I was gifted some garden-grown avocados by my father-in-law recently. We threw them in the freezer to keep them fresh for meals since they were plucked out and would rot. I was cutting one of them open to make a delicious guacamole sauce and BOOM I saw some roots growing from the seed. I put it into water immediately and it grew to the size of my arm in 3 months. I was wondering if I could keep it growing in a pot and came across your video. You have such an amazing enthusiasm toward your work man. It was a fun 10 minutes, you made my day!
As Tom once said "Avocados make people happy and happy people make the world a better place". This video proves that. You're constantly smiling throughout the video, making the day of countless people, like me. My challenge is still trying to figure out exactly what's the main culprit or reason for my avocados' struggle. But I'm speculating (about my main avocado) that it's Pithyum root rot, not Phytophthora, Potassium and other nutrient deficiencies, too compacted soil, malfunctioning drainage holes, imbalanced watering, temperature fluctuations, poor drainage, although the peat substrate to perlite ratio is 3:2 give or take and insufficient light (dawn- 7 am; dusk-4:45 pm). I'm way too scared to fertilize it but I have to. My other avocado, that was a gift for my aunt started dying back rapidly, especially after I repotted it in a smaller pot and different soil. Basicaly half the stem is already black and the few leaves on top have dried up and are crispy, I've been trying to save it from root rot over the last few months, but the cold and transplant shock, it just would not pull through. But my other avocados are looking amazing. Every one of your videos are so inspiring and education, yet are extremely interesting and top notch overall. Even the oldest videos of you fishing and or bass fishing!
OMG! I wished I found this video 8 years ago! My Florida Avocado tree took 8 and a half years to produce. I saw a video to help pollinate it spray warm water and a teaspoon of honey on the branches to attract bees 🐝 and it totally worked! We had 5 Avocados that summer and this summer almost a full tree of Avocados!
You just saved me so much time and mental energy. I have a seedling and only saw Google results that suggested 3-10 years for fruit. Will definitely buy my tree now!
I've watched this video before, and im still entertained and educated like it was the first time. Keep up the good work Guac Man. Much love from California.
This guys knows its stuff and give the answer to what we all wondered. « Why does my tree does not gives me avocados? » thank you.. Now I’ll search your videos for lemon growing 😉
The passionate gardener, you.just explained everything from the grassroots level.like what is photon and how the plants convert it into a massive energy, I almost forgot for a second that this is not a scientific channel, great quality to teach 😇😇
@@SleepyLizard Thank you, I sing also! I love playing music and writing my Songs, so much peace and happiness is found there, very hard to explain, yet felt, it is like when I go to my garden and talk to my plants and trees! I love your videos, I learn to much! You are the greatest in teaching all of us, all your wisdom and experience with fruit trees!!!
My grafted Monroe that I got from you in April, is growing in a most fabulous way🌱🤗🌿🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻. This is only the beginning for my trees that I have grown from seed to be grafted by this Monroe tree 🌳!!! I am VERY excited and so blessed that I visited you this past spring. Thank you Tom🥰🙌🏻🌱🌱🌱
Your enthusiasm is so contagious! I hit 'subscribe' immediately because I'd love more of that pure positivity in my life! ❤ I just bought my first avocado tree (Wurtz) and am trying to decide whether to put it in a container or in the ground. Most of my fruit trees are in containers because I'm scared to commit to a spot for each of them & to keep them smaller). 😅 Thank you for the information about sunburn, I was not aware. Mine will probably have some extremely harsh sun soon (spring in Australia), it's already too hot to be in my yard after 10am. I'll definitely have to sort something out for it! Apparently my area is equal to about zone 11 in the US.
I stumped one of my trees today that grew from seed. The fruit taste awful. I catch a different variety on it. It fun to listen and watch you teach the reality. Awesome video. Well appreciated. Blessings.
Hey Michael, I think I recall exchanging messages with you about that tree. I'm glad to learn you are taking the right action to correct it. Have you decided what variety you'd like to graft onto it?
@@SleepyLizard Will put the Simmons on it because that's the only variety available in jamaica. Wish I could get the hass variety. Still grateful for the Simmons.
@@michaelchristie3707 I personally will take Simmonds over Hass but then again we can buy Hass at the supermarket whenever we want it. Best of luck with the Simmonds. I've got one left that I just picked today in this video...after it's gone I gotta wait 11 months for another one.
You inspired me to save my hass pits to start growing some tree's. I could use them for root stock eventually but for right now, just growing them will be fun. I can grow any avocado here in Texas so I'm just going to see what makes it. Thanks for all the inspiration. I tried and failed before... this time could be the timme.
Damn I always watch your videos, I always learn a lot as a begginner in planting. Your videos are bible of planting. RUclips should immortalize this channel. Watching from Philippines
Your incredible! I’ve watched a lot of videos on avocado’s but none as informative and exciting as yours. And your farm is gorgeous. Thanks for everything and you will see me at your website! Cheers.
Great description of the energy coming from the sun. The detail I would add to that explanation of photosynthesis.. is how it uses sunlight, plus water, plus CO2 from the air to create energy (sugars). Plants need carbon and they get that one from the air! The other nutrients get sucked up by the roots. Keep thriving!
I grew a Florida avocado tree from seed that gave me fruit after 6 years but I lived in Naples Florida which is a really good zone for avocados. I now live in Abruzzo Italy which is EU zone 9 and I am going to attempt Hass from seed. With the climate change situation I think this area could really adapt to avocado well. We are already becoming a kiwi powerhouse. Nobody thinks of Italy for kiwis and I too was shocked, but they do amazing in Abruzzo.
Grew 1st Avocado tree in a pot for prob 6 yrs transferred from daughters house to ingrnd at mine. Been in grnd 2-3 yrs but top 1’ got frost harm last winter, covered but top tip got hit, but rest unharmed, so now its growing great! Bought a Catalina & two just says Persea americana so need to get educated quick. Oh & btw my daughter bought your tank shirt blk & I bought reg in lime great shirts!, Think I want a tank also.
I had to like this video because of that comment you made about “ if tropical fruit isn’t your thing but you like to look this good buy this T-shirt “ 😅😅😅
Beautifully explained. I try and convince my seedling growing friends that get emotionally attached to their plant to graft. Just do a little chip bud, nothing to lose. But they won't do it. Thinking they want to get fruit from the o.g seedling.
I find this so funny because I was gifted a young avocado plant and was watching these videos feeling so pained to cut and graft! And thank goodness I did cus it’s a bought plant so now I know it’s grafted and not needed 😅. You learn something new everyday!
@SleepyLizard 🤣🤣🤣. Do you have a video of grafting the tree? You mentioned you graft from a mature one to a sapling and this forces them to mature. How do you do that?
It's time to update on the avocado I planted outside, along with the apple seeds and the rare albino avocado. I initially thought I planted the avocado too deep. But it doesn't mind it. Of course in the first few days of being planted in the ground, it got stunted. But it bounced back not long after after the raining season started. And I think it's starting to grow. I planted it when it had 3 leaves and a decent root system. And it hasn't dropped its leaves. Now, obviously, it's gonna have some damage from the wind and occasionally heavy rain we get. But it'll be alright. I haven't decided whether I'll put some protection or uproot it and put it indoors. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there. After all, I've got to worry about the heat waves in mid summer. The albino avocado which has white leaves is growing slowly. But it has a thick trunk and a well-developed root system. It's in water, so I know how the roots are doing. The new root growth is happening at the bottom inch of the cup, so it's not growing as many lateral roots as some of my other avocado, but it's alright. I'll keep it in water for a while. As for the apple seeds, I planted 10 of them in the ground, only 3 of them germinated. But there might be another slower one just sprouting. The 3 successful or fastest ones are doing fantastic. Since apples thrive where I live, I'll keep them out. But I will seperate them from one another. After all, we don't want them getting their roots crowded. I think I'm getting pretty amazing results. I'll update you on my potted avocados. And... my original avocado. I might update on my mango as well. I might try growing cherries from cuttings as well. Another long message, I know. But I'm really excited for some of my plants, some that is. Not everything is perfect.
@@SleepyLizardfinally my dream comes true and I got myself a few trees I was dreaming about: Hass, Meyer lemon and mandarin. All are zone 9+ I’m in 7b (NYC) and I’m trying to decide how to winterize my babies. There’s 3 options and all 3 have pros and cons. Bring in inside of the hose during winter months, keep it in a heated greenhouse in a pot or (the one I’m mostly curious about) plant it in ground inside of the greenhouse. My uneducated guess is planting it in ground inside of a greenhouse is the best option to maintain a strong and healthy tree, but, is there any dangers to the tree this way? Such as, again, uneducated guess, roots going outside of the greenhouse into a frozen soil, damaging the tree?
Wow , I'm from India, I want to grow an avocado 🥑, the reason is that one fruit cost nearly 1 dollar , that is why I want to grow, this video helps me lot to grow thanks 👍👍
I had this very question, because where I live it does occasionally frost over in winter! (Even though I'm in Zone 8.5.) I want to keep my avocado trees in large pots on a sunporch, but didn't know if I'd actually be able to get fruit from them. Excellent information to have!!
@@mjperfume1523 I am in zone 8.5b as well and I am growing a Little Cado / Wurtz in a pot in my house. 6 months out of the year it lives outside. The other 6 months, it lives in my house in a small greenhouse with lights and humidity.
Potting a Avocado you sent me last year, it's finally about 1+1/2 foot tall, and STILL sitting in a open water container xD Putting him into a pot and doing soil today, wanting to do it right, and reviewing your vids to make sure i do. After all this is one of YOUR kids ! =)
yep, any regular potting soil will do. I have a buddy who swears by Happy Frog but I just get a load of regular potting soil from the nursery supplier for myself. I augment my potting soil with 8-3-9 fertilizer. For my mature trees that are in the ground I use 5lbs per tree of 8-3-9 in February and 5lbs of 6-6-6 in September. If you have older trees in pots you'll want to use the same timeline but significantly less fertilizer. Just go around the rim of the pot with a ring of pellets is all...not close to the trunk.
I have 8 seeds just poppin sprouts..I will be putting in pots tomorrow. All I know is the sticker said Mexico! I have no idea the kind..but they are large, super sweet and very juicy! Love my mangos..Thank you for all the info you teach and share!❤
Ok Sleepy Lizard.....Listen up good... You have the gift of the gab, God gifted you with this virtue. Put it to good use. Remember 6 to 7 years ago, there used to be a guy on TV ads, guy called Billy Mays or something, he would throw his Pitch on TV for Kitchen products. He also seemed to have the Gift of the Gab, but I see and I hear, your Gifted is better than his. Try it out. What have you got to lose. The Avocado's ain't gonna miss you. Good Luck Lizzy......Raymond Love your video's. Keep em coming.
Hello from Trinidad and Tobago great video absolutely beautiful trees with lovely avocados we call them zabocar and also avocado,here in the Caribbean most trees will produce within the first 2 years and as they grow they produce more and more from simply putting out plants in the ground and giving it proper fertilizers but I guess as you say climate and when country wide it begins to bare it gets thrown away in abundance but again the question is how much can you eat and how much do you wanna eat till you sick of it.
I've got a 5 or 6 year old avocado in a pot... but REALLY need to get it in a bigger pot. It's about 5 ft tall by now, but has only two side-shoots. Should I trim it back to get more branching? (Not really trying to grow fruit).
yes you should prune from the top to stimulate lateral growth. Don't do the transplant and pruning at the same time. Do one first and wait a month then do the other. you don't want to do two stressful events in the same month.
Really love your videos. I can see your passion for what you do. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion. Truly is a appreciated. How can I get some of your Russell and Simmons avocados. I'm in Jamaica.
Believe it or not, I grew 2 avocado trees from seeds and they both started to have fruits in 4 years. One seed had had root in the fruit when I bought it.
Thank you once more for this informative video! What I would still like to know is how to prune the tree to keep it compact but get the most fruit out of it. Furthermore, what fertilizers are necessary in a pot versus growing in the ground. I found some special Avocado (& Citrus) fertilizers in the local garden center with N/K: 4,5/6 or would you recommend N/P/K: 6/6/6 like in your other videos?
I have a dozen planters in an outdoor area where I have planted avocados two or three of them are over 2 m tall none of them are bearing fruit and I assumed they had to become trees first and I would never have that kind of space where I live. How do we get those tall beautiful trees to bear fruit if they are not in the ground. I have 12 of them big and beautiful but no fruit
it takes an avocado tree 10 years on average before it bears fruit so you still have some time to wait unfortunately. mean time just continue caring for it.
@@SleepyLizard ha ha yes I know this when you plant them in the ground as a tree should be planted but I see people online planting them in small pots and reaping fruit. The small plants with fruit on them could not have taken more than a year I have plants that are 2 m tall. So I know those small plants I see people growing with food on them did not take very long to grow
This is very interesting, I've been growing both of mine in a pot outside.. However I believe I need to re pot very soon, since its growing like Jack n the beanstalk ha..
Iv been growing two of them now for a MTH and they are only 16 inc tall I don't know how to graft them can you please show a video on how thank you I love growing them just to see them grow I did have one for five years but when I was on vacation the person did not take care of it thank you
Hi Mary, thank you for reaching out. This vid will show you how to graft: ruclips.net/video/YU6Y3zahCic/видео.html Do you have a favorite avocado variety?
Thanks for your great video! What final pot size do you recommend for a grafted tree with the intention of having it fruit at the best of its possibilities?
Awesome video! I also started an avocado plant from a pit in Dec 2023. I transferred it to a pot with soil. What do I do to put it in a bigger pot so it could produce avocados❓
Hello to you. Although this video is not about mangoes...... I have an important question to ask you about growing a mango tree. What is the reason for grafting a mango plant grown from a seed? Does grafting make a tree produce fruit faster than a tree that just grew from seed? Does the growth process of a grafting tree grow faster? I thank you in advance for your answer. I really like the videos you upload every time.
Hi Yoav, This vid does a better job explaining it than I could by replying: ruclips.net/video/j5WFvuYx4jc/видео.html Everything I say about avocados in this vid applies to mango. One thing about mango though...certain varieties don't require grafting. They are known as polyembryonic and their seeds will grow genetic replicas of the mother tree. So depending on what type of mango you got the seed from it may or may not require grafting.
I have about a 2 year old Fantastic avocado tree my daughter gave me for Mother’s Day’s 2023. Do you know anything you can share on growing and taking care of it in a pot.It is looking great and I have two small branches growing out of the top place it was grafted and don’t want to cut them off if no need.I live in Mississippi and my yard get all day sun.I want to repot it into a larger pot but not sure what to do.Have you had a Fantastic avocado tree,it says it’s cold hardy to 30 degrees.I love it and want to take good care of it,because I love avocados,lol I’m hoping to get avocados next year.Thank you.
2 years ago I started with 6 plants and they are still going. Last year they grew so much that I couldn’t let them inside for the last couple of months when it started getting colder. Last week I checked on them and they were not looking good.. Leafs were turning brown and falling off and just looking really sad. So ofcourse I moved everything out of the way and now they are inside. Let’s hope they survive
So 2 months are gone by and fortunately they didn’t die on me. All of them are growing new branches and leaves! 5 of them have a dead brown upper stem that goes from the top, till about 5-20 cm down. Do I need to prune the dead part, or leave it on and let the plant do its thing?
I have a 20 inch tall Avocado plant that I grew from seed but I didn't know anything about the grafting. Does this means that I'll never get the fruit? Would love to hear from others .
Great videos Couple questions and maybe motivation for your next video How do you mix soil for potted trees and what/when to fertilize? This is for 25 gallon pots as I want fruit! Oh, what about fertilizer during flower and fruit stages? Mahalo
Hi Fire, I mix potting soil, perlite, and sand but I don't have ratios, I just kind of keep mixing till I get something close to what I want. As for fertilizer I put 6-6-6 every 60 days.
Hi Tahira, are you saying you want to graft onto it? or are you asking of you can take cuttings from it and graft onto other seedlings? I suggest the former and suggest against the latter.
This man loves so much what he is doing that he can’t stop smiling while talking. ❤️
I keep the camera off on the days when I ain't feeling it. 🤣
Look at his veins there like roots!
😂😂😂😂
Very true ❤
LOL...I immediately subscribed just from his enthusiasm!
I was gifted some garden-grown avocados by my father-in-law recently. We threw them in the freezer to keep them fresh for meals since they were plucked out and would rot. I was cutting one of them open to make a delicious guacamole sauce and BOOM I saw some roots growing from the seed. I put it into water immediately and it grew to the size of my arm in 3 months. I was wondering if I could keep it growing in a pot and came across your video. You have such an amazing enthusiasm toward your work man. It was a fun 10 minutes, you made my day!
thank you
As Tom once said "Avocados make people happy and happy people make the world a better place". This video proves that. You're constantly smiling throughout the video, making the day of countless people, like me. My challenge is still trying to figure out exactly what's the main culprit or reason for my avocados' struggle. But I'm speculating (about my main avocado) that it's Pithyum root rot, not Phytophthora, Potassium and other nutrient deficiencies, too compacted soil, malfunctioning drainage holes, imbalanced watering, temperature fluctuations, poor drainage, although the peat substrate to perlite ratio is 3:2 give or take and insufficient light (dawn- 7 am; dusk-4:45 pm). I'm way too scared to fertilize it but I have to. My other avocado, that was a gift for my aunt started dying back rapidly, especially after I repotted it in a smaller pot and different soil. Basicaly half the stem is already black and the few leaves on top have dried up and are crispy, I've been trying to save it from root rot over the last few months, but the cold and transplant shock, it just would not pull through. But my other avocados are looking amazing.
Every one of your videos are so inspiring and education, yet are extremely interesting and top notch overall. Even the oldest videos of you fishing and or bass fishing!
Hahaha. You're awesome. Thank you
just put a lot of empty plant POTS around your avo tree trunk with sticks and stones and bones in half filled. And that's it.
OMG! I wished I found this video 8 years ago! My Florida Avocado tree took 8 and a half years to produce. I saw a video to help pollinate it spray warm water and a teaspoon of honey on the branches to attract bees 🐝 and it totally worked! We had 5 Avocados that summer and this summer almost a full tree of Avocados!
I'm glad you are getting fruit from your tree
You just saved me so much time and mental energy. I have a seedling and only saw Google results that suggested 3-10 years for fruit. Will definitely buy my tree now!
Hi Nadia, glad I can help out.
if you have an avacado that produces from seed in only 3 years. you can make your own business . you would make a killing
Yes, there are some gardening channels that feature some seedlings maturing in 5 or more years. Grafted takes only 2 in ideal conditions.
You had me at the photon bouncing around the sun for countless years trying to escape. Thank you for your service! 🥑
thank you for the nice comment.
Love the enthusiasm and props to the sole CREATOR of the universe (the SUN, avocados, and everything else!).
😁
I've watched this video before, and im still entertained and educated like it was the first time. Keep up the good work Guac Man. Much love from California.
thank you
This guys knows its stuff and give the answer to what we all wondered. « Why does my tree does not gives me avocados? » thank you..
Now I’ll search your videos for lemon growing 😉
thanks for the compliment.
The passionate gardener, you.just explained everything from the grassroots level.like what is photon and how the plants convert it into a massive energy, I almost forgot for a second that this is not a scientific channel, great quality to teach 😇😇
Thank you, I appreciate it
I grew an avocado tree from seed in my back yard, gave fruit in 7 years, sooo delicious.
yum yum
Where are you located?
@@aracelylopezpsyd5794 Hi Aracely, we are in Homestead FL.
@@aracelylopezpsyd5794 I used to live in Puerto Rico.
@@SleepyLizard Do you still have this tree? What other plants do you have!? That’s amazing! I’m also in homestead:)
Professor SleepyLizard, you Rock, Sir!!!! What a video, I need to watch again! So much info! I love it! Than you!
Hey Joy. I have got through you entire RUclips collection. I knew you were a dancer but I didn't know you played piano also.
@@SleepyLizard Thank you, I sing also! I love playing music and writing my Songs, so much peace and happiness is found there, very hard to explain, yet felt, it is like when I go to my garden and talk to my plants and trees! I love your videos, I learn to much! You are the greatest in teaching all of us, all your wisdom and experience with fruit trees!!!
My grafted Monroe that I got from you in April, is growing in a most fabulous way🌱🤗🌿🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻. This is only the beginning for my trees that I have grown from seed to be grafted by this Monroe tree 🌳!!! I am VERY excited and so blessed that I visited you this past spring. Thank you Tom🥰🙌🏻🌱🌱🌱
so glad to hear it!
Your enthusiasm is so contagious! I hit 'subscribe' immediately because I'd love more of that pure positivity in my life! ❤
I just bought my first avocado tree (Wurtz) and am trying to decide whether to put it in a container or in the ground. Most of my fruit trees are in containers because I'm scared to commit to a spot for each of them & to keep them smaller). 😅
Thank you for the information about sunburn, I was not aware. Mine will probably have some extremely harsh sun soon (spring in Australia), it's already too hot to be in my yard after 10am. I'll definitely have to sort something out for it! Apparently my area is equal to about zone 11 in the US.
that's great. what other fruit trees do you have?
Being from Milwaukee - I appreciate that Sheboygan shout-out!
my son wants to try ice fishing
I stumped one of my trees today that grew from seed. The fruit taste awful. I catch a different variety on it. It fun to listen and watch you teach the reality. Awesome video. Well appreciated. Blessings.
Hey Michael, I think I recall exchanging messages with you about that tree. I'm glad to learn you are taking the right action to correct it. Have you decided what variety you'd like to graft onto it?
@@SleepyLizard Will put the Simmons on it because that's the only variety available in jamaica. Wish I could get the hass variety. Still grateful for the Simmons.
@@michaelchristie3707 I personally will take Simmonds over Hass but then again we can buy Hass at the supermarket whenever we want it. Best of luck with the Simmonds. I've got one left that I just picked today in this video...after it's gone I gotta wait 11 months for another one.
@@SleepyLizard Thanks much. God bless. Keep up the great work.
You inspired me to save my hass pits to start growing some tree's. I could use them for root stock eventually but for right now, just growing them will be fun. I can grow any avocado here in Texas so I'm just going to see what makes it. Thanks for all the inspiration. I tried and failed before... this time could be the timme.
glad to hear you're trying again!
Damn I always watch your videos,
I always learn a lot as a begginner in planting. Your videos are bible of planting. RUclips should immortalize this channel.
Watching from Philippines
that's quite a compliment, thank you
Your incredible! I’ve watched a lot of videos on avocado’s but none as informative and exciting as yours. And your farm is gorgeous. Thanks for everything and you will see me at your website! Cheers.
Jeremiah, thank you very much. Welcome to the channel.
That photon makes my skin glow.
Love Haas avocados.
yep!
Great description of the energy coming from the sun. The detail I would add to that explanation of photosynthesis.. is how it uses sunlight, plus water, plus CO2 from the air to create energy (sugars).
Plants need carbon and they get that one from the air! The other nutrients get sucked up by the roots.
Keep thriving!
thank you IxHATExUCLA. I appreciate your comment.
Absolutely love your video and your Energy!!
thank you!
I grew a Florida avocado tree from seed that gave me fruit after 6 years but I lived in Naples Florida which is a really good zone for avocados. I now live in Abruzzo Italy which is EU zone 9 and I am going to attempt Hass from seed. With the climate change situation I think this area could really adapt to avocado well. We are already becoming a kiwi powerhouse. Nobody thinks of Italy for kiwis and I too was shocked, but they do amazing in Abruzzo.
fantastic
Grew 1st Avocado tree in a pot for prob 6 yrs transferred from daughters house to ingrnd at mine. Been in grnd 2-3 yrs but top 1’ got frost harm last winter, covered but top tip got hit, but rest unharmed, so now its growing great! Bought a Catalina & two just says Persea americana so need to get educated quick. Oh & btw my daughter bought your tank shirt blk & I bought reg in lime great shirts!, Think I want a tank also.
I saw someone ordered a tank last evening. I wonder if it was you?😝
I had to like this video because of that comment you made about “ if tropical fruit isn’t your thing but you like to look this good buy this T-shirt “ 😅😅😅
hahahahahaha. thank you
Wow! I really want to have a fruit bearing avocado in a pot❤❤❤
give I a try
You seem like Avery smart man ! Thanks for the info! I’m going to definitely grow avacodos in a pot🤟🏾
thank you for the compliment
WOW very interesting. Thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge with us. ❤
From sri lanka 🇱🇰
Hello from Florida
Beautifully explained. I try and convince my seedling growing friends that get emotionally attached to their plant to graft. Just do a little chip bud, nothing to lose. But they won't do it. Thinking they want to get fruit from the o.g seedling.
it's strangely emotional for some people yes.
I find this so funny because I was gifted a young avocado plant and was watching these videos feeling so pained to cut and graft! And thank goodness I did cus it’s a bought plant so now I know it’s grafted and not needed 😅. You learn something new everyday!
Very educational learned stuff here, thank you. I love to buy grafted fruit like avocados and plant it in a pot. I’ll go to your website Sir.
I don't have trees but you will have better luck at www.larafarmsmiami.com
Avocado, Easy fruit making and useful tips
for sure. It just wants to grow
In Jamaica, I grow an avocado tree FROM SEED, that produces fruits profusely in only 20 months. I pay special attention to supplying nutrients.
tell us more.
What's your secret Michael O' Connor?
What nutrients do you provide?
Lmao at profusely
Yes tell us
🌳 is just sitting in it's pot being shaken like "weeeeee" as he shakes it while he talks 😂
it reminds the of the wind
@SleepyLizard 🤣🤣🤣. Do you have a video of grafting the tree? You mentioned you graft from a mature one to a sapling and this forces them to mature. How do you do that?
@@yomigonzalez9870 yep, here you go: ruclips.net/video/YU6Y3zahCic/видео.html
I love this channel so much
I really appreciate your comment. thank you
It's time to update on the avocado I planted outside, along with the apple seeds and the rare albino avocado.
I initially thought I planted the avocado too deep. But it doesn't mind it. Of course in the first few days of being planted in the ground, it got stunted. But it bounced back not long after after the raining season started. And I think it's starting to grow. I planted it when it had 3 leaves and a decent root system. And it hasn't dropped its leaves. Now, obviously, it's gonna have some damage from the wind and occasionally heavy rain we get. But it'll be alright. I haven't decided whether I'll put some protection or uproot it and put it indoors. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there. After all, I've got to worry about the heat waves in mid summer.
The albino avocado which has white leaves is growing slowly. But it has a thick trunk and a well-developed root system. It's in water, so I know how the roots are doing. The new root growth is happening at the bottom inch of the cup, so it's not growing as many lateral roots as some of my other avocado, but it's alright. I'll keep it in water for a while.
As for the apple seeds, I planted 10 of them in the ground, only 3 of them germinated. But there might be another slower one just sprouting. The 3 successful or fastest ones are doing fantastic. Since apples thrive where I live, I'll keep them out. But I will seperate them from one another. After all, we don't want them getting their roots crowded.
I think I'm getting pretty amazing results. I'll update you on my potted avocados. And... my original avocado. I might update on my mango as well. I might try growing cherries from cuttings as well. Another long message, I know. But I'm really excited for some of my plants, some that is. Not everything is perfect.
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Nice and informative. You remind me of my physic teacher.
Patrick, thank you for the compliment.
Hollywood is missing A LOT without you being there ;)
Great acting skills.
you just made my day. thank you
@@SleepyLizard btw thanks for the informative video
@@SleepyLizardfinally my dream comes true and I got myself a few trees I was dreaming about: Hass, Meyer lemon and mandarin.
All are zone 9+
I’m in 7b (NYC) and I’m trying to decide how to winterize my babies.
There’s 3 options and all 3 have pros and cons. Bring in inside of the hose during winter months, keep it in a heated greenhouse in a pot or (the one I’m mostly curious about) plant it in ground inside of the greenhouse. My uneducated guess is planting it in ground inside of a greenhouse is the best option to maintain a strong and healthy tree, but, is there any dangers to the tree this way? Such as, again, uneducated guess, roots going outside of the greenhouse into a frozen soil, damaging the tree?
Wow , I'm from India, I want to grow an avocado 🥑, the reason is that one fruit cost nearly 1 dollar , that is why I want to grow, this video helps me lot to grow thanks 👍👍
You are welcome
10:17 I have few small plants grown from seed in Bangalore. One was 4 ft high which I pruned today.
@@pandiyang8514 fantastic
I had this very question, because where I live it does occasionally frost over in winter! (Even though I'm in Zone 8.5.) I want to keep my avocado trees in large pots on a sunporch, but didn't know if I'd actually be able to get fruit from them. Excellent information to have!!
LiAnn, So glad you found the vid helpful. I been meaning to make it for a long time now and I finally had a day with some cloud cover.
So can she grow one in the area where she lives if she gets snow, i dont think so, maybe just a plant with a heat lamp?
@@mjperfume1523 I am in zone 8.5b as well and I am growing a Little Cado / Wurtz in a pot in my house. 6 months out of the year it lives outside. The other 6 months, it lives in my house in a small greenhouse with lights and humidity.
Thanks for this video. I learned allot. Thank you.
you are welcome. I'm glad you liked it and glad you commented.
Potting a Avocado you sent me last year, it's finally about 1+1/2 foot tall, and STILL sitting in a open water container xD Putting him into a pot and doing soil today, wanting to do it right, and reviewing your vids to make sure i do. After all this is one of YOUR kids ! =)
wow, thank you for the follow up!
I learned so much in this one video.
glad to help
Hey, awesome video. Can you share some details on potting soils for the Avo's as well as recommended fertilizers?
yep, any regular potting soil will do. I have a buddy who swears by Happy Frog but I just get a load of regular potting soil from the nursery supplier for myself. I augment my potting soil with 8-3-9 fertilizer.
For my mature trees that are in the ground I use 5lbs per tree of 8-3-9 in February and 5lbs of 6-6-6 in September. If you have older trees in pots you'll want to use the same timeline but significantly less fertilizer. Just go around the rim of the pot with a ring of pellets is all...not close to the trunk.
What a beautiful orchard
thank you
I have 8 seeds just poppin sprouts..I will be putting in pots tomorrow. All I know is the sticker said Mexico! I have no idea the kind..but they are large, super sweet and very juicy!
Love my mangos..Thank you for all the info you teach and share!❤
Connie, that's great. Check back later and let us know how they progress.
Thank you 😊 nice to see your enthusiasm
thanks for the comment Sabrina
Astronomy and plant info 😊
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oh you were there and all other scientists were there! HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS ago! jeepers!
you know I'm here but you're not looking at me
I like your presentation.. thanks for the video
I appreciate the comment
Where did that first tree come from before the photon hit its leaf?
depends where you get your news
Please say yes please say... oh goody 😂💖
Yes!
@@SleepyLizard damn you temperate climate damn you lol
I like if I can contante you for my avocati tree non have frutti and the jar big e flauti e no frutti
My contact info is in the about section on channel home page
My favorite fruit, Avocado Guy.
I’m gonna eat one later 💪
@@SleepyLizard I am ordering when you have them in stock.
@@karenreaves3650 Thank you Karen...two more weeks for the Choquettes!
Ok Sleepy Lizard.....Listen up good... You have the gift of the gab, God gifted you with this virtue. Put it to good use.
Remember 6 to 7 years ago, there used to be a guy on TV ads, guy called Billy Mays or something, he would throw his Pitch on TV for Kitchen products. He also seemed to have the Gift of the Gab, but I see and I hear, your Gifted is better than his. Try it out. What have you got to lose. The Avocado's ain't gonna miss you. Good Luck Lizzy......Raymond
Love your video's. Keep em coming.
I'm the Billy Mays of avocados 🤣
...and Billy Mays, died from a drug overdose.
@@Jamespeterson-qd5nm every party has a pooper
Loved your presentation.
Thank you kindly Mehrdad
Nice video..!! Thank you for sharing my friend.
thank you for your positive comment Juwana
Hello from Trinidad and Tobago great video absolutely beautiful trees with lovely avocados we call them zabocar and also avocado,here in the Caribbean most trees will produce within the first 2 years and as they grow they produce more and more from simply putting out plants in the ground and giving it proper fertilizers but I guess as you say climate and when country wide it begins to bare it gets thrown away in abundance but again the question is how much can you eat and how much do you wanna eat till you sick of it.
I been eating so many this week 😍
@@SleepyLizard so have I ,what we do is ripe them peel then and place into zip lock bags and into the freezer and you have smoothies whole year round!
I've got a 5 or 6 year old avocado in a pot... but REALLY need to get it in a bigger pot. It's about 5 ft tall by now, but has only two side-shoots. Should I trim it back to get more branching? (Not really trying to grow fruit).
yes you should prune from the top to stimulate lateral growth. Don't do the transplant and pruning at the same time. Do one first and wait a month then do the other. you don't want to do two stressful events in the same month.
Great video!! I love your energy!! What’s the best time to plant an avocado tree in the gr? I live in zone 10b. Thanks
Charlie, I like to plant them when they are chest height right at the beginning of rainy season.
Yes i Yes i my broda look awesome i try and start my first avocado seed wow wow u give me some power bro happy week to ya and yours family man
Thanks Rimm!
@@SleepyLizard Much love broda
Hi will I be able to get fruits on my avocado trees, I live in Denmark but I dont know what hardiness zone it is ?
Best regards Thomas
I'd say not...too cold where you live. But there are people making trees fruit indoors with lights and stuff so worth a try.
Take a shot for every time he says energy conversion machines 😂
all great presenters understand the value of repetition
Really love your videos. I can see your passion for what you do. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion. Truly is a appreciated.
How can I get some of your Russell and Simmons avocados.
I'm in Jamaica.
Sorry Georgia, I can't ship outside the US. If we could I'd be trading you for Julie mangos 😝
Thank you so much for a great video , ❤your smile
Thanks for the compliment
Believe it or not, I grew 2 avocado trees from seeds and they both started to have fruits in 4 years. One seed had had root in the fruit when I bought it.
that's awesome
great news i just planted 2 of my avocado trees in a trade 3 gallon container
Excellent
thank you so much for the educatetive video sir
you are welcome and thank you for reaching out
Thank you! Enjoyed this video.
thanks Jerry
31 seconds in and I already wish you were my neighbour :D
wow, your comment made my day. thank you
Thank you once more for this informative video! What I would still like to know is how to prune the tree to keep it compact but get the most fruit out of it. Furthermore, what fertilizers are necessary in a pot versus growing in the ground. I found some special Avocado (& Citrus) fertilizers in the local garden center with N/K: 4,5/6 or would you recommend N/P/K: 6/6/6 like in your other videos?
Hi Richard, I stick with the 6-6-6
I have a dozen planters in an outdoor area where I have planted avocados two or three of them are over 2 m tall none of them are bearing fruit and I assumed they had to become trees first and I would never have that kind of space where I live. How do we get those tall beautiful trees to bear fruit if they are not in the ground. I have 12 of them big and beautiful but no fruit
it takes an avocado tree 10 years on average before it bears fruit so you still have some time to wait unfortunately. mean time just continue caring for it.
@@SleepyLizard ha ha yes I know this when you plant them in the ground as a tree should be planted but I see people online planting them in small pots and reaping fruit. The small plants with fruit on them could not have taken more than a year I have plants that are 2 m tall. So I know those small plants I see people growing with food on them did not take very long to grow
@@michaeladamstone2911 those are most likely grafted trees that fruit so fast
Wow nice good sir. May favourite avocado
thank you RC
Thanks Dude. Good job.
you are welcome
Awesome video! You look good Tom
thank you darling
So love this video❤️❤️❤️
thank you Leila
Damm so that’s why my trees are taking forever to grow fruit !!! Gonna go look for a mature tree now
yeah they could take as long as a human before they are capable of reproduction.
This is very interesting, I've been growing both of mine in a pot outside.. However I believe I need to re pot very soon, since its growing like Jack n the beanstalk ha..
Repot and also prune
Thank you very much 😊
I’m in Zone 6b. I still want to grown an Avocado tree!
you can keep it as a house plant for sure. getting fruit might be a challenge.
Iv been growing two of them now for a MTH and they are only 16 inc tall I don't know how to graft them can you please show a video on how thank you I love growing them just to see them grow I did have one for five years but when I was on vacation the person did not take care of it thank you
Hi Mary, thank you for reaching out. This vid will show you how to graft: ruclips.net/video/YU6Y3zahCic/видео.html
Do you have a favorite avocado variety?
Thanks for your great video! What final pot size do you recommend for a grafted tree with the intention of having it fruit at the best of its possibilities?
As big as you could possibly go. But 25 gallon should be sufficient for a few years anyway
Avocados roots are too vigorous to be grown long term in a pot they will become root bound quickly in any reasonably sized pot 15-25-50-100-200 gallon
Figs also have vigorous roots are similar usually die in a pot when they get too large and rootbound
Awesome video! I also started an avocado plant from a pit in Dec 2023. I transferred it to a pot with soil. What do I do to put it in a bigger pot so it could produce avocados❓
there's a vid on my channel about repotting seedlings. it'll tell you all you need to know.
Awesome info!!! Thank u so much!!! 💗
you are welcome
Can you graft various kinds of mangos onto one tree like you can an avocado?
yes.
Hello to you. Although this video is not about mangoes...... I have an important question to ask you about growing a mango tree.
What is the reason for grafting a mango plant grown from a seed? Does grafting make a tree produce fruit faster than a tree that just grew from seed?
Does the growth process of a grafting tree grow faster?
I thank you in advance for your answer.
I really like the videos you upload every time.
Hi Yoav, This vid does a better job explaining it than I could by replying: ruclips.net/video/j5WFvuYx4jc/видео.html
Everything I say about avocados in this vid applies to mango. One thing about mango though...certain varieties don't require grafting. They are known as polyembryonic and their seeds will grow genetic replicas of the mother tree. So depending on what type of mango you got the seed from it may or may not require grafting.
@@SleepyLizard Hey bro. Thank you very much for your response and quick reply. You're the best ❤
Sir you must be a botany teacher😀
thank you
Question, what fertilizer will you recommend for avocados in pot ?
6-6-6 blend
I have about a 2 year old Fantastic avocado tree my daughter gave me for Mother’s Day’s 2023.
Do you know anything you can share on growing and taking care of it in a pot.It is looking great and I have two small branches growing out of the top place it was grafted and don’t want to cut them off if no need.I live in Mississippi and my yard get all day sun.I want to repot it into a larger pot but not sure what to do.Have you had a Fantastic avocado tree,it says it’s cold hardy to 30 degrees.I love it and want to take good care of it,because I love avocados,lol I’m hoping to get avocados next year.Thank you.
I don't have experience with Fantastic. I have a vid on the channel that shows how to transfer pots.
2 years ago I started with 6 plants and they are still going. Last year they grew so much that I couldn’t let them inside for the last couple of months when it started getting colder. Last week I checked on them and they were not looking good.. Leafs were turning brown and falling off and just looking really sad. So ofcourse I moved everything out of the way and now they are inside. Let’s hope they survive
they could be getting root bound. might be time to move to a bigger pot
@@SleepyLizard I’ll transfer them this weekend I hope with a 80/20 mixture of soil and perlite
take a look at the roots and if they are bound up and tangled try and prune and sort them out
So 2 months are gone by and fortunately they didn’t die on me. All of them are growing new branches and leaves! 5 of them have a dead brown upper stem that goes from the top, till about 5-20 cm down. Do I need to prune the dead part, or leave it on and let the plant do its thing?
@@jimmyfransen6840 you can prune the dead part. thanks for the update.
Beautiful!
thank you
Great 👍 nice information bro
thank you Heera
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I have a 20 inch tall Avocado plant that I grew from seed but I didn't know anything about the grafting. Does this means that I'll never get the fruit? Would love to hear from others .
you will likely get fruit but it takes 10 years on average so it's a bit of a long wait.
Thank you 😊
you are welcome
He is the best smile passion
Yo Dev!
So much passion keep it up!!!
Thank you
Great videos
Couple questions and maybe motivation for your next video
How do you mix soil for potted trees and what/when to fertilize?
This is for 25 gallon pots as I want fruit!
Oh, what about fertilizer during flower and fruit stages?
Mahalo
Hi Fire, I mix potting soil, perlite, and sand but I don't have ratios, I just kind of keep mixing till I get something close to what I want. As for fertilizer I put 6-6-6 every 60 days.
I love u man , thanks ❤
thank you!
Hi i have a tree growing in my backyard. It's 9 years old but not baring any fruit yet. Can I use it for grafting as a doner? Please help
Hi Tahira, are you saying you want to graft onto it? or are you asking of you can take cuttings from it and graft onto other seedlings? I suggest the former and suggest against the latter.
Brilliant!
thank you Cyndi
Hi Tom and good morning from Cyprus can you plese show how to craft a mango seedling thenk you
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/j6Gzo7Z8MPo/видео.html
I just bought an 3-foot avocado that tree that's been grafted it was in full sun should I keep it in full sun or put it in the shade
full sun is fine for your avocado tree at that size.