The Fascinating Behavior of Avocado Flowers: Synchronous Dichogamy

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  • @liamsnell5549
    @liamsnell5549 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Tom, I just wanted to say that this video might be one of my favorites. Your thoroughness and enthusiasm are so engaging, and it's so refreshing to watch a video that covers all angles. Ironically the very thing that created synchronous dichogamy in avocados and helped them survive "the deadly game of evolution", was evolution itself!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Liam thank you for your thoughtful comment and yes, I love thinking about evolution as a philosophical exercise.

  • @dmatcardoug2986
    @dmatcardoug2986 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Tom: You are the most incredible "Story Teller" i have encountered. You make talking about a mundane subject such as Avocado reproduction the most captivating lesson ever! Masterful presentation! I am definitely jealous! Hope to see you soon!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Doug, I was thinking about you today. I must have missed one of the sections of sugarcane you gave me and I found it dry on my kitchen counter under a pile of other stuff. Can't wait to see you guys again.

  • @rawa5457
    @rawa5457 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hello good spirit from the avocado plantation. 🙃👍👍👍

  • @vtc8570
    @vtc8570 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The farthest thing from my mind when I woke up today was that I would be watching avocado porn on TH-cam at the office. Thank you for yet another insightful, engaging lesson. Keep posting, brother!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      funny. but yeah them flowers were getting busy out there 🤣

  • @jonlee2186
    @jonlee2186 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you were my biology instructor, I probably would have paid attention. THANKS for sharing knowledge.

  • @wolfpupp
    @wolfpupp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My mom's avocado tree can't hold it's baby avocados, and I was told it could be due to improper pollination. Your video was not only very informative, but very engaging. Thank you for the great content!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      thank you wolfpupp

  • @Captainsean-007
    @Captainsean-007 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tom, I couldn't stop watching!! So informative, concise and engaging!! Thank you so much for all the effort you put in for your viewers!!!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed

  • @roopmatieramkissoon1076
    @roopmatieramkissoon1076 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't thank you enough, all the blessings in the world to you

  • @Lola-nj5tc
    @Lola-nj5tc 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Good job! You’re not sleepy at all… you’re wide awake. Now I know why my avocado tree laden with blossoms in my greenhouse didn’t hold one!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      you gotta let the honey bees get at them yep

  • @tonypatzhox4466
    @tonypatzhox4466 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hmmm, that's why when I open my < flower> my girlfriend same time close her < flower>🤣🤣

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      you must be the same type 😝

    • @edwinungerer7989
      @edwinungerer7989 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      lmfao

  • @tesswagner895
    @tesswagner895 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Too funny!!! My nephew and I were just discussing this very topic yesterday. Good to know. Thanks Tom💞

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      that's really cool. great timing

  • @mototechsam3051
    @mototechsam3051 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you sir for all the information

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you are welcome

  • @rnr1728
    @rnr1728 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tom ,
    thanks for the great video. It would be great to do a similar video on mango flowers and pollination. I think we would all appreciate that information. Thanks again

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      here you go!! th-cam.com/video/fxbXmpOzJ1k/w-d-xo.html

  • @Darkshizumaru
    @Darkshizumaru ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Always informative. I've been hoping to get a better idea of what these different blooms look like. Great explanations as always

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      Than you so much I appreciate your comment

  • @hopefulgreenthumb
    @hopefulgreenthumb ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome stuff, Tom. Thanks!

  • @nancytharp8213
    @nancytharp8213 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for sharing Tom and Noe. 🙏 😎🏖🏝

  • @frozenstone1787
    @frozenstone1787 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you learning everyday 😁 God Bless 🙏

  • @miguelschoedel7691
    @miguelschoedel7691 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love this.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      it's really cool isn't it?

  • @ramirodiazguerrero2723
    @ramirodiazguerrero2723 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tom, me encanta la forma en la que explicas lo que sabes, eres muy buen comunicador

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gracias Ramiro. Trato de ponerme el la mente de mis subscribers y comunicó en una manera interesante y con ritmo 🥁

  • @chanbru
    @chanbru ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent video. You, sir, are a great story teller. Thanks for the great explanation. If I may suggest, I think we could have heard you better had you used a wireless microphone. Regardless, thank you so much.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Marcus, Thank you for the feedback. I did use a wireless mic but a cheap one. Over the past month I got myself a new camera with way better audio but the wind still messes it up a bit. my next purchase is going to be a high quality wireless mic.

  • @kellycoe1787
    @kellycoe1787 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thanks so much for this.. I'm here researching because my Bacon avocado tree is starting to show buds and I'm hoping to see flowers in the next weeks.. I live in Vancouver Canada and the tree is in a planter in my Garage for the winter (under grow lights).. so although I'm hopeful, I'm not optimistic .. thanks again for all your great informative videos.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  หลายเดือนก่อน

      wow! please keep us posted.

  • @Thepopulardiary
    @Thepopulardiary 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This video was supe informative

  • @heerasingh7844
    @heerasingh7844 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome information Tom Very nice 👍 well done bro 👌✌️👍

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There’s my buddy Heera. How you doing?

    • @heerasingh7844
      @heerasingh7844 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm fine bro I hope you do the same actually today I hud visited a mango farm near me there are fully of flowers and there is so many varieties of mango trees I Loved it feeling was awesome and outstanding

  • @shadowslip5187
    @shadowslip5187 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a great video, thanks so much for your channel and for sharing so much knowledge. It's a minor point, but in the future you might want to clarify that it's generally not the exact same flowers opening in the opposite phase in the afternoon. Generally I think a flower opens first as female, and then the next day as male. Each flower only opens once in each phase. But, there are many flowers and on each day some will be opening in the male or female phase. There are weird exceptions with individual flowers, as you mentioned, but that is the norm as I understand it.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shadowslip, you are correct. As with most of my vids I often seem to discover a few things I could have done better during recording and editing. Instead of saying "reopen" I should have said "other flowers on the panicle".
      It's always a challenge to find the right level of detail. I appreciate your clarification.

  • @musaadfelton3909
    @musaadfelton3909 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now this is one amazing video. Thank you for this amazing video. I was wondering why I see these avo trees that are isolated, they all carry fruit. Just the other day I went to pick avacados on a tree thats sitting on a property that is vacant. The house is empty. So the fruit are just dropping. Lol I jumped the little picket fence and got many fruits. Only one tree there.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      yep they can self pollinate.

  • @PlantObsessed
    @PlantObsessed ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's a great day when the giant land sloth makes an appearance in a story of my favorite fruits. Ps can we get the long sleeve t-shirt in black?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank you for your comments and yes, next time I order shirts I'll do them in black. it won't be until fruit season begins because this time of year I broke 🤣. I'm upside-down till I start selling fruit again.

    • @PlantObsessed
      @PlantObsessed ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SleepyLizard speaking of selling things... When do you start selling grafting stock?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I won't be selling any "plant material". I've chosen to focus on fruit sales. I'm too small to jump through all the administrative hoops each state requires for ag importation.

  • @dolyclaire
    @dolyclaire ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello I purchased from you and the Avocado were awesome. Yes you bust my Hubble. Lol I have two seedling plant. Do you sell the cutting to graft to my plants?
    Thanks

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi dolyclaire, I do not sell the cuttings, sorry about that. I see them available online sometimes.

  • @devbachu7072
    @devbachu7072 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My passionate boss farmer well said

  • @charleshenderson1174
    @charleshenderson1174 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Charles, you're welcome.

  • @desgoulding7154
    @desgoulding7154 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video mate.Many thanks for sharing aTop video

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome. I hope it helped with your question about two vs one tree for fruiting.

  • @danjennings5068
    @danjennings5068 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My bacon is beginning to flower again and I've started seeing last season's avocados on the ground. Does the tree shed old fruit or do I have a pest coming and helping themselves?
    Thank you for all your educational videos! They've been very helpful in getting great yields out of my tree!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes they will shed the old fruit. It's best to pick it clean and prune the tree prior to flowering. Try that next year.

    • @danjennings5068
      @danjennings5068 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SleepyLizard will do thanks!

  • @veronicaali3507
    @veronicaali3507 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mr Tom, thanks for ur info, which variety would u say is opposite to pollock for fertilization, l am in zone 11, thank you

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Veronica, Pollock is type B so a type A such as Hass, Choquette, Simmonds or Donnie would be opposite.

  • @babetteisinthegarden6920
    @babetteisinthegarden6920 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of my trees from seeds is going to bloom. And it is loaded with buds I was wondering if I can find a. Avocado three that is the opposite. Have you ever heard of grafting another tree? Like an A to B. Or vice versa. Do you think that's Practical. Or even possible?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes, it's practical, and possible. it's a good idea

  • @ragnaraxelson59
    @ragnaraxelson59 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That lonely avocado you described sounds like my life.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stay close to the channel and we'll try and help cheer you up. Lot's of great subscribers here. hopefully they'll give you some love too!

  • @COOKINGBIRD
    @COOKINGBIRD ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you

  • @marcn8750
    @marcn8750 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome. Thanks Tom
    So I have one tree. Will have to hope for self pollination.
    Do the female and make flowers only open once and then that it ? Or do they open and close over several days?
    I ask because I may need to help with hand pollination. Store some pollen for a few hours and then wait for female flower to reappear.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  หลายเดือนก่อน

      just one cycle per flower. they will self pollinate. just go out and shake the branches in the morning then again in the afternoon

    • @marcn8750
      @marcn8750 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ many thanks Tom. Best wishes from Singapore 🤝

  • @Seahawks-kq7ni
    @Seahawks-kq7ni ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for another informative video! Is this the primary reason why avocados do not grow true to type from seed? If so, does that include flowering type as well, i.e. could a seed from a type A parent yield either an A or B tree?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      Seahawks, yes both reasons are why avocados don't grow true, primarily it's because they are heterozygous but secondarily even if they were not synchronous dichogamy makes it so they share DNA from two parent trees. Excellent observation!

  • @AviationinMexico
    @AviationinMexico 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey Tom, in my garden I have 4 type A avocados and one type B. The types A are: Hass, Wilson, Mexicola and Choquette and my type B is a Booth 8. Should I get more type B such as Fuerte or Bacon for pollination?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      nah, you're good

  • @Mysterie
    @Mysterie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wanted to ask you a question Tom:
    I've wanted to plant a few avocado trees when I have my own property in the future and wanted to ask, if I were to attempt planting like two or three trees but keep them near eachother, how far apart should they be planted?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Mysterie, I space mine by 16' and grow them to a heigh of 18' to 22'. you get enough room for the trees to grow wide but also close enough that the branches overlap which is good for pollination. As you learned in the video you'd want to plant a type A and a Type B

  • @rondamylove9995
    @rondamylove9995 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Unfortunately, our delicious PR avocado will be taken down in a few weeks. We're in the middle of flowering and have some avocados growing already. How can I clone/take cuttings and root, etc to save the wonderful delicious fruit of this very old tree. We're thinking we might even do some guerrilla planting in the area to keep as many growing as possible. I have a few small plants from seed we'll try to graft too. But only three or four have survived.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      Ronda, you might try to root the cuttings directly in soil. it's not the best time of year for it because of the flowering but if you could take a few cuttings and scrape the bark and apply rooting hormone and put directly in potting soil you might get some to take and you'll have a clone. good luck!

  • @nenaelliott8058
    @nenaelliott8058 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always happy to see an intelligent video from you my friend. I can learn something new rom you every time. I didn't know anything could self pollinate. So you can teach an old dog tricks.. haha..

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you Nena. Glad I could provide a few minutes of enjoyment to your day!

    • @nenaelliott8058
      @nenaelliott8058 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SleepyLizard don't forget the many smiles your channel has brought me.. and those delicious choquette.

  • @MtnBerg
    @MtnBerg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tom, does a graft dictate if the tree is type A or B? Meaning if you grafted one of each onto the same tree, would it self pollinate between branches?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes it’s up to the graft so you are correct. You can graft a type A and a type B to the same tree and they will pollinate each other on same tree

    • @MtnBerg
      @MtnBerg ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SleepyLizard Thank you Tom, I greatly appreciate the wealth of knowledge you provide to this community.

  • @Mrsjennysueq
    @Mrsjennysueq ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know this is an older video but one question I can’t find the answer to is. If I want to cover 2 seasons, do I need a minimum of 4 trees? 2 A’s and 2 B’s? I assume the different season trees flower at different times and I’d need a typeA and type B to cover each season? I’m in Orlando area btw. Thank you! Great video!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Mrs Jenny, they all flower at the same time so you have all the Bs and all the As flowering in the spring no matter if late season or early. So you'll be good.

    • @Mrsjennysueq
      @Mrsjennysueq ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SleepyLizard Thank you so much for answering. And what a great answer for my urban backyard! 👏

  • @kutholohe7698
    @kutholohe7698 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So the flowers that opened as male.... Do the same piece flower open again as female or does it mean the male closes and another flower opens as female?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Type a open as female in the morning, then the same flower opens as make the next afternoon. Type V open as female in the afternoon then the same flower reopens as male the next morning.

  • @desireeugarte9575
    @desireeugarte9575 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi. So after 8 long years, my avocado tree finally flowered this month in Orlando but didn’t set any fruit. I have no idea what type it is to be able to buy a companion tree. Any suggestions? Is there a self-pollinating type? So depressing to wait and get nada. 😢

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Desiree, congratulations on the flowering and it's not unusual to wait 10 years for a seed grown avocado tree to bear fruit. All avocados are self pollinating but it's better if you combine a type A with a type B. In order to determine if your tree is type A or B you can go out in the morning (before noon) and look at the open flowers. If they are female your tree is type A, if male your tree is type B. you can use google images to see what a female vs male avocado flower looks like

    • @desireeugarte9575
      @desireeugarte9575 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the information. After watching this video, I decided to try hand pollinating a few flowers and I got 1 baby. Lol

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@desireeugarte9575 congratulations!

  • @mototechsam3051
    @mototechsam3051 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ok if my A hass and 1 plant if at tge rt time male n female are open n ready if 1 female flower is pollinated will I only get 1 avacodo?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      1 or 0 but no more than 1.

    • @mototechsam3051
      @mototechsam3051 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SleepyLizard much appreciated

  • @medhatal-refaie6077
    @medhatal-refaie6077 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the video. I have some questions. The first is: Is simultaneous cross-pollination more efficient between two different verieties of avocado trees in the same field? Or can it also be done efficiently between trees of the same verieties? Which one is better? . Second: If it were better for simultaneous cross-pollination between two different verieties of avocado trees, which veriety would you prefer as the veriety that blooms simultaneously as a male and the Haas veriety as a female? Third: If we have a field with 100 trees totally, what is the appropriate number of male trees that correspond to the appropriate number of female trees or rather what is the ratio between them? What is the optimal distribution map for the distribution of those 100 trees in the field? Thank you very much in advance.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      more efficient across two varieties of different flowering types
      it's not efficient within variety because all the flowers are either male or female at the same time. their system pretty much forces pollination across variety
      the variety mix doesn't matter as long as its As with Bs
      they say you should mix flowering type every 7th tree or so...and intermix don't do sections.

  • @justaperson1812
    @justaperson1812 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great stuff

  • @10-hg2ub
    @10-hg2ub 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's been so long since I waited for my oldest avocado tree to start growing. But unfortunately, the root rot got a lot worse. My tree is in critical condition. Especially after I didn't water the tree for 46 days, which stressed it completely. The stem is starting to die back. The buds have all died. The trunk looks wrinkly and extremely dehydrated. The soil smells weird in a bad way. There are lots of roots missing. I don't know if I'll be able to save the tree. I think I have a solution for that.
    I realised that 90-95% of the problems are because of soil. So I'll search for Decomposed Granite, DG for short and repot the tree into that to try to save it. But it's Monday and since I have school, I can't go and look until the weekend, I'll have to try to keep the stem alive.
    I also looked closely at the lower stem of my beloved tree and found numerous brown dots and orange specs as well.
    The tree looks absolutely abysmal. Do you think that DG will save my tree from root rot and pests? It makes me sad to see the tree deteriorate day by day. Sorry for the bad news, my other avocados are doing great, but my main tree is the most important one.
    I've also figured out something great about cloning.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      did you change your TH-cam name?

  • @devbachu7072
    @devbachu7072 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You the best bro I brought some grafted ones here call podlock type to sell an plant in my backyard name them after you smile

  • @dolyclaire
    @dolyclaire ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Scion you call it.
    THANK YOU

  • @90fulltime1
    @90fulltime1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So how does a single avocado tree in the backyard makes fruit?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they are capable of self pollination. you likely wrote you comment before you got to that part of the vid. I explain the process.

  • @organicgardening5989
    @organicgardening5989 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How to identify flower bud and leaf bud

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know how to tell early on like in the first day or two but time of year is a good clue. If its late March through December its almost certainly a leave bud. If during Jan/Feb I suppose it could be either but it's most likely to be flower...and you'll know in a day or two when it either progresses to flower or pushes out leaves.

  • @IMakeWhateverVideos235
    @IMakeWhateverVideos235 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tom hope all is well I wanted to give you a laugh for the day and also a rhetorical dumb question… I ended up grafting an avocado onto a mango I guess it got in my mango Graft mix somehow but after 2 weeks it’s still green… what’re the odds it can survive !!? Haha thx

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Meh, I don't think it will survive too much longer. I've never tried it but from everything I've read avocados have to be grafted to other avocados.

    • @IMakeWhateverVideos235
      @IMakeWhateverVideos235 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SleepyLizard thx tom yea I assumed but I was in a hurry I guess and didn’t make sure I was actually grafting avo to avo lol have a good day

  • @mikekasoola3134
    @mikekasoola3134 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the spacing?

  • @AwninGod
    @AwninGod ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Couldn't ya collect pollen on Q-Tips and pollenate the flowers yourself?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Rut Roh, yes people hand pollinate all the time especially those who grow indoors where there are no insects to spread pollen.

  • @กุนินา-ฏ5ง
    @กุนินา-ฏ5ง ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you
    For the knowlege
    Im very appreciated
    And i hope someday
    i can meet you
    If you came to thailand
    Black ice tea
    From thailand

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      I love iced tea! thank you

  • @chinatownboy7482
    @chinatownboy7482 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With each video, Uncle Tom looks more and more like a pirate.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      I should get a parrot for my shoulder

  • @Joe-rm4gw
    @Joe-rm4gw ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If one variety mated with another, wouldn’t you get a third variety?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      yes. we call that a seedling variety. This vid explains it better: th-cam.com/video/yWAR_DotvZs/w-d-xo.html

  • @ELJEFE-cr7
    @ELJEFE-cr7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you remind me of my father but he grew only tomatoes

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope I'm triggering good memories for you.

  • @KerriEverlasting
    @KerriEverlasting ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So it's not the female flower doing a magic trick - it's 2 flowers opening alternately. Whoa. Here I was thinking they somehow transformed when shut. How embarrassment 😂💖🥑

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nah, nah, you have it right. It's the same flower that closes and reopens as the opposite sex. In this vid we were just looking at flowers where some were like an hour ahead of the others. the one opening as male would have already been open as female then closed within an hour of my recording.

    • @KerriEverlasting
      @KerriEverlasting ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SleepyLizard wait what?? How? Do the bits fold up or something?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KerriEverlasting yep and sometimes they don't fold up all the way and that's how we get self pollination.

  • @jeffbrown7246
    @jeffbrown7246 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good stuff, Tom. Love it!
    Yeah … but Tom … you’re on thin ice saying females can’t pollinate females in 2023 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️😂😂😂

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At least everybody agrees that avocados taste amazing!

    • @jeffbrown7246
      @jeffbrown7246 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SleepyLizard nice save! 😂

  • @nateross14
    @nateross14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Getting an F in Biology is good thing....

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      I think I said “D” 🤣

  • @memeflex382
    @memeflex382 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    those Avocado tree Flowers are Gay 😅

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      quite the opposite in fact. Synchronous Dichogamy only works because the flowers prefer to only mate with members of the opposite sex. 😝

    • @memeflex382
      @memeflex382 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SleepyLizard that still mens Gay Flower's bro

  • @ElexGamingLifeSafetyGuy
    @ElexGamingLifeSafetyGuy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Make'n babies again

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      that time of year. yep. did I see you put out a new vid today?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว

      oh wait, it was like a week ago.

    • @ElexGamingLifeSafetyGuy
      @ElexGamingLifeSafetyGuy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SleepyLizard yep made a new video on growing Joshua Trees

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes, that's the one. came up on my feed!

  • @nateross14
    @nateross14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know if I believe you in this video cause "science" these days says men can get pregnant, haha.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One must be discriminating in one’s choice of advisors.