Thank you, my Aguacaté friend! Check back for another taste test coming up in a week or two. I’m going to go back and pick some from the tree and wait until they are really ripe to do a comparison test. Take care, my friend in the 831.

@@reallygoodplants that’s good to know for both SR and Fuerte. It’s interesting regarding the SR fruits I found as they were on the ground, as if they had fallen themselves. But now I wonder if they fell from critters crawling in the tree. I will go back to the tree in a couple of weeks with a fruit tree pole picker to pick ones still hanging at that time and wait for them to ripen on the counter.

@@tblues sure, it’s at ten thirty second street in Santa Rosa. Are you in the area?

Yes, thanks, Betty! I mention the correct technique later in the video when my brain decided to start working again.😂 Single bud veneer, as I learned from Carlos de la Torre in his video. I include the link in the description. Good eye, Betty!

Okay, good to know regarding being able to leave the tape on.

@@ericnyamu9981 all the trees purchased are on Zutano rootstock, from Gary at Golden Gate Palm and also from Ellen & Freddy at Epicenter Nursery.

My guess is they are both a bit underripe, and could use a few more days to develop flavor. But it could also be due to the heavy rains we’ve been getting up here in the Napa Valley the previous week, causing the fruit to swell and skin to crack, also diluting the flavor.

Yes, I’m waiting patiently for them to ripen on the counter. Will try to get the husband to film me doing the taste test soon.😃

Thanks @Betty599! I’m still learning how to take better videos with my iPhone. It’s a work in progress.😂 I took another video of the famous Second Red avocado mother tree today, as well. I’ll upload that sometime soon. Thanks for watching!

It will also be interesting to see how your same Palo D’Oro variety performs differently in your area over time. It will be interesting to compare notes as time goes…thanks for sharing your experience!

Hi @@mauricelee2404 thanks for watching. If I had them with me in the moment, I would have used the pruners, but I was up there and in the moment and just went with it. It’s a good reminder for me to carry my pruners with me more often, for sure.

Hi Betty. Yes, everyone protects their young citrus up here, as we are on the chilly valley floor, and the frost barrels down the mountains and lingers on our trees more so than the hills and mountains. @garygragg of Golden Gate Palms talks a lot about this phenomenon of cold air travel in his videos. Sounds like you are having an exciting day picking out new fruit trees in SoCal. That’s one of my favorite things to do other than planting them. LOL. My husband laughs and says at least it’s better than having a Birkin addiction. Fruit trees are my addiction. But I have no more space until I buy another property.😂 Have fun and looking forward to seeing your next video. With two new helpers, I guess we can expect a lot more video content to come! I’m teasing you, but since your videos are so good, I hope it’s true. Roy just finished up with his wine shipments, so he will be able to help me with my video making a bit. Yay. 😅

@@jenny_avocado I am running out of closet space at the house 😆 Now I am focusing on fruit trees. It is much cheaper than clothing, shoes or handbags 🤣🤣😂 I watch lot of his videos. Gary was the one that say it you could grow citrus, avocado, bougainvillea you could grow mangos. That is why I am planting mangos on the ranch. If I am able to get mango to grow in Paso Robles. He would like to tour the ranch 😄Ellen Baker of Epicenter Nursery wanted to tour our ranch two years ago. But the timing wasn't good at the time. I am waiting for my fruit trees to be more developed with fruits before giving invited tour.

@@Betty599oh yes, Ellen and Freddy would love that. I visited them earlier this summer and they gave me a tour of their garden there. That was fun. Wish I filmed it, but I was having too much fun just being present and listening to them talk about all of their avocados. If you do decide to set up a tour with them, let me know. I’ll try to drive down and attend, as well. They will no doubt have a wealth of great information to share when they come. They’re also very nice people.

@@Betty599 Oh how funny, I just now noticed that Finula of Cottage Gardens in Petaluma nearby has posted this video on Citrus protection. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmGwcpaXltSmf7s

You might be right, Betty. It’s a very old and famous local tree. I’m going to try and find out more about it from Marta Marvienko, a well known fruit grower in Sacramento. She’s more familiar with it than me. Thanks for checking out my channel. My video skills are not quite as spiffy as yours, but I’m getting there! Slowly.😂

@@831AVO thank you, my Aguacaté friend! If my friend turns out to be serious about wanting to plant an avocado orchard up here in the Napa Valley vineyard, I will definitely need your help!

Yes! Scary Hairy Gary is a friend of mine, and he installed my Bacon and Mexicola trees. He posted a video of that delivery and installation on his channel. It’s titled “Jennifer’s Custom Upraised Avocado Tree Planters” from 2023. Gary’s the man!

Wax on, wax off.

@@champagnegardening5182 we won’t get that many for a couple years, at least. At this point, it’s early in the game. So far, I’ve gotten no fruit from my FrankenBacon Avo tree, as it was planted early last year. But I have had two crops from the Mexicola, however, both harvests were small. Five little fruits the first time and 17 small fruits this past Fall. The newly planted Avo trees are way too young to set fruit, so it will be 1-3 years to wait for them to grow strong root growth first, then we can focus on fruit production.

Thanks @rufuspipemos! I'll do a follow up video on the D'Arturo Avocado. We'll see how he fares by spring!

@ericnyamu9981 lol yes, I’ve been busy with the garden and home improvement work, so finally getting to uploading some of the videos we’ve been recording. Will work on getting more uploaded this weekend. Thanks for watching.😊