The 1 GEM I got from Maddock Nursery and a lot of my other trees through Brokaw. I set up a group buy and a bunch of people jumped in so I bought a bunch of trees. The ones from Brokaw were on clonal rootstock.
REM, your trees are looking good. Gwen is an amazing tree, the fruit is so good. I caught one more squirrel so my count is 10 now. Looking forward to your next video.
Hey REM - Your GEM is loaded!! The new Brokaw GEM from your order actually has fruit on it, which surprised me, but I am thinking of removing the fruit for this season to allow the tree to put its' energy towards growth rather than fruit. I also put the GEM into a 25 gal pot of Top Pot, and it responded well to the up-potting. The JB continues to do well, but no fruit set this season, which I kind of expected. Thanks for the update. Everything is looking good.
Hello, mine has some fruit too and I'm planning to take them off. I'd probably use more top pot if I was closer to LHN. I need to get but planting tomorrow. Thanks for watching!
Very nice. I have some brokaw. Gem avocado trees that are still in the sleeve and there's already fruit on them also. I'm going to plant them tomorrow. Thanks for watching! Hope your trees are doing good.
I was hoping that I didn't have to buy any avocados this year but I'm out at this point and back to the supermarket. Hopefully next year for sure, no more store-bought avocados. I was checking out a bag at Costco just yesterday and half of the fruit looked rotten.
@@AvocadoTalk I hear you. I have not been impressed with avocados from Costco. I’ve been very pleased with avocados from Northgate. They never disappoint. 🥑👌🏼
So far it's more upright. I've read it's 2/3 the size of Hass and 2x as productive. Jan Boyce has been more narrow and tall. Reed I've read should be also.
@@AvocadoTalk I’ve seen a 15-year-old JB it was about 15’ tall a 12’ wide. That’s the only one I’ve seen of that variety. Reeds can be slender. I’ve never seen an older Esther though. Thanks.
How’s your green gold tree doing? The one I have is starting to do a lot better. I had a lot of flowers this year but sadly most of the fruit dropped off. I think I have about five sharwil and a few wurtz this season. I think I have about 25 avo trees in the ground now so hopefully in another year or two I’ll be loaded.
Awesome, 25 is a lot and will provide a lot of fruit in the future. It is a long term investment... My Green gold is still very small, I'm practicing patience at this point. Thanks for watching!
Same experience with my GEM, Gwen, and Bacon. My wurtz, which was literally only 2’ tall, held onto 30 avo cados, still harvesting them. But, no flowers this spring, so no fruit next year. Either an alternate bearer or too small to consistently produce. It’s flushed out and now about 3’. Holiday and Reed set a lot of fruit as well. Underperformers this year: nabal, Fuerte, Zutano, Sir Prize, and surprisingly Pinkerton. All the above are in 24” containers. My Reed and GEM in the ground have a monster fruit set this year. Pinkerton in the ground has 1 fruit, 😢. It’s close to a 30-year plus Macadamia nut tree, which I think is strangling it/stealing water and nutrients. Looking forward to your poor performers video.
Hi Debra, Southern California, zone 9B - 10A. Growing conditions are good, we get a lot of heat so keeping my trees hydrated is important. Where are you located?
Great video. I believe my tree is a Wurtz (not sure though). I've had it in the ground for about 15 years. I get fruit every year but only about 10 edible per year. In some of your closeups I notice some smaller fruit, which I get but they end up on the ground before they grow into a sustainable fruit. My question is how I can get those tiny fruit that fall to the ground to grow into edible fruit. Any suggestions?
Hi Jim, I'm glad you are growing avocados but getting only about 10 fruit per year that makes it too be eaten after 15 years is unusual. If this is your only avocado tree then you may want to consider adding another, as you know avocados are type a or b and just having 2 trees will improve fruit set and yield. Also I'm not sure how much watering you do but for me when I started increasing the amount of water it helped and made a big difference in my yard. Another option which I have considered but not tried is Gibberellic acid (GA3) . It is a plant growth regulator that can be used on avocados to increase fruit size and yield, improve fruit set, and help develop seedless fruits. Read the instructions carefully if you do. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Good video, but microclimate and pollination differ in other areas. My Wurtz and Gwen are same size and age as yours, but just the opposite, Wurtz has 15 fruits from last year almost ready, Gwen Loaded with blossems this spring, has dropped them all but one. All my Pinkertons have fruited early, held the fruit and been precious.
For sure, there are so many little areas in SoCal. A little surprised because the Gwen is supposed to be very productive. I'd like to get another Pinkerton based on your recommendation. The fruit taste good too. Thanks for watching!
@frankyancy1347 I agree. My Gwen in a 15 gallon standing under 7 feet tall flowered heavily last season and held 8 avocados this year. This season it flowered very poorly. Same with my Carmen, 2 GEMS and a few other varieties. The one that did the opposite is my Reed. Loaded with tiny, bb size fruits.
I have different types of soil in different parts of my yard. Some areas are more sandy so I just use native and add perlite to loosen it up a little more. Other areas has more clay so I add sand and perlite and gypsum. The key is to not mix compost or wood products into the soil. My next avocado that I'm going to plant I'll do a step by step.
It can be done but the pot needs to be bigger, also if you bring it indoors during the winter, make sure you have it in a very well lit area. Good Luck! Thanks for watching!
You are located in SoCal but SoCal is so big ….all the way from Santa Barbara to San Diego, I am in the San Gabriel valley and I see all kinds of fruit trees around, sometimes I see hass avocado trees that are about 30 feet high and they are having fruits I have two fruit trees both are hass and neither is having fruit…
It takes 3-5 yrs for grafted avocados to produce fruit some varieties take even longer 6-7 yrs depends on the size of the tree when planted, and cultivar, the precocious ones like gwen, lamb are anomalies that can produce in 2-3 yrs after planting
Sometimes it doesn't matter what cultivar you have. Consider the environment. Soil, air, temperature, water, nutrients..... You're not getting fruit with a potted, indoor plant in Canada.
It might be 5 years before I get any fruit from my fuerte . You got a lot of trees so it's good that you're growing the different varieties. thanks for watching!
*I got 4 Avocado trees, 7-feet, 9-feet, 12-feet and 22-feet , ALL planted 4-YEARS AGO a week apart and ONLY 1-FRUIT from the 22-feet tree!!!* *IF NO OTHER FRUIT MANIFEST BEFORE OCT. 31, 2024, ALL 4 TREE'S WILL BE MURDERED TOGETHER :)*
Where did you buy your Gem? Your avocado trees? Thanx!
The 1 GEM I got from Maddock Nursery and a lot of my other trees through Brokaw. I set up a group buy and a bunch of people jumped in so I bought a bunch of trees. The ones from Brokaw were on clonal rootstock.
REM, your trees are looking good. Gwen is an amazing tree, the fruit is so good. I caught one more squirrel so my count is 10 now. Looking forward to your next video.
I really need to get serious about squirrels. So far I've only caught possums .
Gwen is excellent, more people should get it if they only knew.
Great video REM, your avocado trees are looking great!
Hi Johnny, this year is shaping up nicely. Thanks for watching!
Great fruit set brother 👍
Not everything is fruiting but the ones that are make up for it. Thanks for watching!
Hey REM - Your GEM is loaded!! The new Brokaw GEM from your order actually has fruit on it, which surprised me, but I am thinking of removing the fruit for this season to allow the tree to put its' energy towards growth rather than fruit. I also put the GEM into a 25 gal pot of Top Pot, and it responded well to the up-potting. The JB continues to do well, but no fruit set this season, which I kind of expected. Thanks for the update. Everything is looking good.
Hello, mine has some fruit too and I'm planning to take them off. I'd probably use more top pot if I was closer to LHN. I need to get but planting tomorrow. Thanks for watching!
@@AvocadoTalk I just finished removing all fruit from the GEM. Your comment was the final deciding factor. Thanks!
@@neurocognitive Its a long term investment for success....
Nice fruit set on Gwen, one I planted this yr from 5gal has couple fruit. Might only leave 1 or 2 to try.
Hi Derek,You'll like it, it's delicious and congrats.
I have 1 fruitset on my in ground GEM I planted #5 less than a year ago.🙏🥑 thanks for sharing 👍
Very nice. I have some brokaw. Gem avocado trees that are still in the sleeve and there's already fruit on them also. I'm going to plant them tomorrow. Thanks for watching! Hope your trees are doing good.
Thanks for the update REM 🤙🏼
I was hoping that I didn't have to buy any avocados this year but I'm out at this point and back to the supermarket. Hopefully next year for sure, no more store-bought avocados. I was checking out a bag at Costco just yesterday and half of the fruit looked rotten.
@@AvocadoTalk I hear you. I have not been impressed with avocados from Costco. I’ve been very pleased with avocados from Northgate. They never disappoint. 🥑👌🏼
Does the Esther grow tall and narrow or is a spreader? Which varieties grow tall and narrow versus spreading?
So far it's more upright. I've read it's 2/3 the size of Hass and 2x as productive. Jan Boyce has been more narrow and tall. Reed I've read should be also.
@@AvocadoTalk I’ve seen a 15-year-old JB it was about 15’ tall a 12’ wide. That’s the only one I’ve seen of that variety. Reeds can be slender. I’ve never seen an older Esther though. Thanks.
How’s your green gold tree doing? The one I have is starting to do a lot better. I had a lot of flowers this year but sadly most of the fruit dropped off. I think I have about five sharwil and a few wurtz this season.
I think I have about 25 avo trees in the ground now so hopefully in another year or two I’ll be loaded.
Awesome, 25 is a lot and will provide a lot of fruit in the future. It is a long term investment...
My Green gold is still very small, I'm practicing patience at this point. Thanks for watching!
Same experience with my GEM, Gwen, and Bacon. My wurtz, which was literally only 2’ tall, held onto 30 avo cados, still harvesting them. But, no flowers this spring, so no fruit next year. Either an alternate bearer or too small to consistently produce. It’s flushed out and now about 3’. Holiday and Reed set a lot of fruit as well.
Underperformers this year: nabal, Fuerte, Zutano, Sir Prize, and surprisingly Pinkerton.
All the above are in 24” containers. My Reed and GEM in the ground have a monster fruit set this year. Pinkerton in the ground has 1 fruit, 😢. It’s close to a 30-year plus Macadamia nut tree, which I think is strangling it/stealing water and nutrients.
Looking forward to your poor performers video.
Same here, got the video uploading... At least we got a decent set so far, a little is better than none. Thanks for watching!
Where are you licated? Grow zone? Thanx
Hi Debra, Southern California, zone 9B - 10A. Growing conditions are good, we get a lot of heat so keeping my trees hydrated is important. Where are you located?
@@AvocadoTalk ...Atlanta
Totally can be done, a little cold winter but if protected and it makes it through then you should be ok. Good luck
@@debragray1631
Great video. I believe my tree is a Wurtz (not sure though). I've had it in the ground for about 15 years. I get fruit every year but only about 10 edible per year. In some of your closeups I notice some smaller fruit, which I get but they end up on the ground before they grow into a sustainable fruit. My question is how I can get those tiny fruit that fall to the ground to grow into edible fruit. Any suggestions?
Hi Jim, I'm glad you are growing avocados but getting only about 10 fruit per year that makes it too be eaten after 15 years is unusual. If this is your only avocado tree then you may want to consider adding another, as you know avocados are type a or b and just having 2 trees will improve fruit set and yield. Also I'm not sure how much watering you do but for me when I started increasing the amount of water it helped and made a big difference in my yard. Another option which I have considered but not tried is Gibberellic acid (GA3) . It is a plant growth regulator that can be used on avocados to increase fruit size and yield, improve fruit set, and help develop seedless fruits. Read the instructions carefully if you do. Good luck and thanks for watching!
@@AvocadoTalk Thank you.
Good video, but microclimate and pollination differ in other areas. My Wurtz and Gwen are same size and age as yours, but just the opposite, Wurtz has 15 fruits from last year almost ready, Gwen Loaded with blossems this spring, has dropped them all but one. All my Pinkertons have fruited early, held the fruit and been precious.
For sure, there are so many little areas in SoCal. A little surprised because the Gwen is supposed to be very productive.
I'd like to get another Pinkerton based on your recommendation. The fruit taste good too. Thanks for watching!
@frankyancy1347 I agree. My Gwen in a 15 gallon standing under 7 feet tall flowered heavily last season and held 8 avocados this year. This season it flowered very poorly. Same with my Carmen, 2 GEMS and a few other varieties. The one that did the opposite is my Reed. Loaded with tiny, bb size fruits.
Planted a grafted GEM avocado this year. And is holding fruit this year.
Awesome and congrats, gems are productive.
So nice .i like it🎉🎉😂❤
Thanks for watching!
What sort of soil do have? Maybe you can do video steps on putting one into the ground ... Thanks for sharing, much appreciated 👍
I have different types of soil in different parts of my yard. Some areas are more sandy so I just use native and add perlite to loosen it up a little more. Other areas has more clay so I add sand and perlite and gypsum. The key is to not mix compost or wood products into the soil.
My next avocado that I'm going to plant I'll do a step by step.
@@AvocadoTalkexcellent good advice on soil what to do planting in heavy clay.
My fuerte avocado has two suckers, should I cut them off? There’s one in each side of my avocado 🥑 tree.
How about avocados in pots? Winter indoors?
It can be done but the pot needs to be bigger, also if you bring it indoors during the winter, make sure you have it in a very well lit area. Good Luck! Thanks for watching!
People that don’t believe in trimming their trees….good video Lee
Trim your trees and get scions. Thanks for watching!
You are located in SoCal but SoCal is so big ….all the way from Santa Barbara to San Diego, I am in the San Gabriel valley and I see all kinds of fruit trees around, sometimes I see hass avocado trees that are about 30 feet high and they are having fruits I have two fruit trees both are hass and neither is having fruit…
@@erlpen2016 how old are you Hass avocado trees? If they are Hass, they will give you fruit.
Has anyone else considered the rootstock that the cultivar is grafted on?
Yes, I think the Rootstock does have an effect. For example GEM on Leola rootstock seems to be very productive. What have you experienced?
Nice
Thanks for watching!
Do you sell scions?
e-mail me what you are looking for...
It takes 3-5 yrs for grafted avocados to produce fruit some varieties take even longer 6-7 yrs depends on the size of the tree when planted, and cultivar, the precocious ones like gwen, lamb are anomalies that can produce in 2-3 yrs after planting
It's been a weird year, we'll take all the fruit we can get this year.
Sometimes it doesn't matter what cultivar you have. Consider the environment. Soil, air, temperature, water, nutrients..... You're not getting fruit with a potted, indoor plant in Canada.
@@chinatownboy3368 agreed, will be tough in Canada
So jealous! Up here we usually have to wait 5 to 10 years before we see fruit. Gem is a fast on though.
It might be 5 years before I get any fruit from my fuerte . You got a lot of trees so it's good that you're growing the different varieties. thanks for watching!
@@AvocadoTalk Thanks! It's a lot of work to get rare varieties here.
Finally it fliwers i had given it a water soulable fertilizer 20;20;20
Nice, good job 👍
Dans la série Mentalist Jane dit c'est la première fois qu'on a une victime vivante 😅
Mine took 10 years
From seed
How does the fruit taste? You get to name it if it's good and worth propagating it. 10 years sounds about right
*I got 4 Avocado trees, 7-feet, 9-feet, 12-feet and 22-feet , ALL planted 4-YEARS AGO a week apart and ONLY 1-FRUIT from the 22-feet tree!!!*
*IF NO OTHER FRUIT MANIFEST BEFORE OCT. 31, 2024, ALL 4 TREE'S WILL BE MURDERED TOGETHER :)*
@@64Magick what varieties did you plant? Some just take a lot longer. Didn't give up, once they go out gets easier. Hopefully it's not a sucker.
Look up "girdling" a tree. Greg Alder has info on doing it to avocado trees.
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