The best half hour I’ve ever spent on KZfaq !!

I already spent 3 hours of my life watching your videos for the first time and I feel happy. Nature is all about life and I believe you took the best decision. Nature is not a place to visit, it is home. 🦎

Thank you for reinforcing my decision to go back to my farm.

A free talk on investment in an avocado farm. What more could one ask for? Thanks Tom!

This is a powerful testimony to life choices. For me, a light bulb turned on. I absolutely enjoyed your experience. Thank you for sharing.

I have turned 71 today and my goal is to stay above the ground for as long as I'm useful.

I'm very happy for you. I think thats one of' the best decisions you've ever made. Shifting to selling big avocados, even if it meant less money. After all, money can't buy happiness, love, family, soul, health (although with more money, you could buy more medicine and etc for your health) and others. You're smart, strong and brave. You didn't even know how that big avocado would taste like (slight exaggeration). You've met so many new people like me throughout your new career or life. But the money is still sufficient. "It's bet to save money than to earn it" I didn't think of it that way, pretty thought- provoking. 27:24 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tom, It takes so much courage to be a farmer. You are such an inspiration and guru in all you share. Your posts have helped me invest on my skills that should help me later on.

Today, I planted a mango seed, I haven't eaten the mango. I did plan on eating it, but right now it's 11:30 P.m, so it's very late. I put the glass over the seed to kind of give it that greenhouse effect. But the glass was on the edge, and so when I picked up the pot that the seed was in, it slipped and fell. It broke into dozen of timy pieces. A few hour ago, the same thing happened with the new glass. I'm too clumsy! So, I'll probably use a transparent, or at least a translucent bag until it becomes a seedling. I let the seed exposed to the dry air for several hour, hope that won't hurt it. I'll water it more for the first few, very few weeks, then take it back. I won't fertilize it until... probably early March. Ah man, always getting reminded of my previous mango. This time, I'm not noticing any mold whatsoever, whatsoever. However, it does appear a little wrinkly. It might be drying up, I have to put a bag. I haven't used (yet) the other methods of germinating mango seeds just because I don't have almost any experience (this is my second mango, eveeer) and I haven't "studied" the other methods. Hopefully, no spider mites and no root rot.

These videos really bring me peace. And now I want to have an avocado/mango farm 😢😂

Really love your videos Tom the advice you give is priceless, so never feel like you’re preaching to us.

Tom you are obviously a smart educated man. I like how you think. I especially enjoy your enthusiasm toward growing avocados. I’ve learned in my nearly 65 years of age to go with my gut feeling. I’ve had plenty of pleasure in some of my decisions and I’ve also learned From some mistakes. I guess that’s what life is all about. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and life experiences. Hopefully one day I’ll be able to get down there and see what you’ve got Growing on.

You an experience guy that's what I like about you you work hard etc greetings from the Caribbean

You are a good and intelligent human being!!❤❤❤❤❤

Thanks Tom ,,,and Richard.

A good story and a fine piece of advice.

Isn't this the most inspirational video 🎉

Awesome video. This was deeper than an avocado tap root.

You are a wonderful teacher!

Not all investments are measured with dollar signs. Your decision was such an investment. To make that decision a reality you bought yourself a farm and run it as a business. A brilliant strategy. Though I heard you talking about your farm and investment strategies, I was thinking about those lessons and how they might apply them to my own situation. You are much more than an avocado grower and business man, Tom!

Good investment class. Very relatable. Its like you read my old blogs. Lol.

Great video! Just started watching your channel. Can't wait till your harvest this year, 2023, definitely want to order some avocados from you and maybe a tree some day, I'm in Wisconsin so it would have to be indoors. I did grow a tree from a store bought avocado 3 years ago and it's doing pretty good. I know I'll probably never get good fruit from it but it's a great house plant. Lol

this is very quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on this website, i started a couple avocado tress from seed this past spring and you vry quickly appeared in feed afterwards, growing fruit trees has swiftly become a hobby for me and your videos have been very helpful in solidifying me into said hobby.

loved this....do more of these tom!!!!

you have been an inspiration. How you share your experience coming from corporate and doing something you love is inspiring. I want to thank you for sharing your personal experience more than once because I have paid attention and that's why I am still watching. I enjoy your sense of humor. This has encouraged me to have avocados and convinced my husband how this can be an investment because these are so pricy at the store. Once again, thank you so much for your videos and knowledge.

TIME that is my crux @ the moment... We all live on the idea that all things have two ways, Ying&Yang... Time is a one way lane just shooting fast to the infinity, and we decide falsely thinking TIME stops for our decisions and everything else... Just GO forward!!! I get your assertive & pragmatic mindset, decisions matter.......... ;D

Thank you for sharing your wisdom and life lessons and experiences

Hello Tom: Thanks for an incredible video! Filled with life lessons that can benefit a person if he’s willing to do the things recommended! Sadly however, most people will have heard these lessons but will fail to follow through therefore never reaching those goals! Then they end up living vicariously through Tom at Sleepy Lizard Farm!! Love these videos Tom. They are truly stimulating! Keep up the wonderful work!

Just watched this and my thoughts after seeing it. Every person needs to hear this, not only is it sound in investment advice but it is sound in logic. This is actually a life lesson that should be given to every child ready to explore the real world. All I can say is thank you and I wish I had heard this sooner.

Sign me up for the Mamey, it will definitely bring memories back! My grandmothers farm grew them, as well as the Mangos and Avocados. As kids we loved avocados smashed in white rice, olive oil and vinegar, omg so good! You’re a very wise man, what you do is more valuable than the corporate grind. To appreciate today, you had to experience the past. Nothing beats being in nature. Wow, that Florida Sunshine is beautiful and grueling! Thanks for sharing your experience in investing.

Genius. Have shared this with my kids. I believe that they can skip Wharton business school and hopefully get dirty.

Awesome! Sums up my move to S.E.A. A beautiful family, a small plot of land, growing an ornamental and cactus nursery, a small orchard for our family and a small goat herd I bred up. The bane of my wife keeping the kids out of the ornamentals. 😁 Life is too short to live in the past for what may have been or stay unsatisfied for money.

I just discovered you and I'm hooked!! Love your business and investing discussions related to your avo biz. Looking forward to more!! :) -SoCal home orchard grower

Awesome video!!!!! Ppl like you make this world a great place…and understand the true meaning of living… thank you for this awesome video..

Another great vid! Got nailed today by a one pound Nesbitt right on the nose from about 6 feet up today while picking🤣. Must have come loose while picking one near it. It hurt but it's all good.

Awesome story and advice, you look happy and fulfilled, getting good exercise and working with trees is very calming.

Excellent video. Thanks for reminding me about what matters most!

i already have a avocado tree planted and oh great news my 2 pineapple plants came in and i planted it a couple days ago yay i'm so excited to watch them grow!

Gracias por su mensajes , eres Real

Like how your mind works on finance investment. Makes sense.

First i've seen germinating avo seeds in moss. I'm going to give it a go here.

I brought some to plant grafted polock type here in the Caribbean

Love listening and learning from you. Thank you for sharing what you love.

Much value in this vlog

Very inspiring 👏 keep up the good work

Your video was God sent just at the perfect time. Loved the lesson I gained. I'm about 50 yrs old and it's not about the money it's about finding the peace in my life. I'd love to visit and have a conversation with you ... Have a blessed day and thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️

What tree bugs, diseases and all other afflictions avocados can get, what treatments, what to do to avoid some predictable issues... On your year long farming seasons sometimes eradicating the plagues would be a good edit to share... May the FORCE be with you! Always!!

And I also want to mention that over the last several days, the soil of my avocado has been smelling horrible. There's a foul odor coming from the bottom of the pot. There's some fungus gnat larvae crawling too. There's a lot of rotten or dry roots near the surface, but when I dip my finger very deep into the soil, I accidently break a root, but these are ususally the healthy roots. So, the root rot might be affecting 15-20% of the root system. The smell was a bit off two weeks ago, but wasn't too bad, mainly near the surface. But 4-5 dyas ago, when one of the leaves got some brown spots in the matter of a few hours, which quickly killed the entire leaf by the next day, the soil smelled so bad, I started coughing and sneezing, perhaps the main culprit was the particles or small specs from the soil when I dug to sniff it. Nevertheless, the avocado still has over 30 leaves and still has a few, that don't have any brown tips, but it's concerning the fact that a lot of my avocados are wilting, not just my best one, and have slow and otherwise mild, but annoyingly consistent root rot. I think they'll be alright!!!

Thanks tom for your videos. You bit me with the green thumb. Im in Texas & i really wanted a mango tree but its difficult to find them at any nursery, so i started sprouting my own. im up to 13 saplings right now & im excited to have a fruit tree orchard in the future. Im addicted to growing all kinds of vegetables & plants now too. It gets me in trouble with the wife because i spend too much time in the yard now lol. But im glad i ran into your videos & I hope one day I may be able to visit your farm to hangout & learn some knowledge.

My avocados sometimes really confuse me, especially with the watring. My biggest avocado, along with my other 2 from late 2021 or early 2022 that have survived have also started to get root rot. However I started to feel asif my avocado was thirsty, despite suffering root rot and after I watered it (considerably), it actually bounced back briefly, which unfortunately, not long after, it began wilting again. But becuase I let it dry for too long, even though the soil was wet, a few of its newest leaves curled and overall the avocado is stunted. I know avocados hate being in dry soil, but in my case I had to let it dry for a little longer.

I love уоыр videos! You do so good. Me maybe one day plant avokadò too.

You deserve more subscribers

Nice video

Loved this video! Opportunity Costs was like a spiritual awakening in college. Every dollar I spend is a dollar I can't spend on something else. Do you rot the mangoes the same way as you do avacados. I'm wondering how a small tree farm would get a lot of mango seeds without peeling and harvesting the meat of each one? I just recently realized if I bought a 3 gallon mango tree and kept it for 3 years, repotting it, my roi is better than stocks if I can sell it.

U are very nice Tom n I would like watching yours videos some time make me laugh 🤣🤣🤣 becoz you have different stile yours self

love you from India.

Wonderful bro 👍 great I would love to visit your Farm but unfortunately Im living to far from you bro in India i used to live in New York in u s a any way bro keep doing the great job 👍 i loveing it

Great Presentation. Thanks!

Man come visit me in FRANCE TOMMY BOY we love u broda ...

Iguess you remember me... Man... you're doing great, i knew you are intelligent, people think farmers are stupid but they never realize they are the smartest. That was a great speech! The day i visit united states you and your farm will be on my travel destinations😁 before that i will ask for you address, a matter of time (the great resource) Cheers, wish you the best as always.

Came for the avocado trees, left with a new brokerage account. lol

Hi Tom, I checked your website for the grafted avocado plants and they were out of stock. Please when would you have more in stock?

"One thing im trying to do for me and my family is at the end of it all we dont have memories of being poor and broke" wow

Nice video!! I love it

HI, I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I WANT TO BUY SOME AVOCADO SCION , IS THAT POSSIBLE, I LIVE IN DADE COUNTY.

Whether you make money or not, every tree is an investment in the future 😊 one of my neighbours has a walnut in their front garden and most likely has no idea that's what it is. I'm planning to grab some for germination this year and get some walnut trees going. It's one of the slowest growing species- they say you grow it for your grandkids. Walnuts across Europe were decimated by demand for furniture in the 18th and 19th century and have never recovered. I love growing trees.

Can you graft an A and B flowering stock on the same tree?

Do you give tours?

Do you have avocado seedlings to graft on to from my tree at this time?

Avocado s are investment trust me

Great video, how often do you water the seeds? I guess I should keep it very wet until it gets going?

what is your potting medium ?

What if I plant a avocado seed but have nothing to graft it to then what

When is the best time of the year for grafting Avocado?

Where do you discuss the seeds in moss technique? I haven’t seen that one.

Folks in the north need to be planting Monkey puzzle seeds.

Hello! would you send some plants to Portugal for me? Please?

I can get seeds to sprout, but 2 months of being frozen over winter just kills them. I feel a little despondent, its almost like I'm tormenting the poor things. Are there any frost hardy varieties at all?

Stop paying your CC debt save your money and buy BTC for the next 10 years. Your debt will be wiped out and now you have thousands of dollars worth of BTC. You might be a millionaire. Now let's get back to trees. Love your work.

Hello Tom: thank you for the video. May I ask what kind of soil is best for planting avocado seedlings? Thank you so much.

Hello Tom🤗. Jan here in Houston. Did any of your moringa seeds sprout??? If not, then I will send you some that will sprout for sure 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. I have 11 new trees that are all less than 1 month old and are growing like crazy!

is it possible to deliver some plant in INDIA Kolkata? I was looking for some good plant

I've planted three at home wanna plant 10 what's your advice

Sleepy lizard, can you tell me a way how I can grow a banana tree from a banana thanks.

Great video. Do you have young Oro Negro grafted trees available for shipping to Puerto Rico? I just want one or two.

Good analysis brother you're a smart man!! But your investment analysis left one thing out - you must love what you do or you're just farting in the wind because you will not follow through!! 😉

Will and oro negro or choquette tree grow well in California?

I’m surprised you plant mango seeds other than Turpentine. Isn’t nematode resistance a concern?

"Thats how i want to spend my limited resource of time"

Why do you plant avocado seeds if avocado isn’t true to seed?

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It got root rot and is now dying.

Great video. A Lot of investment/entrepreneur influencers want you to waste your life away working All Day with No free time for the smallest chance of starting a good business, getting the right endorsments and becoming the next Elon musk, or Jeff bezos, or Bill Gates, when in reality, you'd be much Better off working a normal job, maybe starting a decently succesful small business and spending your free time doing what you love

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But avocado trees don’t make the same fruit that it came from.