Hah, same! Well, I put some pits in my worm bin, and I didn't expect them to sprout.. I thought the worms would eat them-- but I found one with a taproot some weeks ago, and another two earlier this month. Two of them look like they're actually starting to sprout a stem now. I had to start some bell peppers in the worm bin because they just would NOT germinate otherwise. Thank you, wormies.
Nice! Same thing happened to me as well. I brought a couple inside for the fall/winter. Planted them in potting soil and have them under a grow light now. One is about 8” in height and starting to leaf out
My avocado tree is about 15 feet tall. Has given me amazing avocados. After surviving Hurricane Maria in 2017 it had not a single leaf on it. This year it gave me only one avocado but it was still in recuperation mode and now it's back. I look forward to more amazing avocados this coming spring and summer. Looove it.
Ours is a volunteer from the compost bin and it's taller than our orange tree. We had a really cold spell last year and it lost all it's leaves and has become weakened/susceptible to disease. This week I'll be treating it with Triple Action to try and revive it. It did get small avocados on it, but the squirrels took all of them along with all my pears.
I have avocado, mango and pomegranate in containers which I plant from seeds and it’s growing taller. It’s only in our apartment balcony and also I have guava tree 🌳
How awesome! I also have guava tree, calamansi, sugar apple, mango, tamarind, and avocado tree in containers. I live in IL, USA, so they go inside by the window in Winter. Guava lost most of its leaves, but they are growing back now. I can't wait to take them outside in Summer! Good luck to us!
@@ChatO-xo8ze hey are you from the islands? I'm wondering if what you call sugar apple the same as what I call june plum... Anyways I can't wait to be able to grow all kinds of tropical fruit in containers. Good luck to you all!
@@georgegentles9314 Hi. Yah, I am from Philippines. Atis is what we call sugar apple (one of my fav fruits). Today, I purchased dwarf cherry bush. I am so excited!
This Uncle, so amazing. In Michigan, he is growing tropical fruit. Everyone else grows avocado in Southern California and Florida. Smart Uncle will dominate avocado market in Great Lakes Region.
You better get more information. Try going to the California avocado growers website. They actually have much more accurate information. He actually was steering you sort of wrong on most of what he said. I'm originally from California. He doesn't know what he's talking about as far as these specific trees. They actually love humidity and only grow in coastal areas of Florida California and Mexico. They will die from root rot easily but naturally grow in volcanic areas where the soil is very free draining. They adore humidity. Right now i live 20 miles inland in Alabama. I have a tree planted in my yard. It loves the humidity. Ours is rarely under 70% even in winter. But even the cold hearty ones don't like the cold. Anything under 50 is very uncomfortable. Anything under 30 is death to them unless taken care of. But please look at the California growers site before you listen to what he is saying. In most anything else with roots i would take his word as gospel but not this video
CA is a big state w/various temp differences. It gets down to 30 degrees in winter where Im at, sometimes even upper 20s if the weather feels like it. & summers hit 100-113 & rains a lot in Jan-April. Im in Kern County next-door to LA. But up N is much cooler w/more rain, & down S is about the same as my hot county but w/cold desert nights w/hardly any rain. CA has many different climates.
I planted seed in soil outdoors this spring. Hot and humid Georgia. It has grown amazingly well in direct sun. Now that i know about the sand, i think I'll carefully replace the soil with your recommended 70% sand and see how it does. Thank you for the info!
My sister has been growing avacado for a few months - she took a seed, stuck pins into it and then put it in a jar full of water (with the water just touching the seed). Her avacado grew quikly within the first couple of months and she has now transferred it into a po and it's growing beautifully :)
I have 12 potted avos grown from seed that I recently learnt during this covid19 pandemic when i was forced to be away from them (#lockdown period) for over a month that giving them a once off deep watering before i left them did wonders! So what you're saying here makes a lot of sense. Next step is grafting, overall though, I'm really enjoying watching them grow! Thanks for the vid Xx
I grafted onto seedlings for the first time 5 months ago and had about half take. A month later I grafted again onto the ones that didn't take and got another half again. I'm pretty sure that next year I'll get a better rate as I learned quite a bit. It's a lot different to grafting citrus or prunus (which I've been doing for years). Good luck!
Me and my 7 yr old grandson planted our first alvacado tree thanks to you. He doesn't realize we won't get any fruit until he's 14 yrs old haha shhh don't tell him haha. Thank you and God bless you
This video is so informational and easy to understand for me as a non native och english speaker (im from sweden) I find it hard to understand some very advanced gardeners but you really explained in am easy way but still everything you need to know!!
Thanks for the video. I live in the rainforest of Hawaii and we have tons of avocados. So trust me they love the humid weather we are at 70 - 85% daily so humidity and avocados are not a problem.
I've many coffee trees growing in containers and usually, it gives you fruits within 2 to 3 years. I also have avocados in containers and they are as tall as 5 yo 7 feet tall in 4 to 5 years time. I just use natural soils collecting from the mountain base. I don't know chemical values or P.H or whatever. I grow many flower plants in pots including cactus and crotons. All are growing well. I start to grow mango from seeds and it looks going well. Having these sorts of activities on a daily basis, I think we tend to be healthier and happier. Thanks to all home gardeners and growers on earth!!
I'm doing the toothpicks in the seeds and I've never done it before and all seeds are sprouting...I'm using pure spring water, not tap water, and changing the water every 3 days. We'll probably never see fruit because it'll take about 7 years for fruit to grow and we'll be moving countries before then, so this is just fun for the kids to see what we can grow from seed. 🤩
I love fast-growing trees. A great tree company. The meyer lemon trees yhat I purchased from them are doing fantastic. I just bought a couple of boomerang lilac tree's from them and can't wait to see them in bloom this spring.
My avocado is a decent size seedling now... Took a few months... I sprouted it from the pit... Takes patience but its beside my kitchen sink and I love it!
OMG! I am in cloud 9...my mango tree is growing beautifully. Thank you! Now the avocado’s turn. It’s sprouting and ready to take this valuable tips to transfer to a container. 🤩🤩🤩🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Seedling will still usually fruit much quicker than mentioned in an appropriate climate, but you could always just graft on whatever varieties you like.
@@praveenakilambi8030 any fruit ? I had 3 lovely avacados trees from seed and I was given. A seed as a gift. And all of them were killed by an animal except 1 seed
You can banana plants in the ground in cold Climates as far as Canada and UK I have found a technique of wrapping them with bubble wrap and never lost a cane
My neighbor had Banana plants in his yard. One day he found possums nesting in them while he was printing them. He pulled them up and had them on the curb for trash pick up. I asked what they were and maybe I could take them. He then told me the story of pruning them and finding opossums nesting in them. Later that day, he came home to finding a whole family of mother and babies in his swimming pool, where his dog kept them trapped until he came home. No thanks! I'll pass on the possums for now.
Yay! Thank you for doing this. I started 4 avacado seeds over a year ago after I asked some questions on your live stream and you referred me to Jake Mace. The information you provide is so detailed and I think it will help me keep my babies alive.
It took me about 4 months to germinate four of my avocado seeds (from February to August in 2018). I did the toothpick method and that worked well for me. Fast forward to today and those plants are doing quite well. The largest is about 45cm and the smallest one is 10cm
I have 5 grafted avocado trees growing in the ground here in Los Angeles. They are doing fantastic & are fruiting like crazy. 2 Reed, 2 Lamb Hass & 1 Bacon. Gonna have a bumper crop next harvest.
Thank you for sharing! So glad you didn't wait 6 years, cus I want to start growing tropicals indoors now haha Ive watched a couple of these and love the in-depth information 💚💚💚
Are there any subscribers here from the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area of Florida? You should be lucky enough to be able to grow avocados outdoors at that location.
In my flat I often have 14-17°C in winter and all leafes are thriving and beautiful, I live in the Isle of Man, we don't have much sun all year... But avocad is situated in the most sunny part of the flat Thanks for your video 👍👍
SoCal do get freezing temp but only for short durations. Commercial growers use smodge pots to keep the frost away. Avocados and citrus can tolerate short duration of freeze but not very long. Also many of the avocados groves in SoCal are gone, kaput etc... no water, too hot even in winter. Try something easier to grow like Meyer lemon or Washington navel or even kumquats (super yummy) and kumquats can be kept as a small bush. It's a very green lush bush. And its a prolific grower. Avocados are very tempermental.
I grew an avocado from a seed about two years ago, and while I didn't know anything about it or keeping it alive, it did pretty well. At least so I thought. It had nice, large leaves but the older leaves kept falling off. I thought that was normal, but it was just one long stem with maybe 4 to 6 leaves at the top at most. Could overwatering be the reason the leaves fell off, because we didn't know it barely needed any water, so we watered it quite a lot.
I have been growing an avocado tree for three years from the seed it was doing great until this summer, after its new leaves came back in spring they turn yellow, thanks for this tip I will check the ph level.
Thanks for sharing. So I guess I should toss my avocado seed that I just washed with plans of planting it. I was just checking the tube first for details. I’m from Michigan as well! :)
I grew a couple of avocado seeds via the toothpick method and it only took a couple of months for them to get almost a foot high. One isn't looking too hot though. I did 'peel' the seed and that's supposed to speed things up. Glad your vid came along because I probably will add much more sand to the soil than I was going to.
williwonti I did a large batch (12) plants from seed. All grew quite well at first. One grew to over 6’ but all died unfortunately. My climate is ideal but as they were in the ground and discovered the water table! RIP.
There's millions of avocado trees in Puerto Rico and this country's basically a rainforest. An avocado falls on my grass and 2 weeks later I have to pull the little tree out the ground.
i used miracle grow crystals and i disolve them in water, its a bluish tint to the water however it has made my avacado tree so beautiful. ill upload a quick video because i believe it truly grows fast and only took 3 weeks to grow from seed to start sprouting.
Grow a seed in a zip lock bag. Fill bag until seed is half covered. Leave both ends of bag open about half inch. It was an accident gone right and now I have 5 avocado trees growing in Minnesota. Except once they grew a stem with a leaf I bought and used a 6x6 rockwool grow block and grew them in there. Now after a year I am going to transplant them into soil. Mind you I have never used nutrients, just tap water I let sit for 2 days in jugs before I water them.
@@tinai2744 Avocados grown from seed take between 7 and 20 years to fruit. Some never do and if they do often there's a big seed and very little flesh. I grow seeds but then graft Hass scion to them when they're about pencil thickness. That way I get fruit in 3 years. (Hass fruit takes a whole year to ripen from flower to ready to pick, usually the fruit is still hanging when the next lot of flowers are open. Some varieties take 15 or 18 months to ripen.)
Hi! I have been following you for a while and love your content. As regards this vid, permit me to share something about avocados in another part of the world - the southern Caribbean - where I live. Here, avocados trees are everywhere and the fruit is heavenly and buttery. In the Caribbean, avocados grow very well in humid conditions and mixed soil. Unlike the US, we have very distinct dry and rainy seasons which impact the rate, degree of growth and nutrient content in the soil. I use Citrustone for my container grafted avocado. She (the plant) lives outdoors and has been thriving in the present rainy season. The issue with water relates to times when floods and landslides occur. I concur on being careful about root rot because of the nature of container gardening. I plan to transfer my plant to a large grow bag to monitor root growth. I do agree that grafted varieties are one's best bet.
Florida is not an arid location. it is sub tropical and rains every day for months during the summer. There are different types of avocados and the haas (which is the typical grocery store purchase) are harder to grow here. You can grow them in regular soil but like you stated they can't sit in water.
I have one I grew from seed from the grocery store. I've had it like 2 years I think, maybe 3. I live in Virginia and I bring it in during the winter. It's been doing good so far. I think I need to trim again to help it bush out but I want to wait til spring at least.
Yes, I agree, I lived in Florida and it's always raining some everyday. You usually get that afternoon rain shower or thunderstorm, then the sun is shining again. 😊
I just ordered my copy of The Autopilot Garden, along with a whole bunch of seeds! lol I have a Hass avocado and a Cold Hardy avocado that I ordered last spring! I also have a little Miracle Berry plant! I hope I don't have to wait too long to try those Miracle Berries!
I have an avocado tree I started from seed a few years ago. It seems to be pretty happy but I think it’s starting to out grow its pot. I will make sure to put more sand when I transplant it. I haven’t really been watering it much for the past couple of months due to the moisture in the air and the cooler weather we have been having, had a pretty decent frost here in central Cali this week. It’s about 3 years old now. I think they are beautiful trees.
I planted an avocado pit this winter, just for fun since I had one and I had my pots and soil out already, I thought, why not? It grew, and it's already growing big XD like 40-50 cms in only a few months. It has gigantic leaves and is already needing a bigger pot if the roots I see peeking out the bottom of the plastic pot is anything to go by. I'm not sure why it's growing such big leaves (bigger than my hands) when all pics I see of avocado trees are smaller, and with thicker/glossier shine (the ones on my tree are kind of thin and matte). Maybe it's the kind of avocado I'm growing? Who knows. I'm clearly doing something right and I'll keep growing it for fun for as long as it thrives in my house XD
many varieties of Avocados grow great in Hawaii where I live and its super humid here...we get tons of fruit. The best Avocado trees are in the rain forest of the Pali area of Oahu...up where it rains almost every day.
Hi! I’m not sure how much of Florida is arid (maybe central Florida?) You do know that half the year is called rainy season right? And the Everglades is all swamp. It’s so wet here. Your point taken however about the soil. Thanks for the information. I’m at a garden center right now sitting in the car. Waiting for the rain to stop so I can get a better pot and soil. 😄 ty!
What I find works very fast for sprouting seedlings is I add them to my worm farm. They love the conditions in there and germinate very quickly! They definitely do need good drainage. I live in sub-tropical Queensland, but unfortunately I have very muddy soil and have had three trees die after an initial good growth spurt. So I guess container growing is the only way I'm ever going to have an Avocado tree.
It rains a ton in Florida. I think Avocaods can grow here because the soil is super sandy and the water sinks through it fast. Avocados in Florida are the big green kind and aren't as good as the little dark kind like Hass. I'm trying some hass seeds and hoping I might get one to thrive here.
i started an avocado seed around february this year using the tooth pick method. The seed started cracking after 6 weeks time and then it started sprouting 2-3 weeks later. It has now grown almost 2 feet tall.
Praveena Kilambi I planted in soil as soon as the leafs started turning a lighter color. This is a sign of nitrogen deficiency. It was about 8 inches tall when I transplanted.
Pfff... it takes 3-4 weeks to get growth out of a seed. But then I just grow them for decorations, not fruit. I'm amazed by how quickly they grow (it can grow 50cm branch in just 2 weeks!!) and I just think they're pretty ^^ Don't bother with the toothpicks though, just bury the seed halfway into the soil, don't cut it or anything, just shove it in as is, and then water it like u would a plant (when the top layer of soil dries out) and it'll germinate in 2 weeks and will be big enough to peek out of the seed in 1 more week. Just make sure to turn it around every day otherwise it'll grow crooked from reaching for the light :p PS sorry about the comment spam I just love avocados xD
Toothpick in water method worked for us. We have grown 2 that way. It took about 2 months to sprout. Also they had to be huge pits small ones didn't sprout.
Hey Luke. So you advised to just get yourself an already grafted avocado tree & to not start from seed. Well as a gardening hobby I just wanted to see if I could start from a pit. I successfully done two seeds now which I know you didn't advise but if I were to happen to try to graft it would you advise that? Not trying to say you're wrong or prove a point in anyway just trying to get info & have fun in a beneficial hobby. Happy gardening!
Ten years ago I put an avocado pit in water to show my kids how they sprout. After sprouting we put it in a pot, and watered it. It kept getting bigger, and we've re-potted it several times. At six feet tall there's no sign of it fruiting, but it has been interesting anyway.
You might want to put it in the ground mine is almost 25 ft high and produces alot of avocados.also you might want to graft it so you can just use the rootstock and get a grafting from another mature tree
@@mheermance My trees got to 6 feet tall in 10 litre pots in under a year - and that's with cutting the tops off and grafting Hass scion onto them. I think you've got bigger problems than simply a tree not flowering, you need to learn to grow and how and when to fertilise. 10 years and only 6 feet tall? you must be starving the poor thing.
Florida is a very arid location? Florida is in the sub-tropics, surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico, The Florida Strait and, The Atlantic Ocean. Average rainfall is 40-60" annually; hot and humid from Mar-Oct., dew point in the 70F's. The peninsula is quite sandy though.
Avocados grown in California do get below freezing temps every year. The orchardmen put on sprinklers to protect the fruit but the trees do fine in cold weather. Also, they are not grown in arid areas. They are grown in very foggy locations where it barely reaches 75 degrees, not inland where it can get into triple digits.
It does take a long time from seed but it's so exciting when the seed cracks and it starts sprouting. Once it starts growing leaves and you trim it, which it's hard to trim once you waited so long, but it grows faster after that. I don't care if I never get fruit I love the plant. I want to try a coffee plant but I've heard they are harder in colder climates.
@@sanjulina if I remember right, I watched some you tube videos on once it gets like 12 inches trim back 6 inches which basically is hard because you just finally get growth but it grows quicker after trimming it. Then I think you do it again . I really to to look back on it though. It has alot to do with helping it sort of bush out better .
Plants that grow in dry regions rely on extensive root systems to get the water they need. It's a bit different in a pot. Yes, it needs to be very well draining, but it still needs moisture to live. People talk about how lavender "likes it dry" , but it's not the same in a pot. In a pot, the plant can't extend it's roots to find water; it relies completely on what is in that pot. If you were to dry out a lavender plant completely, it could stress the plant, and in some cases it could even die. So... I don't know what you mean by "it doesn't get watered that often", but maybe you could be a bit more specific about when you know to water it , for the sake of those of us who would like to grow them
I have an avocado plant that started in my compost pile. I put it in a pot indoors in the composted soil, watered it rarely, and it grew well. Moved it back outdoors in our humid PA summer but covered it with an umbrella so no rainwater hit the soil. Replanted it for another year indoors but did not know about the sand. Will change that but my question is: when should I prune it so that it is a shorter and bushier plant for indoor appeal? I don't care about fruit, just want to keep it happy and healthy.
I tried to grow an avacados from seed and it didn’t work until I threw the pit in an empty pot that I later filled up soil the next year I had a plant of something, we finally realized it was an avocado tree! It two years old now and looks great. Of course I’m in California.
Thanks for all the tips. You’re always very helpful. By the way I live in Texas so I have three growing seasons and can have a bounty of food all year long.
cat and lasagna I dilute lemon juice with water and spray my plants with it. Cats dislike citrus and you can also sprinkle cayenne pepper in the soil.. they don’t like that either lol.
Thats weird my daughter lives on a farm and they have 5 avo trees growing in the yard and the dogs eat the ones on the ground with no ill affects, this has been going on for years.
Depends on the variety actually.. Mexican avocados are actually very nutritious and do not harm pets. Guatemalan pit and leaves on the other hand is extremely toxic
Thank you for this info! I’m going to start seeds to the kids can watch them grow(science project) but I will be buying a grafted avocado tree very soon!
I’ve been growing my avocado from a seed for about a year now. It’s growing very strong fast and healthy. But I currently have it in a pot and I was noticing little sprouts of flowers wanting to peep out should I trim it? Or let it do what it’s doing? Is it possibly maturing to fast? I’m new to this and I see so many videos but not sure what is right. Thanks!
I have started and grown avocados in pots on several occasions. I grow them just for the novelty a growing the tree and they're beautiful fully charged. But in zones 3 and 4, one does not expect fruit.
Hey Luke, I found 6 avocados growing in my compost last summer so I dug them up and planted them all into a large pot bunched together in the center. I was thinking that they really resemble money trees so I was thinking of maybe braiding them like they do with money trees. Do you think that would work without killing them? So far I haven't started braiding them but they are all growing really well together in the large pot. I currently have them inside under a grow light since I live in Michigan in zone 5.
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I tossed avocado pits into the compost bin. I guess the compost is good, I opened it today, and there are 5 avocado plants!
Hah, same! Well, I put some pits in my worm bin, and I didn't expect them to sprout.. I thought the worms would eat them-- but I found one with a taproot some weeks ago, and another two earlier this month. Two of them look like they're actually starting to sprout a stem now. I had to start some bell peppers in the worm bin because they just would NOT germinate otherwise. Thank you, wormies.
I just transplanted 2 from my raised bed. They didn't survive the transplant.
@Tomato excellent question. But I have faith to try and grow them from seeds again
@Tomato this is possible
Nice! Same thing happened to me as well. I brought a couple inside for the fall/winter. Planted them in potting soil and have them under a grow light now. One is about 8” in height and starting to leaf out
My avocado tree is about 15 feet tall. Has given me amazing avocados. After surviving Hurricane Maria in 2017 it had not a single leaf on it. This year it gave me only one avocado but it was still in recuperation mode and now it's back. I look forward to more amazing avocados this coming spring and summer. Looove it.
Ours is a volunteer from the compost bin and it's taller than our orange tree. We had a really cold spell last year and it lost all it's leaves and has become weakened/susceptible to disease. This week I'll be treating it with Triple Action to try and revive it. It did get small avocados on it, but the squirrels took all of them along with all my pears.
I have avocado, mango and pomegranate in containers which I plant from seeds and it’s growing taller. It’s only in our apartment balcony and also I have guava tree 🌳
How awesome! I also have guava tree, calamansi, sugar apple, mango, tamarind, and avocado tree in containers. I live in IL, USA, so they go inside by the window in Winter. Guava lost most of its leaves, but they are growing back now. I can't wait to take them outside in Summer! Good luck to us!
@@ChatO-xo8ze hey are you from the islands? I'm wondering if what you call sugar apple the same as what I call june plum... Anyways I can't wait to be able to grow all kinds of tropical fruit in containers. Good luck to you all!
@@georgegentles9314 Hi. Yah, I am from Philippines. Atis is what we call sugar apple (one of my fav fruits). Today, I purchased dwarf cherry bush. I am so excited!
Hi is this possible in California? I love Guava and I can only grow in containers too.
do u get fruit from them although they are in containers
This Uncle, so amazing. In Michigan, he is growing tropical fruit. Everyone else grows avocado in Southern California and Florida. Smart Uncle will dominate avocado market in Great Lakes Region.
Finally a video on avocados with useful tips! Thank you!!!!
Yaaaaaa searching this type of video for a long time
You better get more information. Try going to the California avocado growers website. They actually have much more accurate information. He actually was steering you sort of wrong on most of what he said. I'm originally from California. He doesn't know what he's talking about as far as these specific trees. They actually love humidity and only grow in coastal areas of Florida California and Mexico. They will die from root rot easily but naturally grow in volcanic areas where the soil is very free draining. They adore humidity. Right now i live 20 miles inland in Alabama. I have a tree planted in my yard. It loves the humidity. Ours is rarely under 70% even in winter. But even the cold hearty ones don't like the cold. Anything under 50 is very uncomfortable. Anything under 30 is death to them unless taken care of. But please look at the California growers site before you listen to what he is saying. In most anything else with roots i would take his word as gospel but not this video
CA is a big state w/various temp differences. It gets down to 30 degrees in winter where Im at, sometimes even upper 20s if the weather feels like it. & summers hit 100-113 & rains a lot in Jan-April. Im in Kern County next-door to LA. But up N is much cooler w/more rain, & down S is about the same as my hot county but w/cold desert nights w/hardly any rain. CA has many different climates.
I planted seed in soil outdoors this spring. Hot and humid Georgia. It has grown amazingly well in direct sun. Now that i know about the sand, i think I'll carefully replace the soil with your recommended 70% sand and see how it does. Thank you for the info!
I've grown avocado from seed in water and it worked
My sister has been growing avacado for a few months - she took a seed, stuck pins into it and then put it in a jar full of water (with the water just touching the seed). Her avacado grew quikly within the first couple of months and she has now transferred it into a po and it's growing beautifully :)
I have 12 potted avos grown from seed that I recently learnt during this covid19 pandemic when i was forced to be away from them (#lockdown period) for over a month that giving them a once off deep watering before i left them did wonders! So what you're saying here makes a lot of sense. Next step is grafting, overall though, I'm really enjoying watching them grow! Thanks for the vid Xx
I grafted onto seedlings for the first time 5 months ago and had about half take. A month later I grafted again onto the ones that didn't take and got another half again. I'm pretty sure that next year I'll get a better rate as I learned quite a bit. It's a lot different to grafting citrus or prunus (which I've been doing for years). Good luck!
Me and my 7 yr old grandson planted our first alvacado tree thanks to you. He doesn't realize we won't get any fruit until he's 14 yrs old haha shhh don't tell him haha. Thank you and God bless you
This video is so informational and easy to understand for me as a non native och english speaker (im from sweden) I find it hard to understand some very advanced gardeners but you really explained in am easy way but still everything you need to know!!
Thanks for the video. I live in the rainforest of Hawaii and we have tons of avocados. So trust me they love the humid weather we are at 70 - 85% daily so humidity and avocados are not a problem.
I've many coffee trees growing in containers and usually, it gives you fruits within 2 to 3 years. I also have avocados in containers and they are as tall as 5 yo 7 feet tall in 4 to 5 years time. I just use natural soils collecting from the mountain base. I don't know chemical values or P.H or whatever. I grow many flower plants in pots including cactus and crotons. All are growing well. I start to grow mango from seeds and it looks going well. Having these sorts of activities on a daily basis, I think we tend to be healthier and happier. Thanks to all home gardeners and growers on earth!!
I like to learn from you. you have a green thumb.
Thanks for your help today with growing the avocado tree 🌳
I'm doing the toothpicks in the seeds and I've never done it before and all seeds are sprouting...I'm using pure spring water, not tap water, and changing the water every 3 days. We'll probably never see fruit because it'll take about 7 years for fruit to grow and we'll be moving countries before then, so this is just fun for the kids to see what we can grow from seed. 🤩
I love fast-growing trees. A great tree company. The meyer lemon trees yhat I purchased from them are doing fantastic. I just bought a couple of boomerang lilac tree's from them and can't wait to see them in bloom this spring.
My avocado is a decent size seedling now... Took a few months... I sprouted it from the pit... Takes patience but its beside my kitchen sink and I love it!
OMG! I am in cloud 9...my mango tree is growing beautifully. Thank you!
Now the avocado’s turn. It’s sprouting and ready to take this valuable tips to transfer to a container. 🤩🤩🤩🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for stressing out the advantage of starting from seedling rather than seeds. You just made up my mind! 😄
I just saved you 8 years. Thanks for watching!
Seedling will still usually fruit much quicker than mentioned in an appropriate climate, but you could always just graft on whatever varieties you like.
U can grow from seeds, just take a few months depending on weather and u have to change water every other day. I have two beautiful trees now
@@praveenakilambi8030 any fruit ? I had 3 lovely avacados trees from seed and I was given. A seed as a gift. And all of them were killed by an animal except 1 seed
You can banana plants in the ground in cold Climates as far as Canada and UK I have found a technique of wrapping them with bubble wrap and never lost a cane
My neighbor had Banana plants in his yard. One day he found possums nesting in them while he was printing them. He pulled them up and had them on the curb for trash pick up. I asked what they were and maybe I could take them. He then told me the story of pruning them and finding opossums nesting in them. Later that day, he came home to finding a whole family of mother and babies in his swimming pool, where his dog kept them trapped until he came home.
No thanks! I'll pass on the possums for now.
Yay! Thank you for doing this. I started 4 avacado seeds over a year ago after I asked some questions on your live stream and you referred me to Jake Mace. The information you provide is so detailed and I think it will help me keep my babies alive.
It took me about 4 months to germinate four of my avocado seeds (from February to August in 2018). I did the toothpick method and that worked well for me. Fast forward to today and those plants are doing quite well. The largest is about 45cm and the smallest one is 10cm
I have 5 grafted avocado trees growing in the ground here in Los Angeles. They are doing fantastic & are fruiting like crazy. 2 Reed, 2 Lamb Hass & 1 Bacon. Gonna have a bumper crop next harvest.
Thank you for sharing! So glad you didn't wait 6 years, cus I want to start growing tropicals indoors now haha
Ive watched a couple of these and love the in-depth information 💚💚💚
Are there any subscribers here from the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area of Florida? You should be lucky enough to be able to grow avocados outdoors at that location.
Luke, I understand your philosophy on gardening/indoor and out but some of us enjoy the challenge of growing stuff from seeds.
In my flat I often have 14-17°C in winter and all leafes are thriving and beautiful, I live in the Isle of Man, we don't have much sun all year... But avocad is situated in the most sunny part of the flat
Thanks for your video 👍👍
Love from Georgia! I'm recommending this to all my gardening friends :)
SoCal do get freezing temp but only for short durations. Commercial growers use smodge pots to keep the frost away. Avocados and citrus can tolerate short duration of freeze but not very long. Also many of the avocados groves in SoCal are gone, kaput etc... no water, too hot even in winter. Try something easier to grow like Meyer lemon or Washington navel or even kumquats (super yummy) and kumquats can be kept as a small bush. It's a very green lush bush. And its a prolific grower. Avocados are very tempermental.
Bananas are probably just as "picky" too.
I grew an avocado from a seed about two years ago, and while I didn't know anything about it or keeping it alive, it did pretty well. At least so I thought. It had nice, large leaves but the older leaves kept falling off. I thought that was normal, but it was just one long stem with maybe 4 to 6 leaves at the top at most. Could overwatering be the reason the leaves fell off, because we didn't know it barely needed any water, so we watered it quite a lot.
This video was far more informative than most of the other videos I'd watched on this topic.
best guide ever man
I have been growing an avocado tree for three years from the seed it was doing great until this summer, after its new leaves came back in spring they turn yellow, thanks for this tip I will check the ph level.
Thanks for sharing. So I guess I should toss my avocado seed that I just washed with plans of planting it. I was just checking the tube first for details. I’m from Michigan as well! :)
I grew a couple of avocado seeds via the toothpick method and it only took a couple of months for them to get almost a foot high. One isn't looking too hot though. I did 'peel' the seed and that's supposed to speed things up. Glad your vid came along because I probably will add much more sand to the soil than I was going to.
You will benefit from adding sand.
williwonti I did a large batch (12) plants from seed. All grew quite well at first. One grew to over 6’ but all died unfortunately. My climate is ideal but as they were in the ground and discovered the water table! RIP.
There's millions of avocado trees in Puerto Rico and this country's basically a rainforest. An avocado falls on my grass and 2 weeks later I have to pull the little tree out the ground.
How lucky, wow!
thats insane you should plant them in a park
I've seen lots of Avocados in Thailand also which is a very hot humid climate. There are different varieties obviously.
I can't imagine living in a place were avocados are free and not $1.25 each
@@m.d.t.8389 I try to grow avocados in Mexico and I am still waiting 😢😂
Love your content always! Thank you!! Plz if poss do a vid on miracle berry plant!
Good information Luke. Enjoyed as usual.
Glad you enjoyed it! You have quite a few awesome plants growing on your channel. Loved the apple from seed series.
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living Thank you for responding Luke. You made my day.
i used miracle grow crystals and i disolve them in water, its a bluish tint to the water however it has made my avacado tree so beautiful. ill upload a quick video because i believe it truly grows fast and only took 3 weeks to grow from seed to start sprouting.
I liked this video very informative. My mom gave me a plant that she did so now I need to learn to take care of it
well it took seven years to finally start talking about the subject, still nice thanks
Grow a seed in a zip lock bag. Fill bag until seed is half covered. Leave both ends of bag open about half inch. It was an accident gone right and now I have 5 avocado trees growing in Minnesota. Except once they grew a stem with a leaf I bought and used a 6x6 rockwool grow block and grew them in there. Now after a year I am going to transplant them into soil. Mind you I have never used nutrients, just tap water I let sit for 2 days in jugs before I water them.
Your lucky, my grow zone is 7, I'd have to make room in the house during cold months, this isn't ideal but avacodos are amazing
How long after did ya yield fruit?
@@tinai2744 Avocados grown from seed take between 7 and 20 years to fruit. Some never do and if they do often there's a big seed and very little flesh. I grow seeds but then graft Hass scion to them when they're about pencil thickness. That way I get fruit in 3 years. (Hass fruit takes a whole year to ripen from flower to ready to pick, usually the fruit is still hanging when the next lot of flowers are open. Some varieties take 15 or 18 months to ripen.)
Hi! I have been following you for a while and love your content. As regards this vid, permit me to share something about avocados in another part of the world - the southern Caribbean - where I live. Here, avocados trees are everywhere and the fruit is heavenly and buttery. In the Caribbean, avocados grow very well in humid conditions and mixed soil. Unlike the US, we have very distinct dry and rainy seasons which impact the rate, degree of growth and nutrient content in the soil. I use Citrustone for my container grafted avocado. She (the plant) lives outdoors and has been thriving in the present rainy season. The issue with water relates to times when floods and landslides occur.
I concur on being careful about root rot because of the nature of container gardening. I plan to transfer my plant to a large grow bag to monitor root growth. I do agree that grafted varieties are one's best bet.
Florida is not an arid location. it is sub tropical and rains every day for months during the summer. There are different types of avocados and the haas (which is the typical grocery store purchase) are harder to grow here. You can grow them in regular soil but like you stated they can't sit in water.
Not to mention we dream about 85 degree weather May through October, because it's in the 90's over half of the year.
High humidity most of the year too!
I have one I grew from seed from the grocery store. I've had it like 2 years I think, maybe 3. I live in Virginia and I bring it in during the winter. It's been doing good so far. I think I need to trim again to help it bush out but I want to wait til spring at least.
Yes, I agree, I lived in Florida and it's always raining some everyday. You usually get that afternoon rain shower or thunderstorm, then the sun is shining again. 😊
@@AedarinOfMinecraft What are you talking about ? Do you actually live in Florida ???
I just ordered my copy of The Autopilot Garden, along with a whole bunch of seeds! lol I have a Hass avocado and a Cold Hardy avocado that I ordered last spring! I also have a little Miracle Berry plant! I hope I don't have to wait too long to try those Miracle Berries!
I have an avocado tree I started from seed a few years ago. It seems to be pretty happy but I think it’s starting to out grow its pot. I will make sure to put more sand when I transplant it. I haven’t really been watering it much for the past couple of months due to the moisture in the air and the cooler weather we have been having, had a pretty decent frost here in central Cali this week. It’s about 3 years old now. I think they are beautiful trees.
Love the tips
Great video
Thank you for the info
Thank you for the info I just started 4 Hass avocado seeds.
I planted an avocado pit this winter, just for fun since I had one and I had my pots and soil out already, I thought, why not?
It grew, and it's already growing big XD like 40-50 cms in only a few months. It has gigantic leaves and is already needing a bigger pot if the roots I see peeking out the bottom of the plastic pot is anything to go by. I'm not sure why it's growing such big leaves (bigger than my hands) when all pics I see of avocado trees are smaller, and with thicker/glossier shine (the ones on my tree are kind of thin and matte). Maybe it's the kind of avocado I'm growing? Who knows. I'm clearly doing something right and I'll keep growing it for fun for as long as it thrives in my house XD
How is it going with the plant today?
Thank you. Great video. Hmmm 10 to 15 years kind of loooong time. Getting ready to go to the grocery store.
great info and video from the best channel on utube thank you keep up the good work
Thank you for the input... I have an avocado started now. I didn't realize I needed so much sand. Thanks again.
many varieties of Avocados grow great in Hawaii where I live and its super humid here...we get tons of fruit. The best Avocado trees are in the rain forest of the Pali area of Oahu...up where it rains almost every day.
As they should. Very similar climate to where Avocados originated from, Puebla, Mexico.
Hi! I’m not sure how much of Florida is arid (maybe central Florida?) You do know that half the year is called rainy season right? And the Everglades is all swamp. It’s so wet here.
Your point taken however about the soil. Thanks for the information. I’m at a garden center right now sitting in the car. Waiting for the rain to stop so I can get a better pot and soil. 😄 ty!
Thanks !
What I find works very fast for sprouting seedlings is I add them to my worm farm. They love the conditions in there and germinate very quickly! They definitely do need good drainage. I live in sub-tropical Queensland, but unfortunately I have very muddy soil and have had three trees die after an initial good growth spurt. So I guess container growing is the only way I'm ever going to have an Avocado tree.
I’m also in Queensland Ray and grow on mounds with success. They need to be large though.
Very informative. Thanks.
It rains a ton in Florida. I think Avocaods can grow here because the soil is super sandy and the water sinks through it fast. Avocados in Florida are the big green kind and aren't as good as the little dark kind like Hass. I'm trying some hass seeds and hoping I might get one to thrive here.
Info started at 3:00 !
Thank you
Sun Set i fast forward as soon as he started talking (i knew from then that this guy is a talker which is annoying i have to be honest).
Not all heroes wear capes!
i started an avocado seed around february this year using the tooth pick method. The seed started cracking after 6 weeks time and then it started sprouting 2-3 weeks later. It has now grown almost 2 feet tall.
Have u planted it in soil
Praveena Kilambi I planted in soil as soon as the leafs started turning a lighter color. This is a sign of nitrogen deficiency. It was about 8 inches tall when I transplanted.
Good video
Pfff... it takes 3-4 weeks to get growth out of a seed. But then I just grow them for decorations, not fruit. I'm amazed by how quickly they grow (it can grow 50cm branch in just 2 weeks!!) and I just think they're pretty ^^
Don't bother with the toothpicks though, just bury the seed halfway into the soil, don't cut it or anything, just shove it in as is, and then water it like u would a plant (when the top layer of soil dries out) and it'll germinate in 2 weeks and will be big enough to peek out of the seed in 1 more week. Just make sure to turn it around every day otherwise it'll grow crooked from reaching for the light :p
PS sorry about the comment spam I just love avocados xD
Toothpick in water method worked for us. We have grown 2 that way. It took about 2 months to sprout. Also they had to be huge pits small ones didn't sprout.
Now this... is the food of the Gods...🤤
Good video ,thanks for sharing👍
I've been trying to do this for years and never had any luck. Maybe I'll give it another go, at least they are a good snack.
Hey Luke. So you advised to just get yourself an already grafted avocado tree & to not start from seed. Well as a gardening hobby I just wanted to see if I could start from a pit. I successfully done two seeds now which I know you didn't advise but if I were to happen to try to graft it would you advise that? Not trying to say you're wrong or prove a point in anyway just trying to get info & have fun in a beneficial hobby. Happy gardening!
Ten years ago I put an avocado pit in water to show my kids how they sprout. After sprouting we put it in a pot, and watered it. It kept getting bigger, and we've re-potted it several times. At six feet tall there's no sign of it fruiting, but it has been interesting anyway.
You might want to put it in the ground mine is almost 25 ft high and produces alot of avocados.also you might want to graft it so you can just use the rootstock and get a grafting from another mature tree
I think avacado trees need to be pollinated with other trees nearby
@@MIKExMASSACREx Perhaps, but this tree hasn't flowered yet. I plan to re-pot it in the spring to see if it grows more.
@@mheermance My trees got to 6 feet tall in 10 litre pots in under a year - and that's with cutting the tops off and grafting Hass scion onto them. I think you've got bigger problems than simply a tree not flowering, you need to learn to grow and how and when to fertilise. 10 years and only 6 feet tall? you must be starving the poor thing.
@@Shaun.Stephens Will it grow fruit in the pot?
Florida is a very arid location? Florida is in the sub-tropics, surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico, The Florida Strait and, The Atlantic Ocean.
Average rainfall is 40-60" annually; hot and humid from Mar-Oct., dew point in the 70F's.
The peninsula is quite sandy though.
Avocados grown in California do get below freezing temps every year. The orchardmen put on sprinklers to protect the fruit but the trees do fine in cold weather. Also, they are not grown in arid areas. They are grown in very foggy locations where it barely reaches 75 degrees, not inland where it can get into triple digits.
Exciting series Luke...thank you...Cara in Indiana
It does take a long time from seed but it's so exciting when the seed cracks and it starts sprouting. Once it starts growing leaves and you trim it, which it's hard to trim once you waited so long, but it grows faster after that. I don't care if I never get fruit I love the plant. I want to try a coffee plant but I've heard they are harder in colder climates.
How often do you trim it? Im a bit confused with it, because the leaves are so big an amazing but the plant is not that thick...
@@sanjulina if I remember right, I watched some you tube videos on once it gets like 12 inches trim back 6 inches which basically is hard because you just finally get growth but it grows quicker after trimming it. Then I think you do it again . I really to to look back on it though. It has alot to do with helping it sort of bush out better .
Plants that grow in dry regions rely on extensive root systems to get the water they need. It's a bit different in a pot. Yes, it needs to be very well draining, but it still needs moisture to live. People talk about how lavender "likes it dry" , but it's not the same in a pot. In a pot, the plant can't extend it's roots to find water; it relies completely on what is in that pot. If you were to dry out a lavender plant completely, it could stress the plant, and in some cases it could even die.
So... I don't know what you mean by "it doesn't get watered that often", but maybe you could be a bit more specific about when you know to water it , for the sake of those of us who would like
to grow them
Grafted tree is important to ensure you get avocados and the variety type too. Or grow from seed and graft it yourself using avocado tree scion.
I have an avocado plant that started in my compost pile. I put it in a pot indoors in the composted soil, watered it rarely, and it grew well. Moved it back outdoors in our humid PA summer but covered it with an umbrella so no rainwater hit the soil. Replanted it for another year indoors but did not know about the sand. Will change that but my question is: when should I prune it so that it is a shorter and bushier plant for indoor appeal? I don't care about fruit, just want to keep it happy and healthy.
I am, following, your blog, please explain little bit slow, I am
From the philippines thank you
I tried to grow an avacados from seed and it didn’t work until I threw the pit in an empty pot that I later filled up soil the next year I had a plant of something, we finally realized it was an avocado tree! It two years old now and looks great. Of course I’m in California.
FYI... coming from a Floridian... Florida is not an arid climate it is very humid and rains a ton 👍🏼
Thanks! Always learn something from you.
So glad you liked it!
I'm starting to grow an avacado pit today that I ate from the grocery store.
Thanks for all the tips. You’re always very helpful. By the way I live in Texas so I have three growing seasons and can have a bounty of food all year long.
Thanks.
Something you need to consider with indoor gardening is pets. Avocado leaves, stems, pits and peels are toxic to both dogs and cats.
cat and lasagna I dilute lemon juice with water and spray my plants with it. Cats dislike citrus and you can also sprinkle cayenne pepper in the soil.. they don’t like that either lol.
Thats weird my daughter lives on a farm and they have 5 avo trees growing in the yard and the dogs eat the ones on the ground with no ill affects, this has been going on for years.
cat and lasagna just keep it in a room and don’t allow ur cat in there leave the door closed
@@cr03bar yes i have cats dogs and avocado trees...never had problems
Depends on the variety actually.. Mexican avocados are actually very nutritious and do not harm pets. Guatemalan pit and leaves on the other hand is extremely toxic
Thank you 😊, now how about mangoes? Started one from seed!"so excited!" It's in Coco, and need to transfer it to a pot.
Oooh
Hey Luke Thanks for the Video. What kid lightning are you using?
Thank you for the info,may Allah bless you
Wonderful video. Can you please point me as to where I can purchase lights? Wattage?
That's cool like George Washington Carver observing plants so closely.
Thank you for this info! I’m going to start seeds to the kids can watch them grow(science project) but I will be buying a grafted avocado tree very soon!
I’ve been growing my avocado from a seed for about a year now. It’s growing very strong fast and healthy. But I currently have it in a pot and I was noticing little sprouts of flowers wanting to peep out should I trim it? Or let it do what it’s doing? Is it possibly maturing to fast? I’m new to this and I see so many videos but not sure what is right. Thanks!
Great episode Luke. I just moved to AZ and this video will come in handy.
Youn will be able to grow these with no problem at all!
I have started and grown avocados in pots on several occasions. I grow them just for the novelty a growing the tree and they're beautiful fully charged. But in zones 3 and 4, one does not expect fruit.
Hey Luke, I found 6 avocados growing in my compost last summer so I dug them up and planted them all into a large pot bunched together in the center. I was thinking that they really resemble money trees so I was thinking of maybe braiding them like they do with money trees. Do you think that would work without killing them? So far I haven't started braiding them but they are all growing really well together in the large pot. I currently have them inside under a grow light since I live in Michigan in zone 5.
Hi Katie, you grow Avavado in Zone 5 will they bear fruit in cold weather ?
This is a topic I love ❤️
Great information. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
with just one advocado plant, you can have fruits? or they need crossed pollination from other plant?
Looking forward to these guides! Thank you!