Eating a Three Pound Avocado. The Choquette Variety
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- Choquette is one of our largest varieties and the first of our late season to come in. I've yet to be able to finish a whole one by myself.
Get your Sleepy Lizard Avocados at: www.guacfarm.com
Mister lizard, if you're going to eat avocados in front of us, bring enough for everybody.
Did you see the size of those avocados? There was enough for everybody😝
Just received mine, D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S.!... Im getting ready to place another order!.. cant wait for the Monroes! THANKS TOM!
so glad you enjoyed them! Monroes will be coming in two weeks.
I just bought this variety from you! I can’t wait until this fall to grow them!!
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I've been getting 3 lbs avocados out of my Marcus tree for years! I didn't know Choquettes could be that heavy too. NICE!!! My favorite way to eat them is by filling the pit hole with honey and using a spoon to get chunks out of it.
that sounds delicious. yes there's a few varieties that top out at the 3lb mark.
@@SleepyLizard What's the heaviest one you've ever harvested?
@@MasterKenfuciusI only started weighing them carefully this year so just above 3lbs is my biggest so far. I used to weight them in a shopping bag with a fishing scale but that's not very accurate. My Simmonds and Choquette are hands down my biggest. Oh and the Russell too.
A new 3 pound Avocado Fruit in California is excellent it's very round with a little ridging ,taste better than a Marcus pumpkin, the new one is called Cannonball, needs long hang time can go down to about 29-30 degrees for short duration
I'll have to look into that one.
I received my box of Choquettes a couple of days ago. They are huge and I can't wait for them to ripen.
Phils, thank you for ordering from us and I hope you enjoy them.
I have no more gifted Avocados left… you make those Choquetes sound so good.. I’m sold. Just ordered some.. Thks
saw the order pop up. I'll be sending them later today or tomorrow.
I love your videos when you sample your bounty😋😍
so do I!
Great video Tom! That looks really delicious! BTW, I hope there will still be Catalina and Hall on the trees for me in 2 weeks!😀
definitely Hall, I'll save a few Catalina but it's late in the season for them so I'll be curious to see how they taste. the handful I have left are starting to fall on their own which means they are at the end of the season...but yes they're will still be some to find...especially with your wife's eagle eye.
@@SleepyLizard Oh yes, if they are there, she will spot them! Thanks Tom!
great information looking forward to trying them.
they are in season now. had one last night with dinner.
Choquette avocado is My Favorite
so good aren't they?
Great video! Can’t wait to try them next week
Thanks Seena!
Running to your website!!! We love avocados
I had the most delicious avocado with my dinner last night. Simmonds varieity
Have you tried turning avocado into a yogurt type consistency with lemon juice and sugar? It was the only way people ate it in Mozambique. It was my favorite fruit, not added to food like nowadays. I would eat a whole bowl full.
Thank you for sharing, brother.
Tony, I have tried something similar but I didn't think to add sugar. will try that next time.
@@SleepyLizard … keep adding the sugar slowly until it’s just right. My sister use to make it too sweet for my taste, and no one liked mine because it wasn’t sweet enough. You can always add more sugar, cannot reduce it. Wait a minute, my sister was conning me so she got to eat it all.
I’m going to place an order. Thank you
we did this in my home and something else we add was flour and baking powder and baked it like bread
This totally amazed Brit just landed here after being boggled by the size of the Pits in the worm bin at Plant Obsessed, who sent me here, after explaining that they came from your Avocados. I have some serious appreciation going on for those trees you have, and the fruits they are producing. My ignorance on this, well, I'm a Brit, who feels lucky if I can even get the rock hard little Hass types to ripen enough to be edible! I have a huge sad knowing I'm not going to get to taste any of the other varieties you have, but I shall enough watching through your other videos! Suzanne 😁
Hi Suzanne, I'm glad Plant Obsessed sent you my way. Maybe someday you can come visit Florida and stop by the farm.
@@SleepyLizard That's certainly a wonderful thought!
You're Spanish is really good, you have a very clean accent. You almost sound like a native Spanish speaker :o
gracias 🤣
I was thinking the same thing on the grafting videos with Jorge.
Here in UK the diet industry and the doctors advice always say only have half a day of the Hass ones. I've never seen the other ones in Manchester UK. Love the Hass ones, never have just the half.
I love the Hass too
Why only half?
I have one of those growing in my backyard that I planted in 2014.
Hi Jan! Has it given you fruit yet?
Well, it has had to start over from the bad freeze we had in 2021 and 2022. It is growing real well now and I pray that next season it will produce. Maybe I should graft on it?
I brought the seed back from the St Petersburg area in 2014. Been growing it ever since 🥑
@@janharrell102 I'm glad it survived
Such a good person.
wow, thank you.
2 new videos within 24hours🤩.. I'm not complaining 🙌😄
Mwika, that's funny. I got to talking so much yesterday I realized I recorded 2 vids worth of content. hahahaha.
😄😄😄 I see
Oh my God thankyou very much for this video i love so much... Next waiting review monroe, n lula at my place still baby fruit so i cant waiting
You are going to love the Lula. It's my favorite variety
Woww the big avocado like Pameling Avocado from Malang East Java Indonesia
Amazing
so delicious
Wow!!I really want to have that variety of Avocado in my mini farm in the Philippines.
I know you guys grow a lot of beautiful tropical fruit over there!
Good video!
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Don't think I've ever seen such big avos 'in the flesh', in person.
Bo, these are Choquette and this year I had a really good Choquette crop. I couldn't help but include some of the bigger specimens in some vids
I eat avacado every day.. Thank you for sharing your grow..
I bet you are in good health.
@@SleepyLizard I haven't been to a doctor in over 15 years..
My grandma avocados are like this on her tree. It grew fot years and she didn't know it was an avocado tree until they started falling off the tree.
have you eaten any?
@@SleepyLizard Yes they are delicious when allowed to ripen on the tree.
yum
Thanks
you are welcome Charles.
Heavy avocado! Love from Afghanistan!
very nice
thanks Paul. I know you do a lot of vids in this style....I was thinking of you when I referenced "true" avocado lovers and how they cut open the fruit.
Heavy avocado! Love from India!
Love your videos and your extensive knowledge about tropicals. I figured you would be the person to answer this question. Do you have any information about an Improved Pollack Avocado Tree, sometimes referred to as "Lara's Improved Pollack"? Any info about the taste, texture, oil content, growth pattern, peel-ability, etc. would be appreciated. Thank You Much!
Hi, I don't know anything about it but Paul at Fruitful Trees just did a vid on his channel.
@@SleepyLizard Thanks for the tip!
It has a smaller size seed!:o has soo much fruit, wow what a huge aguacato
yes, lot's of flesh on them Choquettes.
I guess it's time for me to quit dreaming. Order placed! To Eureka, CA.
I will take extra special care Steve thank you very much
I love it on toast with a sprinkle of salt....you're making me hungry
so delicious isn't it?
Heavy avocado! Love from Papua New Guinea!
The website doesn't allow you to choose the variety? What if we wanted to grow Choquette? where can I find scions?
Hi Rocky, Thank you for your message and thank you for visiting the website. You are correct that the website doesn't allow you to select the variety. That's because the varieties are seasonal. It's not up to me or the customers, it's up to Mother Nature depending on what month it is.
If you want some Choquette scion and you live in south Florida you can get some from me but I'm not able to ship them, it has to be in person.
How do you eat the Avocado? I know it is common for Mexican community to make Guacamole. In South East Asia they eat Avocado by mixing them (by blender normally) with Condensed milk or chocolate condensed milk, yes it is a dessert.
I usually cut them into spears or cubes and put olive oil and salt on them
Bought 4 of these from you, and they lasted me for 16 days of delicious meals full of avocado. Almost too much to eat ! I'm ordering more soon I hope they don't go out of season.
- yep just ordered them. man i hope you don't run out either .....
Erin, glad you enjoyed them and I see your order. Today I'll be adding in a different variety for you to try.
@@SleepyLizard Received order few days ago, and am loving the variety you enclosed. Thank you very much man. Have 1 on counter ripening , and others in fridge waiting their turn like you suggested.
- STILL ... cannot get over the seeds being the same size as the Avocados sold in the store .....
@@erinpitt580 I'm glad they arrived. We just ate the first Monroe of the season and it was delicious. I hope you enjoy it.
What's your opinion on Florida Hass variety and Oro Negro? Currently trying to grow them and seems to be going well
I don’t know anything about the Florida house but I absolutely love the ORO Negro.
My young (one 3ft tall, one 6ft tall) Brogden and Florida Hass avocado trees have developed what I think is sooty mold (a charred-appearance on the green part of the trunk that rubs off with a damp cloth) and it seems to have stunted their growth. The Florida Hass even shed all of its leaves except for a few branches-worth. I’m in the Tampa Bay area. Was wondering what you recommended to treat this problem.
try some copper anti fungal spray ever 30 days
@@SleepyLizard Thank you my man! It was your videos that inspired me to plant these trees and I appreciate the consistent quality info you put out there.
My nascent dozen types of 3 yr old yard avo collection provided very 1st ever fruit to maturity just recently, hand full of Zutanos which have such thin skin, not easy to peel so I've been eating the skin with the fruit, barely even notice it. Is eating the skin common on some types?
yes, people tell me they eat the skin on some varieties.
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Wow
Have you had a chance to try one?
I live in the Bahamas can I buy trees from you
Hi Stephen and Karen, thank you for asking but we are not selling trees at this time.
Hi this is Andreas I am wondering what type of tree I should grow I live in sacremento area of California.
@@hotshot6626 You can buy trees from that Golden Gate Palms guy.
We have 100% Hass Avocados in Switzerland. I looked wide and far and we absolutely never have any other sort. It‘s impossible to get them. But whenever I check your website out, it says „sold out“ on all avocados. 😢 plus I don‘t know if they would survive crossing the ocean. I would like to grow them here locally
Hi Na Dine yeah agriculture is seasonal...we are sold out certain months of the year. I'm glad you at least have the Hass but the other varieties are very delicious too.
I can't ship outside the US. Sorry about that.
its me Rimmy ahahahhaha bro .. i planted alredy 4 seeds so will see on my fiture if i get this variety i told me ahahahahah dont forget im Rimmy ahahah so funny .. i see this " Bresil avocat " at the shop but its 7 EUROS one fruits ... love this bro so good bon appétit my friend and with some olive oil too .. defenetly awesome @SleepyLizard big boy much love to ya and family
What's up Rimmy...same name different spelling 🤣
@@SleepyLizard u are so awesome
😂😂😂 this video made me grazy 😅 i wanna eat choquette soon
they are so good. do you have that variety?
Yah i have at my place didnt flowering yet
@@anekabibitimpor4748 you are going to love it
Hi, do you know what can causing the avocado leaves to turn black starting from the veins of the leaves?
sometimes it's a fungus
Yummmmmm😜😋😋😋
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What's the highest oil content avocado you personally sell?
Monroe.
Quick question if you have limited space but want to grow 2 different type of avocados what would you recommend. Reason am aking is all about the A and B type of flowers don't even think I can say male and female anymore lol 😆
David, I'd go with a Simmonds/Monroe combo. You get early and late with an A/B mix and delicious flavor and great production.
@@SleepyLizard thank you
Where can I get a choquette and how long until it produces?
just about any tropical fruit nursery in South Florida will carry Choquette
I think I've subscribed to your channel for two years now, and every autumn I just wish you can ship to China.🥲 I heard there are some Chinese cultivars that would grow larger, but I just can't find them anywhere, just Hass and more Hass.🙃
As always, great video! Very informative.
Thanks Mario, I wish I could ship to China also.
I want one, do you think it will grow in a pot?
yep but the fruit of this variety is so large you'll need the tree to grow big to support the weight so the bigger the pot the better.
Heavi avokado! Love from Russia!
Yes, too not able to lift avokados!
I just received a box of your choquettes and i can’t wait for them to ripen!
Hey big Mack! Glad the arrived. It should be any day now that they start to soften up for you. I hope you enjoy them.
@@SleepyLizard one of those dogs was a 2 and 1/2 pounder!
@@bigmack2262 yeah, I can't send the 3lbers, they are too big and I can't fit enough weight in the box.
@@SleepyLizard still the biggest avo I’ve ever seen. I had people over tonight and they were all freaking out over the size of them.
Maybe it's a northern CA thing but we like to spread a little Best Foods Mayonnaise and salt, that's it. The only time I like that is if I'm alone or if I'm with somebody.
that's gotta be delicious
yum
How can we purchase some avocados from your farm?
Hi She Nonnie, we sell them at: www.guacfarm.com
thank you for asking
I want to plan a tree here in San Diego california! I'm in zone 10a would it grow here? Anywhere I can get a tree here that you know of? Thanks for any input! Love your channel ordered some avocado's 👌🏾👌🏾💪🏾
Hi Eddie, yes avocados grow in San Diego. Any fruit tree nursery or garden center or even Home Depot should have grafted avocado trees for you.
@@SleepyLizard I meant the choquette specifically, or any other large variety, like the idea of showing up to a party with giant avocadoes lol
@@omegaxshark21 ah ok, I'm not sure what varieties you'd find locally aside from the common west coast ones like Hass, Fuerte, Zutano, Mexicola, etc. If they don't have Choquette you might try larafarmsmiami.com
@@SleepyLizard thanks for the response! Going to a "exotic Nursery" this weekend if I can't find it I'll try that nursery you recommended thank you!
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Are there other varieties that taste close to hass?
I find Monroe tastes similar to Hass.
@@SleepyLizard thanks
May I purchase this type of avocado?
JinJin, yes, The Choquette comes into season the last week of September and I have them for sale at: www.guacfarm.com
Do you sell the seeds of these moster!?
I sell the fruit at www.guacfarm.com. there's a seed in each one. I don't sell the seeds separate though.
So how much do I need to pound for a kilo???
you mean to gain a kilo of weight? Let's see: 40 calories per ounce of avocado. 3600 calories = 1 lb of human fat so were talking maybe 12 pounds of avocado? So if you ate 4 of these Choquette you'd gain a kilo of weight.
I need a seedling of this choquette avocado in Ghana
I've been to Ghana, it's beautiful
@@SleepyLizard great
@SleepyLizard so please how do I get a seedling of a choquette avocado here in Ghana.
I'm not sure how you can get one over there. I don't ship trees, not even within the US.@@kwameoseibonsu751
I am not sure but here in South Africa I think we do get the "Choquette" Variety in our southern province called Natal. We call them Natal Avo's and some of us call it the Butter Avo because of the colour and texture. But funny enough in the Northern Province "Gauteng" we do not see these avos at all. We only get the Haas Variety and perhaps another type I am not sure the species name but it's slightly bigger than Haas , looks almost like a pear shape. Funny how avos simply don't grow in certain regions.
yeah like most organisms different varieties each have their own preferred climate
How are you bss hope you ok after the iva. Hurricane
it missed us, I only had one tree blown down.
4:05 need a sharper knife maybe? hass/reeds/shepherds (ew) cut pretty easy
How do you like the Reed?
@@SleepyLizard reeds go alright, shepherds just taste like rubber
@@Gocunt never hear of the shepherd avocado. I recently tried a Zutano which had a rubbery flesh but sooo delicious...rubbery in a good way.
That is huge! 😂
you ate the other half when my back was turned...made it into a shake you did.
@@SleepyLizard yes! It was delicious
Holy moly! Would you say that tastes better than Catalina?
Would ya rank Choquette, Catalina, and Simmons 1-3 on taste good sir..
Keep it growing!! 💪
I would go Simmonds, Choquette, Catalina if I had to choose a ranking. But I'm very partial to the Simmonds.
Good to know! I had Catalina, it was great. Guess I'll just get all 3 of those dinosaur eggs. Thx bud.
@@ppg4667 Catalina is one of the most popular, especially in Miami
I just want a seed are you selling them
Hi Last name, I don't sell the seeds but if you buy the fruit each has a seed in it. We sell the avocados at www.guacfarm.com
very Informative Video except 1 large fact, it is Pronounced (Sho Ket), not (Tcho ket), thanks from the Choquette Family!
This is great. You are the third avocado namesake to reach out to me two of whom corrected my pronunciation of their name. Can I interview you guys for the channel?
@@SleepyLizard I would love to do that, but I moved out of Fl back in 2008 and living in Ma now so its not likely to be convenient for either of us
wow that is rare big avocado fruit sir
gigantic
Could you cook with that?
yep, you can use it in any recipe calling for avocados
yep, but for this variety you need a big tree to supper the weight of the fruit which means you need a huge pot. 25 gallon or bigger.
How it this fruit
the Choquette is really tasty
It really bugged me when he put salt and pepper on the avocado coz in my country we go the sweet route and not the savoury one. We mash it, put sugar in it and eat it with a variety of other foods. Like spread it on bread, or dip a boiled sweet potato or cassava in it. Its heavenly.
Scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest, how much did it bug you?
@@SleepyLizard I'd say a 5 coz am not really opposed to the idea, its just different from what I know
@@takira0971 ok, moderately bugged then
do you like jalapeno poppers?
I do. in fact somewhere on the channel is a vid of me making them
@@SleepyLizard do mango tree leaves during winter suppose to fall off?
I want you name one after you my friend
I would love to do that.
D it bro we will want an avocado name after you
You got the name for it
Praise the LORD for creating fruits like avocados!
and mango too
I believe now extinct megafauna had a lot to do with it.
@Bo McGillacutty Do you have a favorite animal?
@@jesusdiedforyouproofjohn3.16 Cats--house cats personally, Jags and leopards in the wild.
@Bo McGillacutty Thank you for sharing your favorite animal with me. I’m curious, why are cats your favorite animals? I love GOD, and I love GODS creative work of life. GOD has made so many amazing animals that He wants us to have dominion over. Personally, I like hermit crabs.
I have a question. Are you only farming in Fruit Baring Produce or are you also branched out into other kinds of crops. Eg I have been watching another YT channel called Utmost Precision where they are growing Avos in Kenya. The Lady there has also branched out into the latest gold rush "Snail Farming" , Snail Farming in Africa is becoming a huge thing that is making some farmers rather wealthy. Anyways back to my question have you branched out for other bumper crops as well? here is a link to the lady I mentioned. th-cam.com/video/oDTvrsLhI3Y/w-d-xo.html
wow, that's certainly unexpected. But nah, so far I've stuck to fruit bearing produce.
I received my order and I’m very disappointed. I’m going to sue you. You should have put a warning sign on the box, “WARNING: CONTENTS IN BOX ARE HEAVIER THAN YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW!”
I guess I have to order some more, because SHARING them with friends, was a terrible idea.
By the way, what’s the best method to know when it’s the time to eat?
In Africa I learned to slap certain fruits with the side of a big knife, and hear a dull hollow sound, but avocados and others was by the cold of the peel. But I know nothing about this thing. Lol
that's hilarious! I hope your friends enjoyed them
the best way to know when to eat them is when they are uniformly soft around the entire fruit....this occurs 7-10 days from when I pick it off the tree.