Exotic Avocado Varieties You Can Grow at Home

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июл 2022
  • You are all familiar with the Hass but what about the Russell? The Nesbitt? Donnie, Simmonds, Lula, Monroe, Choquette? Each has it's own unique flavor and attributes. Join me as I talk about the wide range of avocados available to you as a backyard grower and what you need to consider when choosing the best variety for you. Then we do a taste test.
    Get your Sleepy Lizard avocados at: www.guacfarm.com

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  • @wasiuadewale9781
    @wasiuadewale9781 2 года назад +42

    Can't thank you enough because you've made me plant over 800 avocado trees in Nigeria. Just love u the more each time you upload new video
    Appreciate u man!

  • @loho1125
    @loho1125 2 года назад +36

    I don't live in an area where I can grow my own avocados or buy yours, but I still find myself watching every single one of your videos! I just like to watch them when I'm stressed or tired and it always makes me feel better. Greetings from Germany!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +5

      Lo ho, thank you for your comment. You made me feel really encouraged.

    • @ThatOneRedMan
      @ThatOneRedMan 2 года назад +4

      Hmm.. i live in sweden and i grow avocados

    • @MixasTradgard
      @MixasTradgard Год назад +2

      Of course - We grow in greenhouses 😊Live in Sweden too and grow Mediterranean plants and now starting with tropical dragonfruit, mangos, avocados, litchi’s and papaya 😊.

    • @susanryman9948
      @susanryman9948 8 месяцев назад

      I would have liked to see the inside flesh. I live in Texas so Hass is it. And I’m happy

    • @luyandosikoobwe8435
      @luyandosikoobwe8435 7 месяцев назад

      How can I get the scion for these varieties?

  • @deenad3562
    @deenad3562 6 месяцев назад +5

    *Omg, every 🥑 you open is perfect, you are the Avocado Whisperer!* 😋

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  6 месяцев назад +1

      Very good observation. When you grow your own you just pick and let them ripen at room temperature. the ones you get in the supermarket have been chilled so sometimes they are not as pristine when you open them.

  • @josephmumbakawimbe2122
    @josephmumbakawimbe2122 Месяц назад +3

    Man, you have really taught me so much about Avo varieties...

  • @dianapulido1807
    @dianapulido1807 2 года назад +5

    A better world through avocados, I love that.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      yep. Thank you for all. your participation on the channel. I appreciate your comments.

  • @MongIAMTauYah
    @MongIAMTauYah 11 месяцев назад +3

    I did not know there were more than 900 types of avocados and now I'm so happy I have found this video

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  11 месяцев назад +1

      yep, I discover a new one every few months.

  • @rowdyyeets4532
    @rowdyyeets4532 7 месяцев назад +3

    My Uncle Ernie passed away about 10 years ago, but he used to sell the avocados that he grew at his house at his grocery store in the Keys. They were the biggest avocados that Ive ever seen in my life. They weighed 2.5 to 3 pounds. They were shaped like a cross between a Russell and a Monroe. Monroe is the name of the county that the Keys are in, so maybe that's how they got that name (just speculation). They were a beautiful yellow color inside. The tree had fruit from July to August. My uncle told me that it produced fruit every other year. To me, they blow Haas avocados out of the water. I would eat the whole avocado. I scored the flesh and put some Vegesal, paprika, and lemon juice on it. Now I live in Texas and we rent. I don't have a place I'd grow trees. Im stuck with Haas and Fuertes, LOL Thank you for all your informative and very interesting videos. Ill keep you in mind when and if Im ever able to get some trees. Thanks!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  7 месяцев назад +1

      Yum! Did you know the Russell was created in Islamorada?

  • @dmatcardoug2986
    @dmatcardoug2986 2 года назад +11

    Well professor Tom, I have advised before that you have a knack for explaining a subject and specifically Avocados! This episode was exceptional in both quality of content and presentation! Magnificent!! Masterpiece!! I thoroughly enjoyed this episode! The enthusiasm is catching! One of the best episodes!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +3

      thank you Doug. I been waiting for good weather all week and finally I asked myself: what can I talk about in the kitchen?

    • @dmatcardoug2986
      @dmatcardoug2986 2 года назад +2

      @@SleepyLizard You certainly landed on a very good subject and did a masterful job of presenting these Avocados to us, your audience!

  • @pauldez5516
    @pauldez5516 2 года назад +12

    Great video, well done. I own the property that (as I was told by previous owner) has the original Nesbitt avocado trees. The "Grandfather Nesbitt" made it through Hurricane Andrew but Wilma did it in sad to say. The "Grandmother Nesbitt" still sits outside our porch and is loaded this year. Took 6500 pounds of Donnies to packing house in the past few weeks and Nesbitts will start Monday.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +5

      Holy cow. I can't believe I scoured the internet to find exactly this history and instead you saw the vid and the history came to me. Thank you so much for your comment.

    • @pauldez5516
      @pauldez5516 2 года назад +4

      @@SleepyLizard No problem. Appreciate your information. This property originally belonged to the Nesbitt family as the story goes.

  • @sidneymonteiro3670
    @sidneymonteiro3670 2 года назад +12

    I was raised on avocados being prepared as dessert: add lime juice and sugar cane sugar while mashing it into a cream. Variants with any citrus and honey and mash it.
    Variant with blending it at high speed with milk. All delicious.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +2

      I'm going to try that.

    • @hotdamn9052
      @hotdamn9052 2 года назад

      Sounds good

    • @KerriEverlasting
      @KerriEverlasting Год назад +2

      @@SleepyLizard did you try it? Why not make a video of you trying out new things?? It could be pretty funny

  • @jennifervalencia7601
    @jennifervalencia7601 Год назад +5

    I’ve never seen such beautiful perfect avocados… I’m so inspired to plant some avocados

  • @user-ji1vg2jj5n
    @user-ji1vg2jj5n 2 месяца назад +1

    I have no idea these exist. Thank you for sharing. Now I really want to try em.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 месяца назад

      yes they represent 5% of the avocados consumed in North America. we sell them at www.guacfarm.com

  • @IMakeWhateverVideos235
    @IMakeWhateverVideos235 Год назад +2

    It’s great how you explain things in such detail !

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      Thanks MEH, I enjoy the challenge of conveying something I know to an audience who might be unfamiliar with the topic.

  • @ahandymanishere
    @ahandymanishere 4 месяца назад +1

    Love you delivery and the amount of information you got. Thanks for your video

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  4 месяца назад

      I appreciate the compliment.

  • @michaeldriskell6431
    @michaeldriskell6431 2 года назад +3

    I have purchased Donnie’s and Russell from you; both are fantastic! I will be ordering another batch of Russell before they are gone!!!!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      that's awesome Michael, I'll be out there picking Tuesday morning.

  • @brendaramsey4523
    @brendaramsey4523 6 месяцев назад +1

    Good morning. Your message is very very good. I have planted avocado tree 🌲 in Jamaica 🇯🇲 it was about two feet tall but it dies went I came back to the UK 🇬🇧. Planing to go back so I will be 🌱 planting again. Thank you for your videos. 🌱👍🏿🙏🏾

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  6 месяцев назад

      good luck with your next try

  • @aishahwalker7503
    @aishahwalker7503 2 года назад +7

    I love these videos, i have never seen most of these avocados but previous videos have convinced me to grow them. I'm in canada and now have two 1 and half year old avocado trees in containers. Dont know it they'll ever fruit but they look cool. Thank you for sharing all this information with us!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +2

      that's great news! you can keep them as house plants but yeah I don't think you'll be getting fruit in the great white north.

    • @carmendecastro2156
      @carmendecastro2156 Год назад +1

      Hi do you sell the Russel tree or a sigon?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад +1

      @@carmendecastro2156 sorry, I do not

  • @user-mz6py1hg6f
    @user-mz6py1hg6f 6 месяцев назад +1

    I live on avocado's and green onions. 😮 so I'm in HEAVEN just looking at them 😊

  • @abc_cba
    @abc_cba 2 года назад +3

    Hi, i know it's irrelevant to you but seeing your garden and that of another Vlogger over RUclips, I've been growing just a lot of things, veggies, salads, green, fruits, herbs, in my garden, i don't have to be bothered by the inflation here in India 🇮🇳
    Thank you very much for inspiring me.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад

      you are not alone. There is a renewed interest in backyard food production. Enjoy your new hobby!

  • @_c_y_p_3
    @_c_y_p_3 Год назад +3

    Folks like you make a city, state and nation stable self reliant and secure. Thankyou for sharing this info! We lose so much diversity as millions or billions live their entire lives never having a clue about the massive variety available if we just got away from the monoculture and could appreciate the bounty permaculture has to offer and the importance of protecting and bringing back our soil.

  • @wayne-oo
    @wayne-oo 2 года назад +1

    Fantastic video once again ! Will order soon !!!!

  • @miguelschoedel7691
    @miguelschoedel7691 2 года назад +1

    Love these videos!

  • @MohhidMohammed
    @MohhidMohammed 10 месяцев назад

    Yes, good videos

  • @PukaHeadMan
    @PukaHeadMan 9 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome video and thank you very much for making my day! 👍😀

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  9 месяцев назад

      thank you for your comment !

  • @MohhidMohammed
    @MohhidMohammed 10 месяцев назад

    You do so so good so good videoes! Love it too

  • @WildNature
    @WildNature 4 месяца назад +1

    I have a farm in the middle of the desert and I'm sure avocados won't grow here but I still watching all of your videos. Love them all

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  4 месяца назад

      what sort of things do you grow in the dessert

    • @WildNature
      @WildNature 4 месяца назад

      @@SleepyLizard apple, guava, pomegranate, passion fruit, peach, lemon, fig, mulberry, olive and Palm trees

  • @ciaragarrity6425
    @ciaragarrity6425 Год назад +1

    Dude, this is amazing! I didn't know there were so many different types of avacados!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад +1

      some of them are so tasty. are you somewhere that you can try some varieties?

    • @ciaragarrity6425
      @ciaragarrity6425 Год назад +1

      @@SleepyLizard Well, I live in Illinois, it gets cold here, but I bet I can find at least two different types at the store.

  • @otemoyansan
    @otemoyansan Год назад +1

    I love your video. Thank you!

  • @gerigoetzinger8539
    @gerigoetzinger8539 Год назад +2

    Wow fascinating video, learned a lot Thank You !

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад +1

      Geri, glad you got something out of the vid.

  • @ruperteachells2355
    @ruperteachells2355 Год назад +1

    What a pleasure watching your videos! We have a beautiful avocado tree in our backyard, that produces absolutely beautiful fruit!
    I can’t tell you what type, because I don’t know, but will get pictures next time , and hopefully find out!
    Watching from Perth, Western Australia!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      thank you Rupert, I'd love to see pics next season

  • @sericonti
    @sericonti Год назад +2

    Your channel got me into growing an avocado and a mango plant :) Hardiness is ok as I live in zone 11a. Greetings from the Mediterranean island of Malta.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад +2

      Hi Frankie, and greetings from Florida! I'm glad you got into growing tropical fruits because of the channel. stay close and update us on your progress please.

  • @jackjamotillo6049
    @jackjamotillo6049 6 месяцев назад

    I started growing my avocado seeds and they are now 12 inches taller!From Philippines 😊😊🌍🇵🇭🥑🥑🥑

  • @wildwoodsprings6146
    @wildwoodsprings6146 2 года назад +1

    Thank you!

  • @daisyjuarez2557
    @daisyjuarez2557 2 месяца назад +1

    Wow thank you

  • @elizabethmiranda3695
    @elizabethmiranda3695 Год назад +1

    Yes ..now I Ve learned from u ..Russel type of my avocado ....tnx

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      one of my favorites, have you tried it yet?

  • @aliafsharnaderi1875
    @aliafsharnaderi1875 4 месяца назад +1

    One of my dreams is to walk in that heavenly garden with you one day. hoping for that day I wish you the best in your health❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @user-mk3td2vu4g
    @user-mk3td2vu4g 10 месяцев назад

    Yes! He do good videos! Love from Russia

    • @MohhidMohammed
      @MohhidMohammed 10 месяцев назад

      Yes, do good videos! Love your videos

  • @NimSonam
    @NimSonam Год назад +1

    I love avocados… from India

  • @kindradeleon9053
    @kindradeleon9053 8 месяцев назад +1

    I have about six plants from seed just grafted one, but I’m definitely gonna have to buy some Sion’s from you especially the way you talk about that Simmons variety. I’m in California there’s nothing like growing your own food. Love your channel.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  8 месяцев назад

      Man, I wish I could sell you some scion, but I don’t sell the scion or the grafted trees anymore. The importation regulations for the state of California are too much for me to adhere to.

    • @kindradeleon9053
      @kindradeleon9053 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@SleepyLizard no worries I understand California’s got some crazy rules. But I’m definitely going to hit some nurseries up around my area to find some of those varieties in and I’m glad your wife’s feeling better. You guys make an amazing team.

  • @LuisMendez-hx7tl
    @LuisMendez-hx7tl 7 месяцев назад +2

    I live in Los Angeles, I put a zutano and Russell trees together and amazing a lot of flowers like never before showing on both trees different months

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  7 месяцев назад +1

      excellent combination of a type B and type A. Two of my favorite avocados.

  • @MidniteClubII
    @MidniteClubII 6 месяцев назад +1

    Tom the way you describe all of you Avocados is like a Mother describing her Baby.. You my man, are THE AVOCADO KING! Cheers! I love Avocados too I got to try the Russell on the next batch! When will they be available?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  6 месяцев назад +1

      thank you so much. I appreciate it. We pick Russell in August.

  • @patricialazare5526
    @patricialazare5526 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks

  • @anekabibitimpor4748
    @anekabibitimpor4748 2 года назад +1

    Oh my God im replay ur you tube I loved yours simmonds too... Oh im sad I don't have thats variety but it looks like our hong ngoc avocados from vietnam very drying n having orange beautiful meat you must try

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад

      Aneka, do you have a vid you can link here where you show the hong ngoc?

  • @nenaelliott8058
    @nenaelliott8058 2 года назад +4

    Great video Tom. But watching you eat those delicious fruit makes me avocado green with envy.. lol. I was trying to hold out until Choquette season but now I don't know. LoL.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      They are definitely worth the wait.

  • @user-mk3td2vu4g
    @user-mk3td2vu4g 10 месяцев назад +1

    Good, so very good videos! Lov from Russia!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  10 месяцев назад

      You're a bot aren't you? It's cool

    • @user-mk3td2vu4g
      @user-mk3td2vu4g 10 месяцев назад

      @@SleepyLizard Wat? We 2 bots? No no no, you do good videos. We not bots!
      Love from Russia!

  • @socalbackyardgardener
    @socalbackyardgardener 2 года назад +4

    I love watching your videos. If you ever visit San Diego we should collab on a grafting video or any type of avocado video. I also visit Florida from time to time

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      I would love to collaborate with you. I've been to San Diego twice and I love it out there. These days I rarely leave my zip code 😂. lemme know next time you come to Florida

  • @macdaddynick1751
    @macdaddynick1751 2 года назад +1

    I love your videos, and I would like to give you an idea for a future video/ series. Perhaps it would be cool to See how fast will an avocado grow and produce with multiple (3-4) rootstocks compared to one with a single rootstock. I saw a video on a 3 year old avocado with something like 10 rootstocks and that thing was as tall as a building. Very easy to find on RUclips. Perhaps there is a merit to adding more rootstocks for quicker growth and a more drought resistant plant. Thanks again for your content.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      Thank you MacDaddynick1. I'm always looking for vid ideas. I try to put out one per week but in the summer I have to slow down because the weather doesn't cooperate.

  • @anekabibitimpor4748
    @anekabibitimpor4748 2 года назад

    I like this part very much...

  • @EricaD61
    @EricaD61 2 года назад +3

    Im not sure of the name but here in Queensland Australia we get a round like a large baseball, light green, buttery and so much flavour it kicks hass out of the park. 😋 Not found in supermarkets only from backyard growers.

  • @davidibarra7854
    @davidibarra7854 Год назад +1

    I've been watching your videos. And I'm starting to get avocado fever. Now every avocado I buy. I've been saving the seed and gonna grow some of them seeds. Eventually I will be ordering them cuttings from your site. To try and grow my own trees.

  • @frankmorgan2772
    @frankmorgan2772 9 месяцев назад +1

    I do remember those avocados in Brazil: green ones, long necks, purple ones, huge ones with 1kg+ !!! Exceptional ! But they eaat as fruit , with sugar and milk, and not as vegetables in salads !

  • @eddy8828
    @eddy8828 2 года назад +1

    👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️900 varieties of avocados.

  • @MohhidMohammed
    @MohhidMohammed 10 месяцев назад +1

    Good, so veri good videos! Love from Afghanistan!

  • @Team.America
    @Team.America Год назад +1

    🇺🇸 Love your video! Checking your website. Thanks!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      Thanks for the compliment. This time of year there’s not much available on my website because as you know, agriculture is seasonal and we are in the flowering stage for just about all are tropical fruit right now.

  • @kristingoettlicher3503
    @kristingoettlicher3503 Год назад +1

    I have an apple orchard in zone 4 and I breed tomatoes. I love to geek out on tomato and apple varieties, so this is right up my alley! I would gladly try all 900 cultivars. Lol. The Hass are too oily, imo. The only fresh I had was at a farmer's market in Kauai . It was amazing.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      Yeah, within each fruit there's so much variety. It's fun to explore. what time of year do your apples come in? I'd like to trade you for avocados next season.

    • @kristingoettlicher3503
      @kristingoettlicher3503 Год назад +1

      @@SleepyLizard Most of my varieties are Sept. Some ripen up after the Sept frost. August varieties don't keep well.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад +1

      @@kristingoettlicher3503 i have fruit June through January so looks like we have some overlap. let's trade next year

  • @Mrbfgray
    @Mrbfgray 2 года назад +1

    Wonder if I can grow Donny n Simmons, sounds likely.
    I turn green w envy from thunderstorm sound from here in typically desert farther N. Commifornia. (zone 9a)
    Your energy and enthusiasm are crucial. Well done as always.
    Only learned several yrs ago avos were even possible here, double/triple planted expecting to lose half, young in winter modest frost....didn't happen, spaced very close but most are somewhere between doing well and thriving. 1st crop on ONE tree seems to be holding, it dropped the few fruit it had last season on hot day w/o enough water, STILL one of my smaller trees tho,1.5" trunk. *Mexicola Grande is reaching for the moon* , 3" trunk starting from 1/2" but no fruit yet.
    (just a 1/2 acre professional home owner :D)

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      sounds like you've got a great property! glad to hear your trees survived the frost. and yeah, I LOVE those rainstorms. I was out picking all morning in the pouring rain...soaking wet.

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray 2 года назад +1

      @@SleepyLizard I understand getting tired of rain but that's not a problem here, I'd be out in it celebrating even if I had nothing to do. :D

  • @Luxeinboxinc
    @Luxeinboxinc Год назад +1

    you should have a tv show...you got it...

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      thank you Luxe, that's a really nice compliment.

    • @chukwuemerie
      @chukwuemerie Год назад +2

      @@SleepyLizard what dwarfing rootstock do you use?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      @@chukwuemerie we use whatever seeds we have available. no preference really. if anything we try to select seeds from bigger varieties such as Lula and Monroe.

    • @chukwuemerie
      @chukwuemerie Год назад +1

      @@SleepyLizard Thanks.

  • @subithnair186
    @subithnair186 Год назад +3

    Avocados has not been very popular here until recent times. I belong to a hot and humid tropical region and this year I had my first home grown avocado. I don't know what variety that is, almost matched with the description for Reed. It was a grafted plant but i couldn't verify the sources. The flowers are type B, and the fruit turned dark brown after ripening. About 1.3lb in weight and tasted buttery, and creamy, not much of a nutty flavour. It started flowering in last Nov and flowering lasted for about 2 1/2 months. I was ignorant about the type A and B thing when I planted it in 2017, so i planted only one. Around 25 young fruits were formed, of which only 5 made it through. Picked the fruit in June. The seeds were already germinating inside. I hope next year we may have more.
    Now I have planted a few more grafted plants from different sources, hoping to see at least one Type A among those.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад +2

      Subith, thank you for your comment. It's clear you are knowledgeable and put a lot of effort into your trees. Please keep us posted on how the addition of your new trees impacts your yield.

  • @nancymanera4440
    @nancymanera4440 2 года назад +1

    Yum yum 😋

  • @user-ht7kn6rg1o
    @user-ht7kn6rg1o 10 месяцев назад

    Yes, Tom do good videos

  • @devbachu7072
    @devbachu7072 Год назад +2

    Agree app named after famipy apot of avocados great for your heapth

  • @frostylonewolf1700
    @frostylonewolf1700 2 года назад +1

    they can def fruit in tropical areas cause its steaming hot in those places

  • @user-oq4mo1es3m
    @user-oq4mo1es3m 10 месяцев назад +1

    Good, so veri good videos! Love from India!

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  10 месяцев назад

      I'm getting bot vibes

    • @user-oq4mo1es3m
      @user-oq4mo1es3m 10 месяцев назад

      @@SleepyLizard What? Me 2 bots, no no no no. Me thank you for you good videos! You do good vidoes!

  • @user-oq4mo1es3m
    @user-oq4mo1es3m 10 месяцев назад

    You do good good vidoes!

  • @user-ht7kn6rg1o
    @user-ht7kn6rg1o 10 месяцев назад

    You do good videos

    • @MohhidMohammed
      @MohhidMohammed 10 месяцев назад

      Yes, he do good good vidoes and good videos

  • @alirE2904
    @alirE2904 Год назад +1

    I have a one if a kind avocado grown from an unknw seed 15 yrs ago. Large fruit with small seed, nutty favor. So amazing. I son cut it down, saved many shhots and was able to graft it to a hass. Looks healthy. Should I let both grow, or cut off the hass.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      gosh I don't know what you should do. What do you want to do?

  • @querubincastro1311
    @querubincastro1311 7 месяцев назад +1

    plenty of them here in the philippines..at the place of my mother..plenty of exotic fruits..

  • @JuanMiro507
    @JuanMiro507 11 месяцев назад +2

    oh man! i have a couple grafted aguacates (small ones)... but i definetely want to try growing 2 or 3 seedlings and see in 7-10 years if i'm lucky enough to have the next "big thing" in avocado varieties... maybe creating the perfect soil (like terra preta soils) with some biochar on it and different types of compost with crushed rocks like basalt... would definetely help create something craaazyyyyy

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  11 месяцев назад

      Keep us posted on your progress

  • @anekabibitimpor4748
    @anekabibitimpor4748 2 года назад

    Thank You very much for explain detail oh I have question... How many meter asl elevation you plant... Becoz you plant mix all these variety... Like catalina, russell then choquette... In one place... Is that ok.. Still buttery? Not to high meter elevation?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад

      Hi Angela, I am at se level. Maybe 1 meter elevation if you want to be precise. All the varieties you see on my channel grow well here. We grow in solid rock. So hard to dig the holes.

  • @Mrbfgray
    @Mrbfgray 2 года назад +1

    Somehow the green flesh perimeter is extra attractive.
    Firm...I lk the idea of Simons fruit.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      yes, it makes for a good visual. I wish the lighting was better in my kitchen.

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray 2 года назад +1

      @@SleepyLizard Lighting was FINE. You make highly enjoyable, engaging and inspiring vids, production need not be perfect.

  • @sergueiignacinskybenitovic3025
    @sergueiignacinskybenitovic3025 2 года назад

    I was like "Eat it, eat it, eat it!" 😂😂😂❤

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +2

      I finished off after the camera stopped. I was sooo stuffed.

  • @frenchysg8089
    @frenchysg8089 2 года назад +2

    Thanks Tom for sharing your knowledge and "joie de vivre"! Any recommendation for growing avocado on the other side of the world? Singapore...Not to make use production, but just for fun, and likely in big pot.. I'm thinking about Pinkerton.. Keep up the great work and the passion, one avocado and mango at time...

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      Frenchy, I'm not sure what the climate in Singapore is like. Do you have cold winters? Does the temperature ever dip below freezing? If not you could grow avocado for sure

    • @frenchysg8089
      @frenchysg8089 2 года назад

      @@SleepyLizard it’s pretty much like Florida I would say. Hot and humid all year long. 3 degrees north of the equator... Between 28C-34C all year long. 70 to 90% humidity…

  • @CarnutMM
    @CarnutMM 10 месяцев назад +1

    If I love the Hass taste. What variety would you think taste most like Hass? I’m just south of Orlando area but am in a microclimate. I have an Oro Negro growing but it’s so small, it’s a few years before it will fruit. I’ve never tasted an Oro so we will see. But I’m looking for another variety that will give me that rich Hass taste.
    You are correct. A smile is contagious which is why I love your videos.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  10 месяцев назад

      thanks for the message. I find Monroe to taste similar to Hass especially later in the season

  • @socorrorodriguez7770
    @socorrorodriguez7770 2 года назад +1

    I love your videos very informative. Do you have to grafted with another tree that has bear fruit? Can you grafted with one that hasn't have fruit?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад

      you can graft any avocado cutting to any avocado seedling but you'd have no reason to take a cutting from a tree that hasn't given fruit because the whole reason to graft is to replicate a tree that gives avocados you like to eat.

  • @Blacktigress-2020
    @Blacktigress-2020 Год назад +2

    Lara Farms has Ronnie to fill your Feb-April gap, should contact them to be sure, but that’s what their website says. And Tropical acres farm sells budwood from it

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      I been hearing about that one. I gotta check it out.

  • @Mrbfgray
    @Mrbfgray Год назад

    For what it's worth--GreenDreams in Florida has some of these varieties for mail order, I've had good results with them on previous few orders.
    Avos for around $70 to $90 (1 or 3 gallon) plus shipping, about to order Choquette, Lula and maybe Joey (type B which I don't have many of) or a Russell.
    For my modest farther N. Cali, zone 9a home collection.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад +1

      thank you for the recommendation

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray Год назад

      @@SleepyLizard Mainly just to suggest a purchase option for random avo fans everywhere USA. :D

  • @johannesvanhoek9080
    @johannesvanhoek9080 Год назад +1

    I grow many varieties of avocado and what you’re saying is absolutely true but I can tell you used to be a salesman, at least you’re a trustworthy one !

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад +1

      yep. I am what I am! . 🤣. Seriously though, thank you for the compliment. What varieties do you grow?

    • @johannesvanhoek9080
      @johannesvanhoek9080 Год назад

      @@SleepyLizard Choquette , Hall, Donnie , Brogdon, fantastic, Hass, super Hass, Mexican cold variety
      and I have a 25 ft tall avocado tree that I grew from a seed from Choquette , 8 years old but no fruit yet !
      Ps. Also 25 different varieties of mango trees most of them are two year old and the rest are about seven year old carrie variety 😊

  • @kristydickerson6171
    @kristydickerson6171 Год назад +1

    I live in central Texas and I purchased Avocados from your farm a couple of weeks ago. They are absolutely Delicious! I have never met an avocado I didn't like. I want to place an order for each season so that I can try all of your varieties. Do you have a program that I can sign up to receive a box for each variety when they are in season? Like an Avocado of the Month program? I work in a Dr.'s office and I have shared your videos and website with over a dozen people. Thank you

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад +1

      Kristy, thank you so much and I'm glad you enjoyed them. Several people have asked me to set up a monthly or seasonal avocado subscription program. That's something I need to look into. Thank you for sharing my vids and websites with other people. Your comment made my day.

  • @Inoki30
    @Inoki30 2 года назад

    My parents have an Avocado tree and we are trying to figure out what type is the Avocado. When the fruit is ripe the skin turns into a dark purple color. Does anyone knows what type of Avocado it is?

  • @jpsamy_inthezone
    @jpsamy_inthezone 3 месяца назад +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @sidneymonteiro3670
    @sidneymonteiro3670 2 года назад +2

    Those that look like bananas are most intriguing.. 😀

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      platanitos

    • @sidneymonteiro3670
      @sidneymonteiro3670 2 года назад +1

      @@SleepyLizard I actually have four avocado trees and I have followed your channel for quite a while. thumbs up.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      thank you, I appreciate the comments. I have a few bunches of bananas coming in. I planted a lot of them recently to help with my food budget.

    • @sidneymonteiro3670
      @sidneymonteiro3670 2 года назад +1

      @@SleepyLizard We are kindred spirits. I also have banana plants. North Florida region. So now and then there are frost bites on some branches during the Winter.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад

      @@sidneymonteiro3670 yum

  • @user-mz6py1hg6f
    @user-mz6py1hg6f 6 месяцев назад +1

    Unbelievable 😮

  • @lorettareneau1226
    @lorettareneau1226 Год назад +1

    I watched your previous video on growing from a seed and wondered where I could get a Monroe graft.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      if you live in south Florida stop by during the winter and you can get some from me. if not you'll have to resort to periodic google searches.

  • @regentsaquariums5692
    @regentsaquariums5692 2 года назад +1

    I eat Hass but I also love the Russel. Like an aquired taste

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      I love the Hass also. Have you tried Simmonds?

    • @regentsaquariums5692
      @regentsaquariums5692 2 года назад +1

      @@SleepyLizard might be confusing. I live in the tropics of Borneo. We have an avocado close to and looking like the Lula with big seed sizes. Tasty delicious. Btw great video double thumbs up👍👍🤩

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      @@regentsaquariums5692 I love the Lula and yes it's big seed makes it a favorite for rootstock.

  • @Mrbfgray
    @Mrbfgray Год назад +1

    Favorite Lulu or Lula? I *always* learn something including coming back for repeats of what I missed the 1st time or forgot.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад +1

      Bo, my favorite is the Lula. It's so delicious but the skin scars easily so you don't often find it in the supermarket

  • @dilliramchettri2021
    @dilliramchettri2021 2 года назад +1

    how much rootstock is important. or we can use any avocado seeds and use the scion from the preferred variety and graft it.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад

      rootstock is important but we can't control it like with other fruit because with avocados every seed is unique so it's always a gamble...that's why we always grow more than we need...we know some will fail.

  • @sitealive
    @sitealive Год назад +1

    Great video and very educational. Do you sell just the seeds for a Canadian that loves avocados?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      I only sell the fruit but I don't think Canada would let it across the border.

  • @ItsAlexR
    @ItsAlexR 8 месяцев назад +1

    Man I just bought a grafted avocado tree from my uncle, don’t know the variety however I’m in a 9b hardiness zone and I really hope to be as happy as you are once it starts to produce fruit❤ it’s about 8-10 feet tall in a pot right now but will likely plant it in soil once it gets warmer, any advice?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  8 месяцев назад

      fantastic. and yes I have lots of advice...watch my vids first then get back to me with any questions.

  • @ThatOneRedMan
    @ThatOneRedMan 2 года назад +1

    Hey i have a question so i grow some seedlings from hass avocados and i need to graft them but can i use another type of avocado like the ones you showed in the video? Or does it only work with the same variety that the seedling is? Thanks for the help.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      Yes you can use any variety you want. Sometimes will even switch the variety on a tree we will re-Graft it

    • @ThatOneRedMan
      @ThatOneRedMan 2 года назад +2

      @@SleepyLizard Thank you so much!

  • @RetrogradeBeats
    @RetrogradeBeats Год назад +1

    Do I have to buy a previously grafted tree to graft on to my new tree that I am trying to grow?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      Yes you would use a cutting from an already grafted tree otherwise you're grafting a seedling to a seedling...you still wind up with a seedling.

  • @zamin_ali
    @zamin_ali 2 года назад +3

    Hi Tom, enjoyed your video. Do you know when you might start selling grafted avocado trees? Thank you.

    • @christianchavez7049
      @christianchavez7049 2 года назад

      Also mangos

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +2

      I'm not sure. I lost two years due to the house fire and now I'm not sure if I want to re-enter that business...it's hard enough to keep up with the fruit side of things.

  • @abrahamu5544
    @abrahamu5544 Год назад +1

    Good stuff man, well I just learned i might’ve bought and Donnie? I checked the tag this morning and I could barely see a ‘donn” sorta blurry I thought the plant was sold originally to Donald trump or Daniel. The lil tree was aside among some other citruses and it was the only one in the whole place. I wanna think I got lucky, regardless I had a good feeling when I saw it some sort of connection I sensed so it was meant. Now I found your channel cause of Donnie, see ? Thank you for the informative approach you’ve angled. I like the format you have developed and I am only on my fourth video of yours and really enjoying the content. Thanks again.
    Ps: 1994 orlando arena, last I saw JG I see u are a fan.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      Hi Abraham, yes I am a fan. last I saw Jerry would have been Meadowlands summer of 1990.
      Welcome to the channel and best of luck with your new tree!

  • @Keepitreal260
    @Keepitreal260 2 года назад +1

    Just went to your website to buy!! I thought I would be able to. I’m sorry to hear about the fire. Let us know when we can start ordering.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  2 года назад +1

      will do. We'll have avocados mid September. the trees will be a lot longer out.

    • @Keepitreal260
      @Keepitreal260 2 года назад +1

      @@SleepyLizard yes sir!

  • @isstechnz1021
    @isstechnz1021 Год назад +1

    Great show, Very interesting well explained.
    Sounds Very yummy.
    I got little be of land .
    How much to post a Simmons sed to New Zealand

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      Hi Iss, I can't send plant material to New Zealand. I don't meet any of your government's requirements. Sorry about that.

  • @albertomis8730
    @albertomis8730 Год назад +1

    I live in Houston Texas,what type you recommend? Do you sell grafted trees? Great videos.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      Alberto, I recommend Oro Negro. I don't sell trees, sorry about that. I have in the past but I don't have any now.

  • @JorgeMartinez-df3or
    @JorgeMartinez-df3or Год назад +1

    The avocado that you call Russell it was grown in Puerto Rico in which case they used to call it a guiro 🥑 Avocado now there is a plant in which they used to make a musical instrument that is called a guiro in which you dry it up take the seeds out and make lines into it and scrape with a fork and make music and make and also water containers in which case it has the same shape as the Russell Avocado.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      Jorge, Yes my Puerto Rican customers love the long necked varieties like Russell. They say it reminds them of home. Thanks for your comment.

  • @plantnewbie5188
    @plantnewbie5188 Год назад +1

    18:05 For 1 second there I thought that was a bottle of tequila and I was really ready to have my mind blown.

  • @myrnajames1460
    @myrnajames1460 Год назад +1

    Can the Russell and the Simmons grow in pots. And do you export.

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      Hi Myrna, yes you can grow in pots. This vid tells how to do it: ruclips.net/video/Tt9FhGKsbbs/видео.html
      We do not export. We sell our fruit within the USA.

  • @israelgomez5784
    @israelgomez5784 Год назад +1

    So how do you ensure you get the same tasting fruit if each seed you from one tree will taste different?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      great question, we use a technique called grafting to ensure consistency

  • @ChrisSmith-rv5wb
    @ChrisSmith-rv5wb Год назад +1

    i cannot wait to buy some from you this year. im not seeing any grafted trees on your site are you out of trees right now?

    • @SleepyLizard
      @SleepyLizard  Год назад

      Hi Chris, yes I don't sell the trees anymore. We are still recovering and rebuilding from our house fire and haven't decided if we want to get back into online tree sales.

    • @ChrisSmith-rv5wb
      @ChrisSmith-rv5wb Год назад

      @@SleepyLizard ohhh I've not made it that far i was unaware of the fire. Sorry to hear that. Looking very forward to ordering. I want to try everyone you have so ill order a few times.