Now I know where to prune my Tree. Thank you very much.

Hey, Scott, I’d like to see examples of the avocados that you have previously pruned. I’d like to see the improved trees and how they branched out. Thanks

Oh my goodness, I watch many videos on this topic and was still not 100% sure if I was going to do it right; I was scared to kill my newly growing avocado plant. But after watching your video I am sure to do it and am not scared to just do it. Your video was educational and precise! Very simple and good for viewers like me!! Thank you Scott!!!!

I must have viewed over ten videos before seeing your vid. FINALLY!!! Someone who not just explained about the node and internodes but who also showed HOW TO prune for the best results. Thank you so much for the clear and concise information!

Thank you! You’ve given me the confidence to prune mine. It has 5 beautiful leaves at the top and none along the stem so I didn’t think I could prune it, but now I’m happy to know that I can! Poor things going to be a stick for a few weeks lmao…

I took your advice last year on pruning avocado seedlings and my seedling now has 6 branches!

Hello Scott, I'd like to note that you can keep avocados in water basically indefinitely if you like them that way. There is no need to transfer in soil provided that you change the water every week or so and if you add a little fertilizer in the water! They get used to living that way, they just do not grow to become trees!

Thank you so much for the explanation, everything was so clear and informative! This is exactly the video I was looking for!!!

I've watched your videos about avocado trees and you speak in a simple clear language. Thank you for providing information that I can understand.

Wow I don't even like avocados but I like your channel so much that I'll grow an avocado tree for my grandma :)

Thank you Scott! This was the most helpful video I have found for this question!

This was so good! thank you. Because of people like you sharing I am totally perfecting my growing skills.

Thank you for the tip on how to prune the Avocado.

Very helplful to understand about the nodes. Thanks!

Do you know, or have you experienced differences in growing an avocado from smaller and larger seeds? Is a larger seed better? or vice versa. Love the channel

You're like Avocado Jesus. Thank you so much for all of your helpful content!

Thank you Scott for the information.. I grew one from seed and a Mango tree.. I had cut the Mango back and it has grown more leaves

I've had my avocado tree for about two years, and it had kind of stalled out. I never pruned it as I should have as a seedling. This gave me the courage to do it now! And if it dies, I'll just start a new one. Thanks!

Thanks Scott, your advice is greatly appreciated.

Really helpful, finally found right moves to do , thank you so much 🤗

Super helpful and fun! One of the first results when I googled it and it was exactly what I needed

Can I cut just above the node even if no leaves will be left on the stem? I grew one in the kitchen and it didn't get a whole bunch of light so it became long and thin with just leaves on top. Thanks you do a great job. Arizona good vibes to you.

this has been helpful - i have an avocado tree that’s nearly a year old and it grew a stem out the side closer to the base of the trunk which died off when i cut it. i must have accidentally cut below the first node!! oops! the rest of it is fine and growing nicely in this heatwave we are having in the UK. i have a second avocado tree growing that needs its first prune soon! i’ll look out for the nodes extra carefully now :)

Thank you! I wasn’t sure if it was alright to cut off all the leaves

Well explained! Thank u and more power!

thank you, you're fantastic!!

Thank you Scott. This was very helpful.

My avocado has got to 80cm and only just started to branch in two. I can see a tiny bit of budding about half way down as well. I've never pruned it as I never even thought of the need. I'm too scared to cut it down now! And I quite like the tall spindly structure so far. If it's better to have it branching lower down, then why does nature make it grow tall and spindly with no intervention?

Thank you Scott. My avocado plant is getting to that point where pruning will soon be necessary if I want a healthy plant. You've shown me how to do this.

Thanks Scott very helpful mate!

Just pruned my tree. I hope it will grow back nicely.

Mine was only growing leaves at the top so i was nervous about pruning it half way down its main stem, but i did it anyways, and I thought I killed it but at about 2 weeks the nodes started growing and I am happy to say it is coming back very very healthy but it did take about 2 weeks before anything started to grow back I guess it was just in shock and repairing before starting new growth. So if you do it do not be dismayed just give it about two to three weeks and you should start seeing the nodes awakening.

Thank you Scott.

I love that vase that’s holding the seeds so well for this avocado germination where do you find one of those?

Good idea of how to prune avocado

Enjoyed the video. Needed this info.

So is it okay to leave no leaves? 😬

Thank you! I suppose I can apply this for all my plants.

Thank you! Very helpful!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Nice thank you🥑

Scott, so excited I found your videos! I have an avocado tree that’s about 4 years old and it’s probably 2.5’ tall. In a large pot and still getting new leaves. But tall and skinny and leaning. How can I get the most out of my sweet little tree and not kill it?

Thanks Scott!

good vid dude , just what i needed.cheers

Thanks for the Video! Quick Heads up - you referred to two videos that are going to be linked in the description but forgot to put them there!

My avocado seed started turning black at the top leaves so I cut it just above the node but below the black area. It sprouted out a new stalk!

Thanks for the information.

Waoh... I wish i had come across this channel long time ago. Thank you so much for the insight. I never knew anything about pruning plants. My avocado is over 7m tall and just started fruiting for the first time and i am worried i can't harvest most of it due to the height. Any remedy?

Great, very helpful, thank you

I love your hair

Very informative.

thx for advice :-)

Do you know any way to get it to branch? I'm doing a bit of a bonsai experiment, and so want it as compact as possible, I've been cutting at low down nodes every time it grows back to thicken the stems, but really want it to try and branch a little...

Thx Scott! What about bigger plants? After repotting our 1.5m tall avocado tree 2 new branches grew from the top like eyebrows. Should I cut them off?

I really like that song at the start 😂

I didn't know that nodes where there used to be leaves could still grow new leaves/shoots! I'm in the same situation where my tree barely has any leaves apart from the top.

Thank you so much! Super appreciate you! I just feel so bad! Have you ever tried growing the tops? I thought of maybe putting root hormone on it but didn't know if that would work!?❤😂 thanks!

Hi Scott, I was wondering since my plant is about 4 feet tall at least, if I cut the plant in half at a node, can I root the top half I cut off and make a new plant from it??

Hey Scott, thx for great video. The only question i have is do you still need to have at some leaves when you prune? Because mine is very tall but only leaves at the very top, so pruning it would leave the plant without any leaves.

Love it thank you ❤️

Can we replant the internode discarded ? Will it produce another avacado tree ? 🥑

Hello :) Great vid & channel! I'm wondering if its possible to cut an avocado seedling right back so it no longer has ANY leaves? If I cut just above a node and it has zero leaves will it live? I have a super leaggy one thats about 1.5 metres tall and would love to prune it right back so I can try and get it to be more bushy. Cheers!

I didn’t know that I was supposed to prune my trees! They look exactly like the picture you showed! Do you propagate the part you cut off or discard it? Thank you for sharing! 💚🪴

Thanks for the video. Question: If you're going to cut so much off, why didn't you cut earlier? Isn't it such a waste to cut so much off?

My avocado tree is in a pot, I've never pruned it, just picked off a few leaves now and then. It's inside for winter and outside for summer

I'm now in the process of growing my first set of Avocado trees. I have one growing out it's root now in a cup. My understanding so far as to the purpose of pruning is to get more leaf's to grow out among the lower nodes. The plant that Scott pruned in this video from the top above the first 3 lower leaf's puzzled me a bit. Aesthetically it looked to me like an already well proportioned plant. Perfect in my eyes. What would be the benefit of pruning it at that point? Even more leaf's would grow out on top afterwards?

I've just grown my very first avocado tree from pit! It's grown up to 8 Inches so far. My understanding is that you want to prune it generally around 12 inches tall or so. I also heard that you want to prune from the top node of the 2nd set of leaves? My main concern right now is that I live in Canada. Should I prune soon or is it too close to the cold Autumn months now and I should wait until Spring now? Should I pot it in soil soon and before the pruning?

Hey can you top an avocado tree to control height? Thank you great video

2 questions for you Sir Scott 😊 1.) Can i prime even if I don’t have leaves on my tree? I believe my tree is tall enough, it LOOKS like it’s about to sprout some leaves but it hasn’t yet. Also … 2.) Where do you find your awesome vases ❤

Can one re-plant the pruned/trimmed part ? Use a Growth hormone powder?

Hi there! I've pruned my avocado tree, and now the new branches have started to grow. I have one that's really long and the rest are just tiny shoots. Should I prune the new long branch? I also have two additional shoots growing up from the stone, which I cut back, but they have started to grow again.

Hello scott. I have a beautiful avocado tree that flowered one time. And then we had a freeze and it never flowered again. Is there anyway I can make it flower again?

I just plant my avocado plant in to the pot,so how often do I wanted and where do u keep it

Im just now planting my seed and I know this won't happen soon but when would you move it into a bigger pot and do you ever plant it into the ground or keep it in a pot?

My avacado tree is 16 inches tall.. no leaves at all until the very top. I'd like to shorten it up to about 5 or 6 inches (above the node, of course)! Pruning so much off... with no leaves below that node, will it survive???

Question, when you prune off the top of the avocado can the top be placed in water to be rooted also? Have you ever tried to grow them on the surface of your aquarium? I had a ziplock bag down in my basement aquarium room. It had three avocado seeds in it wrapped in wet paper towels. I had forgotten about them for months. I was afraid to open the bag as I thought they might be rotten. Amazingly, they were still damp in the paper towels and were sprouting. I also had two new seeds. I cut donuts from pool noodles and made the center hole bigger with a razor knife. The noodle hole was now big enough to allow me to push the seed into it and yet fit snuggly around the seed like a life jacket. They are all floating on top of my aquariums in the basement under bright lights. My only worry is that once they begin to grow they may become top-heavy and want to fall over in the water. I think I will use super glue gel to glue the noodles to each other to create a floating island-like platform that will be more stable. I'll let you know how things progress with it. As for now, they are floating nicely on the surface of my aquariums.

Will the pruned section of the avocado root?

Does pruning work for hass avacados only or does it also include tropical ones too

can you put the part you cut off back in water to sprout roots?

Does it have to have some leaves left on or is it ok to cut off all the leaves if there are nodes below our cut point? Because mine is quite leggy and it only has leaves at the very top

I feel bad cutting one third of plant off, is it possible to use ie regrow roots of the part cut off?

Nice video, thanks! But I wonder why is my seeds always rot? I mean seeing this video the avocado seed look really nice almost how it looks direct from the fruit but mine are always getting black or moldy and not looking nice at all. It would be nice as a decoration to still have the seed and seeing the plant coming out from it. But as said it's impossible because mine always turn black and look really bad although the plants are growing really well so I guess in that regard I do something right. I haven't prune mine I have only cut some leafs to not make it look as bushy but more airy with few big leafs. It's fun and easy to grow avocado so I might prune for real with my next ones.

Hello Scott I have a avocado tree about two years old that has never been pruned all the leaves ar at the top if I cut it it will have no leaves how to I get it to branch out and not lose my plant

Sorry a secondary question, I have the whole seed in water with the roots, do i need to take the seed out of the water, It has been growing fine for 6 months but I always see the seed out of the water in all videos etc.

Tried to find one video of the plant giving avocados. But, there’s none. Do you plant them just as decoration? Or do they give fruit? I want to know how much should I wait on average before mine gives fruit.

I just pruned my avocado tree February 9/2024 and have noticed that it also needs to be repotted can I repost it at any time still ? Or Should I repot it when new growth shows back up , my tree still has 2 leaves to do photosynthesis and otherwise it’s healthy.

What if I have about twenty leaves going up my 36in plant can I cut some sun leaves off?

My avocado tree is 5ft x 3ft at longest point how do i trim it down..i frightened incase i spoil it ?

Thank you for this video!!!! But That hair!! Oooohhhhhh!!!!!!

Can i airlayer a young avocado seedling

Hi, my gardener miss and cut my avocado tree right down to the earth .It was now growing. Will it grow back?

Hey Scott, I have a question about my avocado I have a two year old son he kept plucking the stem off. How do I bring it back to life and make sure it’s healthy again

Is there anything I can put in the water to help the avocado tree grow

I have not pruned my avocado tree yet, but it's about 24" tall the leaves have not gotten really big like everyone else's trees. But I do see nodes forming starting from about 6" from the seed. How low can I trim my 🥑 tree

Hi Scott, my mature avacado tree doesn't produce fruit. Can you suggest something? ❤

My weed sprouted a stem that is pretty long like over 6 inches but not a single leaf! Is it slow or a dud?.

My avocado plant in the cut started browning is that normal??

Every time I prune avocado tree, it will not grow lower leaves! It only grows from the node where I cut it from nothing lower? I have pruned it twice and it still does the same thing and so does the other 4 trees I have in soil. Is this a common trait?

I have an avocado tree with no leaves/nodes. Long roots but one big internode. Is this salvageable?

Wat do you do with the stems you've cut off?