I didn't know about avocados until I started watching your videos. Thank you very much, and God bless all our farmers and ranchers! Where would we be without you?
Wow I’m glad you got to discover our world, ha ha Ha. Hopefully you’ll get to try a lot of different varieties of avocado they are so delicious. Thank you for your comment and the support.
@dr.robert d. lucas you're being cryptic. Go ahead and say exactly what you mean, it's cool. I aint' gonna get pissed our anything. But i can't read your mind, what are you saying? Did I get something wrong?
dr.robert d. lucas Your field of study is to tell farmers they don’t know what they’re talking about then ghost them? I like Sleepy Lizard’s field better. He’s out standing in his field in this video.
Kimi, What you were doing intuitively makes perfect sense. But like you I didn’t have much success with that methodology either. Give this a try next time you have avocados and check back and let us know how it went. Good luck!
I was so excited to see the knife on the side. I had that exact knife65 years ago and do not know what happened to it but I loved that knife I bought around age 10.
Thank you for taking the time to educate us on avocados keeping them fresh and using them wisely they're a wonderful thing if you're on the keto diet but they are very delicious. If you have any recipes other than guacamole please post them on your blog I think people will enjoy them. As far as keeping them completely looking good after you cut them what if you submerse them in water. I do that with my brillo pads I keep them in water so that the oxygen cannot get to them and they last a long time before they rust. Anyway keep the videos coming they're great and thank you
Rick, thanks for the kind words. And yes, other commenters mentioned they keep them in water or even milk. I personally haven't tried that but I'm going to with this year's crop. And yeah, we'll do more recipes this year.
I found your channel because I ordered some "hass" and they substituted "king"'s...and I wasn't sure if I used it the same...( I've only been using fresh avocado's for 5 yrs, and always the hass kind...). Thank You for being so informative!!! One way I've found to keep my cut avocado's from browning, has been to wrap securely in cling wrap...then submerge the cut half in cold water and refrigerate. Works like a charm!! Same with the whole avocado's! I've placed them in a container, covered them completely with water and refrigerated. I've kept them up to a week, sometimes 2, without going bad.
Chef here. Informative vid. I use a vacuum sealer to preserve shelf life. I make chilled soup to avocado fries with panko.And everything else in between .
When I buy a fresh green avocado, ,,,,,I will put in to rice bag with a rice, ,afeter two days it will get be a browoen colour and it can be,, an eate, ,,,
Watching from Kenya I have several ovacados trees which grows from seeds all over my farm. Some fruits others are just for beauty and shade. Thanks for the info I end up throwing a lot of ovacados coz of overippening and oxidation. That's was a good lesson for me.
I KNOW this is unconventional but I keep my guac very simple: avocado, salt, lime juice and EVOO….yes extra virgin olive oil adds creaminess that is fabulous. IF I am making ahead of time, I put very little evoo in the mash up process, and add a layer of evoo over the top before I cover. This can keep guac good for DAYS! It keeps oxidation from turning brown. So if you find yourself with multiple avocados ripe at once, go ahead and mash them up with salt, lime juice and a little evoo. Place this in plastic sealable container, smooth the top and make it level. Then add a layer of evoo on top before converting and refrigerating. You’re welcome! 👊🏻 🥑 Have to figure out when I can come down and learn to graft!! Thanks for the great videos. Just got back from Bahamas where avocados grow wild and I’m obsessed with learning to grow!
I grew up with a Haas Avocado tree, seriously. I was so spoiled as all my siblings were bc we climbed that tree too. 😁 cling film is the part I failed to do in the process of keeping the fruit fresh. Thanks for your awesome video Mr Avocado Man! I’m now subscribed! More please as I’m about to start a new potted garden on my balcony! ❤️
Anita, thank you for subscribing, I appreciate it. And I love to hear you're starting a balcony garden. One of my next vids is on fruits to grow at home when you're short on space.
What I do is leave the stone in, put a drop of olive oil on the cling film and then smear the oil on the avocado to make an air-tight barrier along with the cling wrap
The experiment was a nice touch, thank you for reminding me that we can answer most questions we have, without asking others, if we just take the time to check things for ourselves.
funny you say that. a lot of times I just go out and try things when I know a simple google search might yield the answer. sometimes I just like to try things out and see what works.
We Use Avocado's to tenderize the toughest Meats. Bad cut of meat? Blend a few spoon full of ripen avocado and apply generously to meat. Place meat in zip lock bag and sit in fridge for 20 minutes. Its enzyme's will break down sinew and fat. At the 18 minute Mark preheat cast Iron skillet and 2 table spoons of oil. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and sear on each side for a few minutes. Let rest a few minutes and enjoy! Super tender. Pro tip on meat! NEVER place any meat in a refrigerator that shows blood pooling. You must paper towel dry it! Meat last longer. Place dried meat in zip lock bag with a sprinkling of sea salt. Be sure you put a clean dry paper towel on the bottom of the bag and place your meat on top. If you ever buy meat and it turns brown and spoils fast now you know why and how to prevent it making your $$$ last longer and less waste! My dad was a butcher. Love my dad! PS Never ever leave avocado on meat longer then 20 minutes! Turn to mush. Unless you like baby food and drinking meat through a straw! =P Thought you should know! Some people need further explanations some times.
Is this similar to adding pineapples to tenderize meat. Its like eating too much pineapple and having your tongue burning. It has enzymes that tenderize meat.
@@SleepyLizard Be very careful on timing the break down and cooking. Its science! Make a video on it! Love to see your opinion! Much Love, " The WickerShire Project!"
You gave good sound info to us! I thought I'd share our cooking secrets with what you grow in return. My wife thinks I'm a chef! Nah just a little science thrown into cooking!
I'm sure everyone has their own method, but the one I like the most is to keep the pit in the side you're saving, then wrap it tightly in paper towels, and then refrigerate it. It seems to work the best for me.
I love this channel. I can no longer throw avocado pits away. I have several rooting and my wife wants to kill me. Thanks for so much information. Can't wait to order some stuff from you.
Been eatin avocados most of my long life and never knew the put the hard ones in the fridge trick. I did it yesterday for the first time, took it out, and it was ripe just as you said. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Howard, thank you. I really appreciate your feedback. Avocado can be very tricky to soften and raping properly as I described in this video. I’m glad you had a positive experience.
Great video, Thank You. LOVE Avocados, they are delicious and healthy. Hey , OLIVE OIL on the cut flesh, wrap in foil sheet and into the fridge, THIS works!
I store the ripe avocadoes in the fridge in green bags. It allows them to last a few extra days once ripe. I also store the unused half in the produce bags I get at the grocery store and I can get another day or two of use out of the other half. Thank you for this very informative and entertaining video. I will order from your farm when your avocadoes are back in season.
Us in northwest Georgia have only been exposed to Haas avocadoes about the size of small pears. I've never seen nor tasted avocadoes from any of that size! I'm moving to Florida soon. I'm gonna grow my own, for sure!
@@bobclark6703 Bob, you're not the first to tell me that. Seems like folks all over Europe have the same issue. Luckily I hear from a lot of Spanish growers who see an opportunity and are increasing production.
I have saved so much money since I found that trick last year! I buy the Costco bag, while I still have a couple avocados at home about ready for eating, and I make sure the new batch are all firm. I clean them with vinegar/water or water/bleach solution let them dry and put them in the fridge that day - sometimes in a paper bag. 1-1.5 days before I'm ready to eat one I'll put it on the counter. It is perfect! If it's still feels like it won't be ready the next day I'll put it in a small paper bag and keep on counter and the next day it is ready. Also, I've tried all three of your techniques to keep avocados from getting brown. I found the best - for me - is to put a half of a paper towel over it and lay it cut side down on the counter. The next day it's perfect and sometimes I just have to barely skim the top with a sharp knife to get the top layer off and it's good to eat. Voila! Thank you for your videos! I see you have one on mangos. Oh my, guess I'm not going to get any sleep tonight! ; )
Yes, I fall prey to the late night RUclips binge myself. But yeah anything that keeps oxygen from touching the surface of the fruit will keep it from browning.
@@SleepyLizard, we've all had to throw away bad avocado's. I really liked the idea of starting them all out in the frig while you only take one out at a time to ripen. Duh! Why didn't I think of that? LOL!
putting the avocado in a paper bag with a ripe banana (releases ethene gas) has worked for us to accelerate ripening our avocadoes,. Also, to slow/minimize browning we have these neat sealable containers with a pump to extract the air. found your channel very informative.
I learned a trick from an Indian chef in regard to freezing curry leaves which works with many different types of produce in the refrigerator or the freezer. You place them in a plastic bag of the ziploc variety (although you can do it with other plastic bags), close the bag almost all the way, and then insert a drinking straw. Use the straw to suck the air out of the bag, which you can see happening as the bag shrinks around whatever you've put inside it, then quickly withdraw the straw and seal the bag closed. That kept the curry leaves green after I put them in the freezer and they're still green and not freezer- burned after what's more than a year, maybe more than two. That was the intent of the instruction I found online, as I had purchased a relatively large bag of curry leaves at an Indian grocery and didn't want them to rot or turn brown. I've used this technique to keep cut apples, pears, peaches, and plums from browning when stored in the refrigerator overnight, as well as for half avocados and many different types of produce for which part of it is left over after you cut off what you want to eat at the time. I observe one caution as I reuse plastic bags and haven't bought any new ones in decades, so I do need to pay attention as to whether the bag is actually vacuum-sealed. If not, I switch it out for a newer one which doesn't leak air. But people are forever giving me things in ziploc bags so it's not that hard to maintain a supply of bags which are intact and don't leak air. That way, I repurpose and reuse plastic bags rather than buying brand-new plastic bags or plastic wrap. Just sayin'..... If you don't know where plastic bags come from or what a problem single-use plastic has become, please do your research and reduce your use of virgin plastic. I thank you and the planet along with its creatures including Homo sapiens will thank you. 💚 I hope this information is useful to someone out there. 💚
Thanks for this great information! Much as I wish I could, I'm not sure I can grow an avocado tree here in the coastal Florida Panhandle where the temperature occasionally dips below freezing, but I've planted a Hass avocado pit and then let it root in H2O for too long twice, so I've never actually tried. Yikes! But what I really wanted to say is that I appreciate the information about knowing when a Florida avocado is ripe. They only occasionally show up at the Piggly Wiggly in Apalachicola where I live, and I've never had great success with them. Each time, they were hard as a brick and then seemingly in the blink of an eye were rotten. So disappointing! I purchased one at the 🐷 in Port St. Joe today and I'm hoping that by following your instructions, I'll be able to eat a delicious Florida avocado rather than composting it because it's rotten! Thanks for this video. 🥑 🥑 🥑
Nadine, yep. I prefer to take them out for the last 2-3 days of softening. I find a fruit left in the fridge will never properly ripen but a few days of cooling will certainly slow the process.
THANKYOU!! They seem to be rocks in the store, a mesh bag of 6 little Hess gems that are hard one day and all ripen in MASS force the next! So thanks! I've only got limited freezer space.
Thanks for this information. I've been doing it kind of bass-ackwards. I've been buying several avocados at a time and leaving them all out until they get a little soft. Then I've thrown them all in the fridge and take them out one at a time. The first one or two are fine, but by the time I got to the third or fourth one, the flesh is sometimes soft and brown.
wow, this video tell everything about avocado .... thanks you, I learn a lot from this ! and the size of avocado is so bog that never seen in my country !
... Thank you very much ! I live on an island in the north of Brazil and we have loads of avocados, and a kid brought a bag of ten the other day and I only bought 5 because I thought they would all ripen together and I would have to OD on them ! Chris.
What I do to keep cut avocado fresh: coat the cut side with a tiny bit of (avocado) oil, cover with plastic wrap and place in the frig. Generally good for a day or two.
I am a sucker for great tasty avocadoes. Being in Africa, I easily get them and they are so big and buttery.The greediness in me can't allow me to keep half avocado in the fridge or one whole piece. I will circle near the fridge, pace back and forth until I remove it and feast on it. No tales of spoilt avocadoes in the house. Finish two or three palm size in one seating, drink little water and be greatful for a good dinner.
Ben, yes I do sell scion wood at www.guacfarm.com but I don't ship outside the US because each country has regulations on importation of agricultural products and don't want the package to be interdicted and destroyed.
Your avocados are HUGE! But I bet you hear that all the time lol. Great video! I already figured the fridge rotation trick out on my own but here in Canada we don't get nice avocados like those...such a shame. Very entertaining video Mr. Avacado, thank you!!!😁😁
I bet you could wrap a whole one with cling wrap to slow the ripening instead of refrigerating it! I use cling wrap and press it right to the surface of leftover guacamole. Smooth out the guacamole in the bowl, and press the cling wrap onto it and then snap a lid on it too! Works great!
Yes you can do exactly that. We do it all the time. Plus my family likes to consume our fruit at room temperature so even if we do refrigerate we let the fruit sit before we eat it.
I live in dry texas and humid florida at different times of the year. Have found that the ripening time is different and that they go from ripe to nasty faster in Texas . Both homes have A/C. Using Haas only cuz not fond of the larger variety(too watery for me). So climate/humidity can affect ripening time too. Just an observation. Oh, and i use the seed and cling wrap combo...will try just the cling. Thanks for an educational video.
Helen, Avocados are amazing. There are over 900 varieties of all shapes, sizes and colors. One of my varieties grows over 3lbs. I love you Australians, very avid gardeners! Thanks for reaching out.
that is a great idea what about if you just freeze the other half of the avocado you think that would work as well have you done that?. I freeze just about everything instead of putting it in the fridge I throw it directly in the freezer if I'm cooking something and there's something left over right into the freezer it goes and then I thought out later in the microwave and cook it. It keeps food fresher than anything I know of
Ha funny i sometimes say to those particular women "were do shop that top is excellent" so maybe your tee shirt is what i need. Good video. Lots of us Low Carb eaters ,praise the Avocado for its healthy make up.
From South Africa. Wrapping green avo's in newspaper and putting them in a cupboard increases the speed of ripening more than leaving them on the counter. Well, that's what we have always done would be interesting to see a test of that theory.
How do you ship the plants? Good video , Very helpful we would always leave them on the counter and hope for the best. LOL About 50% of the time we would eat a good avocado. Thanks.
Jerry, we prune the leaves significantly, rinse away all the soil, pack in damp moss and depending the shipping company UPS or USPS we box them up in the appropriate sized box and do 2-3 day ground.
Great video. I use the opposite sequence and I will try your method. When I buy about 12 Hass avocados, I first let them ripen, and when they are almost ready, I put them in the refrigerator to slow down the ripening process. The reason I do it like this is because I had some avocados that never ripened when I put them in the refrigerator. Maybe I had a bad batch that day. I was wondering if you can say why putting them in the refrigerator first is better than my method.
Fred, I don't know if putting them in the fridge first is better than your method. I like to do the refrigerating first because i prefer to ripen all my fruits at room temperature. So for me the first couple days in the fridge while it's "green" slows things down, then I ripen at room temp. I haven't tried it in reverse.
Many of this channels subscribers are from Australia. You all are passionate gardeners over there. Thank you for your comment. There are possible 900 named varieties out there, we've got one that gets even bigger than the ones in this vid.
Thank you for your information …… I usually but 6-8 avocados at a time & sometimes there is brown spots in the flesh …… I have one a day , make guacamole & eat a half avocado with my egg in the morning …… I eat a half in a green salad … sometimes I mash a bunch of avocado & scoop them on a sheet pan & freeze them & then put them in a plastic bag & take out what I need to thaw ……
I have two types. Aug and nov 2 crops And l pick it when rat starts to attack. I also have guava.4 harvests a yr. And pomerganates 3 harvests. Now trying dates..... ps oxidizing food. This aid plaque to form in arteries veins and liver...
This guy is great 👍🏼
Straight to the point, very informative & pleasant to listen to.
I learned a lot. Thanks!
Thank you Chui. I appreciate your comment!
Man. The whole avocado pipeline trick is awesome. So many Costco packs of avocados have gone bad at my house.
Give it a try and let us know how it goes.
I didn't know about avocados until I started watching your videos. Thank you very much, and God bless all our farmers and ranchers! Where would we be without you?
Wow I’m glad you got to discover our world, ha ha Ha. Hopefully you’ll get to try a lot of different varieties of avocado they are so delicious. Thank you for your comment and the support.
@dr.robert d. lucas i'm not sure what you mean
@dr.robert d. lucas you're being cryptic. Go ahead and say exactly what you mean, it's cool. I aint' gonna get pissed our anything. But i can't read your mind, what are you saying? Did I get something wrong?
dr.robert d. lucas Your field of study is to tell farmers they don’t know what they’re talking about then ghost them?
I like Sleepy Lizard’s field better. He’s out standing in his field in this video.
From Australia thank you for all wonderful information.
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This was so informative! Thank you. I’ll start putting my avocados in the fridge earlier. I was waiting until they were ripe and then putting them in.
Kimi, What you were doing intuitively makes perfect sense. But like you I didn’t have much success with that methodology either. Give this a try next time you have avocados and check back and let us know how it went. Good luck!
I was so excited to see the knife on the side. I had that exact knife65 years ago and do not know what happened to it but I loved that knife I bought around age 10.
that one is one of my favorites
Thank you for taking the time to educate us on avocados keeping them fresh and using them wisely they're a wonderful thing if you're on the keto diet but they are very delicious. If you have any recipes other than guacamole please post them on your blog I think people will enjoy them. As far as keeping them completely looking good after you cut them what if you submerse them in water. I do that with my brillo pads I keep them in water so that the oxygen cannot get to them and they last a long time before they rust. Anyway keep the videos coming they're great and thank you
Rick, thanks for the kind words. And yes, other commenters mentioned they keep them in water or even milk. I personally haven't tried that but I'm going to with this year's crop.
And yeah, we'll do more recipes this year.
I found your channel because I ordered some "hass" and they substituted "king"'s...and I wasn't sure if I used it the same...( I've only been using fresh avocado's for 5 yrs, and always the hass kind...). Thank You for being so informative!!!
One way I've found to keep my cut avocado's from browning, has been to wrap securely in cling wrap...then submerge the cut half in cold water and refrigerate. Works like a charm!! Same with the whole avocado's! I've placed them in a container, covered them completely with water and refrigerated. I've kept them up to a week, sometimes 2, without going bad.
yes, anything that keeps them from touching oxygen will slow the growing process.
Chef here. Informative vid. I use a vacuum sealer to preserve shelf life. I make chilled soup to avocado fries with panko.And everything else in between .
Will, do you happen to have any vids of your recipes?
You forgot one other very important thing that we learned today. We learned that we want to rush out to your website and buy a 10 lb box!!! ❤
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Great informative video, I didn’t know about putting them in the refrigerator!!
No problem. We have been doing it as Sleepy Lizard describes. Works great. Goes great with lemon or lime juice
When I buy a fresh green avocado, ,,,,,I will put in to rice bag with a rice, ,afeter two days it will get be a browoen colour and it can be,, an eate, ,,,
Thank you for all you great tips. I mix in a little mayonnaise in my avocado dip to prevent it turning brown. It doesn't change to flavor. It works.
Do you have any other avocado recipes?
Watching from Kenya I have several ovacados trees which grows from seeds all over my farm. Some fruits others are just for beauty and shade. Thanks for the info I end up throwing a lot of ovacados coz of overippening and oxidation. That's was a good lesson for me.
welcome to the channel!
Hongera dada. Look into distillation of avocado oil.
@@estherodanga4238 Asante. Am going to check.
Good info. Thanks. Good sense of humour too🤣😂
I appreciate the compliment, thank you
Thank you man. i learnt a lot today. You could be a good teacher or a professor. You know how to explain things.
Thank you Vikram.
Dude...you are a real hoot1 And so informative and stated so naturally. Please keep the videos comin'.
thanks Norm, I'll put one out next week....it's just so hot outside this time of year. 🥵
Thanks guy enjot your fruits of labor god bless you
Best explanation I ever heard.
thank you
I KNOW this is unconventional but I keep my guac very simple: avocado, salt, lime juice and EVOO….yes extra virgin olive oil adds creaminess that is fabulous. IF I am making ahead of time, I put very little evoo in the mash up process, and add a layer of evoo over the top before I cover. This can keep guac good for DAYS! It keeps oxidation from turning brown. So if you find yourself with multiple avocados ripe at once, go ahead and mash them up with salt, lime juice and a little evoo. Place this in plastic sealable container, smooth the top and make it level. Then add a layer of evoo on top before converting and refrigerating. You’re welcome! 👊🏻 🥑
Have to figure out when I can come down and learn to graft!! Thanks for the great videos. Just got back from Bahamas where avocados grow wild and I’m obsessed with learning to grow!
Kellye, I've brought guac to parties that just avocados and salt and people are like wow, what's your recipe? Please keep in contact. thx.
Thanks for sharing your avocado expertise! I especially like the "pipeline" idea.
Lots of my customers have perfected the technique
I grew up with a Haas Avocado tree, seriously. I was so spoiled as all my siblings were bc we climbed that tree too. 😁 cling film is the part I failed to do in the process of keeping the fruit fresh. Thanks for your awesome video Mr Avocado Man! I’m now subscribed! More please as I’m about to start a new potted garden on my balcony! ❤️
Anita, thank you for subscribing, I appreciate it. And I love to hear you're starting a balcony garden. One of my next vids is on fruits to grow at home when you're short on space.
What I do is leave the stone in, put a drop of olive oil on the cling film and then smear the oil on the avocado to make an air-tight barrier along with the cling wrap
The experiment was a nice touch, thank you for reminding me that we can answer most questions we have, without asking others, if we just take the time to check things for ourselves.
funny you say that. a lot of times I just go out and try things when I know a simple google search might yield the answer. sometimes I just like to try things out and see what works.
We Use Avocado's to tenderize the toughest Meats. Bad cut of meat? Blend a few spoon full of ripen avocado and apply generously to meat. Place meat in zip lock bag and sit in fridge for 20 minutes. Its enzyme's will break down sinew and fat. At the 18 minute Mark preheat cast Iron skillet and 2 table spoons of oil. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and sear on each side for a few minutes. Let rest a few minutes and enjoy! Super tender. Pro tip on meat! NEVER place any meat in a refrigerator that shows blood pooling. You must paper towel dry it! Meat last longer. Place dried meat in zip lock bag with a sprinkling of sea salt. Be sure you put a clean dry paper towel on the bottom of the bag and place your meat on top. If you ever buy meat and it turns brown and spoils fast now you know why and how to prevent it making your $$$ last longer and less waste! My dad was a butcher. Love my dad! PS Never ever leave avocado on meat longer then 20 minutes! Turn to mush. Unless you like baby food and drinking meat through a straw! =P Thought you should know! Some people need further explanations some times.
Wow! I'm definitely going to try this. Heck, sounds like a good recipe even for a good cut of meat. thank you
Is this similar to adding pineapples to tenderize meat. Its like eating too much pineapple and having your tongue burning. It has enzymes that tenderize meat.
@@raj66kas Exactly sir! Thanks for responding!
@@SleepyLizard Be very careful on timing the break down and cooking. Its science! Make a video on it! Love to see your opinion! Much Love, " The WickerShire Project!"
You gave good sound info to us! I thought I'd share our cooking secrets with what you grow in return. My wife thinks I'm a chef! Nah just a little science thrown into cooking!
I found that leaving the seed in, spraying with some lime juice and covering tightly with cling wrap makes it last forever lol.
You are a belt and suspenders kind of guy, ha!
Wow. Thank you so much for your comment. Now I know a new trick.
Kudos! 😊
I'm sure everyone has their own method, but the one I like the most is to keep the pit in the side you're saving, then wrap it tightly in paper towels, and then refrigerate it. It seems to work the best for me.
I love this channel. I can no longer throw avocado pits away. I have several rooting and my wife wants to kill me. Thanks for so much information. Can't wait to order some stuff from you.
Chris, that's awesome. When you're avocados are growing in the back yard your wife will have a change of heart for sure
Well said boss from the caribbean love the information
Hello from Florida
@@SleepyLizard thanks so much for all your information
Been eatin avocados most of my long life and never knew the put the hard ones in the fridge trick. I did it yesterday for the first time, took it out, and it was ripe just as you said. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Howard, thank you. I really appreciate your feedback. Avocado can be very tricky to soften and raping properly as I described in this video. I’m glad you had a positive experience.
@@SleepyLizard Like someone once said: Thank you Thank you Thank you
I mean to day ripening not raping 😝
Great video, Thank You. LOVE Avocados, they are delicious and healthy. Hey , OLIVE OIL on the cut flesh, wrap in foil sheet and into the fridge, THIS works!
Once I put olive oil on an avocado I can’t stop eating it.
You know your stuff . .You do remember a story and you make it fun thanks .
thank you Peter I appreciate that compliment.
Good job with these videos! Funny and informative, well edited too!
thanks for the compliment.
I am glad I watched this video. I eat avocado everyday. As you mentioned earlier I do throw some away. Thank you for sharing.
I hope it helps you conserve more of your avocado!
I store the ripe avocadoes in the fridge in green bags. It allows them to last a few extra days once ripe. I also store the unused half in the produce bags I get at the grocery store and I can get another day or two of use out of the other half. Thank you for this very informative and entertaining video. I will order from your farm when your avocadoes are back in season.
pretty much what I suggest in the vid...you got it!
"Staggering".....I like it!
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Once again, thank you very much for this educational video. Now I know how to prevent an Avocado from turning brown.
You're welcome. Most of you guys love avocado so much you'll have it eaten long before it turns brown anyhow, ha!
Lots of enthusiasm from the guy
Us in northwest Georgia have only been exposed to Haas avocadoes about the size of small pears. I've never seen nor tasted avocadoes from any of that size! I'm moving to Florida soon. I'm gonna grow my own, for sure!
You're gonna love it here!
Same here, I am from England and the ones we get imported to us are small and miserable compared to these, I bet they taste far better too.
@@bobclark6703 Bob, you're not the first to tell me that. Seems like folks all over Europe have the same issue. Luckily I hear from a lot of Spanish growers who see an opportunity and are increasing production.
@@SleepyLizard That sounds good, yours look like melons compared.
Everyone has an avocado tree in their yard, they sit outside and sell, we’re used to that here in south Florida 💜
Thank you Tom for your explanation on the avocados so they don't ripen all at the same time great. I still want to purchase a Monroe tree.
Delicious variety
Those avocados are HUGE! You ought to see the little things they sell at my local grocery store.
up tp 3 lbs they grow
@@SleepyLizard whoa :-o
I have saved so much money since I found that trick last year! I buy the Costco bag, while I still have a couple avocados at home about ready for eating, and I make sure the new batch are all firm. I clean them with vinegar/water or water/bleach solution let them dry and put them in the fridge that day - sometimes in a paper bag. 1-1.5 days before I'm ready to eat one I'll put it on the counter. It is perfect! If it's still feels like it won't be ready the next day I'll put it in a small paper bag and keep on counter and the next day it is ready. Also, I've tried all three of your techniques to keep avocados from getting brown. I found the best - for me - is to put a half of a paper towel over it and lay it cut side down on the counter. The next day it's perfect and sometimes I just have to barely skim the top with a sharp knife to get the top layer off and it's good to eat. Voila! Thank you for your videos! I see you have one on mangos. Oh my, guess I'm not going to get any sleep tonight! ; )
Yes, I fall prey to the late night RUclips binge myself. But yeah anything that keeps oxygen from touching the surface of the fruit will keep it from browning.
I have some personal friends who are going to be very happy with this video!
Enjoying the content. Great tip on saving an uneaten half of an avocado. I needed this.
thank you.
You're hilarious! I learned SO much I posted this video on Facebook.
Taylor, I really appreciate that, thank you. I can't believe how popular my vids on this somewhat narrow topic have become.
@@SleepyLizard, we've all had to throw away bad avocado's. I really liked the idea of starting them all out in the frig while you only take one out at a time to ripen. Duh! Why didn't I think of that? LOL!
Great info, told in a direct no nonsense way. Thanks
thanks Ata!
putting the avocado in a paper bag with a ripe banana (releases ethene gas) has worked for us to accelerate ripening our avocadoes,. Also, to slow/minimize browning we have these neat sealable containers with a pump to extract the air. found your channel very informative.
K Mac, thanks for the compliment and the info. I appreciate it!
I learned a trick from an Indian chef in regard to freezing curry leaves which works with many different types of produce in the refrigerator or the freezer. You place them in a plastic bag of the ziploc variety (although you can do it with other plastic bags), close the bag almost all the way, and then insert a drinking straw. Use the straw to suck the air out of the bag, which you can see happening as the bag shrinks around whatever you've put inside it, then quickly withdraw the straw and seal the bag closed.
That kept the curry leaves green after I put them in the freezer and they're still green and not freezer- burned after what's more than a year, maybe more than two. That was the intent of the instruction I found online, as I had purchased a relatively large bag of curry leaves at an Indian grocery and didn't want them to rot or turn brown.
I've used this technique to keep cut apples, pears, peaches, and plums from browning when stored in the refrigerator overnight, as well as for half avocados and many different types of produce for which part of it is left over after you cut off what you want to eat at the time.
I observe one caution as I reuse plastic bags and haven't bought any new ones in decades, so I do need to pay attention as to whether the bag is actually vacuum-sealed. If not, I switch it out for a newer one which doesn't leak air. But people are forever giving me things in ziploc bags so it's not that hard to maintain a supply of bags which are intact and don't leak air.
That way, I repurpose and reuse plastic bags rather than buying brand-new plastic bags or plastic wrap. Just sayin'..... If you don't know where plastic bags come from or what a problem single-use plastic has become, please do your research and reduce your use of virgin plastic. I thank you and the planet along with its creatures including Homo sapiens will thank you. 💚
I hope this information is useful to someone out there. 💚
You are a good teacher. Thank you.
thanks PAUL's
Such useful information... THANK YOU!
you're welcome
You just got another subscriber, all the way from Trinidad and Tobago. Lovely videos.😎😎👍👍
Thank you for subscribing. I appreciate it.
Thanks for this great information! Much as I wish I could, I'm not sure I can grow an avocado tree here in the coastal Florida Panhandle where the temperature occasionally dips below freezing, but I've planted a Hass avocado pit and then let it root in H2O for too long twice, so I've never actually tried. Yikes!
But what I really wanted to say is that I appreciate the information about knowing when a Florida avocado is ripe. They only occasionally show up at the Piggly Wiggly in Apalachicola where I live, and I've never had great success with them. Each time, they were hard as a brick and then seemingly in the blink of an eye were rotten. So disappointing!
I purchased one at the 🐷 in Port St. Joe today and I'm hoping that by following your instructions, I'll be able to eat a delicious Florida avocado rather than composting it because it's rotten! Thanks for this video. 🥑 🥑 🥑
How did your avocado turn out Beth?
I did not know about putting the fruit in the refrigerator. GREAT to know.
Nadine, yep. I prefer to take them out for the last 2-3 days of softening. I find a fruit left in the fridge will never properly ripen but a few days of cooling will certainly slow the process.
“You married men know what I am talking about” - priceless!
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THANKYOU!! They seem to be rocks in the store, a mesh bag of 6 little Hess gems that are hard one day and all ripen in MASS force the next! So thanks! I've only got limited freezer space.
Thanks for this information. I've been doing it kind of bass-ackwards. I've been buying several avocados at a time and leaving them all out until they get a little soft. Then I've thrown them all in the fridge and take them out one at a time. The first one or two are fine, but by the time I got to the third or fourth one, the flesh is sometimes soft and brown.
yep, that's how it goes for most people
Excellent program! I learned alot. Thank you.
William, have you tried the new technique yet?
Awesome video mate.
Simply magnificent video! I love it and learned so much 🥑🥑❤❤
glad I could help
man, never seen an avocado that big !! we get the little tiny ones here in canada !!! excellent video man.
I keep hearing that from Canadians Ha
Your guacamole recipe was interesting. Not a word spoken. Need more recipes like this on you tube
thank you
Thanks sir for information really great 👩🌾👩🌾👍🏼
you're welcome
You are just great! Very informative and entertaining
thank you very much
Very good info, one question: When left on the tree, do they fall before they rot or does the seed start to grow as in mangrove?
they fall first. sometimes I find a seed sprouting inside the fruit through
wow, this video tell everything about avocado ....
thanks you, I learn a lot from this !
and the size of avocado is so bog that never seen in my country !
Yeah some of our varieties are huge. Do you mainly see Hass where you are?
And now I'm smarter than I was yesterday!
something we should all strive for...great comment.
Ditto
Not yet.
Not yet.
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Eat me now! Too late.
Love Avocados 🥑 ❤️
That’s how it is with avocados yup
"Window of opportunity is very very very short, you married men know what i am talking about" ... LOL, spot on!
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... Thank you very much ! I live on an island in the north of Brazil and we have loads of avocados, and a kid brought a bag of ten the other day and I only bought 5 because I thought they would all ripen together and I would have to OD on them ! Chris.
What I do to keep cut avocado fresh: coat the cut side with a tiny bit of (avocado) oil, cover with plastic wrap and place in the frig. Generally good for a day or two.
Yeah that plastic wrap is like magic
What if placed face down on saucer with oil or juice?
@@bassinc3039 Thats how I do it, works pretty good. And no waste of wrap.
A little red onion in zip lock bag. Stops oxidation 😊 easy
Does that work for anything? (and thanks)@@Kathy-kr1sv
Thank you so much monsieur le farmer !
you're welcome
I am a sucker for great tasty avocadoes. Being in Africa, I easily get them and they are so big and buttery.The greediness in me can't allow me to keep half avocado in the fridge or one whole piece. I will circle near the fridge, pace back and forth until I remove it and feast on it. No tales of spoilt avocadoes in the house. Finish two or three palm size in one seating, drink little water and be greatful for a good dinner.
What country in Africa are you in? And yeah, i'm the same way with mangos, never any left over.
@@SleepyLizard Kenya.Currently on Lagos , Nigeria , I hardly get good ones, not very common.
When it comes avocado ripening, your timing is key.
I was advised to remove the stem and check the color under the stem for ripeness, under-ripeness, or over-ripeness.
Love your sense of humor haha
thank you
Wow those avocados are huge!!! We don't get them that big in New Zealand!! Do you sell any avocado tree branch for grafting?
Ben, yes I do sell scion wood at www.guacfarm.com but I don't ship outside the US because each country has regulations on importation of agricultural products and don't want the package to be interdicted and destroyed.
Your avocados are HUGE! But I bet you hear that all the time lol. Great video! I already figured the fridge rotation trick out on my own but here in Canada we don't get nice avocados like those...such a shame. Very entertaining video Mr. Avacado, thank you!!!😁😁
I live in NC I have a avocado tree that I grew from seed and it is growing fast
When you say seed ~ do you mean the little pip on one end or the stone inside? Did you put it in a planter in Compost? Must it be in a green house?
Excellent video thanks so much for sharing 👍🏿
and thank you for watching
I bet you could wrap a whole one with cling wrap to slow the ripening instead of refrigerating it!
I use cling wrap and press it right to the surface of leftover guacamole. Smooth out the guacamole in the bowl, and press the cling wrap onto it and then snap a lid on it too! Works great!
Yes you can do exactly that. We do it all the time. Plus my family likes to consume our fruit at room temperature so even if we do refrigerate we let the fruit sit before we eat it.
Love your personality, just subscribed to see what's next.
Thank you. Have you had a chance to check out any of my other vids?
@@SleepyLizard just a couple of them but I'll be watching more.
I live in dry texas and humid florida at different times of the year. Have found that the ripening time is different and that they go from ripe to nasty faster in Texas . Both homes have A/C. Using Haas only cuz not fond of the larger variety(too watery for me). So climate/humidity can affect ripening time too. Just an observation. Oh, and i use the seed and cling wrap combo...will try just the cling. Thanks for an educational video.
Thank you for that comparison Judy
he just gave an avocado lecture -> good job like your videos
Thank you George. Do you keep a garden?
Wow your avocado are huge ! We don’t have that in Australia!
Helen, Avocados are amazing. There are over 900 varieties of all shapes, sizes and colors. One of my varieties grows over 3lbs. I love you Australians, very avid gardeners! Thanks for reaching out.
That’s amazing if that avocado 🥑 reaches to Australia!
@@helensharma8099 it's called choquette. maybe you can find some.
Like everything else, we never see the “export quality” stuff.
Thank you, I learned a few things today!
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching
I vacuum seal my guacamole with the pits inside...stays green a long time. I also freeze my guacamole, lasts for 3-4 months.
I've been meaning to try that
that is a great idea what about if you just freeze the other half of the avocado you think that would work as well have you done that?. I freeze just about everything instead of putting it in the fridge I throw it directly in the freezer if I'm cooking something and there's something left over right into the freezer it goes and then I thought out later in the microwave and cook it. It keeps food fresher than anything I know of
Ha funny i sometimes say to those particular women "were do shop that top is excellent" so maybe your tee shirt is what i need. Good video. Lots of us Low Carb eaters ,praise the Avocado for its healthy make up.
Funny
From South Africa.
Wrapping green avo's in newspaper and putting them in a cupboard increases the speed of ripening more than leaving them on the counter.
Well, that's what we have always done would be interesting to see a test of that theory.
this vid teaches how to stagger the ripening so they don't all ripen on the same day
From South Africa too. Learnt this from my mom who learnt this from her mom.
Amazing seller and awesome content, liked the logo tbh!!
Thank you for the compliment
How do you ship the plants? Good video , Very helpful we would always leave them on the counter and hope for the best. LOL About 50% of the time we would eat a good avocado. Thanks.
Jerry, we prune the leaves significantly, rinse away all the soil, pack in damp moss and depending the shipping company UPS or USPS we box them up in the appropriate sized box and do 2-3 day ground.
This has been so helpful thank you.
Glad I could help.
I get so tierd of opening my avacodos and there are brown / black lines all thru the fruit, why does this happen
Try cutting it open when it’s a little younger
Good man. Very nice presentation.
thank you Makomuono
Thanks mr sleepyLizard
You're welcome Mr. Mike Mexico.
Yes i yes i broda .... Avocado all the way THank for that my dear broda
I’m 53.....how did I not know this (fridge trick) already? Thank you!
i hope you have much success with it.
Double D • Don’t feel bad. I’m 63 from the San Joaquin Valley in California and I didn’t know that, either! I’m SO GLAD I do now! Thank you!
Wow so informative, this guys a character..window of opportunity I get it
it's good to see some folks still have a sense of humor, thank you.
Great video. I use the opposite sequence and I will try your method. When I buy about 12 Hass avocados, I first let them ripen, and when they are almost ready, I put them in the refrigerator to slow down the ripening process. The reason I do it like this is because I had some avocados that never ripened when I put them in the refrigerator. Maybe I had a bad batch that day. I was wondering if you can say why putting them in the refrigerator first is better than my method.
Fred, I don't know if putting them in the fridge first is better than your method. I like to do the refrigerating first because i prefer to ripen all my fruits at room temperature. So for me the first couple days in the fridge while it's "green" slows things down, then I ripen at room temp. I haven't tried it in reverse.
Also I love your joke about the window of opportunity yes we all know that so well. LOL
It's made a few folks grumpy....you know the new sort of personality that can't understand what a joke is, ha!
I have never seen avocados as big as those you are holding. I live in QLD Australia and we grow lovely avocados but not that big😳🇦🇺
Many of this channels subscribers are from Australia. You all are passionate gardeners over there. Thank you for your comment. There are possible 900 named varieties out there, we've got one that gets even bigger than the ones in this vid.
In Trinidad & Tobago we have them as big
Thank you for your information …… I usually but 6-8 avocados at a time & sometimes there is brown spots in the flesh …… I have one a day , make guacamole & eat a half avocado with my egg in the morning …… I eat a half in a green salad … sometimes I mash a bunch of avocado & scoop them on a sheet pan & freeze them & then put them in a plastic bag & take out what I need to thaw ……
oh yes, this comment keep repeating. you might have an issue with your app
Actually, pour water over it and cling wrap and it will last for days in the fridge!
I have two types. Aug and nov 2 crops And l pick it when rat starts to attack. I also have guava.4 harvests a yr. And pomerganates 3 harvests. Now trying dates..... ps oxidizing food. This aid plaque to form in arteries veins and liver...
wow, that's a heck of variety of fruits you got there. We lost our guava tree in hurricane Irma and I miss the smell...so tropical.