An avocado farmer takes you on a journey through time and around the globe from Meso-America to your dinner table. Get your fruit at: www.guacfarm.com
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@Antesdelfinadmin3 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Excellently made!
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the compliment. I appreciate it!
@melchurmoreau56776 ай бұрын
Greetings to you sir,each time i watching a video from you, is like i.m attending a multipurpose polytechnic learning and training institute. No if no but and lets just forget maybe. You know what you saying and trust me you are an inspiration to those want to learn something in the field of agriculture, you doing great job, i find myself into your videos like my retirement school, may God bless you sir!!
@SleepyLizard6 ай бұрын
thank you
@greghidrobo21322 жыл бұрын
Super-informative vid that didn't make me feel like I'm sitting in history class... THANKS SO MUCH for the wonderful content/info you're willing to share!
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Greg. I appreciate your comment.
@greghidrobo21322 жыл бұрын
😊🤜
@KerriEverlasting Жыл бұрын
I have never seen one as big as that... i dont think ill ever get bored of avocados or this channel! Surprisingly informative, Surprisingly surprising! 😂💖😲
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
😎
@KerriEverlasting Жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard I think my favourite videos of yours are the ones including philosophy, business, life etc. I loved the sloth poop one. Do you do premiers? They are so fun on gardening channels...
@KerriEverlasting Жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard never mind, I just scrolled down and you did 2 hrs of live mangoes 2 months ago. One step ahead of me if course lol
@lala20533 жыл бұрын
Besides being super informative; the awesome personality is what drew me to the vid ! Best of luck
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
thank you Lala2053, you made my day!
@asianthor3 жыл бұрын
This guy is so awesome, he is so knowledgeable about so many different avocados species.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Asian Thor
@Arvak7773 жыл бұрын
Ive been in Florida my whole life and I'm more familiar seeing the Florida varieties over the Hass! Your presentation and information is wonderful, keep it up!
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
thanks !
@Running_with_Faith4 жыл бұрын
1,000 named avocadoes?!?!?!? "Testicle Food" LMBO!!!! Thank you Mr. Hass - those are my favorite!!! Maybe I will be on the lookout for the Lula avocados - very intrigued indeed. Another awesome video filled with great information.
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
thank you. we'll be sure and save some Lulas for you.
@elgranjero228411 ай бұрын
Having lived in Miami for over 80% of my life, I had never eaten Haas Avocado until I moved to North Florida. The avocado we bought in the stores and the ones we harvest from the back yard were always Simmonds, Doni, Choquette and the Hialeah Red. However, the Haas is what I see here in the stores. Though I prefer those avocados I get in South Florida, the Haas is not very far off in quality.
@SleepyLizard11 ай бұрын
I agree. they all have their pros and cons
@mrshayshay213 жыл бұрын
Great video. Very informative and entertaining. 10 out of 10 👍🏻
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Thanks John!
@haywardgarner48503 жыл бұрын
I have two little trees here in Georgia, and I am waiting for April to order a set of grafts to try our luck.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Great news!
@paulmarcelhazelton16222 жыл бұрын
Hass actually bought the property from my relative Mr. Rideout. Rideout created the Hass and left his trees on the property when he sold it. Hass is full of it. The part about his daughters finding the tree is true. He was going to cut them down until his daughter said she liked the fruit.
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Tell us more.
@paulmarcelhazelton16222 жыл бұрын
try the book, Fouders and Friends, Rio Honda College and Whittier Historical Society. Pages 78-79 explain how he gifted the trees on the property to the new owner. My dad’s mother’s maiden name is Rideout. Albert R.(Bert) Rideout introduced the avocado to Whittier. I would Google him to get the real scoop.
@loganrideout91512 жыл бұрын
Al Rideout is my Great Grandfather so if you are related to him then we are distant relatives.
@ArmchairDeity3 жыл бұрын
3:25 - From now on whenever I hear the word “pollinate” I’m going to feel just a little bit dirty... “...these trees, they LOVE to pollinate...” 😂🤣 I’ve learned more about avocados in the last hour of binging your channel than I ever even knew I didn’t know in the first place... 🤘🏻
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
thank you
@russvorhees89853 жыл бұрын
Yes it is true! Me and my family are direct descendant of the Maya and the word avocado does derives from the word auacatl
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
funny
@ZlenderThompson4 жыл бұрын
Love this vid :D
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
thank you for the compliment
@turkerozturk68892 жыл бұрын
In Turkey, Istanbul, I am buying Hass avocado between 1 and 1.5 USD from markets. For us it is expensive, because 1 kg banana is 2 USD, only one avocado and we dont know how to eat it. We are learning. I think farmers want to grow avocado because of its price. I saw another type of Avocados first time in your video and understood that avocados have names because there are more than one avocado type. Also your style is interesting, Thanks.
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Turker.
@user-lc5uo5uj2f2 жыл бұрын
The last Ford Truck I bought, was made in Turkey. The economy must be good when you are buying imported avocado, and you don't even know how to eat it.
@zhaiders3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Love your presentation.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Z S. I appreciate you compliment.
@kim-doyun10663 жыл бұрын
One word .... Wow
@salvadordominguez59252 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed your presentation. I am a commercial Avocado grower in California. my new favorite cultivar is a GEM it has outstanding flavor, a peal a bit thicker than Hass, the tree has an upright structure so I am able to plant many more per acre and they are prolific producers. I must confess I have never eaten a Florida Avocado. One small correction on your comment, we are consuming a bit less than 3 Billion ponds in the US at the moment but lets hope we get to your number soon.
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Salvador, thank you for the clarification. A lot of people are asking me for the GEM variety so you are definitely on to something. Have a great evening!
@aaronevans52093 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Those Florida cultivars are new to me; we have our own cultivated varieties here in Hawaii. I look forward to more great videos...
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Aaron. My most requested varieties are Hawaiian. Lot's of people want the Sharwil. Thanks for the compliment on the vid.
@Pepso8P4 жыл бұрын
Your jokes always crack me up. Nice video. :) I think the wording of the explanation of grafted plants was the best by you yet. The clipping continues to grow while the rootstock is there just for the root - simple and easy to understand why the resulting plant grows the fruit you want.
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I always appreciate your thoughtful comments
@Pepso8P4 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard I am glad you see it that way. I've noticed there is a lack of comments talking about the content of videos I watch, so I always try to say something about the things that catch my eye. Be it positive or negative, I feel like such comments are needed to help the creator improve or be assured that what he does is done right.
@Juangonzalez-ic1rr3 жыл бұрын
@sleepylizard !!!! I was born in the capitol of the world of !!aguacates/Avocados!!! You Are Genius on avocados. So many things i was curious my whole life even the Mexican people where I come from, don’t know any of what you said!!! Thank you sir stay bless and keep blessing this amazing nutritional fruit !!! Great video 👌👍👍👍👍👍👍
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Juan. I appreciate your positive comments.
@hashinggz3 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to have one root tree with different grafting?
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
yep
@bfb91414 жыл бұрын
My paren'ts house has one tree that is, somehow, inside the house in the patio (I know it doesn't make a lot of sense). It was there when they bought the house and it's produces every year. The fruit is super delicious, I don't know what cultivar it is but it's bigger than the hass and a bit smaller than the Florida varieties. That tree is what triggered my love and plans to start growing all kinds of trees!
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
BFB, I'd love to see a picture of that tree inside the patio. Also if you wanna email me a pic of your fruit i might be able to ID it...or if not me, one of my friends.
@bfb91414 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard I would happily do that! Next time I visit them (should be in a day or 2) I'll take some pictures. Thanks a lot!
@bfb91413 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard Hey so sorry for not sending the email earlier, I managed to get sone pictures of the tree. If you can give it a look it would be great! How can I send you the pictures?
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
@@bfb9141 send it to tomsiddonsfl@gmail.com thanks!
3 жыл бұрын
Hass wanted to get rid of that avocado tree, but kept it for the sake of this daughter who convinced him.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Lucky for us
@s.fla.beekeepingmangoesand15172 жыл бұрын
This might be your best vid. So you're saying the first one to graft must have had a nice pair of avocados. What is the advantage of patenting an avocado when farmers just graft them?
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the compliment. The advantage to patenting is to incentivize people to grow new varieties but that takes investment. Plant patents give a person a way to monetize years of investment when they finally hit the jackpot with their new variety. It's risk reward, grow the same old thing everybody is used to or come up with a new variety that takes the market by storm. Maybe a seedless one for example.
@michaelkovacev61083 жыл бұрын
I've been growing some avocado trees, and one of them has 4-5 shoots. And I haven't seen any of the shoots die, is that polyembryonic? It also had started with 2 root shoots, and its leaves look similar to the adult tree I had got it from.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Michael, i'm not aware of any polyembryonic avocado varieties. Sometimes I get multiple shoots but I prune away the smallest ones and leave the dominant one.
@frislerodas99473 жыл бұрын
El aguacate hass es originario de guayemala.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
seguro?
@nycat51323 жыл бұрын
Hello there. Can you tell me which one advocado is the sweetest? I want to make a purchase wen you are ready thanks. Great videos
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Of mine the Monroe are the sweetest and they ripen around Halloween. Thank you for reaching out!
@Miguel_and_The_Microbes Жыл бұрын
yummmmm
@JamesEdington3 жыл бұрын
2:32 ftw 🤣
@JamesEdington3 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to this. It's the greatest.
@gilbertmartinez41274 жыл бұрын
Hello, I could really use your help! Recently my wife lost both her grandparents. They had a beautiful avacado tree in the back yard that my wife had great memories growing up and spending time under it with them. Unfortunately, the property is being sold. I managed to take about eight clippings a month ago and trimmed them down to about 8” and used a rooting powder to help stimulate root growth. All but one of them is starting to sprout tiny leaves. Is there any advice you could give me to try to ensure they survive. My wife and I would love be able to share similar memories with our granddaughters. Thank you in advance for any advice you might be able to provide me
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
Gilbert, I'd be happy to help out. Send me an email (tomsiddonsfl@gmail.com). It would be easier to start a dialogue that way. I have a few ideas for you.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
@brentonz thank you for the compliment. and yes we do sell avocados at our online store: www.guacfarm.com/product-page/florida-avocados-10lb-box And the best part is we are in season right now.
@organicgardening59894 жыл бұрын
V. Useful informations👍
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
thank you
@BAMFSQUAD4 жыл бұрын
Nice I have a Monroe. Thanks for the info bro
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
you got some great trees coming in nice. I saw a few on your vids.
@BAMFSQUAD4 жыл бұрын
SleepyLizard thanks I’m trying to get to where your at one day 😃
@nicolassardegna30333 жыл бұрын
The lula I don't think was named after his wife's name but maybe her shape
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
bazinga
@jolenejohnson43023 жыл бұрын
how much for an small avacado plant? as youve sold me into gettying one for a house plant butr i would like a different species to the normal species
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Jolene, when we have them in stock they are $30 plus $25 shipping. I'll have more stock around summer time...we have to let our recently grafted stuff grow a little bit. I can recommend some stuff that's very different from the common Hass.
@jolenejohnson43023 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard ok thanks im gonna be looking forwards for summer :-p
@sfchick76154 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, What’s your opinion on Mycorrhizal Fungi to improve tree health and fruit yield? My friend who owns an olive grove and vineyards swears that it is the holy grail. Your thoughts?
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
I don't know anything about it. You mentioned it when we spoke on the phone and I looked it up but most of the information requires a PHD to understand, ha! Some of the organic growers near us introduce organisms they believe to be symbiotic to enhance yield or ward off pests. From the one paper I was able to understand it sounds like the fungus amplifies nutrition uptake by allowing the host tree to kind of share it's "root" system. I'm gonna ask around and see what other people know about it.
@juanmanuelcastillo14783 жыл бұрын
I learned history
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
yep
@sunshinedayz2172 Жыл бұрын
I want to order some scions from you but I can't seem to access your site.. Do you have a new one? I have a baby chokett that is about a foot tall..
@SleepyLizard Жыл бұрын
Hi Sunshine, We don't sell the scions anymore. We only sell the fruit. I apologize.
@sunshinedayz2172 Жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard oh shoot.. I will have to let him grow up to be what ever he will be..
@jerryday28513 жыл бұрын
thanks for educating me on avocados , I found your channel about a year ago. Turns out we are both in Florida. I'm in central Florida. I had some mango tree's the cold killed them a few years back. But I'm trying them again, My problem is the seeds have black mold on them when I break them open. I germinate them in a damp paper towel and that makes it worse. And you know how humid it is in out great State of Florida. I started Avocados and Mango's at the same time, My avocados are almost a foot tall already. but my Mango's didn't make it from the black mold. I'm starting them again but I need some help controlling the mold. My wife loves them both. I have some good tasting Avocado's seeds but I would like to try some of your's as well the large one. Do you have or can you make a video on fertilizing both. I know from your past video's you like 666. Thanks for the video's
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Jerry, try planting the mango seeds directly in potting soil. Don't bother germinating. Leave the husk on and everything. When they start to grow give the a little mist of copper fungicide every 2-3 weeks to keep the fungus at bay. I'm sorry to hear about the ones that died in the cold. I hate losing trees, lost a lot to Irma 3 years ago. Thank you for the fertilizer vid idea. I've got a few vids i'm working on right now but I'll add that to my list. If you want to try some of our avocados go to www.guacfarm.com around the end of October/early November and we'll have some for sale. Thanks for reaching out. Lemme know how planting Mango direct to soil goes.
@jerryday28513 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard I know about Irma we lost a giant oak tree in my front yard . Thanks for the info
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Ouchie
@juanmanuelcastillo14783 жыл бұрын
Man: if I walked up to you and said what is this Me: avacodo s. From mexico
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Now I feel like I'm watching the Super Bowl
@zarkkt89524 жыл бұрын
I am growing one from seed . Which avocado is it gonna be . Curious
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
maybe the next named variety, good luck!
@thomassiddons21174 жыл бұрын
Nice, you got avacados that big already?
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
I have a few early season trees that are ready now. So delicious.
@espoirespoir37103 жыл бұрын
Hi i liked this varieties so much but unfortunately we don't have them in my country. We have just (hass-fuerte). Do you sell the Grafts online ? Because this is the only way to have this varieties in little time maybe 2 years i can eat them 😂. So if you accept ship them to me i will be so happy and thanks for the channel.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
What country are you in?
@espoirespoir37103 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard I'm from morocco
@espoirespoir37103 жыл бұрын
You can ship them like any product's amazon or ebay.. the idea is put them inside a humide paper and all will be saved in plastic inside 📦📬..
@KenPurcell3 жыл бұрын
Can you suggest smooth skinned varieties that are crazy delicious. Are Monroe & Choquette great?
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Monroe is delicious...one of my favorites
@sandragisbell90723 жыл бұрын
Hahaha! You're a hoot.
@gophersgirl3 жыл бұрын
So how do i get a grafted avocado tree to canada, been growing my haas for 9 years but no flowers yet...
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure. International borders have tight regulations about importation of living things
@JamesEdington3 жыл бұрын
What seeds are you using as rootstock for the various grafted avos you sell? Pretty fascinating stuff.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jim, I like to use the seeds from Lula variety. I also have two Waldin trees and I use those seeds as well, both nice and big.
@JamesEdington3 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard Thanks! Another question - when grafting, does the tree take on the cold tolerances of the graft or the rootstock?
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
@@JamesEdington Jim actually both. let's say you have a very cold tolerant rootstock and a cold sensitive graft. The grafted part will not gain cold resistance
@JamesEdington3 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard ah, makes sense. They continue to be themselves basically haha. I need to get cold tolerant varieties + ones that can handle the intense Las Vegas sun...I'm probably looking for a unicorn. The few I have I've given some shade to get them surviving the summer. Heat isn't so much a problem, but as soon as the sun hits them when it's hot they seem to get fried.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
@@JamesEdington yes you have it right. As for your climate, a cold tolerant variety will work as long as you got the budget to irrigate it. Avocados are thirsty and they'll require a lot of watering in Las Vegas.
@SD-Dan3 жыл бұрын
Informative and hilarious as always! Quick question for you - I just moved to sunny California and bought myself a couple avocado trees (Reed and Sir Prize). They're both about waist high, and the Reed is starting to flower. I've heard that you should remove flowers the first year so the tree can focus on root development, leading to larger harvests in the future years. What's your take on this?
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Dan, You are correct. We cut the flowers in the early years so the tree can focus the energy on growth instead of fruit production. It's not necessary but if you cut the flowers you'll have a bigger more productive tree by years 5 and 6.
@SD-Dan3 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard awesome, thanks for the quick reply!!
@zedbaby723 жыл бұрын
Just happened to pass by your channel and like it good job went to your site but have not seen any prices for anything can you help with that will be interested to pick up grafted small tress looking for at least 2 varieties any help would be appreciated
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
David, Yeah I apologize but we sold out for the spring. I didn't expect so much traffic but my youtube channel has gotten so popular my subscribers bought up all my inventory. I'm growing new stuff now but it'll be a few months.
@zedbaby723 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard happy you are doing well
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
@@zedbaby72 thank you. With people cooped up at home there's been a big boom in backyard gardening and tropical fruit cultivation. I and many of my neighboring nurseries saw orders of magnitude more volume in retail sales than other years. I wish I could accommodate your order now. None of us saw this coming.
@zedbaby723 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard well let me give you heads up I am planning to leave my stupid state and be in your state very soon am planning to get 3 and 3 possibly more that is 3 mangoes and 3 avocados if it is not too much trouble would like to be on some kind of waiting list if there is one
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
@@zedbaby72 Ok, cool. Also, let me know when you get here.
@ariellopez-bu9hl2 жыл бұрын
guacfarm...? Guatemala? I wacthing from Nederland , Guatemalan Born. Love aguacate! but up here just peruvians, israel , mexicans or african aguacates can find. kind regarfs SR.
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
How you doing Ariel?
@ariellopez-bu9hl2 жыл бұрын
@@SleepyLizard fine thanks in the midle of the Nederlands winter,
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
@@ariellopez-bu9hl brrr
@o.g.nadine20333 жыл бұрын
smile
@mirsatlol3 жыл бұрын
kinda repetitive this guy... I ate the green large avocados in Vietnam - absolutely tasty
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Gorlan, You're right. I repeat things because repetition is the key to a good presentation. People remember the first thing you say, the last thing you say, and the things you repeat.
@MrKhwai4 жыл бұрын
Hello
@SleepyLizard4 жыл бұрын
Hello
@yakkerklrm36593 жыл бұрын
So when are we going to have a cultivar called a Sleepy Lizard or just, the Lizard. As in, mail me a ten pound box of Liz please
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Well, I had one tree grown from seed that grew beautiful shiny pear shaped fruit. It got knocked down in hurricane Irma in 2017 and hasn't fruited since. The flavor was good not great also, not a consistent producer but such a beautiful appearance. Let's see what happens when it fruits again.
@joe_bhop3 жыл бұрын
why does the host looks like jeff bezos
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
the resemblance becomes stronger if I remove my hat. The resemblance weakens when you look at my bank account.
@arieljaquez57923 жыл бұрын
Europeans didn’t discover none of that it was all the Indians.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
you need to pay closer attention to what I say in the vid. Go ahead and give it another watch.
@jeffhass57533 жыл бұрын
Too bad he can’t even pronounce the name correctly😂 Think of your posterior and put an H in front of it. Jeff Hass, grandson of Rudolf Hass, holder of Patent 139 for the Hass avocado.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
Nice to meet you Jeff. thank you for watching my video.
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
is the patent still in effect?
@WilliBond00072 жыл бұрын
I'll subsribe, ... but I do like my reptiles too, no reptiles? lo;
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
I got a ton of reptiles running around the farm. Iguanas, all kinds of little lizards, rattlers, coral snakes and a bunch or non venomous snakes as well. also the occasional tortoise which I'm not sure is a reptile strictly speaking.
@SleepyLizard2 жыл бұрын
oh and thanks for subscribing
@gumpygumpy3 жыл бұрын
Imagine only eating hass avocados
@teresamexico3093 жыл бұрын
11:05 Avocados have not cholesterol :) none of them
@SleepyLizard3 жыл бұрын
That’s right. Going by your comments you seem pretty smart. Are there any factual discrepancies in my other vids?