@@UrbanBounty thanks, Paul! Yeah, it’s incredibly exciting to be one of the first to be able to propagate this new variety. I really hope I can keep mine alive over winter 🤞. It's one of the most famous avocado trees in Europe, if not the world.
Thanks, Dom! Yeah, plenty of rootstocks to experiment with. I'm hoping I will eventually be able to graft the Julienne onto a Bacon rootstock too as I only had Hass seedlings available at the time of grafting. Bacon seedlings (at least in theory) should be a little hardier than the Hass seedling. I might even experiment with a Bacon seedling at the allotment eventually, although it would probably be best to wait until next spring after the last frost. I wouldn't have any way of heating anything at the allotment, so I'd need the hardiest type to experiment with. I guess a mexicola would be the best option, but of course, sourcing mexicola seeds here is very difficult. Yeah, I'm very pleased with the progress of the 2 Julienne avocados. I'm hoping they will continue to grow for as long as possible this Autumn, although it definitely appears to be cooling down quite a lot next week. It might start to send some of the plants into dormancy 😬
Peter, your Julienne Avocados are looking great 🤩 The parafilm usually degrades quite well outside. You can help it along by loosening it a tad. I’ve found Bacon seedling grow pretty vigorously, once they get going.
Thanks, Joe! Yeah, I found the parafilm I used on my pawpaws degraded pretty quickly. Now these are out in full sun I’m hoping it will help the degrade quicker 🤞. Yeah, the bacon seedlings seem to be growing better than the Hass seedlings.
Great progress with your grafts Peter, that stem definitely looks constricted but it is hard to remove the parafilm. I've found that some of my avocado seedlings have really taken off in their 2nd season so i do have a few now should i fancy grafting in the future 😁
Thanks, Brett. Yeah, parafilm turns into wax effectively and it becomes really hard to remove. Although with it being outside I'm hoping it will start to break down a bit more in the sun. I probably should have repotted some of the avocado seedlings by now as the others I repotted yesterday were really rootbound, which will have been holding them back.
Nice avocado collection, Peter! Avoiding winter root rot is the main challenge over here. How on earth do avocado roots stay healthy over the winter period when grown in pure peat? Considering that peat is very water-retentive due to its fine-grained nature, I'd have thought that in winter the peat would remain wet for prolonged periods, meaning that the roots can't get enough air (oxygen). I don't have any avos growing at the moment. I was wondering: if you could possibly graft a Julienne scion onto a rootstock, at some point in future, I'd be more than happy to buy it. Thanks for making things unnecessarily complicated, Brexit!
Thanks, Gary! Of course, I also have my grafted fuerte in the greenhouse, which is in desperate need of a repot, but it’s obviously not a good idea to repot it at this time of year. I’m not sure how these Juliennes will fare over winter. I used a mixture of peat, compost, perlite and coco husk chips for these. Yeah, I aim to get these 2 Julienne avocados to a decent size and propagate as many as I can as backups. I will definitely graft one for you as well though.
@@markansell4322 Hi Mark, yes there are a number of large avocado trees in London and a few of them do seem to fruit from time to time. Here's the video I filmed when I visited the one I grafted scions from back in February: ua-cam.com/video/nnISz-0FWGY/v-deo.html, it was carrying some quite large fruits then. It’s in someone’s back garden so for their privacy I won’t reveal the exact location, but it’s in Southwark. There is also another large avocado tree in the Chelsea physic garden (paid entry), that I visited that also had some avocados on it too. I also made a video of that tree as well: ua-cam.com/video/KY4mjIHz2Y4/v-deo.html. Of course, they are both in very good microclimates in central London. They certainly won’t do as well here in the north west lol 😂
@@PeterEntwistle wow thanks. For me they are two very interesting videos. I am determined to get an avocado 🥑 tree growing here in Hertfordshire. I have many tenders including a wide range of citrus and a fig collection, I should probably make a video of them I really think you would like to see my collection
@@markansell4322 they also had some in-ground fruiting citrus trees at the Chelsea Physic Garden, I made a video of those as well. I have a clementine tree in the ground in my garden which I gave some protection to last winter and it made it. This year I planted an avocado tree and I plan to also provide some protection for it this winter during any cold spells. Yes, please do make a video, I like seeing what tropical and subtropical fruiting plants people are trying to grow here in the UK.
Great work!
It's been very cool to watch a new named variety created by and then spread amongst your growing community! 👌
@@UrbanBounty thanks, Paul! Yeah, it’s incredibly exciting to be one of the first to be able to propagate this new variety. I really hope I can keep mine alive over winter 🤞. It's one of the most famous avocado trees in Europe, if not the world.
You've got lots of rootstock there, Peter. Always very useful.
Your Julienne avo's look awesome. 🤩
Thanks, Dom! Yeah, plenty of rootstocks to experiment with. I'm hoping I will eventually be able to graft the Julienne onto a Bacon rootstock too as I only had Hass seedlings available at the time of grafting. Bacon seedlings (at least in theory) should be a little hardier than the Hass seedling. I might even experiment with a Bacon seedling at the allotment eventually, although it would probably be best to wait until next spring after the last frost. I wouldn't have any way of heating anything at the allotment, so I'd need the hardiest type to experiment with. I guess a mexicola would be the best option, but of course, sourcing mexicola seeds here is very difficult.
Yeah, I'm very pleased with the progress of the 2 Julienne avocados. I'm hoping they will continue to grow for as long as possible this Autumn, although it definitely appears to be cooling down quite a lot next week. It might start to send some of the plants into dormancy 😬
Peter, your Julienne Avocados are looking great 🤩
The parafilm usually degrades quite well outside. You can help it along by loosening it a tad.
I’ve found Bacon seedling grow pretty vigorously, once they get going.
Thanks, Joe! Yeah, I found the parafilm I used on my pawpaws degraded pretty quickly. Now these are out in full sun I’m hoping it will help the degrade quicker 🤞. Yeah, the bacon seedlings seem to be growing better than the Hass seedlings.
Great progress with your grafts Peter, that stem definitely looks constricted but it is hard to remove the parafilm. I've found that some of my avocado seedlings have really taken off in their 2nd season so i do have a few now should i fancy grafting in the future 😁
Thanks, Brett. Yeah, parafilm turns into wax effectively and it becomes really hard to remove. Although with it being outside I'm hoping it will start to break down a bit more in the sun. I probably should have repotted some of the avocado seedlings by now as the others I repotted yesterday were really rootbound, which will have been holding them back.
Nice avocado collection, Peter! Avoiding winter root rot is the main challenge over here. How on earth do avocado roots stay healthy over the winter period when grown in pure peat? Considering that peat is very water-retentive due to its fine-grained nature, I'd have thought that in winter the peat would remain wet for prolonged periods, meaning that the roots can't get enough air (oxygen).
I don't have any avos growing at the moment. I was wondering: if you could possibly graft a Julienne scion onto a rootstock, at some point in future, I'd be more than happy to buy it.
Thanks for making things unnecessarily complicated, Brexit!
Thanks, Gary! Of course, I also have my grafted fuerte in the greenhouse, which is in desperate need of a repot, but it’s obviously not a good idea to repot it at this time of year. I’m not sure how these Juliennes will fare over winter. I used a mixture of peat, compost, perlite and coco husk chips for these.
Yeah, I aim to get these 2 Julienne avocados to a decent size and propagate as many as I can as backups. I will definitely graft one for you as well though.
I have heard of a couple of outdoor avovado in London, I'm wondering where in London is this outdoor tree you speak of ? And is it fruiting ?
@@markansell4322 Hi Mark, yes there are a number of large avocado trees in London and a few of them do seem to fruit from time to time. Here's the video I filmed when I visited the one I grafted scions from back in February: ua-cam.com/video/nnISz-0FWGY/v-deo.html, it was carrying some quite large fruits then. It’s in someone’s back garden so for their privacy I won’t reveal the exact location, but it’s in Southwark. There is also another large avocado tree in the Chelsea physic garden (paid entry), that I visited that also had some avocados on it too. I also made a video of that tree as well: ua-cam.com/video/KY4mjIHz2Y4/v-deo.html. Of course, they are both in very good microclimates in central London. They certainly won’t do as well here in the north west lol 😂
@@PeterEntwistle wow thanks. For me they are two very interesting videos. I am determined to get an avocado 🥑 tree growing here in Hertfordshire. I have many tenders including a wide range of citrus and a fig collection, I should probably make a video of them I really think you would like to see my collection
@@markansell4322 they also had some in-ground fruiting citrus trees at the Chelsea Physic Garden, I made a video of those as well. I have a clementine tree in the ground in my garden which I gave some protection to last winter and it made it. This year I planted an avocado tree and I plan to also provide some protection for it this winter during any cold spells. Yes, please do make a video, I like seeing what tropical and subtropical fruiting plants people are trying to grow here in the UK.