If you live in a spot that doesn't get below 20-22F (-6C) give or take, there are lots of avocados that will grow. Many London residents can grow Brogdon, Bacon, Lila/Opal, Fantastic/Pryor, Mexicola, Zutano and several others. Looking at the fruit, I would guess that's probably a Bacon or Zutano. Since most of London is Zone 9, that should be fairly easy once you get the tree through the first few years. Protect the tree until it gets a trunk as thick as your ankle, and then it should be fairly self-sufficient. It will probably take 2 seasons for the avocados to reach maturity since London lacks warmth, but if you're patient, I'm sure it's doable.
Unfortunately the majority of people here have no idea that they could grow cold hardy avocados here, given the right micro climate. Definitely a good idea to protect the tree until trunk gets as thick as your ankle. I’ve got a couple of Mexicola’s which hopefully at some point in the future will be planted outside 😃
@@joestropicals6760Ever thought of buying some land to grow olives or avocado? The price of olive oil is sky high now, and Avocado is always expensive
I'm in Central London in a 7th floor flat. I have one three year old tree, one 2 year old tree, 2 trees from last year and about 20 new one popping up this year. While I doubt any of these will fruit they are very very easy to grow. The two tiny ones from last year survived outside in a small pot with no protection.
Looks like a lovely sheltered spot. London is often so much warmer than anywhere else (certainly in the summer!) so I am sure that has something to do with it, the protection of the buildings surrounding it. AMAZING!
Emily Hare I’m sure you could tell by the sound of my voice, how excited I was to see this Avocado tree with fruit on it. London definitely is it’s own microclimate, which instills in me huge possibilities😀
@@joestropicals6760 yeah sorry, I wasn't meant to make that sound like I was telling you about london, you being a londoner! I can't believe it's fruiting in december though... WTF!?
Emily Hare lol 😂 no I was just talking about the sound of excitement in my voice. Nothing to do with being a Londoner. I’m not proud like that 😊. Where are you based?
@@joestropicals6760 Currently in Nottingham but from Somerset countryside originally. Hoping to move back to the country one day, maybe Wales! Were any of those avocados ripe at all? I wonder how many locals get off it in the summer? Especially the 2018 summer!
Emily Hare so originally from Somerset! Country girl. I love Wales, and have visited many parts of wales. Beautiful place with so much to see, from wild life to great scenery.❤️
There is one (pretty sure it's avocado) growing round the back of a neighbours house in a bit of forgotten no man's land. London. About 3m tall. It took a beating last winter. Half of it died but it's largely sprung back this summer. Hope they don't chop it down.
I was inspired by your video and decided to grow my own avocado with a seed I brought over from Southern Africa. I must confess the tree is now about nearly a metre tall potted in a container. Wish me luck as I grow one here in the Midlands.
Thank you Joe, Sheila was ever so generous and gave me a few cuttings this April and while I gave my wife a piece of a cutting that I wasn’t interested in and I planted the best ones, guess what? All of mine have died or dying and my wife’s one survived and has started to shoot littles bronze coloured baby leaves. She just gives me these little grins every time I’m tweaking the dying few left…awfully depressing.
I think it's a matter of public concern to multiply this mother tree, via cuttings and pits, if there is the possibility to get few dozen of pits and cuttings to make a natural selection via acclimation, I would like to do that in a more continental weather, I'm working in Brussels with a school of horticulture.
@@joestropicals6760 By "public concern", I'm guessing the guy posting above just means it would be in the interest of the general public to get some cuttings from this specimen - in case it's got genes that make it particularly frost-resistant or something. I doubt he's suggesting we should be pruning it lol Such a good find mate!
@@ticklinjules yes there is. Here is a link to a recent video I did. I even got to taste one of the fruits. I did a taste review of that fruit and it was amazing 🤩 ruclips.net/video/47evMZyBtXQ/видео.html
You know what that means: 1) rapid urban island heat effect/ climate change 2) London has good sources of microclimates 3) Southern UK may be able to have some commercial avocado and citrus production in the future. This is soo cool yet oddly unusual...
I was in the UK a few weeks ago and visited my friend who live across the street from this avacardo tree. I took pictures and there is always some one in the alleyway talking about this tree.
I am more confident to continue with my experiment since I saw Banana trees in London last year 2020. They say that the climate has done what? Common, plants ADAPT TOO👌👌👌
Cool find! Protect the tree for a couple of years and they can take a bit of cold .... with the right variety. Since this guy is proven to be hardy , I’d get as much seed as I can , take budwood and redraft onto its own seedling to replicate the same results.
Just Jeff hi, yep! a real good find. Your right, definitely a tree to replicate from seedling and grafts. I’m currently growing the Ettinger variety in my garden. It’s establishing itself well, as it’s been in ground over a year. I’m also enjoying your channel and learning useful tips. Thanks Joe
I've grown three seeds from 2019 with great success. One is 6+ feet, in a large pot outside for 2 years, will be placing in the earth in the garden this spring.
Thank you so much for this - my parents made me cut down my 7 year old avocado tree that i planted in my house in beckton. it was at least 10 foot 15 foot tall and very healthy looking. No fruit though. Am gonna propagate more and plant a few near a small forest near my parents house in buckinghamshire. Mum was worried the roots would damage the foundation of the house. 😿❤🌴🌳
Hi, I’m sorry you had to cut down your 7 year old avocado tree🥹 I’m glad you’ll plant some near the small forest by your parents. Their amazing trees 🤩
@@joestropicals6760 Thank you Joe. Sad about the tree as it was stunning even for foliage. But your video gave me hope. I will plant them near this house on in my parents garden which is much bigger. Maybe I will in my 60s before it bears fruit. Just love your video. So happy u shared it. Thank you!
This is a famous tree. I have watched the other videos you have related to this avocado and the information is very good and adds to the history and fascination of this remarkable tree. You have now become a part of it's story... Well done on the grafts and hope you get it fruiting.... I plan to visit the tree. Thanks for posting. Btw I have subscribed to your channel for the last 3 years. Keep up the good work and all the other plants in your garden look wonderful and happy.
@Ruby-K, it really is a famous tree…a national treasure. Thank you so much for being a subscriber of my channel for the past three years, it’s very much appreciated. 😀🙏🏽
That's amazing. I was shocked at first, but after doing research on how mild your winters are it makes sense you could do it with the right variety. Have you tried growing Mexicola Grande?
@@will2913 I have an Ettinger Avocado tree in ground for at least 3 years and has no problem with our cold winters. I’ll be doing an update video in the coming days 😀 Thank you for watching and commenting on my channel, it’s much appreciated 👍🏾
@@joestropicals6760 lol that cracks me up a lot of people dont know about edibles. Post people i know dont know what a loquat is and they grow all over California. They think its an ornamental tree 🤦♀️. I think its amazing that that lady grew that tree from seed wow!
Garden love it’s a shame they don’t get to appreciate what’s growing around them. Never mind we will 😂. The satisfaction I get from growing my own fruit and vegetables, you can’t beat it 😊
Omg, you can grow avocado in London? Wow! I wouldn’t think it at all. I thought it snowed in London and would be too cold for those to survive! That tree must be pretty old given the size of it.
@@electricyellow613 and funnily enough this is not the only avocado tree in London. I’ve been fortunate enough to have tasted the fruit from this particular tree which I documented in one of my videos. Absolutely delicious 😋🥑
@@joestropicals6760 Here in the states, we have ads for avocados from Mexico. Maybe London should start their own ads... Avocados from Downing Street! 🤣
I have one in my back garden at the moment (Brighton, UK) nowhere near this size, maybe up to 2 foot tall, but turned up self seeded (the stones really don't compost at all!). It has survived 2 winters so far but they have been mild. I would not have rated it's chances of lasting much longer but now I think maybe I need to move it before it gets too big!
@@joestropicals6760 Yes, just appeared there, I can only assume it came from the compost heap, not rotted down. It is right against a fence and near the house so I guess it is quite protected. We're watching it with caution to be sure it doesn't get too big!
Michigan Garden Gal, it was a pleasure to share this amazing find with you all 😃. Thanks for subscribing and I hope you’ll enjoy my updates on all things gardening 🤗. Ps I’ve subscribed to your fab channel ❤️
Hmm, I have just eaten some Columbian Hass Avocados and have up to 4 seeds to pot now - will give it a try without much hope just to see how far I can get this along in E.London with Lemons & Nectarines (had a supersweet high & large fruiting one mum had planted from seed placed in my old garden but tenants levelled it after I moved out) - Neighbours loved eating them too such a shame its gone now but it was not just any seed but a you know who super juicy nectarine seed! I think Avocado will be tougher to grow though...
Z M check out grow avocado from seed on RUclips it’s easy but it’s a few weeks before you can see which ones will take as some just don’t for some reason. Good luck.
Hi Z M. A great variety to try and grow from seed would be Ettinger as they are very cold hardy. I have a Hass variety I grew from seed over 6 years ago but it really hates the cold, so it’s left in the greenhouse over winter. I hope you succeed in your attempts 🤗
@@joestropicals6760 We're in zone 7. Last year it was very cold -15 C This year it was quite mild. I have some kumquats on my balcony and I had to take them into the house only for two days this winter when it went under -3 C.
Would you be able to talk to the owner of this tree and see if they would consider to propagate branches and sell? I bet there would be so many of us who'd want to get one 😍💜
Hi, the owner is lovely and has gifted me with some cuttings in the past. Unfortunately when I had grafted it was the wrong time of year and the grafts failed. However spring is around the corner 😉
Weather is changing. In the San Francisco area we are starting to grow mangos and bananas. Decades ago growing a fruiting avocado tree was considered a miracle.
OMG, this is amazing.. can you find out what variety this is? This could be HUGE.. avocados are seen as villainous because they come from Mexico and are bad for the environment.. maybe we can grow them here? How has this not caught on??
Knock on the door and ask if you can claim the harvest each year. Thousands and thousands of trees are not harvested for some strange reason. Tup north, the wild fruit you can find is fantastic, and if you love walnuts, Newcastle has some great trees, and only yesterday, growing wild, I found cherry sized plumb trees, and they are the best I've had. You need to get into air layering and start getting branch's (clones) and spread them around, or sell them.
Wow, what amazing that you have an actual avocado tree growing right there. I myself live in The Netherlands and would love to have twig from this tree. @joe, Can i come in contact with you about possibility of adding a small piece of this avocado tree to our agroforest?
Hi @ballyhothi3830, Avocado grown from seed can take up to 9 or even more years to fruit. This particular tree had taken at least 20 years to fruit. If you want an avocado tree to fruit a lot sooner, you would need to buy a grafted variety. Unfortunately they are pretty hard to come by in the Uk.
And I planted a black walnut, Juglans nigra, in my East Dulwich back garden -- because of, you know, the frosts. Add that to other questionable life decisions (did I buy Amazon stock? Google stock? Microsoft stock? What about that first wife? Oh, dear...). Really I shouldn't be allowed outside without a team of minders.
@@joestropicals6760 Hello, thanks for your reply. I think I have the avocado varieties "Reed" and "Hass". I've grown them both inside. Now they are getting taller every day. However I don't know they will survive Winter temperature outside in my country (this year -30°C). Do you have any knowledge of making the avocado plants medium tall and bushy, inside an apartment?? I had to prune them often to stop getting taller. Please let me know. Thank you. I wish I can post pictures of my avocado plant here. It is not possible though
@@MenakaAndersen hi, great to hear you are growing two different avocado varieties. I think if you are growing avocado inside, you’ll just have to keep pruning if they get to big, so you can managed the size.
Or when council sees a tree that fruits food for humans and they cut it down for mulching or harvest it all for themselves at nighttime, happens here in Australia, corrupt people don't like to see humanity living and helping each other
@@joestropicals6760 There is a variety of Mexican avocado called mejicola, that resists 7.8 degrees below zero, you could plant it at home, in the UK, I am from the north of Spain and I have one planted on my farm, and it produces a lot of harvest and a delicious taste, if you lived around here, I'd give you seeds of it
jorge martin that’s very Generous of you 😊. I do have a Mexicola seedling which is quite young. I also have an Ettinger in ground for over a year. So it’s survived one winter and I hope it will survive the coming winter. I would love to see a picture or even video of your trees 😁
@@joestropicals6760 Hello Joe If you google "aguacate Porrua " you could see the images of a gigantic and centennial avocado that is in the town of Porrua, in the north of Spain, that tree is the grandfather of my Mexican avocado, I live a few kilometers from that village You have instagram? out there `could I show you a photo of my tropical trees and plants Greetings
Hi, thanks for stopping by 🙌🏽 If you check one of my recent video, fruit tree tour, it features the avocado tree in 2020. I spoke to the owners son, and he was kind enough to give me a fruit. I did a taste test video last November and the avocado was amazing 🤩
@@joestropicals6760 If you can get a cutting and graft it , clone it to a young shoot it will yield fruit quickly and thrive. I was looking at videos on how best to grow Avocados in the UK and seen this . Amazing. Peace out Joe.
Hello there, Thank you so much for sharing this video. I would like to have some cuttings. Can you help me, please? I would like to buy from the owner and pay for your services. Thank you so much. I used to live in London but moved to Wales.
Hi Joe would love it if you could tell me where this tree is. Would love to take a cutting to graft (with the owners permission of course). We run St Ives Community Orchard in Cornwall, imagine if we could have an avocado tree like that growing here.
St Ives Community Orchard and Nature Reserve Group at the moment their is a project in the pipeline, so I cannot disclose the location of this tree. However watch this space and more will be revealed at a later date.
@@joestropicals6760 Exciting, hope to hear something. Please contact me on stivesorchard@gmail.com with any news and hope you manage to graft some trees. Now is the time!
That is a tree Native to Mexico, specifically in the Zacatecas area where it gets quite chilly. That specific species is called a Criollo……they grow naturally in the plains and they use that stock in the commercial growers to graft the Hass which is another more popular types of Avocado that sales a lot. cheers!
Greetings from Greece! Thank you for your contribution, this information is very useful for all avocado enthusiasts. I'm also very interest for any frost hardy avocado cultivars and varieties. Are you aware if there are any fruiting avocado trees in the following areas? Tlaxcala, Los Lamentos, Madera, Zacatecas and Apizaco. It would be fascinating to find some specific avocados growing and surviving in these places!
@@joestropicals6760 Haha let me put it like this.. the fact that the tree survived snow is insane. The tree has to be at least 10-15yrs old to reach this size. I live in Switzerland.. plenty of snow in winter⛄️
If you live in a spot that doesn't get below 20-22F (-6C) give or take, there are lots of avocados that will grow. Many London residents can grow Brogdon, Bacon, Lila/Opal, Fantastic/Pryor, Mexicola, Zutano and several others. Looking at the fruit, I would guess that's probably a Bacon or Zutano. Since most of London is Zone 9, that should be fairly easy once you get the tree through the first few years. Protect the tree until it gets a trunk as thick as your ankle, and then it should be fairly self-sufficient. It will probably take 2 seasons for the avocados to reach maturity since London lacks warmth, but if you're patient, I'm sure it's doable.
Unfortunately the majority of people here have no idea that they could grow cold hardy avocados here, given the right micro climate.
Definitely a good idea to protect the tree until trunk gets as thick as your ankle. I’ve got a couple of Mexicola’s which hopefully at some point in the future will be planted outside 😃
there is one little problem, no one sells avocado trees.
@@joestropicals6760Ever thought of buying some land to grow olives or avocado? The price of olive oil is sky high now, and Avocado is always expensive
If you didn’t have video footage of this I would say it is unbelievable!
You where one of the last people to say this.
Great to see these trees getting more and more publicity. Thanks for sharing!👍🏻
GoTropicalUK just goes to show what’s possible. There’s a least 4 mature Avocado tree’s that I know of growing in London.
I'm in Central London in a 7th floor flat. I have one three year old tree, one 2 year old tree, 2 trees from last year and about 20 new one popping up this year. While I doubt any of these will fruit they are very very easy to grow. The two tiny ones from last year survived outside in a small pot with no protection.
Hey @BeingEmilie, cool another Londoner 😊 wow so you’ve definitely got a green thumb growing all those Avocados 🙌🏽
Looks like a lovely sheltered spot. London is often so much warmer than anywhere else (certainly in the summer!) so I am sure that has something to do with it, the protection of the buildings surrounding it. AMAZING!
Emily Hare I’m sure you could tell by the sound of my voice, how excited I was to see this Avocado tree with fruit on it. London definitely is it’s own microclimate, which instills in me huge possibilities😀
@@joestropicals6760 yeah sorry, I wasn't meant to make that sound like I was telling you about london, you being a londoner! I can't believe it's fruiting in december though... WTF!?
Emily Hare lol 😂 no I was just talking about the sound of excitement in my voice. Nothing to do with being a Londoner. I’m not proud like that 😊. Where are you based?
@@joestropicals6760 Currently in Nottingham but from Somerset countryside originally. Hoping to move back to the country one day, maybe Wales! Were any of those avocados ripe at all? I wonder how many locals get off it in the summer? Especially the 2018 summer!
Emily Hare so originally from Somerset! Country girl. I love Wales, and have visited many parts of wales. Beautiful place with so much to see, from wild life to great scenery.❤️
There is one (pretty sure it's avocado) growing round the back of a neighbours house in a bit of forgotten no man's land. London. About 3m tall. It took a beating last winter. Half of it died but it's largely sprung back this summer. Hope they don't chop it down.
I was inspired by your video and decided to grow my own avocado with a seed I brought over from Southern Africa. I must confess the tree is now about nearly a metre tall potted in a container. Wish me luck as I grow one here in the Midlands.
So glad my video inspired you to grow your own avocado 🥑😊 wishes you great success with it up north 🙌🏾
That is an incredible tree.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Joe, Sheila was ever so generous and gave me a few cuttings this April and while I gave my wife a piece of a cutting that I wasn’t interested in and I planted the best ones, guess what? All of mine have died or dying and my wife’s one survived and has started to shoot littles bronze coloured baby leaves. She just gives me these little grins every time I’m tweaking the dying few left…awfully depressing.
I think it's a matter of public concern to multiply this mother tree, via cuttings and pits, if there is the possibility to get few dozen of pits and cuttings to make a natural selection via acclimation, I would like to do that in a more continental weather, I'm working in Brussels with a school of horticulture.
@@joestropicals6760 By "public concern", I'm guessing the guy posting above just means it would be in the interest of the general public to get some cuttings from this specimen - in case it's got genes that make it particularly frost-resistant or something. I doubt he's suggesting we should be pruning it lol
Such a good find mate!
Jonathan Woolley your explanation makes sense. I’ll definitely be taking cuttings and air layers, that’s if the lady who owns this tree allows me to 🤞
@@joestropicals6760 any update on that?
@@ticklinjules yes there is. Here is a link to a recent video I did. I even got to taste one of the fruits. I did a taste review of that fruit and it was amazing 🤩 ruclips.net/video/47evMZyBtXQ/видео.html
@@joestropicals6760 any chance I could get a cutting when I visit London at the end of the month?
i can't wait to plant my trees outdoors again. Just so happy I saw your video
Hi @9catlover, I’m so glad you enjoyed my video. Are you in the Uk?
You should get some samples. I would buy pits or cuttings from this genetic stock.
Same!
You know what that means:
1) rapid urban island heat effect/ climate change
2) London has good sources of microclimates
3) Southern UK may be able to have some commercial avocado and citrus production in the future.
This is soo cool yet oddly unusual...
Add 5G which creates "climate change".
That's incredible! I would love to get a cutting and analyse it.
I was in the UK a few weeks ago and visited my friend who live across the street from this avacardo tree. I took pictures and there is always some one in the alleyway talking about this tree.
I am more confident to continue with my experiment since I saw Banana trees in London last year 2020. They say that the climate has done what? Common, plants ADAPT TOO👌👌👌
Great! There are some cold hardy varieties that have no problem here once established!
@@joestropicals6760 could you recommend any, where to get them from please thanks. I have 2 young shoots and one died in cold weather.
@@elisedoka5668 EBay is a great site to get banana plants. Must Basjoo or Musa Helen’s hybrid are a good choice 🙌🏽
Cool find!
Protect the tree for a couple of years and they can take a bit of cold .... with the right variety. Since this guy is proven to be hardy , I’d get as much seed as I can , take budwood and redraft onto its own seedling to replicate the same results.
Just Jeff hi, yep! a real good find. Your right, definitely a tree to replicate from seedling and grafts.
I’m currently growing the Ettinger variety in my garden. It’s establishing itself well, as it’s been in ground over a year.
I’m also enjoying your channel and learning useful tips.
Thanks
Joe
Why not just make more babies from seed, rather than grafting, which is a smaller, more fragile and not as hardy as a tree naturally grown from seed?
Unbelievable! Thanks for sharing.
Real Life Fruitopia my pleasure. Hoping Australia gets some rest bite from the fires 👍🏾
This gives me hope for my 6 baby avocado 🥑 trees.
Ahhh that’s great, 6 Avocados 🥑 🤩
I've grown three seeds from 2019 with great success. One is 6+ feet, in a large pot outside for 2 years, will be placing in the earth in the garden this spring.
That’s excellent! Avocado trees are surprisingly hardy. What part of the Uk are you?
Can we see please 😮❤
I’ve been toying with the idea of trying to grow a avacados in our climate, that’s amazing.
Thank you so much for this - my parents made me cut down my 7 year old avocado tree that i planted in my house in beckton. it was at least 10 foot 15 foot tall and very healthy looking. No fruit though. Am gonna propagate more and plant a few near a small forest near my parents house in buckinghamshire. Mum was worried the roots would damage the foundation of the house. 😿❤🌴🌳
Hi, I’m sorry you had to cut down your 7 year old avocado tree🥹 I’m glad you’ll plant some near the small forest by your parents. Their amazing trees 🤩
@@joestropicals6760 Thank you Joe. Sad about the tree as it was stunning even for foliage. But your video gave me hope. I will plant them near this house on in my parents garden which is much bigger. Maybe I will in my 60s before it bears fruit. Just love your video. So happy u shared it. Thank you!
This is a famous tree.
I have watched the other videos you have related to this avocado and the information is very good and adds to the history and fascination of this remarkable tree. You have now become a part of it's story...
Well done on the grafts and hope you get it fruiting....
I plan to visit the tree. Thanks for posting.
Btw I have subscribed to your channel for the last 3 years. Keep up the good work and all the other plants in your garden look wonderful and happy.
@Ruby-K, it really is a famous tree…a national treasure. Thank you so much for being a subscriber of my channel for the past three years, it’s very much appreciated. 😀🙏🏽
Wow! That tree IS huge!
Thanks for sharing.
Cheryl’s Organic Food Forest I’m glad you enjoyed the video
i grew a small avodo plant.cant wait to plant it in my garden😊
Amazing 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
That's amazing. I was shocked at first, but after doing research on how mild your winters are it makes sense you could do it with the right variety. Have you tried growing Mexicola Grande?
Hi there, yep! pretty amazing. I have a small Mexicola Grande seedling, but run out of space in the garden 🤣
@@joestropicals6760 I think that’s your best bet at a nice tree! It gets too cold where I live unfortunately.
@@will2913 I have an Ettinger Avocado tree in ground for at least 3 years and has no problem with our cold winters. I’ll be doing an update video in the coming days 😀
Thank you for watching and commenting on my channel, it’s much appreciated 👍🏾
Now that is awesome, I hope they share with the neighbors 😃
Garden love, truly is awesome. An old West Indian lady grew it from seed, many years ago. Most people haven’t realised it’s an avocado tree 😂
@@joestropicals6760 lol that cracks me up a lot of people dont know about edibles. Post people i know dont know what a loquat is and they grow all over California. They think its an ornamental tree 🤦♀️. I think its amazing that that lady grew that tree from seed wow!
Garden love it’s a shame they don’t get to appreciate what’s growing around them. Never mind we will 😂.
The satisfaction I get from growing my own fruit and vegetables, you can’t beat it 😊
Lovely! God gives in many ways!
Hi Vitalina, yes he gives all good things to enjoy 😊 🙏🏽
Perfekt Avocados. But you have to now, Avocados grow best in cool climates.
Hi Megamind, I know now 😂😂thanks for watching 🙌🏽
Omg, you can grow avocado in London? Wow! I wouldn’t think it at all. I thought it snowed in London and would be too cold for those to survive!
That tree must be pretty old given the size of it.
@@electricyellow613 and funnily enough this is not the only avocado tree in London.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have tasted the fruit from this particular tree which I documented in one of my videos. Absolutely delicious 😋🥑
@@joestropicals6760 Here in the states, we have ads for avocados from Mexico. Maybe London should start their own ads... Avocados from Downing Street! 🤣
@@electricyellow613 now that’s funny 🤣
This gives me hope. Ive just started growing them. Why throw the seeds away i thought.
belly round like the earth you go for it 👍🏾
Where in London is this then?
I have one in my back garden at the moment (Brighton, UK) nowhere near this size, maybe up to 2 foot tall, but turned up self seeded (the stones really don't compost at all!). It has survived 2 winters so far but they have been mild. I would not have rated it's chances of lasting much longer but now I think maybe I need to move it before it gets too big!
Hi Sven, so your in Brighton! In your Avocado in ground?
@@joestropicals6760 Yes, just appeared there, I can only assume it came from the compost heap, not rotted down. It is right against a fence and near the house so I guess it is quite protected. We're watching it with caution to be sure it doesn't get too big!
I’m amazed wow
New subscriber here 🤗💕
Thanks for the sharing!
This is way cool!
Michigan Garden Gal, it was a pleasure to share this amazing find with you all 😃.
Thanks for subscribing and I hope you’ll enjoy my updates on all things gardening 🤗.
Ps I’ve subscribed to your fab channel ❤️
Good video. Keep these tropical videos coming.
@Humble Servant, thank you 😊 I’ll try my best to keep the video’s coming 🙌🏽
Hmm, I have just eaten some Columbian Hass Avocados and have up to 4 seeds to pot now - will give it a try without much hope just to see how far I can get this along in E.London with Lemons & Nectarines (had a supersweet high & large fruiting one mum had planted from seed placed in my old garden but tenants levelled it after I moved out) - Neighbours loved eating them too such a shame its gone now but it was not just any seed but a you know who super juicy nectarine seed! I think Avocado will be tougher to grow though...
Z M check out grow avocado from seed on RUclips it’s easy but it’s a few weeks before you can see which ones will take as some just don’t for some reason. Good luck.
Hi Z M. A great variety to try and grow from seed would be Ettinger as they are very cold hardy. I have a Hass variety I grew from seed over 6 years ago but it really hates the cold, so it’s left in the greenhouse over winter. I hope you succeed in your attempts 🤗
🤔 interesting 🌳 🥑
Very interesting 😃🌱
Wow im shocked. Never thought they grow in the UK.
That's amazing 🤗 I have a tiny avocado 🥑 tree that spends the winter on our bathroom window. It would be great to leave it outside.
How cold does your winters get?
@@joestropicals6760 We're in zone 7. Last year it was very cold -15 C This year it was quite mild. I have some kumquats on my balcony and I had to take them into the house only for two days this winter when it went under -3 C.
Very very cool!
Thanks to all the cardrivers which warms up the climate! What's next? Mango's in London? Banana's also will have a good chance there soon.
Bananas already have and citrus too. Heck London has warmer winter temps. than Madrid Spain.
London has a micro climate because of all the concrete. It's a whole hardiness zone higher than the surrounding area.
Would you be able to talk to the owner of this tree and see if they would consider to propagate branches and sell? I bet there would be so many of us who'd want to get one 😍💜
Hi, the owner is lovely and has gifted me with some cuttings in the past. Unfortunately when I had grafted it was the wrong time of year and the grafts failed. However spring is around the corner 😉
I planted a 3 day's a go and I spotted my first leaf!
Woohoo 🥳 excellent! Avocado seeds are pretty easy to germinate. The trick is keeping them alive through the cold months
Weather is changing. In the San Francisco area we are starting to grow mangos and bananas. Decades ago growing a fruiting avocado tree was considered a miracle.
Bro. i know people growing bananas in Poland xD (yes, outside) You can do everything if you know how
@@Klejnotnilu666 With the proper conditions and green house you can grow tropicals anywhere.
@@Klejnotnilu666 That's interesting! Which varieties? Any videos?
I am encouraging people to do just that. Experiment with tropicals.
@@Klejnotnilu666 Do you have pictures or a video footage? Id love to see that
Amazing! I want a snip snip haha
😂really is amazing isn’t it!
@@joestropicals6760 yeah its unbelievable. Would believe it without this video
@@Peekcasso I know, I’m glad I did the video. It just goes to show what’s possible 🙌🏽
We want to plant it in Germany right now!!!
I did believe on that, my avocado baby come out in the garden too
Amazing isn’t it 🤩
Where is this exactly? Street name?
This is truly crazy...to see one with fruit. Can you tell us where exactly this is? Its perfect source for grafting material with owners permisson
I would like to know please where it is to go ask owner for seeds or grafting material :)
Magnificent.
OMG, this is amazing.. can you find out what variety this is? This could be HUGE.. avocados are seen as villainous because they come from Mexico and are bad for the environment.. maybe we can grow them here? How has this not caught on??
Crazy isn’t it! I have one growing in my garden for over 2 years without any issues.
Mexican varieties are the most cold tolerant.
Knock on the door and ask if you can claim the harvest each year. Thousands and thousands of trees are not harvested for some strange reason. Tup north, the wild fruit you can find is fantastic, and if you love walnuts, Newcastle has some great trees, and only yesterday, growing wild, I found cherry sized plumb trees, and they are the best I've had. You need to get into air layering and start getting branch's (clones) and spread them around, or sell them.
Wow, what amazing that you have an actual avocado tree growing right there. I myself live in The Netherlands and would love to have twig from this tree. @joe, Can i come in contact with you about possibility of adding a small piece of this avocado tree to our agroforest?
Hi Tobias, unfortunately this is not my tree to share cuttings.
I live in south London. What area is this?
once they get that big its almost unlimited avocados
Where is located ? I would like to see it with my eyes and make some pictures. That is amazing ?
My husband planted an avacardo tree about 5 years ago, but still no fruit sad 😕 any guidance would be appreciated.
Hi @ballyhothi3830, Avocado grown from seed can take up to 9 or even more years to fruit. This particular tree had taken at least 20 years to fruit.
If you want an avocado tree to fruit a lot sooner, you would need to buy a grafted variety. Unfortunately they are pretty hard to come by in the Uk.
Wow that is Soooo Amazing 🤩 so brilliant an beautiful- Who’s is the Tree belong too ?? - are you allowed to just pick them to eat 🥰
I have a question, is there only one tree?
I thought a male and a female were needed for pollination.
Hi 🙋♂️ yes, just one tree in that particular area. Avocado trees are self fertile, but may produce more fruit if another variety is planted close by.
How are the fruits (taste/texture)? Is it a wild tree (from seed) or grafted?
Hi Julie, I will let my taste review video do the talking for you 😊ruclips.net/video/BRHB3jxHzS8/видео.html
Lovely
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- FanTasTic,I Have 2 GreaT PlanTs Avocados in My House in CR...~😀🌍🤔🌳💂🏼♂️🥑🇬🇧
Do you know the variety?
And I planted a black walnut, Juglans nigra, in my East Dulwich back garden -- because of, you know, the frosts. Add that to other questionable life decisions (did I buy Amazon stock? Google stock? Microsoft stock? What about that first wife? Oh, dear...). Really I shouldn't be allowed outside without a team of minders.
Loads in wales too
@@marcelldavies5299 wow 🤩 in Wales too! What part may I ask?
Incredible. Where can we buy these avocado fruits??
Hi @MenakaAndersen, the owners are not selling the fruit to my knowledge 😊
@@joestropicals6760 Hello, thanks for your reply.
I think I have the avocado varieties "Reed" and "Hass". I've grown them both inside. Now they are getting taller every day. However I don't know they will survive Winter temperature outside in my country (this year -30°C).
Do you have any knowledge of making the avocado plants medium tall and bushy, inside an apartment?? I had to prune them often to stop getting taller. Please let me know. Thank you.
I wish I can post pictures of my avocado plant here. It is not possible though
@@MenakaAndersen hi, great to hear you are growing two different avocado varieties.
I think if you are growing avocado inside, you’ll just have to keep pruning if they get to big, so you can managed the size.
Am growing okra very well in my green house 😂 and cantaloupe melons 😂
Really overtaken that garden, hope they don't cut it down in the future, you know what happens when neighbours or insurance companies complain 😣😣
Or when council sees a tree that fruits food for humans and they cut it down for mulching or harvest it all for themselves at nighttime, happens here in Australia, corrupt people don't like to see humanity living and helping each other
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Dose that tree belong to anyone- OMGosh I would personally drive down to South London from Birmingham just to buy some of the home owners 😂❤
You say one of five. Are the five trees in close proximity in order that they might pollinate each other?
I think some are self pollinating, im no expert though.
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Wow what an interesting video! Where in London can this tree be found? I am very hooked on getting some twigs for grafting!
Hi, thank you for watching and commenting on my video. This particular tree is in Southwark London. I’m sorry but I don’t know the name of the street.
@@joestropicals6760 Thank you very much for the quick response! I will try and locate the tree, and see if I can graft with it!
Hello Joe
Do you know what variety that fruit belongs to?
I would say it looks a bit like bacon
thanks for sharing
jorge martin hi,
It could either be bacon,Fuerte or Ettinger. All three look similar and are hardy. Thanks for watching 🤗
@@joestropicals6760 There is a variety of Mexican avocado called mejicola, that resists 7.8 degrees below zero, you could plant it at home, in the UK, I am from the north of Spain and I have one planted on my farm, and it produces a lot of harvest and a delicious taste, if you lived around here, I'd give you seeds of it
jorge martin that’s very Generous of you 😊. I do have a Mexicola seedling which is quite young. I also have an Ettinger in ground for over a year. So it’s survived one winter and I hope it will survive the coming winter.
I would love to see a picture or even video of your trees 😁
@@joestropicals6760 Hello Joe
If you google "aguacate Porrua " you could see the images of a gigantic and centennial avocado that is in the town of Porrua, in the north of Spain, that tree is the grandfather of my Mexican avocado, I live a few kilometers from that village
You have instagram? out there `could I show you a photo of my tropical trees and plants
Greetings
jorge martin yes my friend. My instagram is Joes_tropical_uk
Wow im shocked. Didnt know you could grow this here.
Is it known which variety it is?
Hi Will, it may be from an Hass fruit but not sure.
I think be at from lyonheart84 passed by that same tree a few months ago
Absolutely Epic ! Not only is it the only tree around but it's an Avocado tree ! Did you not call to the house and ask if you could have a few ? ;)
Hi, thanks for stopping by 🙌🏽
If you check one of my recent video, fruit tree tour, it features the avocado tree in 2020. I spoke to the owners son, and he was kind enough to give me a fruit.
I did a taste test video last November and the avocado was amazing 🤩
@@joestropicals6760 If you can get a cutting and graft it , clone it to a young shoot it will yield fruit quickly and thrive. I was looking at videos on how best to grow Avocados in the UK and seen this . Amazing. Peace out Joe.
@@Human2Ai2030 when it warms up a little, I’ll most definitely take some cuttings to graft 😀and I’ll post an update video 🙌🏽
Hello there, Thank you so much for sharing this video. I would like to have some cuttings. Can you help me, please? I would like to buy from the owner and pay for your services. Thank you so much. I used to live in London but moved to Wales.
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Hi Joe would love it if you could tell me where this tree is. Would love to take a cutting to graft (with the owners permission of course). We run St Ives Community Orchard in Cornwall, imagine if we could have an avocado tree like that growing here.
St Ives Community Orchard and Nature Reserve Group at the moment their is a project in the pipeline, so I cannot disclose the location of this tree. However watch this space and more will be revealed at a later date.
@@joestropicals6760 Exciting, hope to hear something. Please contact me on stivesorchard@gmail.com with any news and hope you manage to graft some trees. Now is the time!
Where in south london?
Its cool
Cris Koen, it is really unusual considering this is in UK
Some one also told me he has some avocados get try the winter here In the Netherlands
@@joestropicals6760 it is nature has a lot of surprises
@@criskonen1592 definitely!
@@criskonen1592 it’s definitely worth a try 🙌🏽
Lol I was in Southwark today and had a look for it, but without a street name it was literally like looking for a needle in a haystack, impossible 😂😂
Joe is keeping very secret! I too shall go hunting for the mysterious avocado tree(s)!
@@annieleymarie46 lol I know where it is now but haven't been to do my own video, maybe in Spring I'll have time
@@lyonheart84 let us know!
Is this real?? 😮 🇬🇧??!
That is a tree Native to Mexico, specifically in the Zacatecas area where it gets quite chilly. That specific species is called a Criollo……they grow naturally in the plains and they use that stock in the commercial growers to graft the Hass which is another more popular types of Avocado that sales a lot.
cheers!
Greetings from Greece!
Thank you for your contribution, this information is very useful for all avocado enthusiasts.
I'm also very interest for any frost hardy avocado cultivars and varieties. Are you aware if there are any fruiting avocado trees in the following areas?
Tlaxcala, Los Lamentos, Madera, Zacatecas and Apizaco.
It would be fascinating to find some specific avocados growing and surviving in these places!
Where in South I'd love to see it
So where’s the tree?!!!
You could never do this here in Ontario Canada lol
Crazy isn’t it!
Was it planted there intentionally or did it self seeded?
Any chance of letting us know where in London it is , I would very much like to see it next time I'm there. Thanks
Dem avocados
In london? How’s that possible 😂
That’s what I thought at first! Avocado trees can be surprisingly cold tolerant
@@joestropicals6760 I mean London? You guys get snow up there too😂 That’s crazy. By the way, I love avocados!
@@Desmodue803 😂 to be honest we rarely get snow. Where are you from? And yes I love avocado too 🙌🏾
@@joestropicals6760 Haha let me put it like this.. the fact that the tree survived snow is insane. The tree has to be at least 10-15yrs old to reach this size. I live in Switzerland.. plenty of snow in winter⛄️
this can't be true??? I NEED ONE IN MY GARDEN!!!!
Hi Julian, that’s one of the reasons why I filmed the tree😀. When I tell people they think I’m telling lies! So I film it 😂
@@ITSMEAGAIN1 whereabouts in the UK are you? I have one growing in my house but I daren't transplant it to the garden (I'm in the north of England)
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This is weird!
Got avocado tree in Newcastle upon Tyne btw
It's now 2023. Can anyone confirm if this tree still exists? I wish if we know the exact address for this beauty
I made a video on this tree and grafted it too.