Not only are you an awesome teacher, but your sense of humor is GREAT! The brain learns better when humor is involved. Thanks for being such a great guy! Krista
I think God has created this gentleman for a special purpose. I wish you long life my brother. Keep teaching the world especially for those who want to learn the basics in planting and producing fruits of all kinds. You doing a great job and also making a name for yourself.
Great video... as usual. I'd like to add one more small addition to the fertilization tip, and that's soil cover. My friend planted two mango trees at the same time, he then added soil cover to just one of them, (leaves, mulch, cut grass...), and planted Nitrogen fixing plants next to it. Both trees were fertilized and watered the same. The result: the tree that had soil cover and natural Nitrogen fixation grew almost twice as fast, and looked visibly healthier than the other one. From my own experience in the garden, soil cover makes a big difference. Soil cover also saves water by reducing evaporation, and promotes healthy bacterial and fungal growth in the soil, which helps convert the nutrients in it into forms that are accessible to the plant, i.e.- improving the tree's nutrition. The avocado farmers in our area mulch after pruning the trees, so the pruned branches and leaves become soil cover, and later break down to become compost.
we leave all the organic material under our trees. That soil has been building up for decades. when I mow my rows I always aim the mower to throw towards the trees too.
2 things 1: i love your sense of humor 2: is it strange that you are the 1st one that's actually had the talk about the birds and the bees with me after 40 something years? Umm....asking for a friend, yeah...a friend
OMG. You are so funny. I enjoyed your video. Aside from being funny it was a very educational video. I am in Puerto Rico where plants grow just by asking them to. I live out in the country and i love it. I planted an avocado tree and was wondering if I can somehow get it to produce faster without grafting it so I looked it up on UA-cam and that’s how I ended up on your channel. I must say, yours was the most educational and most entertaining. God bless and keep up the awesome work.
I'm in Puerto Rico z I just cut down a 25 foot tall avocado tree likely grown by seed that has never produced fruit. I bought a grafted one to replace it. It's behind the house and gets lots of shade until it reaches the 20 feet height were The sun is not blocked
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🥑 Four steps to optimize avocado yield. 00:14 🌿 Importance of 6-6-6 blend fertilizer and tailored fertilization for tree maturity. 02:12 💧 Balancing watering with fertilizing and adjusting to humidity. 03:24 ☀️ Maximizing sunlight through tree uniformity and removing shade obstacles. 06:37 ✂️ Pruning techniques for balanced growth and fruit production. 08:26 🐝 Avocado pollination, its relation to fruit yield, and humor on reproduction. 09:36 🌼 Role of pruning in flower growth and bee-aided pollination. 11:02 🌳 Importance of Type A and Type B avocado trees and knowledgeable nurseries. 13:36 🐝 Techniques for enhancing pollination, including tree placement and shaking. 15:39 🥑 Overview of avocado tree varieties and fruit maturity stages. 17:41 🌱 Recap of avocado growth best practices and resources for avocado products.
Thank you Courtney. I've tried to do some vids on my transition from a corporate VP to a farmer with some career tips and stuff but they didn't get much traction. 😢. 😁
I’m so pumped I keep finding little babies on my wurtz for the first time. I’m going try the shaking method as it’s still full of flowers. Great video! Also your grove looks great. You must have been working hard!
@@SleepyLizard man a lil avocado tree found me yesterday. It is about 5’ tall. Brought it home. Im gonna demo the garage and plant it there. 🤣 Question, how can i tell what variety is it, i didn’t even ask, i should’ve i know. Anyhow how to ID It episode will be great. Thanks man, i really enjoy watching your video last night first for me. Have a great day.
@@abrahamu5544 Abraham, congratulations on the tree. My condolences on the garage. Here's a vid on how to ID your type of avocado: ua-cam.com/video/gF5W4N2QWO4/v-deo.html
Tom, that’s a wonderful video! It is intense in your presentation but it is chock full of very good information for anyone who has one or more Avocado trees! Funny like hell but very educational. Enjoyed every bit of it!
Doug, I went back and watched some of my old vids from before our house fire and I realized I used to be more enthusiastic and expressive. I'm trying to recapture some of my pre-fire personality. 🤣
@@SleepyLizard And I definitely believe sincerely that you have recaptured any perceived loss of enthusiasm on your part, though I don’t think you have lost a single iota of zeal for your videos! Be that misplaced enthusiasm aside, this was, I really do believe, an enthusiastic, funny like hell, educational video for anyone who knows and loves the Avocado plant and fruit! PS: Even my straight faced wife, Joy, was smiling cheekily! So it had to be good!
Jeez Tom, you wouldve been a GREAT science teacher! The Monroe and Simmonds tree i bought last year are both doing REALLY well thanks to your advice and help! Ill send you a photo update soon. From Phoenix, AZ
Love your garden humor. Thank you so much for your invaluable advice. Question: I have a Zutano, 2 yrs old, Fuerte 9 YO, The Fuerte has never given any fruit and barely flowers. The Zutano had a lot of flowers this year but no fruit. Can you please advise when, in Central Coast California, I am supposed to fertilize. I hear so many differing opinions. I have been fertilizing since February. This year the weather has been really weird, rain and now endless days of no sun and no bees! Also, please do a video, if you haven't already, showing the pruning process. Thanks so much.
Hi Alessandra, you have two very tasty varieties there. the Zutano can take a half pound of 6-6-6 fertilizer every 60 days until it gets fruit then switch to 8-3-9. The Fuerte can take 5lbs of 6-6-6 In September and 5lbs of 8-3-9 in April. I will do a vid on pruning.
I just have to make a statement of what works for me, my trees never get any type of commercial fertilizer, I only use the mulch that I get from oak trees that I let degrade until it becomes soil that I place around the trees, my trees also are so loaded with fruit every year that it almost looks like the limbs are going to break, the trees are also large and very healthy looking ! PS. Very nice enjoyable video, thank you for your time and knowledge 👍
Thank you Johannes. Our trees also received the benefit of decades of fallen limbs and leaves mulching in the Grove. It’s the ones in pots that I help out a little bit.
I Loved this video, Great instruction Thank you❤ I'm in zone 7b. I started 2 trees from seed that were doing great until i transplanted them into a bigger pot. Their leaves dried up except 1 & they were closer together, but i moved them a bit apart in the L 19:05 arger pot. I read they should be topped out so they would branch out more so i cut them both. They are both a couple yrs old also. Do you think they will still live?
Your videos are quite enjoyable, however one thing I have not seen yet is a longer video on how you harvest all this fruit. I did see the one short video where you had a basket on a stick, and packing the fruit. Seeing those tall trees it strikes me as quite an ordeal to harvest. Maybe later this summer when you do harvest you could do this. Thanks.
why is it...I want to click "Like" as soon as this Channel's videos start? :-) Great job, tanx!! Channel should be part of the School Curriculum in Florida, tell yas ))) Sure cleared up my corn-fusion about "photons", too! haaaa Say...why NOT plant Papayas in the open rows? Could be a Win:Win, no?!!
@@SleepyLizard Thanks a lot, we are hoping for a good production this year in the highlands of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. The trees are now 4 years old Hass and Fuerte. We have only applied manure from cow dung and relying on rain water. I have learnt a lot from your video as a first time farmer.
@@SleepyLizard Thanks, currently i am in Sydney Australia, loving Aussie Avocados, although manifests to grow my Avocado Farm someday in India, please pray for me.
Hey..thanks for all the coaching..great stuff...i have a question that might not be directly related to avocados but fruits and transport in general.. In the past yrs the fruitfarmers put pectine on the citrus and other fruits...it kills the pores..you cann use the peel no more..and during transit they cook inside instead of freezing what they probably trying to avoid during the trip. Is this true is it to keep them ok?! I noticed that i often buy fruits that seem to be ok but the moment i put them on my fruit bowl in the kitchen to rest till consuming them, they fall apart overnight..often they colour the fruits..pick them all way too easy..like mangos, pineapples, bananas and papayas or citrus too...i think they kill the fruit the moment they do that..putting it in a pectine or parafine bath even..i don't know what it is.. Be excuse it doesn't rise of and the quality is not good anymore..they do are way too expensive to m as me as uch uneatable fruits..but it all countries all farms seem to do this procedure..can you tell something about this whole process..pro's and cons and why you don't cover them up your avocados in mean. If you buy those super expensive citronella from Italy,they come in normal packages too..not covered with shit..i think it's stupidity what they are doing..
Simone, I don't know anything about citrus but I know especially with imported fruit there's a lot of tricks to slow and then speed ripening which has a detrimental effect on the taste.
Greetings, Thank you very much! I’ve been planning to grow an avocado tree for a long time, but it never happened until this month. I ordered Hass and Catalina avocado trees from Fast Growing Trees, and it took almost a month for them to be delivered. Unfortunately, both trees arrived in poor condition-dried, falling leaves, and a generally sad appearance. One of the branches is even broken. I sprayed some water on the leaves, watered the soil a bit, and left them in their nursery pots for now. I scraped a tiny bit of the stem, and it’s somewhat green, so I’m slightly hopeful, but the rest of the trees look rough. I’ve already purchased 1/2 wine barrels with drainage holes and sturdy legs for repotting. Do you think the trees will survive repotting? Or should I not waste my time? Looking forward to your advice! I’m in zone 10 A
it's normal for mail order trees to have some shock from the trip. As long as there's green there's life. Don't do anything more to them until they start to grow back healthy again and maybe they'll make it.
@@SleepyLizard Thank you very much. I’ll follow your advice. You are clear and to the point. But not planning to tear down my house yet. LOL. So actively hunting for the best place to put the planters. 🙏
Great 👌 video very informative just subscribed been watching but never sub how do you get a tree to food after 8 years if it hasn't it's a single tree 🤔
Thank you for subscribing, I appreciate the support. Avocado trees are capable of self pollination. some of the flowers have female organs present during their male phase, the wind shakes pollen loose and the tree self pollinates.
Avocado is a great fruit. It has the amino acids needed to build proteins. It is almost as nutritious as meat. It is a pity that it does not grow for me. Not this climate. Take Care and God Bless! 😊👍💪
Thank you so much dear sir. You have been giving very important information about avocado. I have five avocado trees but I didn’t know these things that you’ve mentioned. Could you help me recognize type A or type B avocado trees?
I got 3 12yr old hass trees that are in 20 gallon buckets and 4 new seedlings and live in Montana. As a kid my parents raised me on a grove in Fallbrook, CA but my question is can I graft from new seedlings to seedlings aka new shoot to new shoots?
Thanks for your comment. Is it physically possible to graft a seedling onto a seedling? yes. That said there's no value grafting seedling to seedling. you still end up with a seedling. We graft from mature know varieties to clone them. if you clone a seedling it's the same as letting the seedling grow on it's own from seed. Does that make sense?
It does kinda figured. But growing Montana is not easy. I do see flowers this morning on one of my trees. The big ones are 8ft tall. Next question we used to grow a reed variety that I liked did that variety die out or change?
@@marcrowe4364 Reed is still going strong. I'm guessing your trees are indoors in Montana which means they may not have experienced the chill they need to trigger flowering. Next year in December maybe open a window or something to get the temp to dip to the low 40s for a few hours two nights in a row.
Yes in winter but outdoors in summer as I am expecting a high of 28 tomorrow and 6 inches of snow. But they are budding. As a kid I remember seeing the pollen coming off the buds in breezes on our grove. We sold commercially
I started laughing so hard in tears when you said remove your house for the avocado tree could have sun😂😂😂😂
I hope nobody listens to me.
@@SleepyLizard I like the way you explain sex!!! Plants have fun too! Hahaha 😂🤣
@@SilvinaLisboa 😈
That was good
@@SleepyLizard Thanks for nothing! The contractor had almost finished the demolition and back over the tree!😩
I wish to one day be as excited about something as this man is about his avocado trees
😁
@@SleepyLizard:
YES, that honey bee is *"MALE"* - because it'll naturally go back to it's hive & mate with it's *"queen"* 💯% . . . ☝🏽 ✅️ 👌🏽 👍🏽
I mean it doesn't get much better than avocado
start growing anything and you will be---
@@edwinungerer7989EXACTLY
Not only are you an awesome teacher, but your sense of humor is GREAT! The brain learns better when humor is involved. Thanks for being such a great guy!
Krista
aw shucks! thanks Krista
I agree with you.
Your teaching is great I have a Haas this year in So. Cal. has been super dry. I need to water more. What type of avocado tree should I pair it with ?
Even if I didn't like fruit gardening, I'd still watch this guy's videos. Thanks for making me laugh, brother.
Thank you vt c. I appreciate the encouragement.
I think God has created this gentleman for a special purpose. I wish you long life my brother. Keep teaching the world especially for those who want to learn the basics in planting and producing fruits of all kinds. You doing a great job and also making a name for yourself.
Thank you
A good a pressantation
Passion about avocado trees is wonderful to see.
yes
That bit about the photon was amazing!
it's incredible when you think about it isn't it?
Probably the best explanation of avocado care I’ve seen. Especially appreciate tip 4 on reproduction! We’ll done.
Thank you I appreciate your comment
Great video... as usual.
I'd like to add one more small addition to the fertilization tip, and that's soil cover.
My friend planted two mango trees at the same time, he then added soil cover to just one of them, (leaves, mulch, cut grass...), and planted Nitrogen fixing plants next to it.
Both trees were fertilized and watered the same.
The result: the tree that had soil cover and natural Nitrogen fixation grew almost twice as fast, and looked visibly healthier than the other one.
From my own experience in the garden, soil cover makes a big difference.
Soil cover also saves water by reducing evaporation, and promotes healthy bacterial and fungal growth in the soil, which helps convert the nutrients in it into forms that are accessible to the plant, i.e.- improving the tree's nutrition.
The avocado farmers in our area mulch after pruning the trees, so the pruned branches and leaves become soil cover, and later break down to become compost.
we leave all the organic material under our trees. That soil has been building up for decades. when I mow my rows I always aim the mower to throw towards the trees too.
I've been heavily mulching with arborist wood chips for 12 years, stopped commercial fertilizers 10 years ago. Much happiness in the garden
Why are you using the term "soil cover" and not the popular term these days of "mulch"?
Thank you
2 things
1: i love your sense of humor
2: is it strange that you are the 1st one that's actually had the talk about the birds and the bees with me after 40 something years? Umm....asking for a friend, yeah...a friend
hahahaha. I feel like my jokes are only detectable by a fraction of people 🤣
Wow, I finally met an avocado expert! There is so much to learn. It was an eye-opener for me, thank you very much 🙏‼️
welcome to the channel
Love your enthusiasm, as well as your explanation. Thank you so much! I will rewatch, take notes, and apply as much as possible! 😅
I appreciate your thoroughness
Your energy and the way you explain things reminds me of my father. He is one of the wisest people I know. Thanks for sharing.
thank you Mussad, I take that as a major compliment.
Lmao😂😂😂
Your videos never seizes to make my day brother ❤❤❤
thanks for the compliment
OMG. You are so funny. I enjoyed your video. Aside from being funny it was a very educational video. I am in Puerto Rico where plants grow just by asking them to. I live out in the country and i love it. I planted an avocado tree and was wondering if I can somehow get it to produce faster without grafting it so I looked it up on UA-cam and that’s how I ended up on your channel. I must say, yours was the most educational and most entertaining. God bless and keep up the awesome work.
Thank you jose Luis
I'm in Puerto Rico z I just cut down a 25 foot tall avocado tree likely grown by seed that has never produced fruit. I bought a grafted one to replace it. It's behind the house and gets lots of shade until it reaches the 20 feet height were The sun is not blocked
To every video i watch i.m learning something new.
😄
Me 2
wow you are such a blessing realy i have learned a lot today stayblessed
thank you for the encouraging comments
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🥑 Four steps to optimize avocado yield.
00:14 🌿 Importance of 6-6-6 blend fertilizer and tailored fertilization for tree maturity.
02:12 💧 Balancing watering with fertilizing and adjusting to humidity.
03:24 ☀️ Maximizing sunlight through tree uniformity and removing shade obstacles.
06:37 ✂️ Pruning techniques for balanced growth and fruit production.
08:26 🐝 Avocado pollination, its relation to fruit yield, and humor on reproduction.
09:36 🌼 Role of pruning in flower growth and bee-aided pollination.
11:02 🌳 Importance of Type A and Type B avocado trees and knowledgeable nurseries.
13:36 🐝 Techniques for enhancing pollination, including tree placement and shaking.
15:39 🥑 Overview of avocado tree varieties and fruit maturity stages.
17:41 🌱 Recap of avocado growth best practices and resources for avocado products.
wow, that was thorough
thanks!@@SleepyLizardreally found it helpful for our tree and thought it might help others
Loved the video. Full of great tips and full of enthusiasm. Such pleasure watching Sleepy Lizard videos. Thanks photon times. 👍❤️
Thank you Eddy, reading positive comments like yours is a great way to end my day.
I wish you did videos about stuff besides avocados because you are THOROUGHLY entertaining as well as informative!!
Thank you Courtney. I've tried to do some vids on my transition from a corporate VP to a farmer with some career tips and stuff but they didn't get much traction. 😢. 😁
@SleepyLizard Awww, well you've got the gardening niche DOWN! 🔥
Did you just give a whole new meaning to putting shade on us 😂💖
I’m so pumped I keep finding little babies on my wurtz for the first time. I’m going try the shaking method as it’s still full of flowers. Great video! Also your grove looks great. You must have been working hard!
thanks big Mack, yes it's been a very difficult year....lot's of hard work recovering. I'm very glad to hear about your wurtz.
Absolutely fascinating! I've learned so much about avo trees today. Thank you!
thank you
Very animated lol love it! Great videos! I have to swing by and grab a tree or two
glad you liked it
Love the video ❤ i just don't understand why they only sell one variety in most grocery stores . Video was very helpful! Thank you for all your tips.
nobody really tries to market the other varieties
Awesome video Tom. Thanks for your time, effort and passion.
Thank you Jed. I appreciate the encouragement.
Always good to get info from someone with so much experience. Thanks for another informative video.
you're welcome Chicken Tender
How to keep my Avocado tree healthy if I don't apply any kinds of fertiliser, cause its very expensive
Thanks I learned so much in this one video.
you are welcome
Who is the guy? All I know is this video had me rolling on the floor in laughter 😂 😅. Thank you for this lesson. I needed this today. 😊
😁
"now that you have demolished your house to get the sun rays into the tree let's get into step 2" 😂😂
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@@SleepyLizard man a lil avocado tree found me yesterday. It is about 5’ tall. Brought it home. Im gonna demo the garage and plant it there. 🤣
Question, how can i tell what variety is it, i didn’t even ask, i should’ve i know. Anyhow how to ID It episode will be great. Thanks man, i really enjoy watching your video last night first for me. Have a great day.
@@abrahamu5544 Abraham, congratulations on the tree. My condolences on the garage.
Here's a vid on how to ID your type of avocado: ua-cam.com/video/gF5W4N2QWO4/v-deo.html
Great video entertaining and made me laugh as I learned something new! Thank you
thank you for the compliment.
That was SOOO good!!! 🥑
thx
With so many avocado and other fruit trees, you and Julian should have your own beehives.
we get enough bees naturally in this part of the world
Love love the excited knowledge.
thanks for the comment.
Awesome information Tom 😀✌️👍
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That was a great presentation, thanks for sharing (Houston, Texas)
thank you Milton
Big thumbs up on tip #4. Thanks
thanks!
Never knew that Avacado trees could be a stimulating topic…good job.
Thank you Jeffery
Wow great video, love the orchids in the background, can’t wait for those delicious avacados!
thanks dad
Tom, that’s a wonderful video! It is intense in your presentation but it is chock full of very good information for anyone who has one or more Avocado trees! Funny like hell but very educational. Enjoyed every bit of it!
Doug, I went back and watched some of my old vids from before our house fire and I realized I used to be more enthusiastic and expressive. I'm trying to recapture some of my pre-fire personality. 🤣
@@SleepyLizard And I definitely believe sincerely that you have recaptured any perceived loss of enthusiasm on your part, though I don’t think you have lost a single iota of zeal for your videos! Be that misplaced enthusiasm aside, this was, I really do believe, an enthusiastic, funny like hell, educational video for anyone who knows and loves the Avocado plant and fruit! PS: Even my straight faced wife, Joy, was smiling cheekily! So it had to be good!
@@dmatcardoug2986 hahahah. that's funny
@@SleepyLizard ,,,, but true!
Very informative. I learn a lot from your clip. Thank you so much for sharing.
glad it helped you out.
Thanks about the information about the fertilizer
You are welcome
Wow, Amazing video Tom. I watched this 2x and will keep it handy for I’m just venturing into Avocados. Thank you so much.
David, stay close to the channel and let us know how you progress.
Jeez Tom, you wouldve been a GREAT science teacher! The Monroe and Simmonds tree i bought last year are both doing REALLY well thanks to your advice and help! Ill send you a photo update soon. From Phoenix, AZ
Gabriel, thank you for the compliment and I'm glad the trees are doing good!
Love your garden humor. Thank you so much for your invaluable advice. Question: I have a Zutano, 2 yrs old, Fuerte 9 YO, The Fuerte has never given any fruit and barely flowers. The Zutano had a lot of flowers this year but no fruit. Can you please advise when, in Central Coast California, I am supposed to fertilize. I hear so many differing opinions. I have been fertilizing since February. This year the weather has been really weird, rain and now endless days of no sun and no bees! Also, please do a video, if you haven't already, showing the pruning process. Thanks so much.
Hi Alessandra, you have two very tasty varieties there. the Zutano can take a half pound of 6-6-6 fertilizer every 60 days until it gets fruit then switch to 8-3-9. The Fuerte can take 5lbs of 6-6-6 In September and 5lbs of 8-3-9 in April.
I will do a vid on pruning.
@@SleepyLizard Thanks so much.
I just have to make a statement of what works for me, my trees never get any type of commercial fertilizer, I only use the mulch that I get from oak trees that I let degrade until it becomes soil that I place around the trees, my trees also are so loaded with fruit every year that it almost looks like the limbs are going to break, the trees are also large and very healthy looking !
PS. Very nice enjoyable video, thank you for your time and knowledge 👍
Thank you Johannes. Our trees also received the benefit of decades of fallen limbs and leaves mulching in the Grove. It’s the ones in pots that I help out a little bit.
Absolutely loved your video! Thanks for the great information
You are welcome
Very informative and very well and excitingly presented.
thank you Chin
Awesome information 🤩 this is my first season with my sir prize avocado tree. Thanks for sharing!
thanks GMama! I saw your vid on the herb garden. Now I wanna start one.
@SleepyLizard herbs are Awesome anyway you can grow them 🌿 Happy Gardening Comrade!
oh right am sorry am talking about avocados😂...good job.very educative video
thanks Peters
Very helpful video! . Thanks!
you are welcome
Thank you for all the tips Tom 🙏❤️
you're welcome
@@SleepyLizard 🤝
Very good videoio and educative thanks dad for your information.
you're welcome Queen
Thanks for your useful informations as usual
you got it Organic!
VERY useful info here for a novice home grower like myself.
Glad to help Bo
Excellent explanation 👍👍👍
thank you Abdul!
I Loved this video, Great instruction Thank you❤
I'm in zone 7b.
I started 2 trees from seed that were doing great until i transplanted them into a bigger pot. Their leaves dried up except 1 & they were closer together, but i moved them a bit apart in the L 19:05 arger pot. I read they should be topped out so they would branch out more so i cut them both. They are both a couple yrs old also. Do you think they will still live?
if you've got more than one per pot they'll be too crowded.
Thank you for your show I really enjoy it
Thank you Mint Tea. I'll be brewing mint tea later today 🌱
Always love your videos!
thank you Greg!
Great video and your video was entertaining, thank you so much, I learned a lot from you 😊
Thank you
Nice and simple video
thanks Rockers
Great video! How do I know if my avocado tree is an A or B?
this should answer your question: ua-cam.com/video/qWf8qq6ePhs/v-deo.html
❤❤❤enjoying the Chanel from Morocco 🇲🇦 ❤❤❤
Hello from the USA
Another excellent video! Thanks!
Thank you
Your videos are quite enjoyable, however one thing I have not seen yet is a longer video on how you harvest all this fruit. I did see the one short video where you had a basket on a stick, and packing the fruit. Seeing those tall trees it strikes me as quite an ordeal to harvest. Maybe later this summer when you do harvest you could do this. Thanks.
thank you Ralph.
why is it...I want to click "Like" as soon as this Channel's videos start? :-) Great job, tanx!! Channel should be part of the School Curriculum in Florida, tell yas ))) Sure cleared up my corn-fusion about "photons", too! haaaa Say...why NOT plant Papayas in the open rows? Could be a Win:Win, no?!!
Antoniio, from now on I’m saving your comments to read in the morning. You put me in a good mood. Thank you.
Antoniiocaluso1071 😊
Thankfully appreciated also you know your astronomy well millions of people don’t know what a proton means
true
Well explained. Thank you.
you are welcome
Such a great video once again 😅😊
thanks Mwika!
@@SleepyLizard and thank U Tom. It's always a pleasure :-)
Very informative video
thank you
Great video !
thanks Ray
Good info!
thx
WOW- I'm gonna go out and feed my baby Holiday avocado...and kiss a leaf too. Thank-you.
I bet the tree appreciated
Thank you sir for the information
you're welcome.
Thanks. very well and simply explained. What prevents flower abortion in Hass and fuerte varieties?
of the hundreds of thousands of flowers per tree only 100-200 will remain, the rest fall. so I'm not sure what makes the survivors survive
@@SleepyLizard Thanks a lot, we are hoping for a good production this year in the highlands of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. The trees are now 4 years old Hass and Fuerte. We have only applied manure from cow dung and relying on rain water. I have learnt a lot from your video as a first time farmer.
Awesome video
thanks Dan.
He is so good 👍
☺️
Brilliant thanks 🙏
thanks Tracy
Fantastic love it!
Hey David, how you doing? thank for the comment.
Thanks so much for sharing
you're welcome Le Beer
Finally, someone who KNOWS what' he's talking about
Thank you Caveman.
Quote: "I don't even want to know what's going on here when my back is turned".haha 😅
🤣
I love your videos. I live very close to the ocean,Will my avocado tree grow?
Avocados grow in USDA hardiness zone 8a and up. you can google the hardiness zone for your zip code
Thanks for the info!
my pleasure Ryan
Tell me which variety flowers in October in avocado u have a teee grafted now started to flowers bro
I'm guessing you are in the Southern Hemisphere. Avocados are flowering down there now. it's spring.
Great video. Working on my hass. Hopes up
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The Diamond R fertilizer is the best !
They really are. I enjoy my trips over there.
Thank u so much for information
Welcome
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 tare the house down...Im rolling!!
we gotta have priorities don't we?
4:05 🤣 calling them right now!
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Hey Mate, gorgeous farm, how big is your Avocado Farm ?
Hi Sagar. We are 5 acres. Where are you located?
@@SleepyLizard Thanks, currently i am in Sydney Australia, loving Aussie Avocados, although manifests to grow my Avocado Farm someday in India, please pray for me.
Hey..thanks for all the coaching..great stuff...i have a question that might not be directly related to avocados but fruits and transport in general..
In the past yrs the fruitfarmers put pectine on the citrus and other fruits...it kills the pores..you cann use the peel no more..and during transit they cook inside instead of freezing what they probably trying to avoid during the trip. Is this true is it to keep them ok?! I noticed that i often buy fruits that seem to be ok but the moment i put them on my fruit bowl in the kitchen to rest till consuming them, they fall apart overnight..often they colour the fruits..pick them all way too easy..like mangos, pineapples, bananas and papayas or citrus too...i think they kill the fruit the moment they do that..putting it in a pectine or parafine bath even..i don't know what it is.. Be excuse it doesn't rise of and the quality is not good anymore..they do are way too expensive to m as me as uch uneatable fruits..but it all countries all farms seem to do this procedure..can you tell something about this whole process..pro's and cons and why you don't cover them up your avocados in mean. If you buy those super expensive citronella from Italy,they come in normal packages too..not covered with shit..i think it's stupidity what they are doing..
Simone, I don't know anything about citrus but I know especially with imported fruit there's a lot of tricks to slow and then speed ripening which has a detrimental effect on the taste.
U are so good thanks
thank you Diamiandi
Greetings,
Thank you very much! I’ve been planning to grow an avocado tree for a long time, but it never happened until this month. I ordered Hass and Catalina avocado trees from Fast Growing Trees, and it took almost a month for them to be delivered.
Unfortunately, both trees arrived in poor condition-dried, falling leaves, and a generally sad appearance. One of the branches is even broken. I sprayed some water on the leaves, watered the soil a bit, and left them in their nursery pots for now. I scraped a tiny bit of the stem, and it’s somewhat green, so I’m slightly hopeful, but the rest of the trees look rough.
I’ve already purchased 1/2 wine barrels with drainage holes and sturdy legs for repotting. Do you think the trees will survive repotting? Or should I not waste my time?
Looking forward to your advice!
I’m in zone 10 A
it's normal for mail order trees to have some shock from the trip. As long as there's green there's life. Don't do anything more to them until they start to grow back healthy again and maybe they'll make it.
@@SleepyLizard Thank you very much. I’ll follow your advice. You are clear and to the point. But not planning to tear down my house yet. LOL. So actively hunting for the best place to put the planters. 🙏
Great 👌 video very informative just subscribed been watching but never sub how do you get a tree to food after 8 years if it hasn't it's a single tree 🤔
Thank you for subscribing, I appreciate the support. Avocado trees are capable of self pollination. some of the flowers have female organs present during their male phase, the wind shakes pollen loose and the tree self pollinates.
Avocado is a great fruit. It has the amino acids needed to build proteins. It is almost as nutritious as meat. It is a pity that it does not grow for me. Not this climate. Take Care and God Bless!
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Thanks Ra
Thank you so much dear sir. You have been giving very important information about avocado. I have five avocado trees but I didn’t know these things that you’ve mentioned. Could you help me recognize type A or type B avocado trees?
yes I can. This vid will show you how to do it: ua-cam.com/video/X8eQeA88nVo/v-deo.html
I got 3 12yr old hass trees that are in 20 gallon buckets and 4 new seedlings and live in Montana. As a kid my parents raised me on a grove in Fallbrook, CA but my question is can I graft from new seedlings to seedlings aka new shoot to new shoots?
Thanks for your comment. Is it physically possible to graft a seedling onto a seedling? yes. That said there's no value grafting seedling to seedling. you still end up with a seedling. We graft from mature know varieties to clone them. if you clone a seedling it's the same as letting the seedling grow on it's own from seed. Does that make sense?
It does kinda figured. But growing Montana is not easy. I do see flowers this morning on one of my trees. The big ones are 8ft tall. Next question we used to grow a reed variety that I liked did that variety die out or change?
@@marcrowe4364 Reed is still going strong. I'm guessing your trees are indoors in Montana which means they may not have experienced the chill they need to trigger flowering. Next year in December maybe open a window or something to get the temp to dip to the low 40s for a few hours two nights in a row.
Yes in winter but outdoors in summer as I am expecting a high of 28 tomorrow and 6 inches of snow. But they are budding. As a kid I remember seeing the pollen coming off the buds in breezes on our grove. We sold commercially
Don't how many people know this but Fallbrook CA. Used to avocado capital of the world 40yrs ago
do you apply any product to the open cuts right after pruning to avoid insects get inside?
no. when I trim my oak trees I apply sealant but I've got way too many fruit trees, it would take me all year.
Is there a specific time of year that you recommend pruning? Do you do it once a year or more often?
for seedlings just before they start to get out of control. for mature trees immediately after you harvest all the fruit.