In June 2011 I planted an avocado tree from a seed from my Dad's tree, which we planted in 1959, also from a seed. I grafted my tree with a graft from my Dad's tree as well. Both my Dad's and my tree produced in three years and continue to produce today. Don't know what variety either tree is but the fruit is good and sweet. -Doug in Carson, CA

Your knowledge and willingness to share is so appreciated. Whenever I have some free time, I watch a few of your vids even when I have no plans on growing the subject matter. Avocado trees is something I have been pondering on, I am now armed with much more info (thanks to you), will move ahead with the plan.

Thanks for your videos. I've learned a lot. The more I find out about avocados, the more impressed I am with my little plant... I just put and an avocado seed into a small pot of soil around January/February (we were still getting winter-weather here in the UK). The seed sprouted and grew to a couple of inches before it died. I thought that was it and left it for a few weeks (on my radiator). When the worst of the cold weather passed, i started watering it again (hoping it would have another crack at growing), and it did! :D hopefully, it'll carry on

You help in your own way to make this planet paradise. BRAVO my friend! Thank you.(Cyprus)

Thanks for the avocado information videos, short and very informative. I have a 2 to 3 year old Brogden and a recently purchased Lila. I am waiting patiently for the Brogden to produce. They are both grafted trees. We had a couple of unexpected freezes this winter in n central Florida and I didn’t have the Brogden quite protected. With the 1st freeze, the leaves all fell off (it was growing so well). In 2-3 weeks I pruned it back to where I saw green on the branches thankfully! The 2nd freeze I protected it well. A month or so later (March/April) I was amazed, there was green buds popping out everywhere and it’s growing well again. The Lila is a semi dwarf tree and is quite cold hardy. I’m growing it in a pot until next year.

Very informative. By far the best I've seen on KZfaq. Thanks for posting.

This is exactly the information I need thank you! I'm excited to grow in a container since we are afraid of overgrown avocado tree roots damage our property.

Tums up! Oh, and one thing I am learning is avo's like water!

Uncle, you make great content. I truly enjoy your videos. You have so much knowledge and insight.

God bless you for sharing your insight and knowledge on growing avocado trees .Looks like I'm going to be shopping for a rootstock grafted tree here in south Florida .I have seedlings growing from store purchased avocado but if it's going to take 1O yrs or longer for them to bear fruit and you mention it's a gamble might as well invest in a nursery grafted tree .

More Q&As. They cover very practical info we need to grow.

YES, PLEASE, more Q & A! I just discovered you. Thank you!

Though it is true most of the new varieties of avocado are doing fine in self pollination, it is best to have two cultivars to get the best results as some of the varieties have A type flowers (like the Hass, Pinkerton, Reed) that are receptive to pollen in the morning and shed pollen the following afternoon while B type flowers (like the Etinger, Fuerte, Bacon) are receptive to pollen in the afternoon, and shed pollen the following morning. That said, in urban gardening if the climate is good, it is very likely that you are not the only one growing avocado cultivars in the vacinity thus making the need of a second polinating tree irrelevant.

Loved your video, especially the little bullet points you posted. I am a commercial Avocado Grower in Southern California. Just would like to make a comment on harvesting in Southern California. I have over 18,000 GEM trees on my ranch, so normally you don't want to harvest the fruit till at least late March as the "Dry Matter", aka oil content is not at its optimum. GEM are at their prime after April, when "Dry Matter" is above 27%. GEM can withstand cold till about 25* F, after that you may get some damage.

I found GEM avocados plant in Adam Tropics nursery just placed an order ...great tutorial well organize info

Very good and educative .

Very nice talk.informative...

Very informative, thank you! I leave in Irvine too, I'll be glad to meet you

I love avocado's 🥑🥑🥑🥑 Thank you!!!, North america!!!.

Great vid, I do like the Q/A format.

I procured seeds of Fuerte in year 2004 All three trees are bearing fruit since the last five years. I am certain that other such trees of Fuerte will also bear fruit.

Hello. I Very much enjoyed your pleasant and in-depth presentation of information regarding the GEM avocado tree. You have encouraged me to make my first attempt at growing my own. Best wishes - be well.

Looool if u have freezing winters u can have its pot live on a wagon so u can easily move it. If you know someone with an avocado tree with good avocados, you can try growing from seed and grafting them yourself, there’s also a lot of tutorials on how to do that

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!😁

Thank you for answering my question! Great channel!

I just purchased a Dwarf Hybrid Avocado tree AKA Lil Cado for $19.99 from Costco. It's a grafted tree & O am very pleased with the purchase. I will buy a GEM avocado tree if I find one for sale.

I am in Heaven, *just* from witnessing this harvest.

Excellent video, thanks for the info

I will getting a Gem tomorrow. Thanks for the Q&A.

Amazing information. Also learn something new watching your very detailed videos.

Good thing that you bought this tree when they were available . I tracked down the nursery that sold you that tree. He said they no longer able to sell Gem Avocado ,the wholesaler only sell to growers . I planted a dwarf variety called Little Cado, no fruit yet but i 've read that it's not as good as the Gem variety :(.

Thank you very well done. You have answered all the question I've always wanted to ask.

Thank you for this educational video. I learned a lot and I want to grow my own avocados soon!

Hi from New Zealand. One nursery has recently got the sole permission to supply the Gem variety here. I am hoping to be able to purchase 2 or 3 trees when they become available in August. We have a couple of mild frosts each year in my area, would this be a problem? When you do future videos, could you indicate the season as well please, as the months are a little confusing on this side of the world. Your videos are excellent, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.

Awesome Video! You answered all of my questions! Thank you!

Thanks so much for your video. This actually answered several of my personal questions.

Thank for share this episode My farm in Thailand I plant them 1st year hope my 🥑 is grow very well

Hi, have loved your videos now for over a year. My avocado tree is in a pot and doing well, but it's June and no flowers. Did I not fertilize enough/properly to feed my plant so it could give me flowers? Thank you for any help you can give me.

Just came across your videos. Great information.

Hi!! Great video.. I finally found the Avocado name I told you about with thin "edible" skin. (It is delicious!) It is a Mexicola and I am reading that it can withstand cooler temps (I'm in NorCal) than the Gem (I heard 30 and even 20!). I have one growing from a seed, but after seeing your video I am understanding that I will have to wait for a very long time for fruit!!! So I just ordered a more mature one that promises a crop within a year. I am hoping it works up here! I will let you know!

excellent! am happy u did this video. sure going to get a grafted tree not plant from seed. can't wait 15 to 20 years. 2 to 3 years already a really long time. lol

👍Nice video. If I could grow my own Hass avocados I'd be soooo happy about it! 😁

Yes, love the Q&A videos

Thanks a ton, this video answered all my questions .....

Nice info. Thanks 😀

Sir thank you for answer ing our question without asking only wanted when to give fertiliser. For the plant that is when to give. God bless you compost is okay and what else I have to put both grafted as well as seed one .

love avocados. I live in the countryside. My mom and I planted an avocado back of the house. It took three years to give us lots of fruit but when hurricane Maria came it stop giving fruit. This year I started to give it coffee tea with Epsom Salt and my cousin call me to tell me that my tree has avocados. Her avocado also Stop giving avocado but I told her that this year give it the tea every 2 weeks see by next year you mght have avocados. My avocado came from her avocado tree. Now I'm growing another avocado from seeds of another tree from another cousin's tree. The avocados are resistin to rot. They last a long time.

I've started at least 9 avocado trees from seed, 3 r producing, 4 R only a few months old, 2 I'm still waiting. the 3 producers, r about 3-4 years old, the 2 that I'm still waiting were cut down real low, so they had to grow all over again...I just put the seed in a 2 gallon size pot, watered when soil was dry. I live in south east florida...

nice video thanks, I have a 9 year old Etinger in Israel it flowered last year many buds like 100+ but most fell off and only 6 survived. They were nice and large and very tasty, they should start to bloom in Feb March, how can I keep more on the tree?

Good info, I have a Hass tree but the branches turn black with green leaves, It is about 3 years old and it doesn't grow very much, what do you think could cause the branches to go black? Thanks for your time and good videos you put out,

Hello, I recently learned about your channel. I have a question. I live in Central California where are the spring and fall is similar weather in Southern California. However, the summer reaches 110 degrees Fahrenheit here, and winter reaches the low 30s. Can a GEM avocado tree survive and produce fruit here, if we were find one, and cover it during the summer and winter? Thank you.

I live in south florida and I planted an avocado seed in mid 2013 and I am having small ones on the tree right now, this is its first bearing though.

The GEM has been so elusive, so I ended up buying a Hass to plant here in Temecula/Menifee/Murrieta area this morning from a nearby nursery. Even the nursery guy sounded discouraging, 'coz he said that avocados don't do well in our area because of the cold winters. I am still hopeful and will follow your suggestions on how to grow an avocado tree here in SoCal :)

Thank you for this, yet again, great video! Very informative and helpful video.

This was great! Thanks

Can you tell us how you prepare the soil for the avocado tree, and how much/often you water it? I would really appreciate it!

I have a tree in my back yard that I think is a Lafayette I lost the tag it looks very much like it. The peel is thicker and crumbles when you try to peel the fruit.

Good info! Thank you 🙏🏿.

great vid. thanks

Thank you, this was very informative. I enjoyed your video very much.

Yes more videos like this would be good.

Thank you for this video, learned so much. I love your videos, I wonder how your whole garden look like😃

Thanks for the useful information, wish we could grow these in UK ;)

Thumbs up to fellow Avocado Growers... Haas here yet considering adding your Gem too!

Avocado can take a mild frost and some varieties can take temps low as -5 Celsius. Also you never need a 2nd tree to pollinate, having a 2nd tree just increases your fruit supply by 5 to 20%

thank you very much

Question: since i live in Georgia, which avocado tree is best for cold climate? Thanks!

Hi friend I have a question, why avocado tree is giving me small avocados 🥑 tree like golf balls size thanks for your time

Hey, great channel. I have an etenger avocado tree in Israel about 10 years old. I transplanted it about 2 years ago from a container where it lived for 8 years. 1st year in the ground the leaves fell off and no flowers. 2nd year all leave grew back real nice, and got 100's of flowers most turned into small fruit, however only about 6 avocados made it. They were large and very tasty. How can I keep more fruits on the tree?

very good.

Thank you for sharing this video

I live in a trailer park in Bakersfield. About 5 years ago we planted an avocado tree, purchased from Home Depot. This is a full size tree so to eventually block the afternoon sun from the trailer. Every year it will flower and start producing fruit. It drops the fruit when it gets about 1 inch long. I won't bore you with all the things I've tried, but it is everything from raking the leaves one the ground and crushing them to put around the trunk to watering a certain way. I even built a patio around the tree! Please help as I'm out of ideas. All my citrus trees produce massive amounts of fruit.

My avocado plant is abt 6 in high. The leaves are falling off . What causes this?

Thank you for amazing videos. This video inspired me to get GEM avocado. I live in San Jose. Where can I buy an GEM avocado ? Thanks.

I reside in Durban, South Africa. Is there A VARIETY you could recommend. Bought a grafted tree some years ago but was not successful. Still interested in growing an avocado tree. Always enjoyed the videos per California Gardening. Regards.

Hello there, Mr. Farmer. Nice video. Thank you. I just want to ask how many years will avocado bear fruit if it is not grafted if it's from the seed to the tree?

I would greatly appreciate your help: I have a Fuente tree for over 6 years, live in the central coast zone 9b and my tree has never produced. I would appreciate your advice. Thank you.

Just FYI for SoCal, I found Gem at speciality nursery and the cost was $100. Steep but after watching several vids on this channel I was convinced it was correct for my yard. Got a couple of questions though... 1) santa Anna winds snapped the top 2 inches off the tree while still in the pot. How's it going to do given main stem no longer there? Something special I can do for it? 2) planting in ground this week. Some of the leaves have brown swathes on them. Is this disease or just normal? Thx for the help.

In our house also Avocado plants it grows healthly. My questions are some times plants leafs are folding.is it decease? Or water shortage or over watering? 2. When it gets fruiting? 3. Season for first time Blooming plants? Wermi compost is enough?

Tums up!

My question is--- Do the trees prefer direct sunlight or shaded light? I live in San Antonio Tx. and it gets pretty hot here. Is there a chance of burning the leaves or tree if left in direct sunlight of over 100 degrees?

I'm very impressed about your lecture on Gem Avocado . What I want to know is whether the plant can grow well in West Africa.If that is the case then how can I get the seedlings in Ghana.

Hi… I’d like to get a little cado. I’m planning on planting it on the west side of the yard that gets full sun and gets pretty hot here in so cal. My first concen is burning the leaves from the direct sun.

Do you know if the Gem variety is available in Costa Rica?

So in winter if you live in an area that may experience a frost every other year will the tree die from experiencing a frost? Or will the frost just damage / kill the fruit?

Avocado from seed can fruit as soon as 3 years if planted in tropical or subtropical lands. With good soil and water.

Hi. I'm living in Reverside. Could you please tell me where can i get the gem avacoda plant

How often should you fumigate the avocado trees after they start flowering?

According to University of California at Davis California. The "Bacon" variety is the most cold tolerant. I have had several sevear frosts on my 33 year old tree and each time all the leaves fell off. But several weeks later they grew back without any noticeable harm. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, much colder than Southern California. "It ain't a Hass" but still has great nutty and buttery flavor. PS. Surprise, you gane lots of new friends at harvest time. Check your Degree Days for Avocado growing and ripening. Each variety is different. Up hear in the SF bay area. The degree days are not enough for a full season. So the fruit hangs over winter untill the following year. It ripens about full bloom so its eary to know when there ripe. In a cool year it takes longer. Having full sized fruit and small olive size hanging at the same time. So check that Degree Day amout carefully and buy the one thats will ripen or its all for naut no matter what you do. Please check "California Gardening" or "UC Davis.edu" for an explanation of " Degree Days"

Thank you for your informative video. I'm in CALIFORNIA and live on a property with a very abundant avocado tree. I have attempted to plant a seed into water and have a tiny tree forming(from kitchen window sill). Interesting that it may or may not ever produce avocados. I made the mistake of placing other seeds outside and many appear burned from the direct sunlight. Has this damaged the nutrients inside the seed? Could they be salvaged and placed in a semi shady/sunnier area??Thank you

i have a question do avocado trees shed lots of leaves? My tree has so many yellow leaves and as soon as i touch it falls . Every year we had tree full of flowers but no fruit we got only 3 avocados in the second year now this is the fifth year this time also so many flowers only 2 avocados

Always a thumbs up!!

what time of year do I grow radish

I bought and planted avocado tree almost 2 years ago and some reason it's not growing and not dying either. somehow I noticed recently 2 sucker stems are growing from the bottom of the trunk and looks very healthy. Can I cut the suckers and plant? Would they grow into healthy mature trees?

If you use a particular type of fertilizer that is low in nitrogen and high in phosphorus and potassium can you force the avocado tree started from seed to grow fruit faster?

Your avacadoes are beautiful! I can't grow them in Missouri.

my heart just sunk after hearing 15years before I can harvest any avocado if I grow from seeds. My avocado tree is just about 70cm tall.. sobsss... 😭😭😭😭😭

I have a avocado tree that is getting very tall. It is a 15 year old tree I think is fuerte or hass. I want to prune it. And make it more manageable. If I cut some of branches that their diameter is 30 centimeter would it damage the tree?

Thank you verymuch I amcetifie from answer

Hello i live in the Philippines. I just bought this grafted avocado in a pot about 2 ft tall. It is april 16. When should i put this on soil. And how often a day should i water my avocado. Ahould i keep it in the sun whole day? And i see that the edge is yellowing ): thank u for this video