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45 years ago, my uncle just discarded an avocado pit in my back yard. He just threw it there. Didn’t plant it. Didn’t bury it. Didn’t water it. Just threw it there as discarding it. Today my uncle has been gone for over a decade. However, the avocado tree that grew from that pit is now 35-40 feet tall and gives us thousands of avocados every year for the whole neighbourhood.

12 years ago I suspended the seed of a store bought avocado in water, it grew roots and a stem, I transferred it to the soil out back of my moms condo, it's been mowed at least once, I think that helped because it loss the one stem and grew three, through multiple hurricanes and today I am told it is always bearing fruit. It's great to know that something I did so long ago has survived so much. Now I'm hoping to have my son do the same. -- I believe the fruit grew after 5-7 years.

This should be all you do. I was glued to my screen, absorbing every single word you said. Thank you for so much thorough, perfectly delivered information! God bless.

The reason why the top is removed for the branches to grow out and not upwards is because of the plant's growth hormone called auxin. Auxin is produced at the terminal bud (the one you cut off) therefore, there is a lot of growth hormone at the top of the plant which makes it grow upwards. BUT when you cut the terminal bud you remove that large amount of auxin. The plant always has some stray auxin running around in its stem. This auxin will multiply in the sides of the stem making it grow more branches instead of growing up. :))

Best part of this channel is that Tom doesn't shill. Except for his own Merch. No sponsored content. No Amazon affiliate links. No Vermistera Worm Castings and Worm Tea product placement. Tom could easily sell himself for sponsorships.

Looking in your eyes I could feel a little what you are feeling. Thank you for the big boost you gave me in the right direction. You know farmers and gardeners and gatherers all have a strong bond with the earth and with each other. Because they found ? SOMETHING SAGRED. Thank you

18 years ago I threw three seeds from the Florida variety (LARGE) into the ground. They began fruiting at 13 years and each max season (lots of fruit) they are getting larger. I didn't prune the trees, wish I had, and they are on the way up to the clouds.. Last year we lost a branch and after cleaning up the fruit, it was a huge fruiting year, I had 12 milk crates filled with Avocado. I kept one and brought the rest into work (largest hospital here in FL) and everyone had a field day. Now, the flavor of my fruit is wonderful, it bares little resemblance to a hass and is like enjoying a Brazilian nut without the crunch...I just love them. Currently, one of our trees is growing new branches to fix the top that came off. I don't expect fruit this year, it was very traumatic I expect.

This has got to be the greatest fruit tree video bar none! Your passion is palpable. Thank you Brother for the lesson learned. Today wasn’t wasted. 🙏🏾 ❤️✌🏾

My favorite farmer, always positive with a smile 😄

You explained this process so well!! Thank you 😊

I love the brother from the bottom of my heart. He is very encouraging and i did grow a few trees of Avocado. The one at home has just yielded and i am in "Paradise Really" thank you brother for this great video of yours. Shawki Byrouthy. Ghana West Africa

I just have to say... From an educational/trainor perspective, you are absolutely amazing. Your presentation, energy, humor, relatability, way to explain things so its understandable for anyone watching, your length of focus on each talking point was on cue, your style/method even would generate confidence in newbies to try it, etc. I'm halfway through and proudly smiling at your personality and channel. I already knew how to grow them, but you popped up in my feed so gave you a chance. I enjoyed this so much I subscribed by halfway. Nice job and thanks for having a channel encouraging people to grow food/garden. My whole life I've tried to encourage others. Can't wait to see other videos. 😀

One of the most informative explanation of grafting. Thank you.

First time watching this guru. I’m so impressed with all the details he demonstrated on how to grow & graft an avocado tree 🌱🍀🇦🇺

Cultivation is the key!if everyone could just pull there weight by growing an avocado tree less people will go hungry!doesn't just have to be avocado,even banana trees.thank you sleepylizard.what amazing work you've done!👏🏻👌🏻

I loved the lesson. If only I had space a yard .im 74 and im my 30's I had a big garden. Man avocados! Best food ever! Thanks. Shirts cool too

I grafted my first Avocado around a month ago , was super excited to see new leaves forming on top! I now have a Hass Avocado tree🥑 Thanks for all the info!

You, Sir, are an excellent teacher!

This is SO helpful. You're a gifted teacher. Your passion helps the student learn. Thank you. I have 16 avocado tree growing out of my compost. I've given away 6. My compost heap is turning me into a gardener. I find it incredibly rewarding. I'm learning so much about Life and myself growing fruit trees.

We definitely need more people like you to encourage everyone planting and living off their land! I’m from Eastern Europe and there everywhere you go you find a fruit tree of any kind or fresh vegetables during the summer time but now everything is based or bought from a store which it makes no sense to me. What if , there will shortage of food, we have to be prepared to live off our land have the minimum necessary to survive. I know it sounds weird but what if something goes south?

Pure inspiration. I watch your vids and always see something I missed, today it was to "pluck the bud from the top to encourage outward growth" . I have about 25 seedlings in my "shade house" ranging from 5 months old to babies and see several of the older ones I think need to be plucked. Thanks Tom for all you do. You are my "go too guy" and I'll be getting some scion from you soon enough......likely a whole bunch.

Booooom! 😀😀😀🥑🥑🥑 Poor backyard gardener here, I love learning about Avocados from you. Because of your videos, I am trying to grow avocados for the first time. Keep the gardening videos coming.

You are a great teacher and very likable as well please keep teaching the details do matter thanks so much.

I miss farming. Your channel brings back memories..

Hello from South Texas! I really enjoy your channel. We grow more of the Mexican and Guatemalan varieties and hybrids here on our small lil orchard. Such as the Hass, Lamb Hass, Sir Prize, Nabal, Reed, Green Gold, Kona Sharwill, Gem, Jan Boyce, Carmen Hass, and Kahalu’u. When I was stationed in the Navy in Florida, I really enjoyed the “ Florida” avocados. I wish I could come tour your orchard. Keep up the great work and channel! Love the positive vibes and scenery. Looking forward to buying avocado trees from you in the future to plant down here. I’d like to grow some “Florida” varieties to add to our orchard like the Monroe, choquette, Miguel, Simmonds, etc.

This video was so cool. I love the passion you have for grafting these avocados trees. Your videos are super encouraging and it makes me feel like i could really grow a tree that produces avocados. Definitely a new life goal I didnt know I had. I love the idea of failing a lot to get what I want. I dont mind the hard lessons that life teaches me, but sometimes I wish I didnt fail as much. But I should really learn to cut myself a little slack. Avocado trees are super hard and intimidating, but they are so worth it.

HELLO From INDIA but I m Tibetan I'm very Interest in growing fruits .. you are so nice and doing well. God bless you and yours forever .

I just plant mine in a pot and leave it😊...and up it pops😊...I do kiss my plant pot and say grow little one...never failed...I'm from England 🇬🇧

Thank you Sir. My motivation to move to Florida and have my own grove is fed by your videos🙌🙏💪👏👏🍻🍻🇺🇲

I have a two year old, large Haas Avocado seedling, that evolved from an indoor jar with three toothpicks in tap-water, to soil, and afterwards spending its first winter outdoors; now, it is a bushy little shrub of a tree just under a foot tall. I will try my next seedlings directly in soil as you have recommended. I only save the seeds from tasty fruits, which these days seem few and far in between. Back in the 1980s when Haas Avocados were either 7 or 10 for $1.00 and the Pinkerton Avocados were 1 for $1.29, I should have tried to grow a seedling as I haven't seen a Pinkerton in the produce section for almost 20 years now and by now, I could have grown a full producing tree. Thank you on so many levels for providing information and inspiration.

Uh-oh, start your Avocado seedling in a gallon pot, 1 gallon equals about 4 liters, more or less, than it way past time to up-pot my Hass and Booth seedlings, both are about a meter tall (more or less about 3 ft. right?). At the beginning of the year, we suffered a huge, very hot and dry climate, and both seedlings browned(wilted?) their leaves that eventually fell off, but they pushed out new leaves, the Hass has a "spring-green" color to its leaves while the Booth has a bit deeper shade of green. Thank you for sharing Tom, liked and as for playing it safer, making time to go to Corregidora Municipality, before the industrialization of this town, Creole avocados (thin skinned ranging from black to red) were grown a lot here and if I remember well, a video by a mexican here, told us to graft a creole limb(fortunately there are still Criollos here in the local markets) onto a Hass seedling, to get a sure thing, the yummy, Criollo (Creole) avocados.

Hi... I enjoy yr stuff... Ive got 2 Advocados trees growing..theyre both 5--7 years old... I bung the Seed in ground.. 3--4 months later stem growing... Nice & big now... But NO FRUIT... Watching you, i REMEMBERED Now, theres 1 Avocado tree growing 2 blocks from me.... Its always in fruit.. Small fruit... In going to take some cuttings... Its growing right over fence line. Tree is Enormous !!!!. Then i will graft new fruiting cuttings onto my 2 Avacados... Bless you Sir... U show simple stuff.. Its great... Thank you Squire. Much appreciated... Bless u Squire.Amen. 😇😇😇❤🍇🍇🍇 From Australia , Victoria..

Inspiring! Thanks! I’m in the Philippines same zone as you but on this side of the world. I’m planting Cacao from my very on Cacao pod that I harvested myself and the seedlings are some 2 months now. It gives me so much happiness doing gardening. I will try the avocado! 🤗❤️

It is a pleasure to watch your presentation, besides being full of great information, it is easy to tell how much you love your crop. Does not matter the topic, it is always great to see a someone who have found a passion that gives them a reason to get up in the morning and gets er done. Lots of excellent information.

i put an avocado pit in a 3D printed avocado boat about 5 months ago, and now i have a little tree in my living room 😄 it's so cool to watch it grow! the roots are crazy!

You're soooooo amazing! I love the passion in your eyes and you can tell that this man wants to encourage gardeners! I loved watching this video sooooo much!

Love my avocado trees! I continue to learn from you. Keep the videos coming. Thank you!

I am a brand new gardener of like 2 weeks and barely seeing my first flowers sprout which is awesome. But then I thought "why not try an Avacado??" Then I watched these videos talking about the long process which scared me. However I somehow stumbled on this video and now I'm ready to do 10 years of it. Love the energy you brought to this. Please do more. P.s. I'm gonna see if I can afford a baby avocado tree from your site

Gentlemen thank you for sharing your experience

What a humble way of calling the trees, and seeds all Brothers and Sisters, very encouraging and informative content. Thanks

Thumbs up from one of your followers from Germany. I started a couple of seeds with my nephews (five and nine years old at the time) for them to see the connection between the food we eat and how it grows. Three seeds started growing and we did not prune them. One has now grown to the height of seven feet in about two years. Next step is to grow some seeds in Spain and order some branches for grafting from you. Keep the great videos coming. Love your T1s by the way.

🗣That avocado looks so delicious and beautiful. I want to grow many fruit trees gardening and everything for homesteading. Thanks for that posting. I always tried to grow avocados and stop. We should learn this stuff early so that we can enjoy it and teach others as well. What great support you have contributed to our society. Thank you very much.Thank you.💯👍🏽

I would totally love to spend a whole day there & physically learn !!!! But starting to grow things and make a greenhouse!!!!

This is the best video on growing avocados on the internet. And from a source that has the proof... BIG PROOF... an orchard to show that he knows what he's doing. Thank you for helping us. It's so appreciated.

Love that you're really detailed in this video! I'm going to try again with avocados 🥑 😊

Thank you, for literally showing each step so clearly!!!! You Rock! Jesus loves you!!!

Great personal message abt pride of feeding family/friends from your yard.

thank you very much I've been growing avocado trees for like 5 to 6 years.by watching your presentation I learned something new how to get them to spread.thank you.

Terrific program. Your vid's are always packed with juicy details, and presented in a likable, non-threatening way. I'm not going to grow an avacodo tree, but I never miss your videos.

Love this video and how well you explain the step by step process. After making dinner and guacamole tonight, I Googled how to grow an avocado tree and landed on your video. I'm glad i did! Love the passion you have for this, you make me want to leave the city and start an orchard of a variety of crops. 😊

I Will Try this here in Sweden. Why not. They used to have pineapples, oranges, lemons, grapes in The 1600. England used to be The biggest Exporter of BANANAS. Thank You for excellent advise. Love it.

I've spent so much time on youtube the last 10 years, but it is my first time subscribing to a channel, you are great :)

Omg! Thank you so much! So much detail. Perfect. We had a Monroe in Brea, California. It was our favorite! Now in Tucson, Arizona. I’ve probably killed 6 trees since our relocation, here. You give me more hope..😊 🌵🌵🌵

I really like the way you explain everything, and the passion that animates you. Thank you for the video ! :)

I saved a lot of avocados 🥑 seeds. I need to sprout it in a pot. Thank you for your video. God bless you.🙏🙏🙏💕

I love your enthusiasm, how clear you communicate, and how authentic you are. So happy to have found this video. Thanks for all the details for those of us who are less experienced. ❤ from Rainy BC Canada

Excellent video on simple grafting, keep up the good work

What you do is very helpful..inspiring to person like me who would love to plant but has little know-how about growing up these things. Thank you.

Beautiful plants. I just love avocados !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could be eating them all day long everyday. Thank you for showing us how to plant them. You are our man !!!!!!!!!

So very interesting, I know I cannot grow a tree to fruit in Wales UK but I can grow for fun and this video helped me to do that, thank you.

Thank you for this professional information! This is exactly what I needed.

I love it... educative... the energy... Can't wait to try out... I have been looking for something like this for years... Thank You very much for your knowledge, experience, and skills. I am excited, 3 to 4 years... won't hurt that much.

Wish i was your neighbor ! Thank you... for this video,, Northern Illinois here..

16:28 - you are so on-point here. Hardly anything beats this feeling.

Hello Tom (Avacado guru)... I have had lot of learning from your videos. I tried placing seeds in black polyethylene bag with moisture in a dark room for 3 weeks. I see the germination/ sprouting process fasten and more successful seeds for planting.

By far one of the best tutorial videos I’ve seen. Thanks for the info! ♥️🙏🏽

Autumn of 2021 I planted a whole avocado.. sliced like I was going to eat it but it was past eating stage. I left it inside, in a 3 gallon pot over the winter and put it outside when it warmed up (zone 8, GA) and it grew! By the end of summer it was about 18" tall and had two stalks.. had lovely leaves and everything. I brought it in for the winter again and it dropped all it's leaves. I moistened it a few times anyway, hoping, and when it warmed into the 80s it went back outside.. a third stalk came up! I was stoked.. little leaves started to sprout and then one days those leaves were gone. ~sad face~ blasted birds killed it. I brought it back in because it got cold (for an avocado) and nada.. that third stalk fell over. Mother nature and I need to have words. You and I have different ideas of what a "little" bucket is.

He's the best for information I've seen.

I just found your channel and I am so happy that I did,, What I learned from you in just this one video has turned my avocado growing to a new level.. I have 5 seeds growing and was not sure what to do with them... Thank you so much for the lessons on avocado pits... You made my day... I can't wait to tell my son as he keeps telling me I won't get any fruit and I will show him your video... Thank you again,,

This the first video that I watch from you and WOW. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!! I’m a first time homeowner and have humble back yard that I am converting into a garden with herbs, veggies and fruit trees. I’m just getting started but avocado is at the top of my list and I’m just so grateful to have found your channel! Thank you! ~Luce

What an education! Thank you, I've tried FOR DECADES to start an avocado tree. I said I'd never try again BUT..😂

If only all people were that passionate about something! I have just planted a seed, was just browsing for some info on how to deal with that, and I must say I really appreciated your video! Thank you!

Love how you inform and show people the right procedure of doing things I have grafted trees and have good success and failure however I do not believe that I could grow avocado where I live because of temperature right now I have a pretty good garden growing where I give all my neighbors Tomatoes beans all kinds of squash and now I'm doing plum trees just wanted to say I really enjoyed watching you and I hope you all the success in the world and everything you're doing is a great thing

Great video, with such enthusiasm and joy. Yes, producing your own food is very satisfying, and IMO something that children should be taught. I was going to ask where to get the cuttings for grafting, but I saw the answer from SleepyLizard in another comment. We're living mobile (full-time in an RV, moving from place to place) so we won't be doing any of this any time soon, but when we settle down again, we definitely plan to (again) grow some of our own food. Maybe avocados will be part of that, depending on just where we end up. The bit about connecting Earth and Sun was a great imagery, but the plant is really getting its building blocks for growth, production, etc. largely from the air. That scary "pollutant" CO2 is the material source for the carbon that's basic to all organic material. Sure, that plant also gets some nutrients from the soil, but it gets a lot of material from the very air around it. Now, can someone explain to me why plants didn't evolve to absorb nitrogen from the air, instead of having to get it through the roots? Anyway, this was fun, informative, and entertaining. Thank you.

I grow trees as a hobby (all kinds of stuff from all over) and it's funny how many people say they can't grow an avocado because they use that ridiculous toothpick method. Yeah just stick a seed in the ground or a well draining pot and it'll grow usually and these things grow very fast compared to most trees I've grown from seed. Heck it might be the easiest tree I've ever grown from seed..aside from the time squirrels planted pecans in my pots and they sprouted. Fig trees are the easiest cuttings I've ever grown as well, and red mulberry is the hardiest ever. It all depends on where you live though. You gotta adapt and face the facts that some things just aren't meant to be sometimes..or get a greenhouse. I'm gonna try to plant some date palm now. Great video!

I agree with Daniel, whole heartedly: and so thorough in details; very enjoyable and persuading! Thank you Sir!

My first avocado is now about a year old. Deer got to it in the summer but it is still alive. Thanks for the pruning tips. It will be placed near my fig tree (huge) and add some flavor to the orchard! I have those, apples, pear, apricots, grapefruits, cherry and pomegranates. Need some rangs, too. Will try the grafting technique this year for some known goods. I like Haas but Fuertes are better. Greetings from Northern Cali!

My mom gave me a potted avocado when I moved out of the house into my own apartment and ever since I lost that plant, more than twenty years ago, I have been trying to get an avocado seed to pop open using the toothpicks over water cup method she used and have met with tragedy after frickin tragedy. I keep trying though. They are nice little houseplants.

I never subscribe to these so called information videos , but This Guy knows how to teach , How to plant an Avocado and I suspect that he knows how to plant other fruit trees ! Among other things ! So for now I have been convinced that subscribing would be a good idea ! A good Restoration Video is every bit as entertaining as any Top rated movie Hollywood puts out , And I almost , Always like the way they end ! And , This Video to me rates as high and is as entertaining as any program that I would ordinarily watch for entertainment and it’s educational to boot ! Again Thumbs , Up Guy !

Hi I am from pakistan and must say the best video I saw so so kindly way to explain in detail thank you so much stay blessed

Great video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with such a fantastic energy! 🌱

Thanks Tom for the many infos in Avocado care and farming... I noticed you discuss about Grafting and then Pruning avocado trees. Why not Air Layering (rooting) the branches to be prune? Then planting the Air layered branches once they have rooted? Thank you.

Hi mate, first time viewer. I had 2 avos that went bad in the fridge... I now have 2 seeds! There in pots as per instructions. Ill keep you updated, cheers big ears

Complete and Total Thumbs Totally Up ! This is absolutely the Best information on how to plant something video , that I have ever visited !

KZfaq shorts are fine, but I've missed this style of video 🤗

I just discovered you and I am so pleased! I have been attempting to grow avocados from the seeds for years. Finally I managed to get two going about 5 years ago. I live in British Columbia Canada. However, last summer. we had a week of extreme temperatures of 50+ degrees Celsius and my poor tree fried, amongst many other things 😢. I was devastated. So I got started on another. It is now 1 year old and doing ok despite terrible weather and my lack of proper fertilizer. My question for you is can we grow avocado trees in Non-tropical regions. We are considered semi-arid desert here in the summer but we do get winters. I bring my trees in the house in the winter. I would love to eventually plant outside but I don’t want to kill it. Can they produce in containers? Thank you 🙏🏻☺️🇨🇦

The ending was quite poetic. A thousand thumbs up for you!

Great information I grew a Avocado tree as it budded I had to move sadly I didn’t get the chance to enjoy the Fruit but I am starting again.

Great video! I had all the materials available and planted my first avocado seed. I will be looking for a cutting to graft sometime soon in the future. Thank you 😊

You are the sergeant of all plants.

Γειά σας από Ελλάδα! Σας ευχαριστώ γιά τις συμβουλές σας ! Προσπαθείτε να βοηθήσετε τους ανθρώπους να έχουν μεγαλύτερη αυτοπεποίθηση στην ζωή τους και αυτάρκεια στην διατροφή τους!

Just moved into a home in south Florida that has an avocado tree. There was one left on the tree. I put it on the counter for a few days and it got softened. It was yellowish like butter and delicious. First time having a Florida avocado. Right before the rains came from Ian I laid down some organic fertilizer. I’m looking forward to the next crop. Any advice? Thanks for the great video

This may have been asked, but when you grow from an avocado you bought at the store, and don't have access to a tree with proven fruit, what do you use to graft?

Thank you for your reply. As I live in zone 8, I think I'll keep one tree inside and the other in my hoop house as an experiment. Love your videos! Krista

I'm so happy I came across your video. I started with 2 Hass seeds. And in order to grow the roots I peeled the seed and wrapped it around a wet paper towel and put it inside a zip bag.. now I have 2 seeds with roots and sprouts and didn't know what to do next. 😅 but now I know. I'll be getting my 1 gallon pots and potting mix. Crossing fingers, it keeps growing 🤞🏻

Thanks for your really nice videos. I love your energy and enthusiasm. I work as a quality controller at an import company that imports and sells avocados in the Netherlands. I know a lot about post-harvest treatments and diseases, but nothing about growth. Thanks to your videos I learned a lot. As learned in your videos, the variety depends on the fertilization. How do you prevent different varieties of trees in the orchard from fertilizing each other and producing avocados that you don't want? Or is it that once the cutting tree continues to produce the variety regardless of the fertilization of the flowers by another variety?

Hello from West Africa, please I have a question. I have tried growing avocado trees from seed without grafting until I watched your videos. Is it possible to graft using the scions from the tree I planted(without grafting) and still taste good when they grow to bear fruit ?

You can believe this guy, He knows what he’s talking about. I have done this a lot of times. Grown man, good trees as well.

I have six young avocado trees that I recovered from my compost pit & nursed through the winter in containers. Now, I need to graft Hass scions.