I think God has created this gentleman for a special purpose. I wish you long life my brother. Keep teaching the world especially for those who want to learn the basics in planting and producing fruits of all kinds. You doing a great job and also making a name for yourself.
Not only are you an awesome teacher, but your sense of humor is GREAT! The brain learns better when humor is involved. Thanks for being such a great guy! Krista
Great video... as usual. I'd like to add one more small addition to the fertilization tip, and that's soil cover. My friend planted two mango trees at the same time, he then added soil cover to just one of them, (leaves, mulch, cut grass...), and planted Nitrogen fixing plants next to it. Both trees were fertilized and watered the same. The result: the tree that had soil cover and natural Nitrogen fixation grew almost twice as fast, and looked visibly healthier than the other one. From my own experience in the garden, soil cover makes a big difference. Soil cover also saves water by reducing evaporation, and promotes healthy bacterial and fungal growth in the soil, which helps convert the nutrients in it into forms that are accessible to the plant, i.e.- improving the tree's nutrition. The avocado farmers in our area mulch after pruning the trees, so the pruned branches and leaves become soil cover, and later break down to become compost.
we leave all the organic material under our trees. That soil has been building up for decades. when I mow my rows I always aim the mower to throw towards the trees too.
2 things 1: i love your sense of humor 2: is it strange that you are the 1st one that's actually had the talk about the birds and the bees with me after 40 something years? Umm....asking for a friend, yeah...a friend
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🥑 Four steps to optimize avocado yield. 00:14 🌿 Importance of 6-6-6 blend fertilizer and tailored fertilization for tree maturity. 02:12 💧 Balancing watering with fertilizing and adjusting to humidity. 03:24 ☀️ Maximizing sunlight through tree uniformity and removing shade obstacles. 06:37 ✂️ Pruning techniques for balanced growth and fruit production. 08:26 🐝 Avocado pollination, its relation to fruit yield, and humor on reproduction. 09:36 🌼 Role of pruning in flower growth and bee-aided pollination. 11:02 🌳 Importance of Type A and Type B avocado trees and knowledgeable nurseries. 13:36 🐝 Techniques for enhancing pollination, including tree placement and shaking. 15:39 🥑 Overview of avocado tree varieties and fruit maturity stages. 17:41 🌱 Recap of avocado growth best practices and resources for avocado products.
OMG. You are so funny. I enjoyed your video. Aside from being funny it was a very educational video. I am in Puerto Rico where plants grow just by asking them to. I live out in the country and i love it. I planted an avocado tree and was wondering if I can somehow get it to produce faster without grafting it so I looked it up on TH-cam and that’s how I ended up on your channel. I must say, yours was the most educational and most entertaining. God bless and keep up the awesome work.
I'm in Puerto Rico z I just cut down a 25 foot tall avocado tree likely grown by seed that has never produced fruit. I bought a grafted one to replace it. It's behind the house and gets lots of shade until it reaches the 20 feet height were The sun is not blocked
I’m so pumped I keep finding little babies on my wurtz for the first time. I’m going try the shaking method as it’s still full of flowers. Great video! Also your grove looks great. You must have been working hard!
Thank you Courtney. I've tried to do some vids on my transition from a corporate VP to a farmer with some career tips and stuff but they didn't get much traction. 😢. 😁
@@SleepyLizard man a lil avocado tree found me yesterday. It is about 5’ tall. Brought it home. Im gonna demo the garage and plant it there. 🤣 Question, how can i tell what variety is it, i didn’t even ask, i should’ve i know. Anyhow how to ID It episode will be great. Thanks man, i really enjoy watching your video last night first for me. Have a great day.
@@abrahamu5544 Abraham, congratulations on the tree. My condolences on the garage. Here's a vid on how to ID your type of avocado: th-cam.com/video/gF5W4N2QWO4/w-d-xo.html
Love your garden humor. Thank you so much for your invaluable advice. Question: I have a Zutano, 2 yrs old, Fuerte 9 YO, The Fuerte has never given any fruit and barely flowers. The Zutano had a lot of flowers this year but no fruit. Can you please advise when, in Central Coast California, I am supposed to fertilize. I hear so many differing opinions. I have been fertilizing since February. This year the weather has been really weird, rain and now endless days of no sun and no bees! Also, please do a video, if you haven't already, showing the pruning process. Thanks so much.
Hi Alessandra, you have two very tasty varieties there. the Zutano can take a half pound of 6-6-6 fertilizer every 60 days until it gets fruit then switch to 8-3-9. The Fuerte can take 5lbs of 6-6-6 In September and 5lbs of 8-3-9 in April. I will do a vid on pruning.
I just have to make a statement of what works for me, my trees never get any type of commercial fertilizer, I only use the mulch that I get from oak trees that I let degrade until it becomes soil that I place around the trees, my trees also are so loaded with fruit every year that it almost looks like the limbs are going to break, the trees are also large and very healthy looking ! PS. Very nice enjoyable video, thank you for your time and knowledge 👍
Thank you Johannes. Our trees also received the benefit of decades of fallen limbs and leaves mulching in the Grove. It’s the ones in pots that I help out a little bit.
Jeez Tom, you wouldve been a GREAT science teacher! The Monroe and Simmonds tree i bought last year are both doing REALLY well thanks to your advice and help! Ill send you a photo update soon. From Phoenix, AZ
Tom, that’s a wonderful video! It is intense in your presentation but it is chock full of very good information for anyone who has one or more Avocado trees! Funny like hell but very educational. Enjoyed every bit of it!
Doug, I went back and watched some of my old vids from before our house fire and I realized I used to be more enthusiastic and expressive. I'm trying to recapture some of my pre-fire personality. 🤣
@@SleepyLizard And I definitely believe sincerely that you have recaptured any perceived loss of enthusiasm on your part, though I don’t think you have lost a single iota of zeal for your videos! Be that misplaced enthusiasm aside, this was, I really do believe, an enthusiastic, funny like hell, educational video for anyone who knows and loves the Avocado plant and fruit! PS: Even my straight faced wife, Joy, was smiling cheekily! So it had to be good!
I Loved this video, Great instruction Thank you❤ I'm in zone 7b. I started 2 trees from seed that were doing great until i transplanted them into a bigger pot. Their leaves dried up except 1 & they were closer together, but i moved them a bit apart in the L 19:05 arger pot. I read they should be topped out so they would branch out more so i cut them both. They are both a couple yrs old also. Do you think they will still live?
@@SleepyLizard Thanks a lot, we are hoping for a good production this year in the highlands of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. The trees are now 4 years old Hass and Fuerte. We have only applied manure from cow dung and relying on rain water. I have learnt a lot from your video as a first time farmer.
Your videos are quite enjoyable, however one thing I have not seen yet is a longer video on how you harvest all this fruit. I did see the one short video where you had a basket on a stick, and packing the fruit. Seeing those tall trees it strikes me as quite an ordeal to harvest. Maybe later this summer when you do harvest you could do this. Thanks.
Hey..thanks for all the coaching..great stuff...i have a question that might not be directly related to avocados but fruits and transport in general.. In the past yrs the fruitfarmers put pectine on the citrus and other fruits...it kills the pores..you cann use the peel no more..and during transit they cook inside instead of freezing what they probably trying to avoid during the trip. Is this true is it to keep them ok?! I noticed that i often buy fruits that seem to be ok but the moment i put them on my fruit bowl in the kitchen to rest till consuming them, they fall apart overnight..often they colour the fruits..pick them all way too easy..like mangos, pineapples, bananas and papayas or citrus too...i think they kill the fruit the moment they do that..putting it in a pectine or parafine bath even..i don't know what it is.. Be excuse it doesn't rise of and the quality is not good anymore..they do are way too expensive to m as me as uch uneatable fruits..but it all countries all farms seem to do this procedure..can you tell something about this whole process..pro's and cons and why you don't cover them up your avocados in mean. If you buy those super expensive citronella from Italy,they come in normal packages too..not covered with shit..i think it's stupidity what they are doing..
Simone, I don't know anything about citrus but I know especially with imported fruit there's a lot of tricks to slow and then speed ripening which has a detrimental effect on the taste.
Love this video! You know your avocado trees. I can easily start a tree from the seeds, but by the time they are 3yrs old, they die ....what in the heck am I doing wrong?
No I haven't. I have to bring them inside in winter, I live in east Tn. It gets cold in winter, maybe that is the problem. Thanks for the reply.@@SleepyLizard
Hello- If you only have room in your backyard for one tree, could you graft a scion(s) from complementary avocado tree type to improve fertilization? Do you have a video showing such grafting? How about how/ when to prune your trees(winter? Fall?). Thanks!
As grafting is a personal hobby of mine, I have taken to grafting complimentary flowering types on the same tree. One tree, just as an example, the main tree is Hass (A flowering) but I grafted a Bacon (B flowering) in two different places on that tree and recently grafted Hopkins, another A flowering avo (a locally discovered tree). What is interesting is that the Hopkins graft is now fruiting, as well as the other grafts, yet the mother tree I took the scion from (now in its third year of growth) has never fruited. It is on another section of the property, some distance from the intergrafted tree. I'm guessing that this is a direct result of pollination??😕 Even a graft that I had done at the end of last year (B flowering) also has fruitlets, size of a large grape now. I'm guessing that it might lose them in time although the branch itself looks quite robust, so maybe not. Anyway, thank you for the awesome videos. It is very inspiring!
Hi. Interesting video. The tip of the avocado tree leaves are brown, but new leaves are green. What should I do? It is 3 years old, when to expect fruits. I am in Egypt and spring is starting
Thank you so much dear sir. You have been giving very important information about avocado. I have five avocado trees but I didn’t know these things that you’ve mentioned. Could you help me recognize type A or type B avocado trees?
Thank you for your advise. I have a Haas tree that produces very small fruit. I understande the principle of grafting, but want to graft to produce larger fruit, maybe a Simmons Variety. I dont kniow existing "A" and "B" of the Haas yet. How do I get the right Scion, bud wood tree when I dont know the existing rootstock? I'm ready to purchase soon cool;er weather started today.
Should fertilizer be applied when the tree is blossoming or hold off on doing so? Does the tree still need to be watered every 3 days when it is bearing young fruits?
Hi Dianne, For trees under 4 years just continue with fertilizer every 60 days no matter what. For mature you can wait till the first little fruit appear. And yes they need that water once they start to bear fruit. You can go a little longer between waterings in Jan and Feb but after that they need every 3rd or 4th day
I'm trying to grow Avocado trees from the seed in Bangkok I have noticed that the tree reaches a foot or so then it stops growing and the leaves start Turing brown what should i do to improve there growth my trees are being growled in pots, Thank you for all the awesome videos,
@@kennethmcgown7853 ok, I think we discovered your problem. you need a much bigger pot. keep in mind, half the tree is below the surface in the root system. it needs a lot of room to expand and grow
Liv, at some point they'll need to go in soil. I use cheap potting soil and a little 6-6-6 fertilizer. Keep them in the water as long as you want but when it starts to droop move to a pot.
Question I have an avocado tree that 2 main branches grew up from the pit, can I split that to make 2 trees? Or will that kill both? I need to prune the top why I’m watching video to learn how but here’s a picture if I can figure out how.
Another tip if you don't have much space is plant an A type and a B type in the same hole. Neither the tree branches nor the roots will interfere with each other. Keep them trimmed and open and you'll have great pollination. Another tip for those who don't see much bee activity around their trees is to spray the flowers with a diluted honey spray. One Table Spoon of honey in a quart sprayer of warm water. Do this and the bees will come running. I have great luck with these tips in my backyard here in southern California.
How do type a or type b know what day it is? Even or odds? And if the same flower opens male then female wouldn’t the pollen be stuck right there from day before especially if it isn’t windy?
As to how they know when to open and on what day much of that remains a mystery. To your second point about pollen from the day before yes that happens and self pollination occurs.
@@SleepyLizard Thanks, currently i am in Sydney Australia, loving Aussie Avocados, although manifests to grow my Avocado Farm someday in India, please pray for me.
Di you ever white wash the bark to protected them from the sun we in the Caribbean do do care about white wash or pruning trees are tapp an out of shape pack nutrients etc
I use home made fertilizers. Coffee grounds and epson salt for Nitrogen, banana peels for phosphorus and powdered avocado pits for potassium. Blending everything together in a blender, makes the perfect fertilizer for avocados, I suppose. Since I eat 2 avocados every day, I don't have have a shortage of it
@@SleepyLizard I eat them with my daily salad in the dressing that I make with ACV, a tsp honey, 1 or 2 avocados (depending on size), salt, turmeric, and pepper and also just like they are by spooning them out with a bit salt and pepper. I now have another question. I drove around to find a pollinator tree for my Choquette and found a Nishikawa and 2 Joey at Lowes. Nishikawa didn't look good, And one Joey was also in bad shape. Now I searched the internet and found different answers as to when the Joey's fruit is ready. Some say late fall to winter, some say summer. I don't want another one late fall winter as the Choquette is a late one also. I want one that has fruits at a different time. Do you know about Joey and when their fruits are ready?
@@SleepyLizard I just love avocados, could eat them all day. I spend around $600 a year in avocados. Well worth for me to have a couple trees of my own.
@@SleepyLizard I think like you said a late season and an early season would be best to cover the longest time of having fruits. It's so difficult to find reliable info on the internet about the seasonal fruit production of each variety. Which B type is early season? If I know exactly what variety to look for, I can just call different nurseries and ask if they have them.
Is it ok to water from the bottom of a pot... Every time the saucer looks dry I put a couple inches of water in. Sometimes that is every day. Sometimes it every couple of days. If I leave the saucer dry for more than a day it starts to wilt.
I don't know. I never tried that. I like to keep all the soil damp so I imagine it would stay dry up top if only fill the saucer. try it and see how it goes.
I got 3 12yr old hass trees that are in 20 gallon buckets and 4 new seedlings and live in Montana. As a kid my parents raised me on a grove in Fallbrook, CA but my question is can I graft from new seedlings to seedlings aka new shoot to new shoots?
Thanks for your comment. Is it physically possible to graft a seedling onto a seedling? yes. That said there's no value grafting seedling to seedling. you still end up with a seedling. We graft from mature know varieties to clone them. if you clone a seedling it's the same as letting the seedling grow on it's own from seed. Does that make sense?
It does kinda figured. But growing Montana is not easy. I do see flowers this morning on one of my trees. The big ones are 8ft tall. Next question we used to grow a reed variety that I liked did that variety die out or change?
@@marcrowe4364 Reed is still going strong. I'm guessing your trees are indoors in Montana which means they may not have experienced the chill they need to trigger flowering. Next year in December maybe open a window or something to get the temp to dip to the low 40s for a few hours two nights in a row.
Yes in winter but outdoors in summer as I am expecting a high of 28 tomorrow and 6 inches of snow. But they are budding. As a kid I remember seeing the pollen coming off the buds in breezes on our grove. We sold commercially
Even if I have both a type a and type b tree, do I need to worry about them flowering at the same time of year? If an A type flowers in January and B type in May, then that doesn't help me, right?
I dont know if its the same all round the globe but here they all flower for 6-8 weeks in January and Feb so the flowering times overlap. If you have trees who's flowering time don't overlap then they won't be able to pollinate each other.
Two questions Tom, which is your favorite variety and number two what kind of soil do you have? I live in Corpus Christi Texas and have clay soil. zone 9.
Hi Bill, my favorite variety is the Lula. Tastes delicious. We don’t grow in soil we grow on solid limestone rock. Over the decades the groves have developed an inch or so of soil from the organic material that falls from The trees
Avocado is a great fruit. It has the amino acids needed to build proteins. It is almost as nutritious as meat. It is a pity that it does not grow for me. Not this climate. Take Care and God Bless! 😊👍💪
I wish to one day be as excited about something as this man is about his avocado trees
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@@SleepyLizard:
YES, that honey bee is *"MALE"* - because it'll naturally go back to it's hive & mate with it's *"queen"* 💯% . . . ☝🏽 ✅️ 👌🏽 👍🏽
I mean it doesn't get much better than avocado
start growing anything and you will be---
I think God has created this gentleman for a special purpose. I wish you long life my brother. Keep teaching the world especially for those who want to learn the basics in planting and producing fruits of all kinds. You doing a great job and also making a name for yourself.
Thank you
A good a pressantation
Not only are you an awesome teacher, but your sense of humor is GREAT! The brain learns better when humor is involved. Thanks for being such a great guy!
Krista
aw shucks! thanks Krista
I agree with you.
Even if I didn't like fruit gardening, I'd still watch this guy's videos. Thanks for making me laugh, brother.
Thank you vt c. I appreciate the encouragement.
I started laughing so hard in tears when you said remove your house for the avocado tree could have sun😂😂😂😂
I hope nobody listens to me.
@@SleepyLizard I like the way you explain sex!!! Plants have fun too! Hahaha 😂🤣
@@SilvinaLisboa 😈
That was good
@@SleepyLizard Thanks for nothing! The contractor had almost finished the demolition and back over the tree!😩
Passion about avocado trees is wonderful to see.
yes
Great video... as usual.
I'd like to add one more small addition to the fertilization tip, and that's soil cover.
My friend planted two mango trees at the same time, he then added soil cover to just one of them, (leaves, mulch, cut grass...), and planted Nitrogen fixing plants next to it.
Both trees were fertilized and watered the same.
The result: the tree that had soil cover and natural Nitrogen fixation grew almost twice as fast, and looked visibly healthier than the other one.
From my own experience in the garden, soil cover makes a big difference.
Soil cover also saves water by reducing evaporation, and promotes healthy bacterial and fungal growth in the soil, which helps convert the nutrients in it into forms that are accessible to the plant, i.e.- improving the tree's nutrition.
The avocado farmers in our area mulch after pruning the trees, so the pruned branches and leaves become soil cover, and later break down to become compost.
we leave all the organic material under our trees. That soil has been building up for decades. when I mow my rows I always aim the mower to throw towards the trees too.
I've been heavily mulching with arborist wood chips for 12 years, stopped commercial fertilizers 10 years ago. Much happiness in the garden
Why are you using the term "soil cover" and not the popular term these days of "mulch"?
Thank you
2 things
1: i love your sense of humor
2: is it strange that you are the 1st one that's actually had the talk about the birds and the bees with me after 40 something years? Umm....asking for a friend, yeah...a friend
hahahaha. I feel like my jokes are only detectable by a fraction of people 🤣
That bit about the photon was amazing!
it's incredible when you think about it isn't it?
Your energy and the way you explain things reminds me of my father. He is one of the wisest people I know. Thanks for sharing.
thank you Mussad, I take that as a major compliment.
Probably the best explanation of avocado care I’ve seen. Especially appreciate tip 4 on reproduction! We’ll done.
Thank you I appreciate your comment
wow you are such a blessing realy i have learned a lot today stayblessed
thank you for the encouraging comments
Love your enthusiasm, as well as your explanation. Thank you so much! I will rewatch, take notes, and apply as much as possible! 😅
I appreciate your thoroughness
Wow, I finally met an avocado expert! There is so much to learn. It was an eye-opener for me, thank you very much 🙏‼️
welcome to the channel
Loved the video. Full of great tips and full of enthusiasm. Such pleasure watching Sleepy Lizard videos. Thanks photon times. 👍❤️
Thank you Eddy, reading positive comments like yours is a great way to end my day.
To every video i watch i.m learning something new.
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Me 2
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🥑 Four steps to optimize avocado yield.
00:14 🌿 Importance of 6-6-6 blend fertilizer and tailored fertilization for tree maturity.
02:12 💧 Balancing watering with fertilizing and adjusting to humidity.
03:24 ☀️ Maximizing sunlight through tree uniformity and removing shade obstacles.
06:37 ✂️ Pruning techniques for balanced growth and fruit production.
08:26 🐝 Avocado pollination, its relation to fruit yield, and humor on reproduction.
09:36 🌼 Role of pruning in flower growth and bee-aided pollination.
11:02 🌳 Importance of Type A and Type B avocado trees and knowledgeable nurseries.
13:36 🐝 Techniques for enhancing pollination, including tree placement and shaking.
15:39 🥑 Overview of avocado tree varieties and fruit maturity stages.
17:41 🌱 Recap of avocado growth best practices and resources for avocado products.
wow, that was thorough
thanks!@@SleepyLizardreally found it helpful for our tree and thought it might help others
OMG. You are so funny. I enjoyed your video. Aside from being funny it was a very educational video. I am in Puerto Rico where plants grow just by asking them to. I live out in the country and i love it. I planted an avocado tree and was wondering if I can somehow get it to produce faster without grafting it so I looked it up on TH-cam and that’s how I ended up on your channel. I must say, yours was the most educational and most entertaining. God bless and keep up the awesome work.
Thank you jose Luis
I'm in Puerto Rico z I just cut down a 25 foot tall avocado tree likely grown by seed that has never produced fruit. I bought a grafted one to replace it. It's behind the house and gets lots of shade until it reaches the 20 feet height were The sun is not blocked
I’m so pumped I keep finding little babies on my wurtz for the first time. I’m going try the shaking method as it’s still full of flowers. Great video! Also your grove looks great. You must have been working hard!
thanks big Mack, yes it's been a very difficult year....lot's of hard work recovering. I'm very glad to hear about your wurtz.
Absolutely fascinating! I've learned so much about avo trees today. Thank you!
thank you
Did you just give a whole new meaning to putting shade on us 😂💖
I wish you did videos about stuff besides avocados because you are THOROUGHLY entertaining as well as informative!!
Thank you Courtney. I've tried to do some vids on my transition from a corporate VP to a farmer with some career tips and stuff but they didn't get much traction. 😢. 😁
@SleepyLizard Awww, well you've got the gardening niche DOWN! 🔥
Lmao😂😂😂
Your videos never seizes to make my day brother ❤❤❤
thanks for the compliment
"now that you have demolished your house to get the sun rays into the tree let's get into step 2" 😂😂
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@@SleepyLizard man a lil avocado tree found me yesterday. It is about 5’ tall. Brought it home. Im gonna demo the garage and plant it there. 🤣
Question, how can i tell what variety is it, i didn’t even ask, i should’ve i know. Anyhow how to ID It episode will be great. Thanks man, i really enjoy watching your video last night first for me. Have a great day.
@@abrahamu5544 Abraham, congratulations on the tree. My condolences on the garage.
Here's a vid on how to ID your type of avocado: th-cam.com/video/gF5W4N2QWO4/w-d-xo.html
Awesome video Tom. Thanks for your time, effort and passion.
Thank you Jed. I appreciate the encouragement.
Always good to get info from someone with so much experience. Thanks for another informative video.
you're welcome Chicken Tender
How to keep my Avocado tree healthy if I don't apply any kinds of fertiliser, cause its very expensive
That was SOOO good!!! 🥑
thx
With so many avocado and other fruit trees, you and Julian should have your own beehives.
we get enough bees naturally in this part of the world
Love the video ❤ i just don't understand why they only sell one variety in most grocery stores . Video was very helpful! Thank you for all your tips.
nobody really tries to market the other varieties
Love your garden humor. Thank you so much for your invaluable advice. Question: I have a Zutano, 2 yrs old, Fuerte 9 YO, The Fuerte has never given any fruit and barely flowers. The Zutano had a lot of flowers this year but no fruit. Can you please advise when, in Central Coast California, I am supposed to fertilize. I hear so many differing opinions. I have been fertilizing since February. This year the weather has been really weird, rain and now endless days of no sun and no bees! Also, please do a video, if you haven't already, showing the pruning process. Thanks so much.
Hi Alessandra, you have two very tasty varieties there. the Zutano can take a half pound of 6-6-6 fertilizer every 60 days until it gets fruit then switch to 8-3-9. The Fuerte can take 5lbs of 6-6-6 In September and 5lbs of 8-3-9 in April.
I will do a vid on pruning.
@@SleepyLizard Thanks so much.
Great video entertaining and made me laugh as I learned something new! Thank you
thank you for the compliment.
Wow great video, love the orchids in the background, can’t wait for those delicious avacados!
thanks dad
Love love the excited knowledge.
thanks for the comment.
Never knew that Avacado trees could be a stimulating topic…good job.
Thank you Jeffery
I just have to make a statement of what works for me, my trees never get any type of commercial fertilizer, I only use the mulch that I get from oak trees that I let degrade until it becomes soil that I place around the trees, my trees also are so loaded with fruit every year that it almost looks like the limbs are going to break, the trees are also large and very healthy looking !
PS. Very nice enjoyable video, thank you for your time and knowledge 👍
Thank you Johannes. Our trees also received the benefit of decades of fallen limbs and leaves mulching in the Grove. It’s the ones in pots that I help out a little bit.
Very informative. I learn a lot from your clip. Thank you so much for sharing.
glad it helped you out.
Wow, Amazing video Tom. I watched this 2x and will keep it handy for I’m just venturing into Avocados. Thank you so much.
David, stay close to the channel and let us know how you progress.
Thanks about the information about the fertilizer
You are welcome
Great video! How do I know if my avocado tree is an A or B?
this should answer your question: th-cam.com/video/qWf8qq6ePhs/w-d-xo.html
Thanks I learned so much in this one video.
you are welcome
Jeez Tom, you wouldve been a GREAT science teacher! The Monroe and Simmonds tree i bought last year are both doing REALLY well thanks to your advice and help! Ill send you a photo update soon. From Phoenix, AZ
Gabriel, thank you for the compliment and I'm glad the trees are doing good!
That was a great presentation, thanks for sharing (Houston, Texas)
thank you Milton
Absolutely loved your video! Thanks for the great information
You are welcome
Who is the guy? All I know is this video had me rolling on the floor in laughter 😂 😅. Thank you for this lesson. I needed this today. 😊
😁
Very informative and very well and excitingly presented.
thank you Chin
VERY useful info here for a novice home grower like myself.
Glad to help Bo
Tom, that’s a wonderful video! It is intense in your presentation but it is chock full of very good information for anyone who has one or more Avocado trees! Funny like hell but very educational. Enjoyed every bit of it!
Doug, I went back and watched some of my old vids from before our house fire and I realized I used to be more enthusiastic and expressive. I'm trying to recapture some of my pre-fire personality. 🤣
@@SleepyLizard And I definitely believe sincerely that you have recaptured any perceived loss of enthusiasm on your part, though I don’t think you have lost a single iota of zeal for your videos! Be that misplaced enthusiasm aside, this was, I really do believe, an enthusiastic, funny like hell, educational video for anyone who knows and loves the Avocado plant and fruit! PS: Even my straight faced wife, Joy, was smiling cheekily! So it had to be good!
@@dmatcardoug2986 hahahah. that's funny
@@SleepyLizard ,,,, but true!
I Loved this video, Great instruction Thank you❤
I'm in zone 7b.
I started 2 trees from seed that were doing great until i transplanted them into a bigger pot. Their leaves dried up except 1 & they were closer together, but i moved them a bit apart in the L 19:05 arger pot. I read they should be topped out so they would branch out more so i cut them both. They are both a couple yrs old also. Do you think they will still live?
if you've got more than one per pot they'll be too crowded.
Very good videoio and educative thanks dad for your information.
you're welcome Queen
Thanks. very well and simply explained. What prevents flower abortion in Hass and fuerte varieties?
of the hundreds of thousands of flowers per tree only 100-200 will remain, the rest fall. so I'm not sure what makes the survivors survive
@@SleepyLizard Thanks a lot, we are hoping for a good production this year in the highlands of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. The trees are now 4 years old Hass and Fuerte. We have only applied manure from cow dung and relying on rain water. I have learnt a lot from your video as a first time farmer.
Thanks for your useful informations as usual
you got it Organic!
Tell me which variety flowers in October in avocado u have a teee grafted now started to flowers bro
I'm guessing you are in the Southern Hemisphere. Avocados are flowering down there now. it's spring.
Awesome information 🤩 this is my first season with my sir prize avocado tree. Thanks for sharing!
thanks GMama! I saw your vid on the herb garden. Now I wanna start one.
@SleepyLizard herbs are Awesome anyway you can grow them 🌿 Happy Gardening Comrade!
Awesome information Tom 😀✌️👍
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Thank you for all the tips Tom 🙏❤️
you're welcome
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Thank you for your show I really enjoy it
Thank you Mint Tea. I'll be brewing mint tea later today 🌱
Your videos are quite enjoyable, however one thing I have not seen yet is a longer video on how you harvest all this fruit. I did see the one short video where you had a basket on a stick, and packing the fruit. Seeing those tall trees it strikes me as quite an ordeal to harvest. Maybe later this summer when you do harvest you could do this. Thanks.
thank you Ralph.
Great video and your video was entertaining, thank you so much, I learned a lot from you 😊
Thank you
oh right am sorry am talking about avocados😂...good job.very educative video
thanks Peters
Hey..thanks for all the coaching..great stuff...i have a question that might not be directly related to avocados but fruits and transport in general..
In the past yrs the fruitfarmers put pectine on the citrus and other fruits...it kills the pores..you cann use the peel no more..and during transit they cook inside instead of freezing what they probably trying to avoid during the trip. Is this true is it to keep them ok?! I noticed that i often buy fruits that seem to be ok but the moment i put them on my fruit bowl in the kitchen to rest till consuming them, they fall apart overnight..often they colour the fruits..pick them all way too easy..like mangos, pineapples, bananas and papayas or citrus too...i think they kill the fruit the moment they do that..putting it in a pectine or parafine bath even..i don't know what it is.. Be excuse it doesn't rise of and the quality is not good anymore..they do are way too expensive to m as me as uch uneatable fruits..but it all countries all farms seem to do this procedure..can you tell something about this whole process..pro's and cons and why you don't cover them up your avocados in mean. If you buy those super expensive citronella from Italy,they come in normal packages too..not covered with shit..i think it's stupidity what they are doing..
Simone, I don't know anything about citrus but I know especially with imported fruit there's a lot of tricks to slow and then speed ripening which has a detrimental effect on the taste.
Finally, someone who KNOWS what' he's talking about
Thank you Caveman.
I love your videos. I live very close to the ocean,Will my avocado tree grow?
Avocados grow in USDA hardiness zone 8a and up. you can google the hardiness zone for your zip code
Love this video! You know your avocado trees. I can easily start a tree from the seeds, but by the time they are 3yrs old, they die ....what in the heck am I doing wrong?
Do you ever transplant to bigger pot?
No I haven't. I have to bring them inside in winter, I live in east Tn. It gets cold in winter, maybe that is the problem. Thanks for the reply.@@SleepyLizard
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If you only have room in your backyard for one tree, could you graft a scion(s) from complementary avocado tree type to improve fertilization? Do you have a video showing such grafting? How about how/ when to prune your trees(winter? Fall?). Thanks!
yes you could do that. in fact you can combine early/late with a/b. That way. you get fruit for a longer period and you maximize pollination.
As grafting is a personal hobby of mine, I have taken to grafting complimentary flowering types on the same tree. One tree, just as an example, the main tree is Hass (A flowering) but I grafted a Bacon (B flowering) in two different places on that tree and recently grafted Hopkins, another A flowering avo (a locally discovered tree).
What is interesting is that the Hopkins graft is now fruiting, as well as the other grafts, yet the mother tree I took the scion from (now in its third year of growth) has never fruited. It is on another section of the property, some distance from the intergrafted tree. I'm guessing that this is a direct result of pollination??😕 Even a graft that I had done at the end of last year (B flowering) also has fruitlets, size of a large grape now. I'm guessing that it might lose them in time although the branch itself looks quite robust, so maybe not.
Anyway, thank you for the awesome videos. It is very inspiring!
interesting that the graft flowers but the donor tree doesn't.
actually I had seen it flower once and had tiny fruitlets but they never did set. not yet anyway@@SleepyLizard
Always love your videos!
thank you Greg!
Hi. Interesting video.
The tip of the avocado tree leaves are brown, but new leaves are green. What should I do?
It is 3 years old, when to expect fruits. I am in Egypt and spring is starting
I wouldn't worry about it, keep caring for it and in 5-7 years you should start seeing fruit.
Thank you so much dear sir. You have been giving very important information about avocado. I have five avocado trees but I didn’t know these things that you’ve mentioned. Could you help me recognize type A or type B avocado trees?
yes I can. This vid will show you how to do it: th-cam.com/video/X8eQeA88nVo/w-d-xo.html
do you apply any product to the open cuts right after pruning to avoid insects get inside?
no. when I trim my oak trees I apply sealant but I've got way too many fruit trees, it would take me all year.
Thankfully appreciated also you know your astronomy well millions of people don’t know what a proton means
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Nice and simple video
thanks Rockers
Thank you for your advise. I have a Haas tree that produces very small fruit. I understande the principle of grafting, but want to graft to produce larger fruit, maybe a Simmons Variety. I dont kniow existing "A" and "B" of the Haas yet. How do I get the right Scion, bud wood tree when I dont know the existing rootstock? I'm ready to purchase soon cool;er weather started today.
Hass is an A. So is Simmons. It might be better to pair a B with a Hass to get better productivity.
Do the early and late season varieties flower at the same time to cross pollinate each other?
yes, they overlap and pollinate each other
How do you make the trunks spread out like that? Do you top off the main branch when it starts growing?
Yep, in fact, my latest longform video tells exactly how to do it
Should fertilizer be applied when the tree is blossoming or hold off on doing so? Does the tree still need to be watered every 3 days when it is bearing young fruits?
Hi Dianne,
For trees under 4 years just continue with fertilizer every 60 days no matter what. For mature you can wait till the first little fruit appear. And yes they need that water once they start to bear fruit. You can go a little longer between waterings in Jan and Feb but after that they need every 3rd or 4th day
@@SleepyLizard Thank you so much for responding.
I'm trying to grow Avocado trees from the seed in Bangkok I have noticed that the tree reaches a foot or so then it stops growing and the leaves start Turing brown what should i do to improve there growth my trees are being growled in pots,
Thank you for all the awesome videos,
Kenneth, how big are the pots?
@@SleepyLizard I have repotted it to one foot across and the tree is growing in about six inches of potting soil.
@@kennethmcgown7853 ok, I think we discovered your problem. you need a much bigger pot. keep in mind, half the tree is below the surface in the root system. it needs a lot of room to expand and grow
Thank you I will give that a shot is this also why the leaves turn brown,@@SleepyLizard
Excellent explanation 👍👍👍
thank you Abdul!
Will a tree grown from a cutting, produce fruit fast like a grafted tree?
it takes longer
Is there a specific time of year that you recommend pruning? Do you do it once a year or more often?
for seedlings just before they start to get out of control. for mature trees immediately after you harvest all the fruit.
How do you take care for seedlings, they always die when I put them in soil. So they are doing well in just water. What do you think? Thanks 🥑
Liv, at some point they'll need to go in soil. I use cheap potting soil and a little 6-6-6 fertilizer. Keep them in the water as long as you want but when it starts to droop move to a pot.
Question I have an avocado tree that 2 main branches grew up from the pit, can I split that to make 2 trees? Or will that kill both? I need to prune the top why I’m watching video to learn how but here’s a picture if I can figure out how.
It won’t let me but can you tell me if I can split or just cutoff so other branch can grow stronger. Both trunks are equal and thick
yes, that's what you do, prune away the smaller of the two stems and let the other grow strong.
Another tip if you don't have much space is plant an A type and a B type in the same hole. Neither the tree branches nor the roots will interfere with each other. Keep them trimmed and open and you'll have great pollination. Another tip for those who don't see much bee activity around their trees is to spray the flowers with a diluted honey spray. One Table Spoon of honey in a quart sprayer of warm water. Do this and the bees will come running.
I have great luck with these tips in my backyard here in southern California.
Thank you Gary
@@SleepyLizard can't you just graft tree A to tree B or B to A?
@@godzuki2099 you can do that yes.
Well explained. Thank you.
you are welcome
How do type a or type b know what day it is? Even or odds? And if the same flower opens male then female wouldn’t the pollen be stuck right there from day before especially if it isn’t windy?
As to how they know when to open and on what day much of that remains a mystery.
To your second point about pollen from the day before yes that happens and self pollination occurs.
Hey Mate, gorgeous farm, how big is your Avocado Farm ?
Hi Sagar. We are 5 acres. Where are you located?
@@SleepyLizard Thanks, currently i am in Sydney Australia, loving Aussie Avocados, although manifests to grow my Avocado Farm someday in India, please pray for me.
Can you graft a type A branch onto a type B tree so it will have both type a and b flowers at the same time?
yes, or you can graft and A and a B to the same tree
Di you ever white wash the bark to protected them from the sun we in the Caribbean do do care about white wash or pruning trees are tapp an out of shape pack nutrients etc
We don’t do that.
Quote: "I don't even want to know what's going on here when my back is turned".haha 😅
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Very informative video
thank you
I use home made fertilizers. Coffee grounds and epson salt for Nitrogen, banana peels for phosphorus and powdered avocado pits for potassium. Blending everything together in a blender, makes the perfect fertilizer for avocados, I suppose. Since I eat 2 avocados every day, I don't have have a shortage of it
Gabriele, thanks for your recipe. do you have a favorite recipe for eating avocados?
@@SleepyLizard I eat them with my daily salad in the dressing that I make with ACV, a tsp honey, 1 or 2 avocados (depending on size), salt, turmeric, and pepper and also just like they are by spooning them out with a bit salt and pepper. I now have another question. I drove around to find a pollinator tree for my Choquette and found a Nishikawa and 2 Joey at Lowes. Nishikawa didn't look good, And one Joey was also in bad shape. Now I searched the internet and found different answers as to when the Joey's fruit is ready. Some say late fall to winter, some say summer. I don't want another one late fall winter as the Choquette is a late one also. I want one that has fruits at a different time. Do you know about Joey and when their fruits are ready?
@@SleepyLizard I just love avocados, could eat them all day. I spend around $600 a year in avocados. Well worth for me to have a couple trees of my own.
@@SleepyLizard I think like you said a late season and an early season would be best to cover the longest time of having fruits. It's so difficult to find reliable info on the internet about the seasonal fruit production of each variety. Which B type is early season? If I know exactly what variety to look for, I can just call different nurseries and ask if they have them.
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Another excellent video! Thanks!
Thank you
Is it ok to water from the bottom of a pot... Every time the saucer looks dry I put a couple inches of water in. Sometimes that is every day. Sometimes it every couple of days. If I leave the saucer dry for more than a day it starts to wilt.
I don't know. I never tried that. I like to keep all the soil damp so I imagine it would stay dry up top if only fill the saucer. try it and see how it goes.
I got 3 12yr old hass trees that are in 20 gallon buckets and 4 new seedlings and live in Montana. As a kid my parents raised me on a grove in Fallbrook, CA but my question is can I graft from new seedlings to seedlings aka new shoot to new shoots?
Thanks for your comment. Is it physically possible to graft a seedling onto a seedling? yes. That said there's no value grafting seedling to seedling. you still end up with a seedling. We graft from mature know varieties to clone them. if you clone a seedling it's the same as letting the seedling grow on it's own from seed. Does that make sense?
It does kinda figured. But growing Montana is not easy. I do see flowers this morning on one of my trees. The big ones are 8ft tall. Next question we used to grow a reed variety that I liked did that variety die out or change?
@@marcrowe4364 Reed is still going strong. I'm guessing your trees are indoors in Montana which means they may not have experienced the chill they need to trigger flowering. Next year in December maybe open a window or something to get the temp to dip to the low 40s for a few hours two nights in a row.
Yes in winter but outdoors in summer as I am expecting a high of 28 tomorrow and 6 inches of snow. But they are budding. As a kid I remember seeing the pollen coming off the buds in breezes on our grove. We sold commercially
Don't how many people know this but Fallbrook CA. Used to avocado capital of the world 40yrs ago
Even if I have both a type a and type b tree, do I need to worry about them flowering at the same time of year? If an A type flowers in January and B type in May, then that doesn't help me, right?
I dont know if its the same all round the globe but here they all flower for 6-8 weeks in January and Feb so the flowering times overlap. If you have trees who's flowering time don't overlap then they won't be able to pollinate each other.
Two questions Tom, which is your favorite variety and number two what kind of soil do you have? I live in Corpus Christi Texas and have clay soil. zone 9.
Hi Bill, my favorite variety is the Lula. Tastes delicious. We don’t grow in soil we grow on solid limestone rock. Over the decades the groves have developed an inch or so of soil from the organic material that falls from
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What time is best for pruning the tree which is in the ground
as soon as you pick the last piece of fruit
My tree has not started fruit.its at least 3 or 4 years old
WOW- I'm gonna go out and feed my baby Holiday avocado...and kiss a leaf too. Thank-you.
I bet the tree appreciated
Avocado is a great fruit. It has the amino acids needed to build proteins. It is almost as nutritious as meat. It is a pity that it does not grow for me. Not this climate. Take Care and God Bless!
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Thanks Ra
Can I prune my avocado even if is flowering ??
yes if you are willing to sacrifice the fruit you woulda got
Will 10-10-10 do the same if you don't put it on as heavy?
yes