I had an avocado tree for 15 years. Never made fruit. True story i was about to cut it down then saw the fruit. Now year after year we get enough avocados 2 feed the family for months and extra to sell or give away.
Yeah well done - good video! I'm doing this but I've found even my (what I thought was) big mounds still weren't big enough to promote a good growing mix on top of my clay and it tended to sink so now I've gone 4 x 6 trailer load with all the extra points mentioned in the video. So far so good!
But you added lime to make it “sweet” or alkaline, re read the agriculture dept’s guidelines “only use lime when heavily acidic”, avos like it slightly acid. Your avos will keep failing otherwise.
I remember our neighbor in CA had a HUGE avocado tree that would even hang over the fence. They’d let us pick anything on our side so we always enjoyed great avocados. I remember having to knock them down with 10-15ft long pvc pipes my dad was using for construction
The fact that people can grow avocado trees at home blows my mind since I'm not in the right climate to do so. When I see Avocado trees on vacation with fruit they just look so good!
1. Have free draining soil with lots of organic matter (leaf litter, bark - stuff you would find on the forest floor) 2. Protect from wind (avoid planting in areas that are exposed to high winds) 3. Protect from the cold (apply heavy duty frost cloth or grow in a greenhouse)
Growing two in Darlington N.E. England, at 3 years old they are 4 foot tall. I take them indoors in the winter, we get down to -8 and further. In summer they take their chance outdoors.
Some Avocado trees will survive down to -11°C and still bear fruit the next Summer. The key is to sprout several seeds and plant them in pots. After a year or so, plant them outdoors in the spring (after danger of frost is over) and see which ones survive the following winter. There is an article on Medium.com about growing your own Avocado tree in a cooler climate. The article is titled: The B.C. Avocado Project.
You can also paint the trees with dilute latex paint to protect from sun or spray the tree with kaolin powder suspension. We have about 500 Hass trees. Also if you have one tree in your yard and you want a LOT of fruit, it's best to have it grafted with another variety with of out-of-phase flowers (A type and B type).
is it enough with having type A and B flowers in the vicinity or do you need bees to help with the pollination? I've read that it helps a lot, I wonder how much of a difference does it make I have a few trees and they produce without (AFAIK) the help of insects
I live in southern west coastal Florida. Rich compost soil is a pipe dream here. I really wish these videos would say where they are posted from up front
VERY informative vlog!! And also VERY true! Everything said here is GOSPEL!! I started a couple plants from the seed last year and had em in our windows inside, and the start of nice weather I took em outside and just 1/2 a day of direct sunlight burnt the leaves on the bigger plant (the smaller one I planted under the protection of my bamboo). The big one is recovering since I put it's planter under with the smaller plant and now like the video said it's just a matter of making sure they get enough water.
how are those trees going 5 years later? btw growing from seed without grafting is unlikely to lead to good quality yields the trees will still be nice though
@curve your toes Christians No one wants you to interject religion into a conversation about avocados. That is not the way to "witness" to people. That is a way to make people resent Christians. Your tactic does the opposite of your intention.
Growing mine in baking hot Adelaide, South Australia, it is now 4 yrs old and I grafted Haas onto it when it was 2 years old, the summers here are long hot and dry with minimal humidity so I keep my tree well mulched and shaded on hot sunny days, I never over water and make sure the soil never dries out, I am sure my tree will flower next spring ( Sept 2020 )
When growing up in Puerto Rico, avocado trees were everywhere. People would give their avocados away because there were so many. Same with mango trees. I miss those days
3 avocados in the market today............$12 freaking bucks! Such BS Juez. Thank god i just bought a small farm in Costa Rica. I have 4 avocado trees going. Time to get back to growing our own food.
Mark talks about how the clay level in his soil causes root rot, and the avo's Native soil is moist Black humus and has good air flow... a sorta good air/bacteria verses bad air/bacteria struggle Id say. (aquaculture interests)
I just dug up a tree about that same size that a neighbor was getting rid of. Can you provide me some guidance on replanting? How big of a hole? What blend of soil should I buy from a garden shop? I live near the pacific coast in So. CA and my native dirt is dark and sandy.
Thanks this was clear and to the point. Do you have a video of how you go about pruning your avocado to keep it small with full size fruit or are there now dwarf varieties? I’m in Melbourne Australia
I a growing a sapling indoors at the moment. I live in North Georgia, USA and I am worried about planting it outside. The climate is fine for them in the spring and summer, but I worry about the fall and winter where it can often get below 36 degrees Fahrenheit. What do I do during the chilly months? Just keep them covered all the time?
I potted two avocado stones a couple of months ago and now they're like baby trees in the front window, I'm in the UK, about what size do you repot them into big pots and put them outside? we get quite a lot of rain here even in the summer but it can get quite hot so I'm just wondering about the sun burn thing and I heard about 'grafting' fruit trees for it to grow fruit properly, or will it just grow fruit anyway? I'd love some help, got a baby apple tree and pear tree growing from seeds too in little pots. I want to make it clear though that I would just plant these trees in a garden and be happy if they lived all their hundreds of years and gave fuck all fruit off 'em, a tree is a tree, gorgeous beautiful things.
So....4 years later and how are all the trees doing? Did you repot them or move them outside? I'm also here in the UK and I've got 4 avocado pots on my window sill. Also not doing this for the fruit 🙂
I just got a Lila Avocado tree here in zone 9. Do I really have to plant it next to my South wall or can I plant it out in the open near the canopy of my large oak tree where I have my mango trees?
Avocados like water. We harvested almost 250 fruit from June - Sep. Tree is planted on side of hill, good drainage. Pounded in fertilizer spikes at drip line. When fruit is growing, water 5 min every other day at trunk or fruit will start to fall. We connected a dedicated water line to tree to remember to water. Trim top of tree every other year. Grown from seed. Avocados turn crimson when ripe, supposed to be Caribbean variety.
I live in Arizona zone 9b. I have been trying to grow an avocado for years. Failed every time I tried. Thanks for the video. I will apply what I learned to my next attempt at growing an avocado tree. Do you have any other recommendations for growing avocado trees in a hot desert area? And what is the best variety I should try next time?
great channel thank you! We need to relocate an avocado tree that is around 3 years old. It's growing right above where our borehole is and we're concerned about the roots disturbing the borehole pump. Please advise - I'm in south Africa - thank you.
Hi, I am growing an avacado tree right now its a little sapling, it's about 1 foot tall I started to snip off the top leaves so now it has developed more little branches and begining to look bushy, I live in the aried dessert Southwest of the United States, what I want to know is when will it be safe to plant it outside? . I keep it in the front window of my kitchen were it gets plenty of sun, not the harsh sun but the defused sunlighting that streams into the kitchen. Summer's get extremely hot here in the dessert and I am afraid the little sapling will get fried. Shall I continue to keep it indoors for another year? Thank you for taking time to reply.
Great vid. How do you prevent the tree from growing in height? I know the avocado trees need to grow at its fullest and to have a thick trunk in order to produce fruit. You prove me wrong.
Great video , I live in uk , I've grown 3 indoors so far about 2 ft tall, my question is will they survive outside all year round here, our winters are cold but wet mostly , would the frost be a problem ,? What's the lowest they can indure? Our winters vary but an average of minus 5 Celsius I guess. Regards Lee
Hi LeePY. How are the trees doing? Did you try them outside? I'm also in the UK and have 4 pots on my windowsill. It's too late to get them outside now (November) but maybe next year in the Spring
I had a year old tree that was big and full of leaves. It flowered and produced around twenty small avacados that all fell off and within a month, lost all of their leaves and was dead within two months.
I'm living in Costa Rica with a rainy season, would I need to make mounds and use good draining/sandy soil to prevent root damage, and keep them watered during the dry season? And obvs mulch so during dry season moisture is maintained, and during wet season, the rain floods away without getting into the soil too much?
Need some advice I planted a avocado seed and didnt think was going to grow but did I let it grow for maybe 4 to 5 months was very healthy almost 2 feet long.. but it was in a spot I knew had to be moved so one day i dug around it and got it out having to cut some roots that were going pretty deep down but still the seed was still there and some roots so I stuck in a new location and now a week later my poor tree went from being so healthy now looking like its dying... I know It can be normal but now leaves are completely dry and I'm worried because at very top its turning black the tip of the tree but the trunk still is firm but dont want the black to spread should I cut it or just leave it alone??? Thanks for any tips appreciate it
I realised now that I have avocado in my house. I placed a seed a year ago in a pot in my living room, and forgot about it, a plant has grown there and now I remembered while watching a cartoon with my little cousins.
I've failed with the Pinkerton I got from you guys last season. I'm in a very low lying area and in heavy rain the ground gets saturated. I grow my fruit trees in 900 round birdies raised beds and the citrus, choc pudding etc all do fine. I thought the Avo would too. It looked great for three months or so and then a heavy rain. Within days it started dropping all its leaves and now sits there with none, waiting for me to pull it out and put something else there.... :-( I believe the water wicked up into the garden bed drowning the poor thing :-( These things really don't like too much water!
why do they say if I grow a fruit tree from seed the fruit will not be good? My avocado, mango, citrus, are mostly from seed.. I am keeping them pruned.. my garden is becoming a jungle.. I will need to do some clearing out as rainy season is basically here.. my mango is coming back with a vengeance after I made a hard cut.. i decided to make it short and the trunk is about 2 1/2".. I chop and drop everything. My beds are getting high. my pathways flood easy.. i need to dig swales around the beds.. or become an octopus 🐙
I read that its not that the fruit will be bad, its that it takes 10 to 20 years for a tree to give fruit when grown from seed whereas a grafted one maybe 4 years or so.
Sometimes, as with most apples, fruit from grocery stores will be from a hybrid that will take on different traits the following generation. That's where a lot of the confusion comes from
Planting from seed has a random chance of how the tree will turn out in terms of its fruit quality. Citrus is notorious for having fruit inconsistencies, causing some segments from being completely different to others in the same fruit. At this point of time, avocadoes need to be grafted to ensure strong root growth and healthy fruit. It also reduces the maturity time from 8-10 years to 2-5 years. There is a few research projects in Australia that are trialing methods that remove the grafting process completely. However, they're not currently financially viable solutions. Mangoes love to be treated harshly. A good heavy prune helps to imitate damage from major storms and hurricanes/cyclones. Trim your mango trees hard back everyone 3-5 years, and you'll have a good producing tree all of the time.
I live in California's Central Valley just south of Fresno. I planted two Avocado trees, one Pinkerton and one Jim Bean. My question is how hot does it need to get to place a shade net over them? It is May and already 82 degrees F. Shall I wait until it reaches 100? What temp do you recommend to put a Shade net?
Hi After watching this vid, I went to have a look at Marks "self sufficient me" on RUclips as he pointed out a "normal Australian soil" problem that a lot of us have coz most of us dont try to cover the best volcanic land with concrete mega houses like dopey surfie hippies... (cough Byron, Ballina)
Kath , my 2 Avocados in large pots have finally failed a combo of the 2022 weather in Brisbane and the Possums climbin up the trunks i think my Avocado dream is nearly over, loss of leaves, and the trunck rotting at the top possible from Possum climbing up the trunk?. oh well :( i would say out of all the fruit trees in my collection the most picky and difficult to contiue to grow is the Avocado , initially was the Glenn Mango but now the 2 Avocado tree in Pots (x Pollination purposes) will be having a funeral date coming soon. so Cavet emptor when buying fruit trees like a Avo they are difficult to grow that is why Avos are so expensive.
Great video, I have an Etinger Avocado in Israel, Last year I got hundreds of flowers and small Avocados, but most of them fell, and only 6 survived. They were huge and delicious. How can I get much more to hang on this year? Thanks Blessings.
I live in Tonopah Arizona. I recently bought two Avocado trees but haven't planted them yet because I don't know what I can do yet to help these trees to grow. Your video is helpful but I have summer heat I have to protect my new trees from. I am not sure that shaded areas are even going to work because it may be too hot even in the shade. Any suggestions?
Thanks for the video. I have some questions. The first is: Is simultaneous cross-pollination more efficient between two different verieties of avocado trees in the same field? Or can it also be done efficiently between trees of the same verieties? Which one is better? . Second: If it were better for simultaneous cross-pollination between two different verieties of avocado trees, which veriety would you prefer as the veriety that blooms simultaneously as a male and the Haas veriety as a female? Third: If we have a field with 100 trees totally, what is the appropriate number of male trees that correspond to the appropriate number of female trees or rather what is the ratio between them? What is the optimal distribution map for the distribution of those 100 trees in the field? Thank you very much in advance.
I lost my first attempt at growing an avocado tree due to a frost. I forgot to cover it just one night...What variety of avocado tree is the most cold resistant?
I used to live in the lower Puna district of the Big Island of Hawaii. The land there is recent lava flow with very thin soil, or no soil at all. I could put an avocado seed on the bare lava ground, and it would grow. It would send roots right through that rock. The conditions were so perfect, it was hard to keep them down. I used to mutilate and butcher young trees, and they'd just bounce right back.
A Vietnamese planted avocados , tangerines , persimmons , pomegranates and mandarin oranges 10 years ago , the entire back yard is an orchard..what a pain to mow
I have avocado trees growing in my yard that the squirrels planted from pits I threw out for them to eat. I need to cut them down because they're going to get HUGE. I lived in Mexico some years back and avocado trees there were ginormous! My yard isn't large enough for them! I see that your tree is small. Do you cut it back & it stays that small? Or is it a dwarf tree? I would love to have fresh avocados at the ready, but I can't really let them take over my yard & shade off my garden. Any suggestions??? Also, how old do the trees have to get to begin producing? I live in Florida.
One my Dad transplanted died in the 42 degree Celsius summer heat because the root system wasn't fully developed & the plant couldn't suck up all of the other water that I was giving it,I don't think that the soil was prepared properly either. I think he's the sort of person who would keep transplanting them & they'd all die. I have a Hass Avocado tree which I sprouted in a pot,it came up in late November to early December of 2017 & is nearly a metre tall now (about 75 centimetres tall). I have it planted in a mixture of wood shavings & horse manure & the plant loves it,I just have it growing underneath a carport so the hot summer sun doesn't burn its leaves. It's about to lose its baby leaves as the tree is budding & starting to grow branches. I've got another Hass avocado tree which has sprouted in a pot along side of it & I'm going to be planting them on another property, I'll have to build a miniature hessian tent around them to protect them from the sun,wind & any possible frosts. The avocado trees did better when self sown so I think the transplant killed that one in the summer time,mine is doing a lot better because I have recreated the growing climate for them as they germinate under the shade of the mother tree in the rainforest & push their way through the partially shaded canopy. That has been the same thing with a self sown Paw Paw tree we had, the frost killed it when it was 2 metres tall but it wasn't in full sunlight in the morning when it needed to be. I just thought us being near Maitland in New South Wales made it too cold for them to grow due to the winter frosts as my grandfather had no trouble growing them in the Mullumbimby area (he died last year & lived at Palmwoods which is near Wilsons creek) because he lived in a mountainous area where there was no frost. Having said that,down our way,we would only have mild frosts such as Billinudgel & the Tweed area would have,the Paw Paw trees have no trouble growing in Mullumbimby !!!! My grandfather had to stop eating them due to having an allergic reaction from the latex in the fruit
i bought grafted avocado plant from Daleys Nursery before three month. not yet start sprouting. Anyway can you please tell me how old they are now? its around 65cm.
I had started my avocado plant by seed, it is now a very healthy small tree, about 3' in height. Do you have to graft an avocado tree in order to have avocado, I was recently informed of this. I am trying to learn how to grow the things I enjoy eating.
Hi there I have a question. Do you have to have more then one avo tree to get the 'fruit'. I was told I had to have at least 2 trees before they could pollinate and fruit, like a kewi fruit tree. ThaNks
Lovely viedo ..straight to the point ...I have two trees and they are big ..I feel the reason I don't have regular avocados is because of the bees ...where are the bees to pollinate the flowers .....bring back the bees please lord
@@ainsleyameerali7622 It sounds like your country needs some people to become beekeepers. Another great thing about bees is the honey. ruclips.net/video/Yb11qkmByTo/видео.html
Help, I planted mine in the yard and mixed native soil (Los Angeles clay) with citrus soil but now it's all clay. I don't water often, 1-2 a week and it seems ok. Should I dig it up to put better soil?
it depends how established it is. If you have the risk of heavy rain that will cause wate-rlogging in your clay soil you do risk losing your trees. They prefer perfect drainage so a raised garden bed is ideal in soils like you have.
Even if you are unable to get your avocado tree to fruit, the leaf makes a delicious, anis-like tea that acts as a kidney cleanse, traditionally used in SE Asia.
i have a 30+yrold tree in very poor draning soil. its doing very well. i never directly water it and never directly feed it. it has given me fruit every year i have rented the house
I have a very mature haas avocado tree (40+ years) that's about 20 ft tall, 10 feet wide. It came with my home. There's maybe around 100-150 avocados on it. How much should I water and how often? Right now there are 2 sprinklers who give it about 2 minutes of continuous water twice a week.
my 3 year tree was never the same after a week of extreme heat 100-110F and no shading, it dropped all it's leaves and has tried to restart twice with fresh ones that always brown up and drop. Now it's quit trying and the branches are darkening and breaking off. I think it's just about dead :(
I live in Los Angeles, California and I'm growing an avocado tree from its seed. Im in the process of the seed sitting in water..the roots are massive and a little stem is starting to grow. My question is once the seed is ready to pot, should I pot 2 of the avocado seeds together in 1 pot to help produce fruit??
Once the stem is big and strong enough you can gently remove the plant from the water container and place it in the trash can together with the other avocado, then head to the store. This method will provide you with avocado fruits with a 100%success rate. Any other method has a 0% chance unless you live in a land where avocados can grow outside
I have a cold hardy avocado tree in a pot. It's been in that pot for 2 or 3 years, outside, partial sun/shade. I recently transplanted it to a bigger pot and placed it in a spot where it gets more sun. All the leaves are now droopy and I thought it would recover but it's been about 2 weeks and it still looks like that. Some leaves actually died. What can I do to correct this? Is it getting too much sun?
I have a cold hardy tree in pot same thing exactly like you said. But I moved to outside since April, I have flower bud but very small, just no leaves at all. I bought from nursery last April. I am in Washington D.C. I hate them in pot. The tree still alive just no any sign have leaf bud yet. May be my soil need add some sand. I put garden mix and add some soil from yard. need some one advice.
@Art by Marlene Llanes_I have 5 varieties in pots outside that I overwinter outside. Yes, it was put in too much direct sun right away. You should have moved it to a location where it gets morning sun for a few hours then move it to a spot that gets afternoon shade for about a week or until it got acclimated. You could also throw a light shade cloth over it to cover it and protect it from the extreme afternoon sun. Make sure to apply a whitewash to the trunk and exposed branches like IV Organics to protect from sunburn. Don't use latex paint it's toxic. Also, make sure you position it in a location that gets protection from harsh winds. Make sure your pot has good drainage and yes they love water don't over water yours because it's in a pot and don't let it dry out either because now it will be getting a little more sun than it did in its previous location. Good luck!
I grew my avocados in pots. They always die when they are around 3 ft tall. Each avocado I planted have had differently shaped leaves. I hear many say that only grafts will fruit. So where did the first graft come from? Also what if there is no avocado fruit bearing tree around from which I can get a branch to graft?
If the tree is from the nursery it will already be grafted with your chosen variety. If grown from seed it's a hybrid that will take many years to be fully established before it fruits.
I peeled an avocado seed, submerged it halfway in tap water, with the bottom in the water. it's been 3weeks, and nothing, no sprout, no green. ideas? nice video!
+Sooner Science Nerd try change the growing conditions. I have just moved from a house where they sat on a window sill in the kitchen that got minimal light, to a new house where I don't have a window sill so they are outside under a patio area out of direct sun. In the old house every seed sprouted, here so far none have sprouted. Not sure what is so different but I may have to consider a different location (or possibly different water). I do however have a theory... Yes it has gotten hotter as summer has hit, but I think inside the water temperature was far more consistent, whereas now the water temp varies greatly to the point of getting quite hot on some days.
Planting the pit in the dirt works better especially if you put it on a radiator or a warm spot! To activate sprouting cutt off the top third of the pit
i have 3 avocado tree 1 of them almost on the principal trunk something look like dry white powder om the corner of the trunk but when touch by hand look like somehow wett and the trunk is not green , a crusty trunk any advise about that
Hey i have a question do avocado trees shed lots of leaves? My tree has so many yellow leaves and as soon as i touch it falls . Every year we had tree full of flowers but no fruit we got only 3 avocados in the second year now this is the fifth year this time also so many flowers only 2 avocados Do you think i am over watering or underwatering since i see lots of yellow leaves
I too am getting some yellow leave but I think it’s due to over fertilising but I’m not sure. If veins are yellow then ya need to fertilise I have been told
Thank are you for this advice I have bought and lost about 6 Avocados before I began planting them as I did not have the area ready. Even if I had ofwatching your video I would have still lost them I live in the Lockyer Valley in Queensland do you send plans to there, on the computer at the library of often looked at your catalogue and it makes my mouth water there's a lot of plants that I would like to buy from you kindest regards
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I had an avocado tree for 15 years. Never made fruit. True story i was about to cut it down then saw the fruit. Now year after year we get enough avocados 2 feed the family for months and extra to sell or give away.
Can you make a video of your avocado tree
@@nathalialavelle1603 Sure i can! I have a few passion fruit vines going up it :) I want to get an oil press to make some avocado oil !!
Sounds like it was grown from a seed, they often take a long time to fruit.
@@FukushimaRadiation ok but what zone are you in?
@@tylerrock1453 zone 10
I live in Mexico and the Avocados Trees are wild. We have the Trees everywhere, We are lucky in Mexico.
Hall or Has avocados?
Kindly inform me if it is possible to grow some avocado trees from seeds. Will they produce fruit when they are mature likely 5-8 yrs later?
what part of Mexico? Southern California we have them all over our neighborhoods too.
+Shirley Young from seed to fruit, could be as long as 15 years
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What a sweetheart, loves her Avocado Trees and great at telling us how to love them -
Yeah well done - good video! I'm doing this but I've found even my (what I thought was) big mounds still weren't big enough to promote a good growing mix on top of my clay and it tended to sink so now I've gone 4 x 6 trailer load with all the extra points mentioned in the video. So far so good!
All for an avocado tree
How's you avocado tree coming along now? I can't seem to find an update on your channel
@Muneeb Iqbal indeed . Just seen his post ans had a giggle / he’s done amazing
But you added lime to make it “sweet” or alkaline, re read the agriculture dept’s guidelines “only use lime when heavily acidic”, avos like it slightly acid. Your avos will keep failing otherwise.
Have you seen what avocado toast costs in Australia? A house deposit@@AlexanderOsuna
I remember our neighbor in CA had a HUGE avocado tree that would even hang over the fence. They’d let us pick anything on our side so we always enjoyed great avocados. I remember having to knock them down with 10-15ft long pvc pipes my dad was using for construction
The fact that people can grow avocado trees at home blows my mind since I'm not in the right climate to do so. When I see Avocado trees on vacation with fruit they just look so good!
1. Have free draining soil with lots of organic matter (leaf litter, bark - stuff you would find on the forest floor)
2. Protect from wind (avoid planting in areas that are exposed to high winds)
3. Protect from the cold (apply heavy duty frost cloth or grow in a greenhouse)
Growing two in Darlington N.E. England, at 3 years old they are 4 foot tall. I take them indoors in the winter, we get down to -8 and further. In summer they take their chance outdoors.
Some Avocado trees will survive down to -11°C and still bear fruit the next Summer. The key is to sprout several seeds and plant them in pots. After a year or so, plant them outdoors in the spring (after danger of frost is over) and see which ones survive the following winter. There is an article on Medium.com about growing your own Avocado tree in a cooler climate. The article is titled: The B.C. Avocado Project.
@@speedreading4kids549 I dump the seeds in the compost bin only to find that they have all sprouted over the winter. I now have 10 growing.
@@arthurduncan5999 they may survive after being sprouted outside on the winter
You can also paint the trees with dilute latex paint to protect from sun or spray the tree with kaolin powder suspension. We have about 500 Hass trees. Also if you have one tree in your yard and you want a LOT of fruit, it's best to have it grafted with another variety with of out-of-phase flowers (A type and B type).
is it enough with having type A and B flowers in the vicinity or do you need bees to help with the pollination? I've read that it helps a lot, I wonder how much of a difference does it make
I have a few trees and they produce without (AFAIK) the help of insects
I live in southern west coastal Florida. Rich compost soil is a pipe dream here. I really wish these videos would say where they are posted from up front
I have a pinkerton avocado tree, it's 2 years sold, and 2 metres tall. I can't believe how fast it's grown.
VERY informative vlog!! And also VERY true! Everything said here is GOSPEL!! I started a couple plants from the seed last year and had em in our windows inside, and the start of nice weather I took em outside and just 1/2 a day of direct sunlight burnt the leaves on the bigger plant (the smaller one I planted under the protection of my bamboo). The big one is recovering since I put it's planter under with the smaller plant and now like the video said it's just a matter of making sure they get enough water.
how are those trees going 5 years later?
btw growing from seed without grafting is unlikely to lead to good quality yields
the trees will still be nice though
Where I live:
1. Eat avocado
2. Burry the seed anywhere you want
3. Come back after 4 years
4. Pick avocados
5. It is that simple
Al Haymon where is that?
@curve your toes Christians I think a really big avocado fell on your head!
@curve your toes Christians why must you insert your religion into a comment section about growing avocados?
@curve your toes Christians No one wants you to interject religion into a conversation about avocados. That is not the way to "witness" to people. That is a way to make people resent Christians. Your tactic does the opposite of your intention.
Al Haymon
Are you able to tell the region you live in or if your living on a island?
Growing mine in baking hot Adelaide, South Australia, it is now 4 yrs old and I grafted Haas onto it when it was 2 years old, the summers here are long hot and dry with minimal humidity so I keep my tree well mulched and shaded on hot sunny days, I never over water and make sure the soil never dries out, I am sure my tree will flower next spring ( Sept 2020 )
thank you !!! FINALLY some one who gives the information. quickly and effectively.
Just planted mine and now learning how to care. Thx for the mulch tips
Update?
When growing up in Puerto Rico, avocado trees were everywhere. People would give their avocados away because there were so many. Same with mango trees. I miss those days
3 avocados in the market today............$12 freaking bucks! Such BS Juez. Thank god i just bought a small farm in Costa Rica. I have 4 avocado trees going. Time to get back to growing our own food.
Thanks, my tree in New Orleans, Louisiana started producing in it's second year, maybe 3. People are amazed that I didn't have to wait seven years.
Mark talks about how the clay level in his soil causes root rot, and the avo's Native soil is moist Black humus and has good air flow... a sorta good air/bacteria verses bad air/bacteria struggle Id say. (aquaculture interests)
I just dug up a tree about that same size that a neighbor was getting rid of. Can you provide me some guidance on replanting? How big of a hole? What blend of soil should I buy from a garden shop? I live near the pacific coast in So. CA and my native dirt is dark and sandy.
Kurt Jasin how's the tree doing now?
Thanks this was clear and to the point. Do you have a video of how you go about pruning your avocado to keep it small with full size fruit or are there now dwarf varieties? I’m in Melbourne Australia
This look good mine are still small and growing from seed but because of winter we need to plant them indoor when waiting for summer outside
I a growing a sapling indoors at the moment. I live in North Georgia, USA and I am worried about planting it outside. The climate is fine for them in the spring and summer, but I worry about the fall and winter where it can often get below 36 degrees Fahrenheit. What do I do during the chilly months? Just keep them covered all the time?
I potted two avocado stones a couple of months ago and now they're like baby trees in the front window, I'm in the UK, about what size do you repot them into big pots and put them outside? we get quite a lot of rain here even in the summer but it can get quite hot so I'm just wondering about the sun burn thing and I heard about 'grafting' fruit trees for it to grow fruit properly, or will it just grow fruit anyway?
I'd love some help, got a baby apple tree and pear tree growing from seeds too in little pots. I want to make it clear though that I would just plant these trees in a garden and be happy if they lived all their hundreds of years and gave fuck all fruit off 'em, a tree is a tree, gorgeous beautiful things.
So....4 years later and how are all the trees doing? Did you repot them or move them outside? I'm also here in the UK and I've got 4 avocado pots on my window sill. Also not doing this for the fruit 🙂
mine grows in clay bugger all draininage with woolies $3 a bag soil and it's thriving, 8ft tall from seed 2 years ago
Great video. Can I make the mound using a combination of aged compost and wood chips? I have a ready supply of both.
I just got a Lila Avocado tree here in zone 9. Do I really have to plant it next to my South wall or can I plant it out in the open near the canopy of my large oak tree where I have my mango trees?
Avocados like water. We harvested almost 250 fruit from June - Sep. Tree is planted on side of hill, good drainage. Pounded in fertilizer spikes at drip line. When fruit is growing, water 5 min every other day at trunk or fruit will start to fall. We connected a dedicated water line to tree to remember to water. Trim top of tree every other year. Grown from seed. Avocados turn crimson when ripe, supposed to be Caribbean variety.
I live in Arizona zone 9b. I have been trying to grow an avocado for years. Failed every time I tried. Thanks for the video. I will apply what I learned to my next attempt at growing an avocado tree. Do you have any other recommendations for growing avocado trees in a hot desert area? And what is the best variety I should try next time?
Hello
Well have you tried a Reed
I'm finding out that I have to watch how much I water
great channel thank you! We need to relocate an avocado tree that is around 3 years old. It's growing right above where our borehole is and we're concerned about the roots disturbing the borehole pump. Please advise - I'm in south Africa - thank you.
We have about 4 avocado tree from just throwing the seeds away. Now just waiting for the fruit to grow
Hi, I am growing an avacado tree right now its a little sapling, it's about 1 foot tall I started to snip off the top leaves so now it has developed more little branches and begining to look bushy, I live in the aried dessert Southwest of the United States, what I want to know is when will it be safe to plant it outside? . I keep it in the front window of my kitchen were it gets plenty of sun, not the harsh sun but the defused sunlighting that streams into the kitchen. Summer's get extremely hot here in the dessert and I am afraid the little sapling will get fried. Shall I continue to keep it indoors for another year? Thank you for taking time to reply.
Great vid. How do you prevent the tree from growing in height? I know the avocado trees need to grow at its fullest and to have a thick trunk in order to produce fruit. You prove me wrong.
Plant a few varieties 4 ft apart or 2 in the same planting hole or espalier them and keep trimmed.
Great video , I live in uk , I've grown 3 indoors so far about 2 ft tall, my question is will they survive outside all year round here, our winters are cold but wet mostly , would the frost be a problem ,? What's the lowest they can indure? Our winters vary but an average of minus 5 Celsius I guess. Regards Lee
Hi LeePY. How are the trees doing? Did you try them outside? I'm also in the UK and have 4 pots on my windowsill. It's too late to get them outside now (November) but maybe next year in the Spring
Well I grow my avocado in Stony soil grows well from seed, it is now 18 months old, it is now 1.5m diameter and 1.75m high. I do live in the tropics
I had a year old tree that was big and full of leaves. It flowered and produced around twenty small avacados that all fell off and within a month, lost all of their leaves and was dead within two months.
I'm living in Costa Rica with a rainy season, would I need to make mounds and use good draining/sandy soil to prevent root damage, and keep them watered during the dry season? And obvs mulch so during dry season moisture is maintained, and during wet season, the rain floods away without getting into the soil too much?
Do you think a root/grow bag that so many people are using now, might work for these trees?
Need some advice I planted a avocado seed and didnt think was going to grow but did I let it grow for maybe 4 to 5 months was very healthy almost 2 feet long.. but it was in a spot I knew had to be moved so one day i dug around it and got it out having to cut some roots that were going pretty deep down but still the seed was still there and some roots so I stuck in a new location and now a week later my poor tree went from being so healthy now looking like its dying... I know It can be normal but now leaves are completely dry and I'm worried because at very top its turning black the tip of the tree but the trunk still is firm but dont want the black to spread should I cut it or just leave it alone??? Thanks for any tips appreciate it
it took them 3 years to harvest mines took 9months
@MelodicWolf he prob bought a grafted tree and it may have already been ready to fruit
Was it grown from seed or did you buy a grafted tree?
Sounds like you bought a mature tree in a 15 gallon pot. Mystery solved.
I realised now that I have avocado in my house. I placed a seed a year ago in a pot in my living room, and forgot about it, a plant has grown there and now I remembered while watching a cartoon with my little cousins.
I've failed with the Pinkerton I got from you guys last season. I'm in a very low lying area and in heavy rain the ground gets saturated. I grow my fruit trees in 900 round birdies raised beds and the citrus, choc pudding etc all do fine. I thought the Avo would too. It looked great for three months or so and then a heavy rain. Within days it started dropping all its leaves and now sits there with none, waiting for me to pull it out and put something else there.... :-( I believe the water wicked up into the garden bed drowning the poor thing :-( These things really don't like too much water!
That's sad! Pinkerton is a very good variety. There is a video by Mike (Self Sufficient Me) on how to plant avocados on mounts to prevent root rot
why do they say if I grow a fruit tree from seed the fruit will not be good? My avocado, mango, citrus, are mostly from seed.. I am keeping them pruned.. my garden is becoming a jungle.. I will need to do some clearing out as rainy season is basically here.. my mango is coming back with a vengeance after I made a hard cut.. i decided to make it short and the trunk is about 2 1/2".. I chop and drop everything. My beds are getting high. my pathways flood easy.. i need to dig swales around the beds.. or become an octopus 🐙
I read that its not that the fruit will be bad, its that it takes 10 to 20 years for a tree to give fruit when grown from seed whereas a grafted one maybe 4 years or so.
what area you live in?
Sometimes, as with most apples, fruit from grocery stores will be from a hybrid that will take on different traits the following generation. That's where a lot of the confusion comes from
Planting from seed has a random chance of how the tree will turn out in terms of its fruit quality. Citrus is notorious for having fruit inconsistencies, causing some segments from being completely different to others in the same fruit.
At this point of time, avocadoes need to be grafted to ensure strong root growth and healthy fruit. It also reduces the maturity time from 8-10 years to 2-5 years. There is a few research projects in Australia that are trialing methods that remove the grafting process completely. However, they're not currently financially viable solutions.
Mangoes love to be treated harshly. A good heavy prune helps to imitate damage from major storms and hurricanes/cyclones. Trim your mango trees hard back everyone 3-5 years, and you'll have a good producing tree all of the time.
I live in California's Central Valley just south of Fresno. I planted two Avocado trees, one Pinkerton and one Jim Bean. My question is how hot does it need to get to place a shade net over them? It is May and already 82 degrees F. Shall I wait until it reaches 100? What temp do you recommend to put a Shade net?
Hi
After watching this vid, I went to have a look at Marks "self sufficient me" on RUclips as he pointed out a "normal Australian soil" problem that a lot of us have coz most of us dont try to cover the best volcanic land with concrete mega houses like dopey surfie hippies... (cough Byron, Ballina)
Kath , my 2 Avocados in large pots have finally failed a combo of the 2022 weather in Brisbane and the Possums climbin up the trunks i think my Avocado dream is nearly over, loss of leaves, and the trunck rotting at the top possible from Possum climbing up the trunk?. oh well :( i would say out of all the fruit trees in my collection the most picky and difficult to contiue to grow is the Avocado , initially was the Glenn Mango but now the 2 Avocado tree in Pots (x Pollination purposes) will be having a funeral date coming soon. so Cavet emptor when buying fruit trees like a Avo they are difficult to grow that is why Avos are so expensive.
Great video, I have an Etinger Avocado in Israel, Last year I got hundreds of flowers and small Avocados, but most of them fell, and only 6 survived. They were huge and delicious. How can I get much more to hang on this year? Thanks Blessings.
Excellent video: good advice, concisely presented. Many thanks.
Wait....so you want well draining soil just to cover it with mulch to retain water and water it often? Seems counterintuitive 🧐
Because it needs water but you don't want the roots in wet soil all the time.
my Avocado tree is 1 years old at 5 feet tall the avocado was HUGE 3 pounder HASS and all ready growing inside so i just put it right in the ground
I live in Tonopah Arizona. I recently bought two Avocado trees but haven't planted them yet because I don't know what I can do yet to help these trees to grow. Your video is helpful but I have summer heat I have to protect my new trees from. I am not sure that shaded areas are even going to work because it may be too hot even in the shade. Any suggestions?
Robin Lanter It won’t survive living in arizona
Thanks for the video. I have some questions. The first is: Is simultaneous cross-pollination more efficient between two different verieties of avocado trees in the same field? Or can it also be done efficiently between trees of the same verieties? Which one is better? . Second: If it were better for simultaneous cross-pollination between two different verieties of avocado trees, which veriety would you prefer as the veriety that blooms simultaneously as a male and the Haas veriety as a female? Third: If we have a field with 100 trees totally, what is the appropriate number of male trees that correspond to the appropriate number of female trees or rather what is the ratio between them? What is the optimal distribution map for the distribution of those 100 trees in the field? Thank you very much in advance.
👍from studying horticulturist from other part of world (Punjab India).
Thank you
I have a 1,5 years old avocado in a 30 cm deep clay pot. What fertilizer should I use? Should I replace a soil? If so, how often?
What’s all the white powdery sap I’m getting? Branches are seeping sap then breaking off.
In Guatemala Avocado trees are huge, really tall trees.
Bobby O do deer eat the leaves or the fruit?
4,300 feet altitude, 9.5" of rain a year. Oranges don't grow here in Nevada either.
What distance between plants should be maintained? How tall they get?
I lost my first attempt at growing an avocado tree due to a frost. I forgot to cover it just one night...What variety of avocado tree is the most cold resistant?
Mexicola grande is ver cold tolerant. Reed, GEM, and Sir Prize are supposed be fairly cold tolerant as well.
I have a tree that more like just a stick growing out of my pot..lol
Its half dead? Top 6 in is brown and dying...is there anything i can do?
I used to live in the lower Puna district of the Big Island of Hawaii. The land there is recent lava flow with very thin soil, or no soil at all. I could put an avocado seed on the bare lava ground, and it would grow. It would send roots right through that rock. The conditions were so perfect, it was hard to keep them down. I used to mutilate and butcher young trees, and they'd just bounce right back.
Great video, im growing my first tree now, wish me luck:D
be around in 20 years when it gets old enough to bear fruit !
@@BigDsGaming2022 more like ten
@@lapreciousl.6694 good ! my 25 avocados are all 10 years old this Summer !
@@BigDsGaming2022 that is impressive
A Vietnamese planted avocados , tangerines , persimmons , pomegranates and mandarin oranges 10 years ago , the entire back yard is an orchard..what a pain to mow
I have put an organic sunscreen on the stems, but my leaves have brown ends. Is that sunburned leaves or to little or much water? thank you.
Do you still dig a big hole (ditch) then fill that up and mound it first.
I have avocado trees growing in my yard that the squirrels planted from pits I threw out for them to eat. I need to cut them down because they're going to get HUGE. I lived in Mexico some years back and avocado trees there were ginormous! My yard isn't large enough for them! I see that your tree is small. Do you cut it back & it stays that small? Or is it a dwarf tree? I would love to have fresh avocados at the ready, but I can't really let them take over my yard & shade off my garden. Any suggestions??? Also, how old do the trees have to get to begin producing? I live in Florida.
One my Dad transplanted died in the 42 degree Celsius summer heat because the root system wasn't fully developed & the plant couldn't suck up all of the other water that I was giving it,I don't think that the soil was prepared properly either.
I think he's the sort of person who would keep transplanting them & they'd all die.
I have a Hass Avocado tree which I sprouted in a pot,it came up in late November to early December of 2017 & is nearly a metre tall now (about 75 centimetres tall).
I have it planted in a mixture of wood shavings & horse manure & the plant loves it,I just have it growing underneath a carport so the hot summer sun doesn't burn its leaves.
It's about to lose its baby leaves as the tree is budding & starting to grow branches.
I've got another Hass avocado tree which has sprouted in a pot along side of it & I'm going to be planting them on another property, I'll have to build a miniature hessian tent around them to protect them from the sun,wind & any possible frosts.
The avocado trees did better when self sown so I think the transplant killed that one in the summer time,mine is doing a lot better because I have recreated the growing climate for them as they germinate under the shade of the mother tree in the rainforest & push their way through the partially shaded canopy.
That has been the same thing with a self sown Paw Paw tree we had, the frost killed it when it was 2 metres tall but it wasn't in full sunlight in the morning when it needed to be.
I just thought us being near Maitland in New South Wales made it too cold for them to grow due to the winter frosts as my grandfather had no trouble growing them in the Mullumbimby area (he died last year & lived at Palmwoods which is near Wilsons creek) because he lived in a mountainous area where there was no frost.
Having said that,down our way,we would only have mild frosts such as Billinudgel & the Tweed area would have,the Paw Paw trees have no trouble growing in Mullumbimby !!!!
My grandfather had to stop eating them due to having an allergic reaction from the latex in the fruit
What temperature is considered frost for the avocado trees?
Love it ❤️❤️ I being taking care of my avocado tree about a year now
i bought grafted avocado plant from Daleys Nursery before three month. not yet start sprouting. Anyway can you please tell me how old they are now? its around 65cm.
I had started my avocado plant by seed, it is now a very healthy small tree, about 3' in height. Do you have to graft an avocado tree in order to have avocado, I was recently informed of this. I am trying to learn how to grow the things I enjoy eating.
Yeah sadly it needs to be grafted. Also unless you live in a land where Avocados can grow outside don't expect anything
If you have to cover them to protect them from frost, does that mean they won't grow where you have actual winter?
Hi there I have a question. Do you have to have more then one avo tree to get the 'fruit'. I was told I had to have at least 2 trees before they could pollinate and fruit, like a kewi fruit tree. ThaNks
Sorry for the late response. Avocado trees are self pollinating meaning that they don't need the same species of tree nearby to produce fruit.
Lovely viedo ..straight to the point ...I have two trees and they are big ..I feel the reason I don't have regular avocados is because of the bees ...where are the bees to pollinate the flowers .....bring back the bees please lord
Ainsley Ameerali have you tried planting things that attract bees like bee balm or even hand polinating?
Fletacarling I live in trinidad we are full of natural flowers and plants..it's the bees they all moved out
@@ainsleyameerali7622 It sounds like your country needs some people to become beekeepers. Another great thing about bees is the honey.
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Help, I planted mine in the yard and mixed native soil (Los Angeles clay) with citrus soil but now it's all clay. I don't water often, 1-2 a week and it seems ok. Should I dig it up to put better soil?
it depends how established it is. If you have the risk of heavy rain that will cause wate-rlogging in your clay soil you do risk losing your trees. They prefer perfect drainage so a raised garden bed is ideal in soils like you have.
is it better to keep them in a green house if you have some frost days or can they handle cold after a while
Some varieties like Bacon can handle a frost no problem (even -5c).
Great tips much appreciated
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Even if you are unable to get your avocado tree to fruit, the leaf makes a delicious, anis-like tea that acts as a kidney cleanse, traditionally used in SE Asia.
Vache0espagnole Thank you for that hack.
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Vache0espagnole. Thanks as well. My mom told me she used. the tea to help manage diabetes.
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Thank you for that one too. 2 of my roommates have diabetes. When my 🌳 get bigger I can make them ☕.
Vache0espagnole thanks
i have a 30+yrold tree in very poor draning soil. its doing very well. i never directly water it and never directly feed it. it has given me fruit every year i have rented the house
I have a very mature haas avocado tree (40+ years) that's about 20 ft tall, 10 feet wide. It came with my home. There's maybe around 100-150 avocados on it. How much should I water and how often? Right now there are 2 sprinklers who give it about 2 minutes of continuous water twice a week.
water every second day minimum
This is an outstanding video. Quick and to the point. Thanks for this.
non fussed and to the point, very helpful.
my 3 year tree was never the same after a week of extreme heat 100-110F and no shading, it dropped all it's leaves and has tried to restart twice with fresh ones that always brown up and drop. Now it's quit trying and the branches are darkening and breaking off. I think it's just about dead :(
Sorry please explain more gypsum help? Apart from breaking clay soil? Thanks
I live in Los Angeles, California and I'm growing an avocado tree from its seed. Im in the process of the seed sitting in water..the roots are massive and a little stem is starting to grow. My question is once the seed is ready to pot, should I pot 2 of the avocado seeds together in 1 pot to help produce fruit??
Once the stem is big and strong enough you can gently remove the plant from the water container and place it in the trash can together with the other avocado, then head to the store. This method will provide you with avocado fruits with a 100%success rate. Any other method has a 0% chance unless you live in a land where avocados can grow outside
I have a cold hardy avocado tree in a pot. It's been in that pot for 2 or 3 years, outside, partial sun/shade. I recently transplanted it to a bigger pot and placed it in a spot where it gets more sun. All the leaves are now droopy and I thought it would recover but it's been about 2 weeks and it still looks like that. Some leaves actually died. What can I do to correct this? Is it getting too much sun?
I have a cold hardy tree in pot same thing exactly like you said. But I moved to outside since April, I have flower bud but very small, just no leaves at all. I bought from nursery last April. I am in Washington D.C. I hate them in pot. The tree still alive just no any sign have leaf bud yet. May be my soil need add some sand. I put garden mix and add some soil from yard. need some one advice.
@Art by Marlene Llanes_I have 5 varieties in pots outside that I overwinter outside. Yes, it was put in too much direct sun right away. You should have moved it to a location where it gets morning sun for a few hours then move it to a spot that gets afternoon shade for about a week or until it got acclimated. You could also throw a light shade cloth over it to cover it and protect it from the extreme afternoon sun. Make sure to apply a whitewash to the trunk and exposed branches like IV Organics to protect from sunburn. Don't use latex paint it's toxic. Also, make sure you position it in a location that gets protection from harsh winds. Make sure your pot has good drainage and yes they love water don't over water yours because it's in a pot and don't let it dry out either because now it will be getting a little more sun than it did in its previous location. Good luck!
I am living in Fairbanks AK and never had any success growing those trees. Why? Any recommendations?
I wonder how it would respond to being grown atop a hugelculture setup.
My guess is it would grow pretty much like everything else grown on a Hugleculture...amazingly!
Great big what!? Mountain or mount?
Can you use moist soil? Like soil next to lake?
I grew my avocados in pots. They always die when they are around 3 ft tall. Each avocado I planted have had differently shaped leaves. I hear many say that only grafts will fruit. So where did the first graft come from? Also what if there is no avocado fruit bearing tree around from which I can get a branch to graft?
If the tree is from the nursery it will already be grafted with your chosen variety. If grown from seed it's a hybrid that will take many years to be fully established before it fruits.
Thank you very much for giving us these tips! Very kind of you. Thanks!
What is your advice for growing in containers
I hope I can grow one here in Sweden...
fat chance
I peeled an avocado seed, submerged it halfway in tap water, with the bottom in the water. it's been 3weeks, and nothing, no sprout, no green.
ideas?
nice video!
ill do that later.
+SwollenCranium I'll buy more avocados and try again.
+Sooner Science Nerd try change the growing conditions. I have just moved from a house where they sat on a window sill in the kitchen that got minimal light, to a new house where I don't have a window sill so they are outside under a patio area out of direct sun. In the old house every seed sprouted, here so far none have sprouted. Not sure what is so different but I may have to consider a different location (or possibly different water). I do however have a theory... Yes it has gotten hotter as summer has hit, but I think inside the water temperature was far more consistent, whereas now the water temp varies greatly to the point of getting quite hot on some days.
Planting the pit in the dirt works better especially if you put it on a radiator or a warm spot!
To activate sprouting cutt off the top third of the pit
I did the same thing but nothing happened
Is around 20°C good for growing avocado?
i have 3 avocado tree 1 of them almost on the principal trunk something look like dry white powder om the corner of the trunk but when touch by hand look like somehow wett and the trunk is not green , a crusty trunk any advise about that
Hey i have a question do avocado trees shed lots of leaves? My tree has so many yellow leaves and as soon as i touch it falls . Every year we had tree full of flowers but no fruit we got only 3 avocados in the second year now this is the fifth year this time also so many flowers only 2 avocados
Do you think i am over watering or underwatering since i see lots of yellow leaves
I would probably self fertilise so you get more fruit. Have another avo tree near by helps too.
I too am getting some yellow leave but I think it’s due to over fertilising but I’m not sure. If veins are yellow then ya need to fertilise I have been told
Thank are you for this advice I have bought and lost about 6 Avocados before I began planting them as I did not have the area ready. Even if I had ofwatching your video I would have still lost them I live in the Lockyer Valley in Queensland do you send plans to there,
on the computer at the library of often looked at your catalogue and it makes my mouth water there's a lot of plants that I would like to buy from you kindest regards
They send all across Australia
my tree is 12 feet high keeps making new leaves, so it's got lots of mulch, so no fruit yet, so why not?
Me too 🤷♂️