I am a commercial Avocado grower in Southern California, a couple of observations. That tree was definitely in poor shape, it had not been watered for some time, leafs were droopy. Ground should have been moist as well, otherwise the dry soil will take all moisture away from tree. Clay soul not the best soil to plant Avocados in to as they retain the moisture too long, and may cause Phitophera (root Rot) something Avocados are highly prone to getting. Definitely apply sun block, but don't apply to leafs, as this will inhibit photosynthesis. Also don't make a barrier to hold water against trunk, its best if you water slowly, small amounts and frequently, but allow soil to get dry so roots can take in oxygen, between irrigation. Otherwise interesting video.

This video really helped explain why my poor avocado has been struggling so hard. Thanks. I don't think it's to late to help it thrive.

THANKS FOR SHOWING EVERYTHING HOW TO PLANT A TREE!! YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER EVER!! LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!

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Thanks for the most important tip for planting an avocado tree. I learnt it the hard way by losing an excellent plant! The top of the soil that the plant comes with must never be inserted beneath the surrounding soil or the plant will die! Now I usually leave about an inch above when planting to compensate for eventual settling in the hole.

I just set you tube to auto play through all your videos. I'll be a pro- at least in my own mind. Your camera gals do a great job!!

I been using the same fish fertilizer and everything it touches looks very strong and healthy mon

I’ve grown mine first one finally

Wow thats my favorite gardening outfit :D A tie would definitely be an overkill! Thanks for the informative video BTW! :)

Awe little tree, I am happy you are free! 💕

And Last Step! And Another Tip! One Last Step! 😂 Thanks for the video going to try and plant soon! Very informative!

Great illustrations. People like you... are needed more to save the Eco system.

"I'm a growing expert"... "Watch me add this compost" (adds mulch! 😂)

Good Video Charles that Sunblock is an excellent Idea,

Awesome, thank you from down under Australia 🙂

I've always whitewashed my fruit trees in So. Cal., but have always refrained from using brown paint because some say only diluted flat latex is safe. Brown would be so much more attractive. Also, I've lost several trees to rodents gnawing bark from the trunk. I'm excited to try this product and just ordered some online.

Great video! Thank you. You should link the products you mention in the description box :) I'd love some tips for growing my trees in terra cotta pots until I move in about a year into a home with some acreage.

Wow! Thank you for this. I’m in LA too. I’m planting 2 of them today July 14 2019. You nailed everything I needed to know to make sure my young ones thrive. Much appreciate it. Subscribed 😊

I have a avacoda that's just getting its first leaves. Very good info. 🌱🍀💚

In north Texas we have clay as well but it’s not red. It’s more grayish black. Very muddy/sticky. Love your videos and I have every intention to purchase IV Organics

Hello from Thailand here , i'm start to grow from the seed now 🌱🌱🌱

That avocado plant look healthy. I’m Montagnard indigenous I love plant thing ,avocado fruit is my favorite.

Your instructions are very helpful. I'm right here in Los Angeles as well, and I wanted to buy your products but couldn't find them. I went to Home Depot in Alhambra and asked for IV Tree Paint, and they told me if I want IV products go to a medical supply store! Whittier Fertilizer Company in Pico Rivera, a major specialty distributor also didn't have any IV products.

Very helpful information.Thank you for the lesson.

Hey Charles, today I received my second order of IV Organic 3 in 1. My first can is white and after I bought it my husband said he would prefer brown or green on our young avocado tree. So I got the green but after applying it to the avocado trunk I'm wishing I bought the brown. Oh well. Regardless, I'm excited to have it protected from our S. Florida summer sun. I also used it on a few other things like passion fruit, and a couple of grafting projects. I'll probably use the white for a leaf spray. I appreciate your advice! :)

Nice tree and great video thanks for all the 411 👍🏼

Awesome channel! Your passion shines through 👍

Most informative video around, Thanks!

Very helpful tips thank you for this wonderful video!

Thanks. I appreciate the lesson. I hope to plant my tree today.

This is so detailed. Thank u

Thank you for this video!!! Very informational🙌🌱

Everyone should 😊

hi charles, thats a great stuff. thanks for the video.

Learned a lot. You are a pretty cool guy; keep up the good work!

I live in the bay San Francisco Bay area - East bay and been growing a Hass Avocado tree for about 4 to 5 years and need to relocate (poor planning) tree is about 10 feet tall and truck around 3 inches is now Sept best way to relocate such

See your passion big guy

Thank you for all the information. I bought the tree guard, and planning to plant a type A and B avocado trees next to each other. Could you please tell me how far apart the two trees should be, max/min distance from each other? Thanks. June

I love this guy he is a passionate gut an agree with him

good video very informative.

that was a great and detailed, very helpful thanks

I love your video !!!!! Thank you 😊 for sharing!!!

Do you have a video with an update of your tree now?

My Bacon Haas in Sacramento drooping from the heat -June-

Nice video. Do you wait for the top couple inches of soil to dry out first or do you keep it consistently moist?

hello i have an avocado that has 2 or more stems grow in a seed. is it possible to separate the stem and plant it to another pot? or do i have to cut the smaller stems because i plan to graft the avocado when it is bigger.

kitchen scraps are the Best for the soil

You forgot to mulch. You could save a lot of water by mulching. I would go with Shamus O'Leary's tree planting methods over this one.

i want to see this tree this days

this is so helpful! thank you so much!

Another great video. I heard that it is best to plant an avocado tree in a mound on top of clay soil. Should I skip this step? I live in Northern Cali, Bay area.

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Great...thanks a lot. I have two avocado trees and they are dying I dont know what J can do... I guess tgey are burning for tge sun...so I am going to try tbe organic oaint and also I dont know how often shoud I watter my plants I am in florida and now it is spring almost summer.. wgat I should do?

Although clay retains nutrients well - once that soil is spent it is virutally impossible to get nutrients back into it. Keep in mind there are parts of California with Mammals, even dinosaurs, buried in thick clay that are still preserved to the point of where you can cook thier meat. I'd be interested to see another tree planted along side with no added soil supplements.

When grafting Avocados what Kind of tree does the buddy wood come from? Thank you!

Awesome video💗

Charles thank you for all the vids! really well done. can i airlayer my indoor trees? best times? any tricks? thank you sir!!

Great video appreciate it much

This one shows how to plant, fertilize, treat for sunburn. I wondered why some fields have tree trunks painted white or brown. Do you have a sunburned tree?

Great info--thank you!

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Can you give an update video of this tree feb 2019

does it grow on the place where temperature is higher than 36'celsius

I am hoping you can help. I have pretty much watched every video I can find with regard to my problem: 6-7 year old avocado, Fuerte has never fruited. My neighbors have avocado trees and I live within a few feet of an orchard. Not sure what I am doing wrong. My Santa Rosa plum also has never fruited??? Please help. Thank you so much. I am a big fan of your videos and watch every one. I have also purchased the fertilizer and the white wash.

Good day sir. I like your work your advice and your skills on working with healthy and clean plants. I have a question and really hope you can help, i have a peach tree orange tree that have plague. And it's been that way for quite some time. I myself Isaiah ask's you with respect for the best advice that can cure the trees from that plague..? Hope to here from you

I have a young avocado tree growing in a pot in my window. I started it from the pit of one of the best tasting haas avocado's I've ever eaten. Why do I have to graft - I mean why wouldn't this bear fruit one day? Also, my tree is bent towards the morning sun -- should I rotate the pot each day so the tree naturally grows straighter? Or give it a support rod? I never thought about sunburn until I watched your video and would rotating the pot be a good idea to prevent that, until it's large enough to go out in the yard?

Thank you for your video. It has been really helpful. I am in Western Australia and it has been really difficult to plant Avocado in my backyard. The first one dried out caused by sun burn (40 degree). My current second one is struggling with the spider attack. Today I see some white insects crawling on the surface of the soil..... Are there any organic way to protect Avocado tree from attack?

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Very productive information. I want to plant avocado trees, but one side of the area es surrounded by eucalyptus trees. So, do I need to cut down those trees to make the sun reach the new avocado plants, or is it not necesary?...another question, is it better to do the graft before or after planting it? Thank You!

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Thank you IV organic for your video. I have a two and a half feet tall avocado plant in a pot. I'm in Florida, what is best season to transplant into ground.

Never plant an ago in a hole: take out of container and simply put on ground and mound soilmix up around root mass

How do you cover your Avacado tree in the winter if you expect a frost? it's about 4 or 5 feet tall very health now. I'm just concern about the frost

Did you have success with avocados when you were in Florida? Which part were you in?

So nice!!!

Hi Some people told me to plant avocado on a slope? Pls. Advise. Thank you.

Hi Mr. Charlie, I like your educational videos they are very helpful. I would like to start up avocado farming. Please share what are the all essential minerals for avocado.

First, please water the poor tree! Second, Take all of your mixed dirt out of the hole. Next use a drill with a long auger bit and drill as many holes as you can into the bottom of the hole. If lucky you may hit a different layer of soil that will aid with drainage. Now fill the hole with mixed dirt all the way to the top. Take the tree out of the pot and set it on top of the hole. Mound dirt around the tree. After watering the tree may sink a few inches but will still be above ground level. Planting an avocado the same way as a rose bush cost me several trees due to root rot.

Gary's Best Gardening would be cringing like mad if he saw this video. Compost is not the home of roots...."soil amendments should go on top of the soil." Many things: I have never heard CA has mostly clay soil. I am sure it varies widely. Here in Pasadena my soil is almost pure sand. Avocados need excellent drainage and therefore sandy soil is actually a benefit as long as you water enough. I have walked through avocado groves in Fallbrook and put my hands in the soil.....super sandy and loose! I really think this video should be updated or taken down. I spent two years growing avocados trees using bad advice (like this video), and my trees died or almost died. Now I am doing it right and they thrive. Sorry be so critical, but avocados are not easy to grow and I hate for others to fail because the information they received was not accurate.

So I’m in The fruit bowl of Victoria

So growing from seed in a 5 gal pot how long should I wait to trans plant like this

I started an avocado from a seed. It is now about 10 inches tall and a pot I want to transplant it into a bigger pot. I’m wondering though how long would it be for it to start giving me fruit. I read or heard somewhere that it can take up to 15 years that right? Should I just buyHey small avocado tree from a nursery. But I don’t want it to grow too tall and I’m thinking of keeping it in a pot. Any suggestions please

First time watching your channel like the contents have a question I have a avocado tree and blooms but they all fall of and can’t prudice any avocados

Very nice. Too bad I'll never be outdoor planting an avocado tree here in Michigan.

I like to grow avocado trees

I have an Avacado tree, its about 2 years old, it only has about 6 to 7 leaves and its practically a stick. Its still potted not in ground. I believe it needs nutrients what do you recommend, sara Ruiz

Hello Charles! I have a couple questions for you. I tried scrolling down to read the previous posts and didn't see my questions, sorry if it's a repeat! I am curious about the spray bit. You painted on the trunk but sprayed the tree leaves. 1) could you skip "painting" the trunk and just spray the hell out of it with the same leaf spray stuff? I went online to look at the two products and they read fairly similar. Just curious if I could use the spray only. I just picked up a Hass from the local gardening store and I do not see any browning. So I am wondering if I could just be lazy at this point, on a preventive measure. 2) If I am not able to pot it in the ground until I am able to move (a couple of years from now), What would you recommend for dirt/fertilizer and that it will be well drained? I have Perlite and basic potting soils, but I am just curious about the combination for potted soil. Thank you so much!! I just stumbled upon your account. Very to the point and well executed; I subscribed!

I live in the country of northern California, doI need gopher basket to plant avocado in the ground?

Fantastic Video. Many thanks for posting. Do you have any suggestions for leaf tip browning for Gem or Lambs Hass avocados. I have read that the high chlorine levels of the Los Angeles area water is potentially a cause. Do you have any thoughts on this.

Darn hard dirt. Took me an hour to barely do a whole big enough for my avocado. I live east of downtown LA. The digging destroyed me. Now time to recover.

Hello I planted same day 6 m close 2 avocados one hass one fuerte has avocado dooing just fine but fouerte avocado some of old leaves edge turn brown is that normal ? its look like its gonne make new leaves but old ones look like good but edge turn brown its fall righht now

hi, thanks for the presentation. am fro Uganda in East Africa... this will go a long way in helping us grow organic. however, if we use composte alone. is it enough. how about the slurry from bio gas digesters. thank you

I just got a Hass avacado tree, ready to plant. Is sand ok to mix in with clay, along with mulch?

Hello Charles, I have viewed many of your videos and find your knowledge and enthusiasm for gardening to be infectious. On your video for planting the avocado tree, you mention feeing with an organic fertilizer and spraying with a diluted Organic IV spray, but you do not mention anything about foliar feeding with a compost tea. At what point would you use foliar feeding? Do avocado trees respond well to foliar feeding? How does foliar feeding work in conjunction with an Organic IV sunburn spray?

Need some advice I planted a avocado seed and didnt think was going to grow but did I let it grow for maybe 4 to 5 months was very healthy almost 2 feet long.. but it was in a spot I knew had to be moved so one day i dug around it and got it out having to cut some roots that were going pretty deep down but still the seed was still there and some roots so I stuck in a new location and now a week later my poor tree went from being so healthy now looking like its dying... I know It can be normal but now leaves are completely dry and I'm worried because at very top its turning black the tip of the tree but the trunk still is firm but dont want the black to spread should I cut it or just leave it alone??? Thanks for any tips appreciate it

Can I plant my avocado tree in the ground now? I live in northern Ca where it’s still in the 100’s

Awesome video! IV Organic, i have a nice little backyard and was contemplating planting a date palm tree and a fig tree, could you please give me some guidance? Second question: what are some nice other fruit trees ( or veggies) would recommend planting? I live in Atlanta.

Great hope minds grow well

how can i know how much water my plants need per week, i noticed many of them are having some leaves dried up and i started to give them more water...our area is about 35 degrees C and humid...the plants are about two years old ..thanks

Hi Charles, I'm planting a tree up in inland Northern Cali. It will be close to a house and I'll cover it if freezing temps are in the forecast. Like you, we have hard clay soils. Everything I've read online seems to suggest these trees need to be planted in a mound with clay soil as the tap root will get root rot. In this video you don't supplement the soil with cactus soil, sand or anything to amend the native soil. In fact you plant at ground level. What gives, are these other videos being overly cautious?