ll be your hass rather tan than a Hass
Call it the Conny avocado, it will probably taste better. I’m all for new strains, the cloning is fine but roll the dice who cares, nature has done it since the beginning.
That’s right. Only Mr. Hass can grow avocados from seeds. The rest of us can’t because our last name isn’t Hass. I hope that makes perfect sense to you.
@@GotoHere what if there’s an e in Hasse?
Bizarre. But yeah, the growers know how to grow it..because we get the same flavour avocados every year in oztrailia 😮
Found an avocado tree sprouted with quite a long and healthy root inside one of my grocery bought Avocados this morning. As any proper biologist and gardener would do, I just HAD to put it into the ground to see what will happen. So anyways, now I'm watching avocado care videos😂
Did second video (planning the avo tree) ever come out?
thanks, kevin. i actually knew nothing about avocados except for the difference between the ones i like and the ones i don't. i did try growing one from seed in water and it got so tall and leggy that out it went. the house is no climate to grow the plant. later, carmine.
Yeah usually ones grown from seed indoors always get that leggy look
Hi thank you for the video. I've got about 7 🥑 grown from seed. 2 are nearly 2ft. Sometimes I have leaves that are curled, or brown tips, or pale green mockled, is there a leaf problem I could follow please and a feeding guide? Im in the UK. Many thanks
Can I grow them in east Texas?
I FINALLY after many tries got two seeds to sprout and they are both now about 2 feet tall. Javier and Jessica! I just repotted them for the winter indoors and was hoping to plant them outside in the spring. Now I'm bummed they aren't going to be fruit producers...
Hi Kevin love your simple n east to follow plant care advice. Need some help on avocado tree stumping. Have 25ft tall haas avocado which is too tall n not fruiting. Iam looking to stump it down to 5ft or so n hopefully the tree will survive n regrow more vigorously. Any advice of do’s n don’ts? Please help!!!
What was with the brown tips on the leaves?
I’m craving avocado 🥑 now. Thanks
How often we should water mature old avocado tree??
Seriously good timing! I live up near SF, and am about to plant my "Sir Prize" avocado tree, which I got last fall, and potted it up then. Time to put it in the ground now, I think. Thanks for all the tips! Sir Prize is self-fertile, which I'm hoping will help also pollinate my Mexicola Avocado tree, which I got to help pollinate its opposite type tree, but that tree died! So complicated! I appreciate the advice about the planting hole. I love Hass avocados but I think back when I was choosing varieties, it wasn't right for my area.
Oh nice! Good luck w/ the planting :)
Where did you get the Sir Prize from?
Any update on how your avocado trees are doing?
@@chinatownboy7482 I am out of the country at the moment (2 months away), but when I left at the end of April the Mexicola tree was loaded with tiny fruits (50?), and is about 15 feet tall - I will prune her shorter when fruiting is over. The Sir Prize tree appears to be woefully stunted, only about 2 feet tall, but is clearly doing a great job of pollination, so I'm keeping him.
Kevin, I have a place in Zone 11, and wanted to grow Hass avocadoes, but I have people telling me that I have to be at an elevation of at least 3,000ft, but where I wanted to plant is only about 850ft above sea level. Are there ways I can make it work still? What makes the elevation a factor? Temperature? Air flow?
I have purchased 4 avocado trees from Fast Growing Trees. They look great when they arrive but just a few days after planting the leaves fall off. I am in Central East Florida so the climate should be right.....any suggestions?
I also would love to grow an avocado in a container will it work well?
Outstanding video
Hey Kevin! I have a 1 year old has about the size of the one your holding but far more leaves. There is a nitrogen deficiency and I got some recommended fixes. Should I prune the sad leaves? If so, how do I do that? Or do I just leave them? Thanks!!!!
Great video Kevin - my 2nd year tree just started profusely blooming - any tips?
How much should I water my avocado tree? How do I know if I’m watering enough? Moisture meter? Digging? I planted a new tree and put two pvc pipes in the soil near the tree so I could see 2ft into the ground. This is the third time planting an avocado tree in this spot. This time I took the “mound” approach since I have clay soil.
1 year old small tree. Leaves are a light green almost yellow. Leaf tips look burned - brown. I’m in Oceanside. Any ideas?
👍....Wow! After all that info on growing your own avocado tree, I confess, I would not last to the point of harvesting just one! Therefore, I will just get mine at the grocers...... as usual! lol
You can do it just for foliage…. I mean the have a deep green huge leaf, if it doesn’t fruit at least it decorates 🤷🏻♀️
you said „in the podcast description“, that‘s so cute hahahaha, great video!
Literally he’s so cute
I am in Perth, Australia, it gets very sunny and bright. Can I grow them at location where it get heaps of sun especially afternoon and evening sun. We get extreme sunny conditions here for few months. Pls advise
I've grown some avocados from seed, not expecting worthwhile fruit. In a greenhouse most of them suffered from mould in the winter, with one or two surviving one winter but didn't really do well after that. The ones I started last year have been outside, and I'm waiting to see how well they cope with the frost I've been having here this week.
Hoping they thrive for you :)
Very informative video, like always ! Question: How well does the haas avocado tree grow in South Florida? I am currently growing one seed in water and so far it looks good with a pretty good size root. Recommendations on what steps to follow on transitioning from water to soil.
I rooted a couple of hass avocado seeds, what will they turn into??
Greetings, Kevin,
Thank you very much! I’ve been planning to grow an avocado tree for a long time, but it never happened until this month. I ordered Hass and Catalina avocado trees from Fast Growing Trees, and it took almost a month for them to be delivered.
Unfortunately, both trees arrived in poor condition-dried, falling leaves, and a generally sad appearance. One of the branches is even broken. I sprayed some water on the leaves, watered the soil a bit, and left them in their nursery pots for now. I scraped a tiny bit of the stem, and it’s somewhat green, so I’m slightly hopeful, but the rest of the trees look rough.
I’ve already purchased 1/2 wine barrels with drainage holes and sturdy legs for repotting. Do you think the trees will survive repotting? Or should I not waste my time? I’m in zone 10 A
Looking forward to your advice!
There is not much info on finding a dwarf avocado tree. Can a standard tree be kept small?
So there is another really good variety of avocado in Florida, aptly named the Florida Avocado. They're a brighter green than the Haas, they have a smoother skin and they are HUGE! They're absolutely delicious! Not sure if you've heard of them, I was just curious if they have the same growth habits and requirements as the Haas. I'm sure it's very close.
Thanks having lived in California I knew about Hass however I did not know how or why he began propagating his own, me being moi thought it was simply monetary when in truth I now know it twas not.
Thanks. Being in the Winter it's a Wonder we survive clim Av trees are not in the plan without a custom greenhouse so we grow planted tree- lings.
Thanks for the info. Happy joyous holiday season 2021-22.
I noticed a lot of leaves with brown tips and or spots on them. I have a dozen trees that I started from seed last year and they grew like crazy, but these brown spots are bad on some of the young trees and eventually fall off. The trees keep putting on new growth in spite of this. What can be done about this browning?
ive had major issues with fastgrowingtrees. they've sent me dead trees on more than one occasion, I've sent the pictures to them, they promise to replace them and then after a couple months ill message them because I've not heard anything and they will basically say they are sorry and will get right on it but never actually replace them. my mango tree purchase was 2 years ago now and still haven't received the replacement lol. The trees are nice when they arrive healthy and they tend to have some hard to find varieties so I'm not telling people not to buy from them, just know the risks. I've spent about 2k at their store and have only had this happen on 2 separate occasions so like 10% of the time.
How many years will it take get fruit if I start one from a seed?
Thank you for all the information!
I have the same question......?
5 years
@@zarkkt8952 I have a long way to go!
I live in the Central Valley and have a hass avocado that is about 15 years old and hasn’t produced fruit in several years. My soil is clay and I’m trying to fix it. The leaves are real green and look good but no fruit. It’s September and I wanna know when what time of year should I fertilize?
I got mine from a seed, and it grows to 1 foot now. I didn't work much on the soil before putting it on the ground. Is there a way to fix or troubleshoot the soil for the moment?
If it's already in there and well established, I would probably go with a granular organic fert and water it in from the top
Informative video! We are looking into an avocado tree, too, but something on the smaller size.
Good luck!
blueovalgal I got the condo avocado tree from fast growing trees. I bring it in during the winter. It has flowers on its first year so I recommend
Can I grow in north Tx please let me know
Thx how tall do they get?
Wow I'm from San Diego trying to grow some avocado as well
Have a big old avocado tree inside on a southern exposure in NYC. It's never bloomed. Is the indoor thing just a no go?
PS my tree is about 20 years old.
Hey Kevin, about a year and a half ago I successfully germinated an avocado seed. Since then the sapling has grown to about a yard high. Recently, I repotted the sapling into a larger pot, then a couple of days afterwards, made the mistake of overwatering it. When I found it 12 hours after watering it was completely drooped. To try and fix this I moved the soil around and poked holes to try and airate it. Do you have any suggestions that I could do that would help my sapling recover?
it was more likely transplant shock than overwatering. Whenever I transplant mine no matter how carefully, they'll droop a little. just out of curiosity, did it recover?
@@SleepyLizard It did recover from that; however, the following summer I lost it to root rot
@@noahjaraczewski1695 😢
Question: my 17 year old haas has yellow spots, the trunk, branches have long areas of holes or depressions. My neighbor won’t trim his trees, huge palms fronds are imposing to the west. There was an abundant yield over the Spring. Now problems. I’m in Oceanside. Do I rake all fallen leaves away? Do I apply something to stop bark from further depressions? What to spray on yellow spotted leaves and what to fertilize with to stop problems. Thank you!
I've been growing an Avocado Tree from seed for about 4 years now, and recently all of the new leaves have been staying smaller and curling inwards. Do you know why it may be doing that?
It needs a bigger pot.
Can we see how you planted your Hass tree? I have one and havent planted it yet because i know they are delicate
How much time taken for flowering to avoda tree
Do avocado trees need extra calcium? I was thinking about throwing some gypsum pellets around the base of the tree and watering them in.
Thanks for the video. I would like to ask you some questions. The first: It seems that you are growing the Hass variety. Do you grow it alone? Or do you grow another variety with it? So that there is a feminine and a masculine? If so, what is the appropriate male variety to plant with the Hass variety? What is the appropriate number of trees of the male variety to plant for 10 trees of the female variety? If there is an optimal planting combination, please tell me it? Thank you very much.
Will it grow outside in the uk?
It will grow above 38degree centigrade? It suitable for hot temperature??
Where are you in San Diego,I have About Seven seedlings ,they just grow after I thrown seeds in the backyard.
I want to keep it in a pot? Is that possible for it to be a small tree?
yes
From end September to May there's a risk of frost in my location. Can I move my avocado tree indoor at the winter time? What is lowest temperature avocado can handle without any damage? I am sure frost will destroy it, how about not frost, but still low temperatures like 5-10 Celsius?
Can you grow them espalier ?
My favourite...thanks for this awesome tips.
super helpful
Please help ! what kinda plant do u get from Hass alvocado pits? I FINALLY got a pit to root in a jar of water method . Does this mean that I won't get Hass alvocado fruit from it? (Bought it at a local grocery store) will it be the green variety ? Or will it not produce fruit? How will I know ? (I know it may take years to finally harvest) tyyyy please help
I have an avocado tree, not sure how old but atleast 25 years old. It no longer grows avocados as of 2 years ago. Any advice??
Avocado 🥑 really drink a lot of water 💦
Can you keep avocado's small?, I don't have much room at my home, can you grow in a pot?
Nice videos on your channel thanks
Sir can u show us avocado plantation from seed