Many of you have a tree you've been growing for a long time and you've asked how to graft onto it. Here's how you do it. If you don't have access to scion/budwood/clippings you can get them here: www.guacfarm.com
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@strip27273 жыл бұрын
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@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Wow, Christopher thank you so much. I'm glad I decided to look at my comments as my first task of the day, you got me off on the right foot!
@user-mk3td2vu4g11 ай бұрын
@@SleepyLizardGood video! You do good vidoes!
@EarthFarm9Ай бұрын
He didn’t even great a mature tree in this video. His video sucks
@ABD566723 күн бұрын
Such a complete video. Answers so many questions in 1 video. ❤
@SleepyLizard21 күн бұрын
thanks for the support.
@WendysEatingShow3 жыл бұрын
Ahahah I cannot stop laughing at the intro, you nailed it spot on, that’s exactly what’s happening right now. My mom ate the most delicious avocado, she wouldn’t stop saying how it’s the best avocado she’s ever had, so I took the seed and did the whole 5course meal and now the seed is sitting submerged in water in my living room 😂 (silly me thinking I won the lottery because I have the best avocado seed in my hands) Now after tumbling into your videos you have now burst my bubble 😆but I’m not mad whatsoever, I’m here to learn and I have to say that after watching like 20 videos from different people you’re the one who I will subscribe too. The way you perfectly and visually demonstrate everything left me feeling like I paid for a private class. I love your way of teaching ☺️
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Wendy, I'm glad you are part of the channel!
@meheszmezesarpadzsigmond60482 жыл бұрын
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@dani.afiiq_2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@chinatownboy33682 жыл бұрын
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@niroscalfon52192 жыл бұрын
You're our guardian angle. I feel exactly the same as you (except that I don't have a backyard) and that makes me happy that I'm not alone.
@nicholaswinger8847 Жыл бұрын
So happy I stumbled across your video! I have a eight year old tree I grew from a seed that I was ready to replace with a new grafted tree. This spring was the first year the tree blossomed. We were beyond excited to only watch every blossom fall off over time. After researching and reading there is A and B types and a seed tree is a dead end, I was ready to uproot and start over. Now, I hope to graft and save the tree. Hopefully this works. The tree is over ten foot tall and about as wide. Thank you for the public advise.
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
Hi Nicholas, if you're getting flowers it could fruit soon, maybe next season. Who knows, maybe you'll get good fruit.
@nickwinger2080 Жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard It flowered like a champ for the very first time but zero fruited. I had a local tell me that the tree is extremely healthy but was also a waste of time due to it being a A or B and pollination? If I graft with a producing tree will that change any of the dynamics or are there even any dynamics for pollination? I love the tree but I'm a total rooky at growing it to it's fullest potential. I finally got past the waiting stage so I'm excited to pump it up. Thank you again for your time and advise.
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
@@nickwinger2080it's common to get flowers and no fruit so don't worry about that. Also, the A and B thing is for maximizing pollination but it's not necessary. Avocados can self pollinate. next season when it flowers go out every day when the flowers are open and gently shake the branches, that will help with self pollination.
@johnsonj.johnnison39253 жыл бұрын
Dude i just discovered your videos and i don't even have a garden but you make me want to grow my own trees. Awesome content. Subscribed
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to comment and also for subscribing I really appreciate it. Have a great day
@MrAnthony11943 жыл бұрын
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@JoseCruz-ln9qw3 ай бұрын
I guess I was one of the lucky ones! I had a seedling well it was a seedling from a very delicious healthy and organic haas avocado. 3-4 maybe 5 years later the tree stand 11&1/2 ft tall it bared fruit last year 2023 and these avocados were big haas avocados. The size of a softball or alittle bit smaller so waaay bigger than the avocado the seed came from. These avocados were super meaty delicious flavor super creamy and just straight up healthy! This year it’s sprouting flowers again and looking like it’s going to bare fruit again! all I did was keep the bugs off by hand shower attachment water hose and if I have to cayenne pepper and water in a spray bottle. Hand pull the weeds and grass out from the base of the tree and use fox farmer happy frog citrus and avocado fertilizer and I got beautiful fruit. Also the base of the tree isn’t a mound it’s flat which is apparently an avocados worst enemy because the water will just sit but I’m assuming I have great not compressed dirt cause the tree in in my front yard. My point is, is that if you have a green thumb and know how to care for plants you can grow em the way you know. I’m not disagreeing with this video but saying that a certain way will not work or it’s super rare well then I guess I got lucky but I’m not believing that. Green thumbs run in my family it’s in our blood
@SleepyLizard3 ай бұрын
wow, what would you say are the things you do differently that make you so good at growing avocados?
@zarkkt89523 жыл бұрын
I just grafted onto my 4 year old avocado tree on its side branch. Excited that the seedling will grow a fruit someday and will have another fruiting variety too . Pretty cool 😁
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Zarkk, glad to hear it. Keep us posted on your progress.
I really like your energy man. Feels like the world is a better place when watching your videos, and I don’t even have a garden
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Julien. A time or two I've tried to make a vid when I'm not 100% feeling it and I always throw it right in the trash, hahahah. I appreciate your comment.
@alexmolina374315 күн бұрын
I have grown 2 trees from seeds and they both produced very delicious fruit.
@SleepyLizard15 күн бұрын
yum!
@alexmolina374315 күн бұрын
@@SleepyLizard Great content by the way! Thanks for all the info you provide.
@socorrorodriguez77702 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, blessing to you and the family. Tha k for the video on how to graft a mature tree. I have 2 so l will be ordering g some scions to graft my mature trees. Thank a million I enjoy your videos and your enthusiasm. Thank you.
@hothclassic68333 жыл бұрын
I have to say, you've really gotten me into avocado farming, I originally thought it would just be as simple as planting the seed, and in a couple of years, you have great tasting avocados, however, I learned that is NOT the case, and there is far more complexity to it in order to get good tasting avocados. Thank you for sharing your information for free!
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure
@MasterKenfucius Жыл бұрын
Just ordered my grafting knife from Amazon with some grafting tape. You got me all excited about this stuff.
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
prepare yourself for a new obsession 😂
@MasterKenfucius Жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard Heck yeah. I have 10 pits on pots already. I have no place to plant them, but plenty of Xmas gifts to give next year. Thanks.
@eriksalmon3 жыл бұрын
I received your variety 5 cuttings and graphed three varieties onto a Little Cado and I had two seedlings I had been growing and graphed on to them to change the variety on those. Thanks for all your great info.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Wow! You work fast. Good luck with the grafts.
@DeepSouthBamaGRITS3 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing, Tom! This is exactly what I needed to know about the older avocado trees I have that were grown from seeds. Graft to the branches! Great instructions, easy to understand so COME ON SPRING TIME so I can order my scion cuttings! Thanks bunches. We are having unseasonal cold for our area along the Gulf Coast of AL. We were in short sleeves with the A/C running yesterday, it rained & now is will be freezing tonight and in the 20's for 2 more nights THEN warm back up to the upper 70's (normal temps for our area this time of year), rain then turn cold...back & forth, same scenerio til Christmas. Upper 40's for high on Christmas and low 30's Christmas Eve & Christmas night. This is NOT NORMAL for December and is more like weather we have in late January & into February! But then again, all my other fruit crops came in 1-1.5 months EARLY this year so maybe we will have an EARLY SPRING?? I definitely don't like this cold weather...that is why I live in the HOT-HUMID SOUTH!! LOL! Loved the video...THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VALUABLE INFO WITH US!! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU & YOURS!!
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
i could not believe when I received your message earlier today asking exactly the question this video answers! It was actually in the process of uploading when I replied to you. What a coincidence. But yeah, now you have a reference for your seed grown trees. Try to stay warm. Talk to you in the spring!
@mikemarshall47652 жыл бұрын
I don't know why I find your videos so interesting! I planted a seed from avocado from Costco in the Fall of 2015, walked away, then at 4 yr mark I got 4 perfect avos, at 5 yr mark got 19 amazing avos, right now, 12/17/21 I got about 100 beautiful avos and just ate the first one which was perfect!! I had NO idea that I was just lucky in getting great fruit from my seeded tree. Learned a lot of great info from your video and may order some grafting for the other seedlings that I've given to friends thinking that they'd grow like mine. Thanks for the great videos!!! Mike from San Diego, Ca.
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
wow, what a great avocado success story! thank you for sharing with us.
@hammerofluke20135 ай бұрын
My grandma planted an avocado seed maybe 5 or 6 years ago. She doesn't even know what grafting is. The tree is thriving and produces delicious avocados in northern california
@SleepyLizard5 ай бұрын
that's awesome
@michaelhill1176 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much in three videos I have learned more than I ever thought there was to know about one of my favorite fruit
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
Hi Michael, thanks for the comment. there are so many fascinating subjects to learn about...so much behind the things we see in our everyday lives. I'll find myself watching a vid on something like how bowling balls are made and I can't stop 🤣
@chuckborden85323 жыл бұрын
Thx sir...I also planted 4 mango trees from watching your video. I was shocked how fast they all grew. I tried 2 in a jar of water with toothpicks and I put 2 seeds in a pot of soil. The seeds in the pot grew very quickly. thx again
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy to hear about your success. Thank you for sharing that with us
@backyardtropicals11573 жыл бұрын
Thanks... I needed that. I have a fifteen foot "Florida" avocado from seed, and a Six foot "Hoss". That Florida will be a pain in the rear to graft... Lol. Not to mention the thousands of scions I will need. thankfully I know someone with several varieties of avocados.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
There are other techniques you can do for the really big tree. Look at bark grafting. Or you can trim it way down to the trunk then as it grows back graft only the 6 or 7 strongest new branches (water sprouts).
@iancrosbie59702 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing..have a pleasant day from Malaysia..God Bless
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Hi Ian, thanks for reaching out. You have a good day too.
@iancrosbie59702 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom..thank you for your reply..I always love watching your videos planting is my passion..after watching I will sure try grafting some Avacado seedlings I have grown...wish me luck..God Bless for the sharing and may the Good Lord bless us all with good health and happiness...my late youngest brother was once leaving in Florida working for Chalks Aviation..have a nice day..kind regards
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
@@iancrosbie5970 good luck with the graft! come back and let us know how it did.
@leonidjhonecuacion23122 жыл бұрын
Thank you sleepy lizard. Your videos are very informative and educational. I'm now a subscriber of your channel. Philippines here. God bless!
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the channel!
@iraztadi68322 жыл бұрын
Excellent video friend!
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Iraz.
@StayHumble862 жыл бұрын
I actually started growing last year, my first seed was a "small avocado" and it's now like a 1'1/2... I have hass seeds, that I can use to graft once they become a juvenile tree... Thanks again for sharing this knowledge! I have subscribed and looking forward to your next videos!
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Stayhumble, I appreciate you taking the time to make a comment. Good luck with the tree!
@StayHumble862 жыл бұрын
I sent you an email with a picture of my avocado tree, thanks for allowing us to reach out you!
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
@@StayHumble86 oh in that case I know who you are..saw the email and the beautiful young tree. thanks!
@StayHumble862 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard yes, that was me! -Luis
@69Gingerman4 ай бұрын
You sir are a dream crusher 😢 hahaha fu**, now I have to graft my 5 seed grown trees 😑. Thank you for the great video.
@SleepyLizard4 ай бұрын
glad to be able to help
@sedition51711 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for the info on true to seed content. The truth hurts but is necessary for the greater good and for not wasting time on fruitless endeavors, literally. Cant wait for the scion wood to be available so i could try my hand at grafting. Good video bud keep them coming.
@SleepyLizard11 ай бұрын
thank you for your comment.
@JungleJayAdventures2 жыл бұрын
I have the same issue. Years ticking by looking for flowers and fruit on this 15' Tree I've had for over 8 years. Finally reading that it's not going to make fruit. This video is amazing! Thank you!
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
thanks Jungle Jay
@GarySimpson-p2nАй бұрын
Having grafting in two ways is agood way to escape the chaos from the truobles of having bad luck! Contnue with good videos! Why you not replying to my comment?
@SleepyLizardАй бұрын
I was working all day yesterday so I didn't reply to any comments. catching up now
@noheliasiddons3253 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
thank you
@Goddess636 Жыл бұрын
Excellent pic
@spencerbass71423 жыл бұрын
Neat! I am going to graft my Doni on my Lula. I love the Lula but have never had a Doni. I live in Pinellas County so I think the Doni is a long shot due to possible cold weather. Last January I lost a Jamaican Cherry and my Soursop was badly damaged from a cold snap we had. I had just gotten fruit off my Soursop the previous year. Great video. I have graded hibiscus for years so I think I will have success. I love Florida avocados, the Haas variety to me has no flavor. Thanks again.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Yeah the Lula handles cold really well the doni. Not so much. But ain’t no harm in trying. You’re going to have a great early season and late season fruit on one tree also Will be good for pollination
@fpaito2 жыл бұрын
Great information and well explained as well, wil put it to practice today. Thanks
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
let us know how it goes and thanks for the comment.
@laxmibista985410 ай бұрын
Thanks for the right. technique.
@SleepyLizard10 ай бұрын
you are welcome
@justgivemethetruth3 жыл бұрын
Hope your doctor's appointment went well, and you got through the pandemic well too. Your place looks like an amazing jungle! Very cool.
@julianmaiucci21546 ай бұрын
Hello, great video! Exactly what I need to know with my 3-4 year old grown from seed avocado. In the video you mentioned buying grafts on your website but I did not see them. I would like to purchase a couple trimmings to graft. I’m located in Martin County FL. Thanks!
@SleepyLizard6 ай бұрын
They will be back on the site when cuttings are in season
@jennifersalas3672 жыл бұрын
These are awesome and you're so pleasant! heading over to guac farm!
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your comment Jennifer. We don't have any fruit until July when the season starts.
@justgivemethetruth3 жыл бұрын
This is great. Your channel is very informative.
@irfanaditia18613 ай бұрын
salam satu kebun pak, saya dari penatani alpukat indonesia asal pekalongan - LAMPUNG,di tempat kami cara stek nya sama,yang membeda nya jumlah nya,di daerah kami sekali membuat bibit alpukat sampai ribuan batang,proses dari 0 (dari biji sampai siap jual)😊
@SleepyLizard3 ай бұрын
I didn't understand any of that but thank you for the comment.
@alirE2904 Жыл бұрын
I grafted a seed grown delicous avocado to a hass avocado using the veneer method. I grafted a scion to a two yr old hass. It is doing great. Not yet a yr ago. Oh the fuerte trunk died. 😂
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
Alice, sorry to hear about the Fuerte. I'm glad to see that you are experimenting and I wish you success!
@acesutter94763 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. This was very informative. I am so excited, just place an order for scion wood.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Just saw an order come in, must have been yours. Thank you! do you have seedlings ready to go?
@acesutter94763 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard Yes, I have 5 seedlings ready to go. :-)
@neciorapista16463 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing tips in grafting!
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Necio.
@user-oq4mo1es3m11 ай бұрын
Thank you for you vidoes! Me have feelings happy
@Lion-dq9uj Жыл бұрын
I graphed a Pear to my Apple tree And a lemon 🍋 to my orange 🍊 tree . It's been growing great but no fruit yet on the graphed branches!! I was so surprised that it worked I did like 3 graphs and one took when I did the lemon graph . So awsome I've been trying to graph onto my 🥑 tree no success YET ! I need some good sion wood ?
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
wow, I knew you could put lemon on orange but I didn't know you could put pear on an apple tree. cool
@maxmena4926 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing.!!! Your awesome.!!
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
my pleasure Max. thanks for the compliment.
@juwanatani8356 Жыл бұрын
Great video...!! Thank you for sharing my friend.
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
Thank you Juwana
@nimekupata2 жыл бұрын
Whoa! I am very lucky with my one apple tree! It was discounted and marked as a cherry tree. Years later, my husband let me know my cherry tree had grown apples. I have gotten bushels off that poor old tree! 🤣🤣🤣
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
holy cow. if you bought the tree it was a grafted tree, not seed grown. Apparently It was mislabeled though 🤣
@nimekupata2 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard Grafted? I need to see way more videos! It was definitely not labeled right! I got it at K-mart 16 years ago on Thanksgiving. The poor thing sat in my garage until that Spring, I completely forgot about it, planted it just bc I felt bad about it. It should have died so many times, I am obviously no gardener! It has become my favorite tree! A deer knocked its antlers off on it, it is in need of help!
@sonjahickmon52033 жыл бұрын
Again thank you for sharing your expertise!
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Please check back and let us know what you decide and how it works out. Maybe even send a pic or two!
@devbachu7072 Жыл бұрын
So much passion an pive pet us know if the hurricane affected you an your field
@chrisniger1012 жыл бұрын
Nice one.. Love your videos
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
thank you Chris
@psarah67773 жыл бұрын
One of my friend has one 7 yo avocado tree(grow from stone ) ..Now he got lots of fruits .The fruits taste like Zutano .They are bigger than hass.And also have heart shaped.Creamy and very tasty.I will try to grow them from their stones.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
That's great! Let us know how you make out.
@johanconradie21202 жыл бұрын
wonderful tree is a fuerte/hass/gem multigraft: fruit throughout year
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
and also complimentary flowering types for max pollination.
@bjnopoli3 жыл бұрын
I just ordered a mix variety of clippings, we will see what you send and when it arrives here in Delaware.... Today is Easter Sunday 2021 April 4th. 3:45 p.m.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the order. We begin harvesting and shipping tomorrow. I will reach out to make sure we pick a delivery date on which you'll be home to receive the package. Have a great day!
@bjnopoli3 жыл бұрын
That sounds awesome, I just found you on youtube. I hope to do more business with you. I have a 6 foot avocado tree that I did prune once but it grew up again as well as out,. I want to graft to it. Un fortunately I live in Delaware but I bring it in every winter it does loose its leaves every year but it comes back well. Is it ok to graft towards the end of the branches where the cuttings are the same size and should I cut off the top again? It's 4 years old. I also have a 18 inch one about to sprout leaves again I'll probably graft it too. Thanks very informative.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
@@bjnopoli Look up vids on "top working" for some tips on how to graft the mature trees. There's several different methods.
@killerkill8190Ай бұрын
Thank you
@SleepyLizardАй бұрын
my pleasure
@wanesweb3 жыл бұрын
Hello Tom I decided that you are the go to guy for all my avocado learning however I have watched probably every video on KZfaq is this video you grafted your Scions different from everybody else every other video I have seen they wrap the whole Scion in tape are you showing us that that's not necessary or did you just leave that step out. Thank you in advance for your reply I fully intend to get Scions and or trees from you sir. I would also like your recommendation as to what trees I should do here in Houston thank you
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Wayne, sometimes I wrap the entire Scion but this time of year it is very dry here in South Florida and so I don’t bother wrapping it. In fact I rarely wrap Avocado scion but I will wrap Mango
@NeilBooth2 жыл бұрын
thanks i have a huge wild laurel in my garden, going to try put my giant avo scions onto it.
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if that will work. Have you ever tried that?
@amandakruger64422 жыл бұрын
You explain wonderfully, I am from South Africa and did graft a tree from your advice the tree is about 3 years old. I saw you did not tape the graft all the way to the tip. I did tape it all the way to the tip, should I remove the type?
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Hi Amanda, did you use tape or parafilm? If tape I'd go and back it off so the new growth can push through.
@jamesgretsch48942 жыл бұрын
It worked for Rudolph Gustav Hass
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@kebunbibitkampungsamoja6982 Жыл бұрын
I really your Chanel.. Mr. Tank you
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
thanks Kebun
@semihaay1633 жыл бұрын
helooooo from Turkye, i love you video's !!!! they are great i have a question: how long should the avocado be to graft? i have 5 seedling there are my babys and im so afraid to kut them, because i will do somthing wrong. it took me 2 years to get them like this.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Hi Semiha, thank you for the compliment. The main thing with grafting is that the diameter of the scion (cutting) matches the diameter of your seedling or branch. I imagine at 2 years of age your trees will have some branches thick enough to graft by now. I graft cutting around the diameter of a pencil. You can send me pics at tomsiddonsfl@gmail.com and I can take a look at the trees.
@semihaay1633 жыл бұрын
Thank you very very much 😘😘😘
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
@@semihaay163 you're welcome
@lestersassman1252 Жыл бұрын
I 100% agree. Thanks for the great info and entertainment 🤣😂
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
thank you Lester
@acespace62343 жыл бұрын
Great video many thanks!! Can I use something else instead of the grafting tape? Like plastic maybe to bind the scion to the root stock.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
you can use a rubber band if you want
@josephstalin17892 жыл бұрын
I grew one from seed 4 years ago and it is now finally flowering but I don't know if it will actually grow fruit
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
keep doing what you're doing. you should start seeing fruit in the next week or two if it's gonna fruit this year. if not then see what happens next year. and good luck!
@ravashhoodfar40843 жыл бұрын
Obs. I just shared your video on my Linkedin.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ravash. I appreciate the support. Do you grow avocados?
@iraztadi68322 жыл бұрын
Thanks for video. I have avocado from seed but l don't know it's going to give fruit.
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Yes. It’s unpredictable from seed. Time will tell.
@heribertaangulodecote86853 жыл бұрын
Thank you!😍 please do an update of your tree! Saludos!
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Definitely will. see how it turns out in a few months.
@cadthunkin Жыл бұрын
Great video. We have a tree that does not produce, but is 10 ft tall and healthy. We have hope now! Subbed. BTW, "David" likely uses a bot to watch when you accept orders and gets in first. I need to learn that trick.
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
That’s really funny. David has learned a way to hack my system. 😂
@cadthunkin Жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard Reading the One minute manager meets the monkey now. Quite interesting. On page 93. That part about doing the work of staff as a way to avoid managing them is a great thought. The word "managing" is somewhat undefined, so the book gets into that and talks about next moves. Digesting that now and the rest of my life most likely. BTW, 10 years to get an avocado is really long. How do you replace trees fast enough? You must have to maintain several "replacement trees" that are quite mature, but in pots as you don't know where they go. Can you explain that more?
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
@@cadthunkin Hi CAD, I hope you get a lot out of the book. We graft onto seedling tress which gives us fruit in year three and reachers commercial level production in about year 6. and you are right, we maintain a pipeline so when when tree gets sick or knocked down or something we've got others that are a few seasons from fruiting in our nursery.
@30yearoldmanthatgetsbullie443 жыл бұрын
Im also confused on where you got the wedge cut branches from, do i have to find cuttings of these species? Nevermind the end answered my questiond
@Millennial_Gardener3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! Very informative
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!
@juliomaldonado25242 жыл бұрын
Hey what’s up good morning call Leo from Puerto Rico just had a curiosity after you graph the tree does it have to be putting sunlight I did my first graft because the chickens ate a tree that I had outside well not the whole tree just the leaves in the tip it was about it inches tall it was a young tree but I didn’t wanted to go to waste so I grafted a tree that’s from the front yard which these avocados actually love the buttery and creamy they taste like heaven and I plan to grab more of that tree because the flavor is just incredible here in Puerto Rico we have different types of avocados that you grow in Florida we have one that elongated may be a foot long and at the bottom it’s a ball and that’s one of the best eating avocados here which I’m gonna do most of my trees out of that tape it’s an amazing avocado we have a name for it here in Spanish I don’t know how to translate it but it’s called a Guido avocado my question is should it be put in sunlight after you graft it now I did not have grafting tape so I use rental wrap and I just tied it up with some string I just ordered grafting tape I don’t know if it’s gonna work but it’s my first try so can I put it in the sunlight would it work better I don’t know let me know in comment Please thank you to the lizard man
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Partial sunlight is good.
@brandonkerzner4530 Жыл бұрын
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Please let me know what is the best way to transport avocado cuttings 50 miles Thank you for the amazing videos ⭐️⭐️⭐️
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
Hi Brandon, you can wrap them in damp paper towels or moss and seal in a ziplock baggie. Make sure they don't travel anywhere that the temperature is below zero.
@brandonkerzner4530 Жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard thank you kindly 🙏🏽
@user-jd5wx2gb5m2 жыл бұрын
Man you are number one
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@ken488273 ай бұрын
I have been looking for an avocado video just like this one and here it is! My question is does the donor branch have to have small buds like you showed or can I graft at other times of growth? A neighbor has a fruiting tree with walnut sized fruit on it. Do I have to wait until next season?
@SleepyLizard3 ай бұрын
it's best to get them right before they flower.
@ColorCrimson2 жыл бұрын
Spider hitches a ride at 2:30.
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
We are loaded with spiders around here. sometimes a spider will go crawling down my neck hours after I come inside.😬
@raggedy_esh3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fascinating!
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing that people even discovered this isn't it?
@AamirNawazKhan2 жыл бұрын
Nice info good video thx
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
have you had a chance to try a graft?
@purandharkubanooraya4933 жыл бұрын
Wonderful information 👌
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
You gonna give it a try?
@georgeksirakis88983 жыл бұрын
You certainly have given alot of happiness to the world , I have a hall tree in my backyard that's over 15 feet and just a huge tree , produces 2-3 fruits every year and right next to it about 10 feet away is a Hass tree much smaller , just reaping with fruit every year, can you explain why the much larger tree gives off only a few fruits a year?? is it the pollination not working? do i need to graft the larger tree ? thank you for your help!!!!
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
you don't need to graft. it'll start fruiting.
@thatsmydoginthepic36843 жыл бұрын
Can you please do one on mangos next?
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Yes I will.
@lindagaborne24673 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for the best info!! take care always, God 🙏 bless you and your family 💖💖💖
@ronmartell298911 ай бұрын
Looks nice and easy 😂
@SleepyLizard11 ай бұрын
it's one of them things that is very simple but takes a lot of practice to get right
@mcneill643 жыл бұрын
Thanks man, this has been nagging me for years. I promise to share my California results. For better or for worse. Oh, how long will it take to know?.??
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
if it fails you'll know in about 4-6 weeks, if it succeeds you'll have fruit in 3 years.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
and good luck!
@pierremarienonokamdem92742 жыл бұрын
Good day . I am from Cameroun in africa. I like your advises aboard avocado..Please how i do to have lamb hass, chouquette and others good varities?
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Pierre, thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately I cannot ship outside the US.
@user-mk3td2vu4g11 ай бұрын
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@user-oq4mo1es3m11 ай бұрын
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@MohhidMohammed11 ай бұрын
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@MohhidMohammed11 ай бұрын
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@user-mk3td2vu4g11 ай бұрын
@@MohhidMohammedYes. He do good vidoes good!!
@user-mk3td2vu4g11 ай бұрын
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@gurmelsingh1040 Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
you are welcome
@kayellai52783 жыл бұрын
Grafting looks easy but what are the success rate? As mentioned on the comments, matured tree grafting, it takes 3 years to bear fruits? If the matured tree is much older, lets' say 10 years or older, will it takes shorter time to bear fruits?
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
The success rate depends on who’s doing the grafting. I personally am not very good at it I have two guys who do it for me who are experts. And even they graft more trees than we think we need because we know there will be a failure rate. I’m not sure when you graft on to a mature tree how long it takes to produce fruit but I know from a agricultural production perspective when we top work the treesIt takes about 5 to 6 years instead of them back to full production
@Gebunkable3 ай бұрын
I have a 5 year old fuente...recently planted in my yard, bought from nursery. It's currently making fruit. No branches are growing on the pole (stake) side of the trunk. Can I graft one of its own branches to the trunk after removing the stake?
@SleepyLizard3 ай бұрын
there's no reason to graft a cutting to itself. All you will do is redirect energy to healing the graft that would otherwise be used to grow branches. The move is to prune from the top which stimulates branching.
@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden2 жыл бұрын
Thanks,
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
💪
@user-oq4mo1es3m11 ай бұрын
Yes, you do good videoeos
@moshearbiv13603 жыл бұрын
love your videos, watched many of them, I have a question maybe you can you help me, i got one big avocado tree, I planted few shivling and I'm ready to graft, can i use the sion from my awesome tree or should i get it from a different tree.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Use from the awesome tree. That's the whole point is to keep the awesome going!
@moshearbiv13603 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard thank you so Mach !!! so I will use the sion from the tree i used the avocado seed, and i don't have to buy any sion.
@raul72933 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
You are welcome
@kimbedard11854 ай бұрын
If the grafting is successful, then would you only expect avocados to produce just from those grafted branches and the rest of the tree wouldn’t produce?
@SleepyLizard4 ай бұрын
the other branches will attempt to grow and produce also so I would prune them away. if you wanted to try and grow both then you need to prune and balance the tree
@ailindelvalle74833 жыл бұрын
Hello..I don't know anything about grafting..can I do grafting only when the branch is sprouting?..or anytime?
@jameshetterscheidt588 Жыл бұрын
I have bought and planted a grafted avocado tree about 3 years ago. It is now about 1 inch in diameter. Yesterday the wind in my neighborhood blew so hard it snapped my tree right at the base where the graft was at. How can I save it? Can I graft it back together?
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
send me a pic. my contact info is in the "about" section of my channel
@subrinaramdin3 жыл бұрын
So can I use two haass seed that I planted and graft my tree from the same type of seed or does it have to be different types of avacados
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
you can mix it however you want but there's really no value grafting a cutting from a tree grown tree unless it's mature and you want to replicate the fruit it produces.
@bananaboat19352 ай бұрын
This the very good.😀😀😀
@SleepyLizard2 ай бұрын
thank you
@TheCoastalbear28 күн бұрын
If you had two different varieties' from seed would they grow fruit when grafted
@SleepyLizard28 күн бұрын
yes
@BrenticusMaximus14 ай бұрын
Awesome 👏
@SleepyLizard4 ай бұрын
thx
@jimmyl95169 ай бұрын
Hello Tom, I grafted onto my 4 year old grown from seed tree, I did 4 scions about 4 weeks ago, they are still green but I don’t see anything shooting through the film, should I remove the film or wait? I got the film on amazon so I’m not sure if it’s the kind that allows the shoots to grow through it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
@SleepyLizard9 ай бұрын
if you bought the right film you should leave it on. they will grow through it. if the wrong film still leave it until you see green on top
@jimmyl95169 ай бұрын
Thank you for the quick response!
@johanbendtsen4772 Жыл бұрын
Now after grafting on to a mature tree, how long time will it be before you can expect that particular tree to bear fruit?
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
Johan, It takes about 3 years.
@mattbuser2302 Жыл бұрын
Appreciate the video! I understand that we are solving for the 1 in 10k chance that the tree from seed produces viable fruit. Let's say we're grafting three branches on to an established 4-5 year old tree, have we only made three viable branches or does this process change the tree biology overall and affect all of the eventual fruit? Thank you!
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
Hi Matt, Grafting doesn't change the biology of the rootstock tree. Think of it this way: you are planting a tree in a tree. So you put a Hass cutting on a random seedling, everything that grows from the graft up with Hass but if a branch sprouted from the seedling below the graft it will be the DNA of the rootstock.
@Pepeekeo8082 жыл бұрын
Another situation is when you have a grafted avocado tree like a Fuerte that hardly produces any fruit. I have grafted Sir Prize, Lamb Hass and Reed avocado scions to my Fuerte with good success.
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
yep
@Sam10563 жыл бұрын
I loved this video and it was really informative! Thank you! I'm wondering, does this work for any species of avocado?
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
they are all the same species, you are asking about varieties and the answer is yes, works for all varieties.
@Sam10562 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard ok I understand, thank you.
@carybusler80132 жыл бұрын
Question. I have a 20 year old hass Avocado tree. Which produces great fruit. Every once in a while it will produce fruit twice a year. Which bring me to my question. I understand about fruit drop. Will Remaining avocados on my tree .Effect the fruit drop from this Year .
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
no but they will impact the trees ability to flower.