Exotic Avocado Varieties You Can Grow at Home
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- You are all familiar with the Hass but what about the Russell? The Nesbitt? Donnie, Simmonds, Lula, Monroe, Choquette? Each has it's own unique flavor and attributes. Join me as I talk about the wide range of avocados available to you as a backyard grower and what you need to consider when choosing the best variety for you. Then we do a taste test.
Get your Sleepy Lizard avocados at: www.guacfarm.com
Can't thank you enough because you've made me plant over 800 avocado trees in Nigeria. Just love u the more each time you upload new video
Appreciate u man!
You just made my day!
What varieties do you have?
I am planting more avocado trees including Florida varieties with California varieties. I am grafting multi varieties on to some of my trees. I am also order cutting to be shipped to me in the fall from Sleepy Lizard Avo. Farm. Plus I am having Sleepy Lizard Avo Farm shipping each one of my family members a box of their mix avocados. Thank SleepyLizard.
I don't live in an area where I can grow my own avocados or buy yours, but I still find myself watching every single one of your videos! I just like to watch them when I'm stressed or tired and it always makes me feel better. Greetings from Germany!
Lo ho, thank you for your comment. You made me feel really encouraged.
Hmm.. i live in sweden and i grow avocados
Of course - We grow in greenhouses 😊Live in Sweden too and grow Mediterranean plants and now starting with tropical dragonfruit, mangos, avocados, litchi’s and papaya 😊.
I would have liked to see the inside flesh. I live in Texas so Hass is it. And I’m happy
How can I get the scion for these varieties?
*Omg, every 🥑 you open is perfect, you are the Avocado Whisperer!* 😋
Very good observation. When you grow your own you just pick and let them ripen at room temperature. the ones you get in the supermarket have been chilled so sometimes they are not as pristine when you open them.
Well professor Tom, I have advised before that you have a knack for explaining a subject and specifically Avocados! This episode was exceptional in both quality of content and presentation! Magnificent!! Masterpiece!! I thoroughly enjoyed this episode! The enthusiasm is catching! One of the best episodes!
thank you Doug. I been waiting for good weather all week and finally I asked myself: what can I talk about in the kitchen?
@@SleepyLizard You certainly landed on a very good subject and did a masterful job of presenting these Avocados to us, your audience!
Man, you have really taught me so much about Avo varieties...
thank you for the feedback
Great video, well done. I own the property that (as I was told by previous owner) has the original Nesbitt avocado trees. The "Grandfather Nesbitt" made it through Hurricane Andrew but Wilma did it in sad to say. The "Grandmother Nesbitt" still sits outside our porch and is loaded this year. Took 6500 pounds of Donnies to packing house in the past few weeks and Nesbitts will start Monday.
Holy cow. I can't believe I scoured the internet to find exactly this history and instead you saw the vid and the history came to me. Thank you so much for your comment.
@@SleepyLizard No problem. Appreciate your information. This property originally belonged to the Nesbitt family as the story goes.
I was raised on avocados being prepared as dessert: add lime juice and sugar cane sugar while mashing it into a cream. Variants with any citrus and honey and mash it.
Variant with blending it at high speed with milk. All delicious.
I'm going to try that.
Sounds good
@@SleepyLizard did you try it? Why not make a video of you trying out new things?? It could be pretty funny
I did not know there were more than 900 types of avocados and now I'm so happy I have found this video
yep, I discover a new one every few months.
I have purchased Donnie’s and Russell from you; both are fantastic! I will be ordering another batch of Russell before they are gone!!!!
that's awesome Michael, I'll be out there picking Tuesday morning.
I have a farm in the middle of the desert and I'm sure avocados won't grow here but I still watching all of your videos. Love them all
what sort of things do you grow in the dessert
@@SleepyLizard apple, guava, pomegranate, passion fruit, peach, lemon, fig, mulberry, olive and Palm trees
For all of my adult life I saw POLLOCK avocado referred to as CATALINA avocados. I have even recently seen the Pollock labeled as Catalina. So hard to keep up but learning about them is about as much fun as eating them. And, yes, I do like the more watery and herbacious "FLORIDA AVOCADOS."
The Pollock is very different than Catalina. Bigger, more dense, sweet flavor and a much darker green. Also the pollock has a rounded extended pear shape whereas the Catalina is asymmetrical and kind of pointy on top
Kid time we cut the avo in half, removed the seed, scored it into squares, added a bit of soy sauce, and spoon ate it, right out of the rind. You could also turn it inside out, like a sun burst. Ate mangoes that way.
yum
Folks like you make a city, state and nation stable self reliant and secure. Thankyou for sharing this info! We lose so much diversity as millions or billions live their entire lives never having a clue about the massive variety available if we just got away from the monoculture and could appreciate the bounty permaculture has to offer and the importance of protecting and bringing back our soil.
thanks Cyp3
Love you delivery and the amount of information you got. Thanks for your video
I appreciate the compliment.
It’s great how you explain things in such detail !
Thanks MEH, I enjoy the challenge of conveying something I know to an audience who might be unfamiliar with the topic.
I love ❤️ your videos thank you 😊 so much.
you just made my night, thanks
Tom the way you describe all of you Avocados is like a Mother describing her Baby.. You my man, are THE AVOCADO KING! Cheers! I love Avocados too I got to try the Russell on the next batch! When will they be available?
thank you so much. I appreciate it. We pick Russell in August.
I live in Los Angeles, I put a zutano and Russell trees together and amazing a lot of flowers like never before showing on both trees different months
excellent combination of a type B and type A. Two of my favorite avocados.
One of my dreams is to walk in that heavenly garden with you one day. hoping for that day I wish you the best in your health❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
thank you
Your channel got me into growing an avocado and a mango plant :) Hardiness is ok as I live in zone 11a. Greetings from the Mediterranean island of Malta.
Hi Frankie, and greetings from Florida! I'm glad you got into growing tropical fruits because of the channel. stay close and update us on your progress please.
I started growing my avocado seeds and they are now 12 inches taller!From Philippines 😊😊🌍🇵🇭🥑🥑🥑
Yes!!!
You do so so good so good videoes! Love it too
you should have a tv show...you got it...
thank you Luxe, that's a really nice compliment.
@@SleepyLizard what dwarfing rootstock do you use?
@@chukwuemerie we use whatever seeds we have available. no preference really. if anything we try to select seeds from bigger varieties such as Lula and Monroe.
@@SleepyLizard Thanks.
I have about six plants from seed just grafted one, but I’m definitely gonna have to buy some Sion’s from you especially the way you talk about that Simmons variety. I’m in California there’s nothing like growing your own food. Love your channel.
Man, I wish I could sell you some scion, but I don’t sell the scion or the grafted trees anymore. The importation regulations for the state of California are too much for me to adhere to.
@@SleepyLizard no worries I understand California’s got some crazy rules. But I’m definitely going to hit some nurseries up around my area to find some of those varieties in and I’m glad your wife’s feeling better. You guys make an amazing team.
Awesome video and thank you very much for making my day! 👍😀
thank you for your comment !
🇺🇸 Love your video! Checking your website. Thanks!
Thanks for the compliment. This time of year there’s not much available on my website because as you know, agriculture is seasonal and we are in the flowering stage for just about all are tropical fruit right now.
Yes ..now I Ve learned from u ..Russel type of my avocado ....tnx
one of my favorites, have you tried it yet?
Lara Farms has Ronnie to fill your Feb-April gap, should contact them to be sure, but that’s what their website says. And Tropical acres farm sells budwood from it
I been hearing about that one. I gotta check it out.
What a pleasure watching your videos! We have a beautiful avocado tree in our backyard, that produces absolutely beautiful fruit!
I can’t tell you what type, because I don’t know, but will get pictures next time , and hopefully find out!
Watching from Perth, Western Australia!
thank you Rupert, I'd love to see pics next season
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I enjoy your comments.
@@SleepyLizardYes! Good. Vidoes
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Yes, do good videos! Love your videos
I love avocados… from India
I love them too
Im not sure of the name but here in Queensland Australia we get a round like a large baseball, light green, buttery and so much flavour it kicks hass out of the park. 😋 Not found in supermarkets only from backyard growers.
Hi Erica, Could be a Reed.
Oh my God im replay ur you tube I loved yours simmonds too... Oh im sad I don't have thats variety but it looks like our hong ngoc avocados from vietnam very drying n having orange beautiful meat you must try
Aneka, do you have a vid you can link here where you show the hong ngoc?
Fantastic video once again ! Will order soon !!!!
Thank for the compliment Wayne!
Thanks
you are welcome
Agree app named after famipy apot of avocados great for your heapth
yes
plenty of them here in the philippines..at the place of my mother..plenty of exotic fruits..
delicious
I love your video. Thank you!
thanks Tami!
When I lived in Honolulu the ovacado trees I seen were like the Russel you showed. The trees are giant at least 40’w 50’T. So was the fruit. In fact so big that at first I didn’t know what it was. Unfortunately I can’t grow any fruit trees around here
yes the biggest varieties I've seen come from Hawaii
Love these videos!
Thx Miguel
Good, so veri good videos! Love from India!
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@@SleepyLizard What? Me 2 bots, no no no no. Me thank you for you good videos! You do good vidoes!
Love seeing your videos because I love avocados and I would love to try some of your varieties I’d love to know every month which avocado 🥑 you have and how many avocados 🥑 come in a box 📦 and price 😊 would like to try the big avocados and the one that shaped like a 🍐 🥑 Thanks 😊
you can get them at www.guacfarm.com
I've been watching your videos. And I'm starting to get avocado fever. Now every avocado I buy. I've been saving the seed and gonna grow some of them seeds. Eventually I will be ordering them cuttings from your site. To try and grow my own trees.
David, welcome to the hobby!
Those that look like bananas are most intriguing.. 😀
platanitos
@@SleepyLizard I actually have four avocado trees and I have followed your channel for quite a while. thumbs up.
thank you, I appreciate the comments. I have a few bunches of bananas coming in. I planted a lot of them recently to help with my food budget.
@@SleepyLizard We are kindred spirits. I also have banana plants. North Florida region. So now and then there are frost bites on some branches during the Winter.
@@sidneymonteiro3670 yum
Somehow the green flesh perimeter is extra attractive.
Firm...I lk the idea of Simons fruit.
yes, it makes for a good visual. I wish the lighting was better in my kitchen.
@@SleepyLizard Lighting was FINE. You make highly enjoyable, engaging and inspiring vids, production need not be perfect.
If I love the Hass taste. What variety would you think taste most like Hass? I’m just south of Orlando area but am in a microclimate. I have an Oro Negro growing but it’s so small, it’s a few years before it will fruit. I’ve never tasted an Oro so we will see. But I’m looking for another variety that will give me that rich Hass taste.
You are correct. A smile is contagious which is why I love your videos.
thanks for the message. I find Monroe to taste similar to Hass especially later in the season
oh man! i have a couple grafted aguacates (small ones)... but i definetely want to try growing 2 or 3 seedlings and see in 7-10 years if i'm lucky enough to have the next "big thing" in avocado varieties... maybe creating the perfect soil (like terra preta soils) with some biochar on it and different types of compost with crushed rocks like basalt... would definetely help create something craaazyyyyy
Keep us posted on your progress
Good, so very good videos! Lov from Russia!
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@@SleepyLizard Wat? We 2 bots? No no no, you do good videos. We not bots!
Love from Russia!
I do remember those avocados in Brazil: green ones, long necks, purple ones, huge ones with 1kg+ !!! Exceptional ! But they eaat as fruit , with sugar and milk, and not as vegetables in salads !
so delicious
Wonder if I can grow Donny n Simmons, sounds likely.
I turn green w envy from thunderstorm sound from here in typically desert farther N. Commifornia. (zone 9a)
Your energy and enthusiasm are crucial. Well done as always.
Only learned several yrs ago avos were even possible here, double/triple planted expecting to lose half, young in winter modest frost....didn't happen, spaced very close but most are somewhere between doing well and thriving. 1st crop on ONE tree seems to be holding, it dropped the few fruit it had last season on hot day w/o enough water, STILL one of my smaller trees tho,1.5" trunk. *Mexicola Grande is reaching for the moon* , 3" trunk starting from 1/2" but no fruit yet.
(just a 1/2 acre professional home owner :D)
sounds like you've got a great property! glad to hear your trees survived the frost. and yeah, I LOVE those rainstorms. I was out picking all morning in the pouring rain...soaking wet.
@@SleepyLizard I understand getting tired of rain but that's not a problem here, I'd be out in it celebrating even if I had nothing to do. :D
You do good good vidoes!
He, do good videos
18:05 For 1 second there I thought that was a bottle of tequila and I was really ready to have my mind blown.
just regular old olive oil
I grow many varieties of avocado and what you’re saying is absolutely true but I can tell you used to be a salesman, at least you’re a trustworthy one !
yep. I am what I am! . 🤣. Seriously though, thank you for the compliment. What varieties do you grow?
@@SleepyLizard Choquette , Hall, Donnie , Brogdon, fantastic, Hass, super Hass, Mexican cold variety
and I have a 25 ft tall avocado tree that I grew from a seed from Choquette , 8 years old but no fruit yet !
Ps. Also 25 different varieties of mango trees most of them are two year old and the rest are about seven year old carrie variety 😊
Great show, Very interesting well explained.
Sounds Very yummy.
I got little be of land .
How much to post a Simmons sed to New Zealand
Hi Iss, I can't send plant material to New Zealand. I don't meet any of your government's requirements. Sorry about that.
Unbelievable 😮
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What varieties to plant, to have year round avos? Of course has to be in a tropical zone. Taste, production, and hardiness, to be condidered.
Simmonds, Brogdon, Choquette Monroe
oh i just looked it up said needs to be at least 60 degree f in order to flower
You can pick Pinkertons from December to April.
didn't know that.
@SleepyLizard me either until I decided to create a mini orchard in my almost half acre. Barely skimmed the surface though. Love your videos.
I'm from Phil.....I 4 trees planted. But only Russel ..bear flower this January......tnx I have given her fertilizet
Elizabeth, that's fantastic. Lemme know if you start to get some fruit.
Starting to flower my one of my avocado n I see my Monroe is also starting to show some flowers to thanks...I'm giving them enough fertilizer n water....
Hi Tom, enjoyed your video. Do you know when you might start selling grafted avocado trees? Thank you.
Also mangos
I'm not sure. I lost two years due to the house fire and now I'm not sure if I want to re-enter that business...it's hard enough to keep up with the fruit side of things.
Hey man, I am from India. I am in similar zone like you 9b/10a. I want to plant avocado in my garden. Would you be kind enough to recommend some varieties?
Avocado isn't native to here and we have very limited varieties available here, imported from Israel etc.
Winter goes to 30-32F with frost, summers with 113-115F along with a humid spell of monsoon.
I really appreciate your time and videos. Thanks
my favorites are: Lula, Simmonds, Brogdon, and Monroe.
Do you sell and ship graphing avocado or mango, I live on North jersey
Raul, I do not. I only sell the fruit.
Thanks Tom for sharing your knowledge and "joie de vivre"! Any recommendation for growing avocado on the other side of the world? Singapore...Not to make use production, but just for fun, and likely in big pot.. I'm thinking about Pinkerton.. Keep up the great work and the passion, one avocado and mango at time...
Frenchy, I'm not sure what the climate in Singapore is like. Do you have cold winters? Does the temperature ever dip below freezing? If not you could grow avocado for sure
@@SleepyLizard it’s pretty much like Florida I would say. Hot and humid all year long. 3 degrees north of the equator... Between 28C-34C all year long. 70 to 90% humidity…
I have 3 seed (Haas) growing in y pot/bowl. Who knew, just threw them out in my pot that I gather leftovers. One started 2 weeks later about month ago. Just left the others in the pot and yesterday, I found them growing. Dang, I have been trying for 50 years. I want to grow an Avocado in a pot so Incase our weather happens to change, I can bring it in the house. (84790 Zip) Can a Russel do well in a pot or Donny? Simmons? I would like to try graphing, ya think this old lady can succeed? Absolutely !!!!
Hi Bonnie you can grow any avocado in a pot indoor as a house plant but if you are bringing it in and out you're unlikely to get it to produce fruit. how cold does it get during your winters?
It may have several freezing nights I live in zone 8a? Zip 84790
ok, zone 8a supports avocado cultivation but you'll need to protect them on chilly nights. take a look through my channel, I have a few vids on how we protect our trees when a frost is likely
Hello! What 2 do you recommend for Puerto Rico? Wanting something different from what's grown locally. I do love the long neck variety that they call Caribbean avocado. Thanks in advance and happy growing!!
Sorry 00669 zipcode
two varieties that would be different for Puerto Rico are Black Prince and Brogdan. delicious.
What are the varieties do you recommend for Tropical regions of Kerala, India?
gosh i'd have no idea. sorry about that.
Hello. I live in 32708. I planted a choquette already. I was thinking a Brogden or improved pollack. What do you think?
go with the Brogdan, delicious and it's a type B which will compliment the Choquette which is type A
Hello Sleepy Lizard, can I buy avocado scions from you? I have a Fl. Hass that is very disappointing and want to remove the Hass and graft one or two varieties to it.
if you are local you can come get some but I don't ship trees or scions any longer.
Can I grow these in California 9b? We are Cuban and would love to get a Catalina.
Barb, yes you can. 9b is fine.
Is it possible to get more than one type of avocado in one box? 😅😅
Agustin, certain times of year I'll mix varieties if I have multiple available. sometimes it makes it easier to fit more in the box due to their shape...like playing Tetris.
Is the Russell a bigger tree than most avocados?
no, all the trees are pretty much the same size
I love these videos, i have never seen most of these avocados but previous videos have convinced me to grow them. I'm in canada and now have two 1 and half year old avocado trees in containers. Dont know it they'll ever fruit but they look cool. Thank you for sharing all this information with us!
that's great news! you can keep them as house plants but yeah I don't think you'll be getting fruit in the great white north.
Hi do you sell the Russel tree or a sigon?
@@carmendecastro2156 sorry, I do not
Very Very good information God bless you 🙏❤ and your family 👪 how can you help me please 🙏 I want grow avocado 🥑 good plants in my country in Pakistan
thank you for your comment. I'm afraid from this far away the most help I can offer you is the content of my videos
Just went to your website to buy!! I thought I would be able to. I’m sorry to hear about the fire. Let us know when we can start ordering.
will do. We'll have avocados mid September. the trees will be a lot longer out.
@@SleepyLizard yes sir!
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thank you
What is varians avocado Mr. Tanks
Donnie, Simmonds, Catalina, Black Prince, Choquette, Hall, Monroe
Wait a minute, you said avocadoes grow in Zone 7a and above?
The cold hardiest avocado known to man is the Del Rio which is only hardy to Zone 8a without protection
Can you clarify?
Going forward let's go with 8a.
Why don't you have scions for all of avacado trees? Where is the Reed? I want russel and Donny because of you! I ordered some Reed but they were glad to send me some Hass I sent them back.
I don't have all varieties of avocado. I can only sell cuttings from what I have.
@@SleepyLizard sorry there should have been a " your" in the sentence. Why don't you have scions listed for the avacodas you showed in the video? You had me excited thinking I too could grow a Russel or Donny. I went to the web site that you provided, look under avacoda and did not see those that you were showing. Simmons was there. I do not know the feature of the scion you have listed.
@@c2hh571 ah ok, the answer to your amended question is that I lost the grove that had Donnie and Russell. The landowner sold the grove I was leasing. The new owner bulldozed the grove and planted guava.
I have since planted both Russel and Donnie in the grove I own but they are not big enough to harvest cuttings yet.
@@SleepyLizard man,that had to hurt avacado for guava is like Ferrari for a VW. I will look for some Russel and Donny on line . Thank you for the introduction
Great video and very educational. Do you sell just the seeds for a Canadian that loves avocados?
I only sell the fruit but I don't think Canada would let it across the border.
I love your videos very informative. Do you have to grafted with another tree that has bear fruit? Can you grafted with one that hasn't have fruit?
you can graft any avocado cutting to any avocado seedling but you'd have no reason to take a cutting from a tree that hasn't given fruit because the whole reason to graft is to replicate a tree that gives avocados you like to eat.
How far north can avocado trees grow outside ?
Avocados grow in USDA hardiness zone, eightA & above. You can Google your ZIP Code to see what hardiness zone you are in.
Thank You very much for explain detail oh I have question... How many meter asl elevation you plant... Becoz you plant mix all these variety... Like catalina, russell then choquette... In one place... Is that ok.. Still buttery? Not to high meter elevation?
Hi Angela, I am at se level. Maybe 1 meter elevation if you want to be precise. All the varieties you see on my channel grow well here. We grow in solid rock. So hard to dig the holes.
Yum yum 😋
yes
Have you heard about the little cado (wurt ) avocado tree?
Yes. Home Depot carries them
My real question was … is that the smallest avocado tree there is? For someone that lives in a 8a zone I was thinking of getting one to keep it inside the house
Does anyone grow avocado which are frost hardy? I'd love to know more about the most fruitful varieties which are cold hardy.
The Oro Negro is said to be the most cold hardy. You also have the Hass, Brogdon, and Lula which can survive a few hours below 32.
@@SleepyLizard thank you for the swift reply. I don't expect much from an avocado in Southern England, but we do get prolonged periods of below freezing (not far below, but below nonetheless). But with climate change I suspect our winters will become more and more mild, so any tree which can survive the next 5 years is more likely to have a head start in a place which becomes increasingly friendly to avocado production.
@@SleepyLizard I hope you'll forgive a further question, but I have been wondering about where the frost hardiness of the avocado is mostly derived, the scion or rootstock. And if the rootstock can grant some hardiness, whether anyone has ever tried grafting avocado to hardier (non avocado) laurels?
So if they are all unique how do you actually grow a variety of same avocado
we use a technique called grafting which you probably already know because you commented on another vid where I show grafting. if you want more info there's more on the topic on my channel
A nice video avocado are yummy right now. The hot one on the plate is the Maria black avocado check out Laura Farms.
I been hearing about that one.
Here we saw -4f/-20c in winter so growing them outside isn't an option. Would it bear fruit inside? İn a 30lt or so pot? İt obviously will be a small tree. Height would be max 2.5m.
Hi Var, I have not heard of anyone getting them to fruit indoors.
@@SleepyLizard oh well. Not much to do then.
@@varveyok533 The problem with inside is no pollinators. I did see a video where someone took a brush and got the pollen and waited until the female opened and self-pollenated the tree.
🇺🇸 Where is your farm located, maybe I can come visit?
Hi Ed, we are in Homestead Florida and we get visitors all the time especially this time of year
@@SleepyLizard 🇺🇸 Copy all, and thanks. I will probably plan a trip there spring-summer with the family. I will send you a quick note. I’m 3.5 hrs north. Thanks again!
oil, my contact info is in the 'about' section of the channel
What is a Russell type A or B
Hi David, Russell is Type A
I've been on your website but can't find a link to purchase scions of your avocados. What am I missing?
Hi Hortencia, I don’t have any scions in stock right now. Agriculture is seasonal and right now is not the time for cutting
@@SleepyLizard thank you. What time of the year shod I go back in to check?
@@hortenciabeltran4666 Maybe December or January but I don't sell them every year. It depends on several factors including our pruning decisions.
Hello, I love your videos. Do you sell trimmings for grafting? I have 2 avocado trees right now from seeds that I would like to graft.
thank you for the compliment. I do not sell trimmings. I used to but not any longer.
@@SleepyLizard Thanks for letting me know.
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Do you sell grafted plant and do you mail
Hi Ine, I used to but I don't sell them anymore. The only thing I sell online now is the fruit..avocados, mangos, mamey, and monstera.
Am interested to buy seeds from you
you can buy the fruit at www.guacfarm.com. the seeds are in the fruit.
Hey i have a question so i grow some seedlings from hass avocados and i need to graft them but can i use another type of avocado like the ones you showed in the video? Or does it only work with the same variety that the seedling is? Thanks for the help.
Yes you can use any variety you want. Sometimes will even switch the variety on a tree we will re-Graft it
@@SleepyLizard Thank you so much!
Do you sell sions?
yep! www.guacfarm.com
I lived in Indonesia
are you still there now?
@@SleepyLizard yeah....come here, many avocado growers in East Java Province...
Is there any variety avacado tree that will grow/survive outside in Wisconsin and bear fruit?
Silverstreak, Not for Wisconsin. Unfortunately it's way too cold up there in the winter.
@@SleepyLizard that's what I was afraid of!! Thank you.