Avocado trees growing in clay soil; Reed avocado tasting

This is an update on my avocado hill 10 months after planting.
The planting video is here: • Planting avocado trees...
The avocado trees: Reed and Lamb Hass (with Kona Sharwil grafts) are doing great.
Many different pollinators visit avocado flowers.
We also did a taste test of our first Reed avocado vs. a store bought Hass avocado.
Comfrey Bocking-14 is a good companion plant around the perimeter of the avocado hill.

[@waydeepinside]

Very useful key information, including leaving branches low on the tree to shade the ground because of the approaching Summer Sun. And the importance of use of mulch. etc Very nice trees, video documentation and oration, Thank You

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

waydeepinside, Thank you very much for your nice comments!

[@richardmang2558]

Thanks for doing the side by side comparison of the Hass and Reed avocados. (Total weight)-(seed) = (meat and skin). Hass: 207 - 32 = 175 grams . Reed: 599 - 73 = 526 grams. That Reed is huge! .

[@alicehubenko810]

Thank you for the update!

[@IVOrganic]

Very well done!!! Your avocado trees are looking GREAT!!! Your newest subscriber!! Charles :-)

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Charles, Thank you very much!!! I am looking forward for an update on your avocado tree. I hope you selected some nice avocado varieties to graft on your tree.

[@IVOrganic]

@@SubtropicalFruitGarden I've been on the lookout for the 'Carmen Hass' &/ or 'Reed' Avocados without any luck.... I've brought the 'Fuerte' Avocado tree down to about 2 feet off the ground this last week... I'm thinking about just re-training the soon to grow new 'Fuerte' branches into a more compact structure. My luck: I planted one of the most vigorous & widest growing varieties -- when I am seeking to keep each tree in its respective growing area. I hope to have another update in 1-2 months.... Charles :-)

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Charles, thank you for the update! I guess nurseries are not keeping up with the demand on avocado trees :-) Sometimes you can order avocado trees online. It looks like fourwindsgrowers.com has Carmen Hass available for pre-order with shipment starting in 2 months. They also had Reed avocado (looks like it is sold out).

[@arielcortez7393]

Awesome looking trees

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Thank you!

[@bunnicorn6925]

Nice avocado! Great video.

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Thank you! I love your Bunny Munching ASMR video.

[@lyonheart84]

Just subscribed, looking forward to future updates 👍

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Thank you!

[@VelaProductionsDavid]

Great garden! all look beautiful nice video

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Thank you!

[@Mrbfgray]

Gorgeous little trees. I remove all blossoms on my little avo trees because fruiting stunts growth but I'm also in a freeze danger zone so have extra reason to maximize tree growth speed.

[@NMW80]

What area are you in if you don’t mind? I am also in an area where we get frosts sometimes. I live in Australia in a cool temperate zone in Victoria so I’m hoping where I am I can grow a reed. How is your reed growing? When you say freeze danger what kind of temperature do you mean and do you mean just frosts or snow fall? We don’t get much snow here only like once or twice a year for an hour or two or sometimes a bit longer. But not too much.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@NMW80 Both my Reed and Wurtz featured most prominently out front are doing very well, may even let them fruit next time. Around 8ft tall x 5 ft. with 1.3" trunk. They were both in back of my econobox car July of 2019. I'm in low inland farther North California, 9a. We almost never get snow and it hasn't even frosted much in recent yr.s but we can occasionally get into mid 20's, definitely the danger zone. A better indicator of what we can get away with is a number of big established avo trees, not a lot of them but enough to prove a point IMO. You might focus 1st on more cold hardy types first, forgetting the names at the moment but Fuerte (tho it's the only one I've killed out of about 12 varieties, apparently can't handle full summer sun over 100F when young), Mexicola, Bacon, Zutano, Stuart.... I use Phoenix, AZ as a reference too, many big established examples there and mangos too, they definitely get hotter but also a little colder it seems. And don't forget the importance of exact location "micro climate" on your lot.

[@BIBITUNGGUL]

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[@PlantsAmore]

Beautiful 🥑 trees, I didn't taste this variety yet. If we would have a huge land I would plant so many more of this fruit!

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Life In Florida, Thank you very much! We all wish we had more land :-) I also wish I had a well to water my trees. It didn't rain here since April.

[@PlantsAmore]

@@SubtropicalFruitGarden that's so true! Till then we have to be thankful with what we have 😊. Woow that's a very long time without rain...you mean like a heavy ☔ rain right?

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

@@PlantsAmore We had a total of 18" of rain from December to mid April and then 0.25" total since mid April. This is typical for Southern California: we get 12" to 24" of rain in winter and early spring and then almost no rain at all.

[@PlantsAmore]

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[@VideographyAsMyHobby]

WOW! CONGRATULATIONS MAN FOR YOUR AVOCADO. Keep us up to date. More power! FW (full watched) FROM THE PHILIPPINES. See you around my friend.

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Thank you!

[@VideographyAsMyHobby]

@@SubtropicalFruitGarden most welcome, please stay connected.

[@YUDHAGARDEN]

Great video .thansk from indonesia avocado

[@joestropicals6760]

Just subbed, love you videos!

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Thank you very much!

[@gladisraiferson2227]

Wonderful

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Thank you!

[@solehkenji2225]

Wow biutiful Avocado mantap pisan 👍👍👍

[@sharpsemarang.4186]

Nice video

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Thank you!

[@devbachu7072]

Nice I have a small grafted tree 2 yrs hope it BC ear soon

[@VideographyAsMyHobby]

how's the avocado? FULL WATCHED again from the PHILIPPINES. Stick around.

[@rob6310]

How many emitters and what flow rate do you have in the large tree rings?

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Robert Medina, Thank you for watching! Drip tubing has 1 GPH emitters 1 foot apart. The number of emitters depends on the size of the tree. I prefer adjustable sprayers (0-10 GPH). I typically have 1 for young trees. The avocado hill has 4 of them.

[@lovehorses2669]

Hi, I have a question, What kind of amendment did you use for clay soil?

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Love horses, Thank you for watching! I amend clay soil with gypsum. For heavy clay I also add pumice and coconut coir. To reduce soil pH, I add sulfur.

[@adamb.8854]

Was the fruit ripe from march flowering the same september/october? Thanks

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Adam B., Thank you for watching! It takes 18 months for Reed avocado to ripen.

[@Mumin.Gardens]

Hey wow your avocado trees look amazing, I’m here in south California also and I’m going to plant a Gwen avocado tree, I have really bad clay soil also with bad drainage. I’m think of building a raised bed 5x5 about 24 inch high and using all the soil mix you used. Have you had problem with drainage for your trees ? Or do you not water as much ?

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Sam G, Thank you for watching and for your comments! Your plan to build a raised bed for an avocado tree sounds good! I didn't have any problems with drainage. I am watering twice a week.

[@Mumin.Gardens]

@@SubtropicalFruitGarden wow thanks for the fast response. How are your avocado trees doing this year? Did the lamb hass end up setting the dozen fruits from last year ?

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

@@Mumin.Gardens, My avocado trees are doing good. I just counted 13 fruit on the Lamb Hass. They will probably be ready in late summer.

[@Mumin.Gardens]

@@SubtropicalFruitGarden wow that’s awesome well thanks again for all the advice I’m going to plant my tree this weekend getting all the products you listed today 😃

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

@@Mumin.Gardens, Thank you. Good luck with your avocado tree!

[@TheYaqubi]

time for a update video my friend

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Thank you for watching! I plan to post an update on the avocado hill in about a week.

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

TheYaqubi, 2-year update on the avocado trees is now posted on my channel.

[@MinhNguyen07]

Just curious what climate zone are you in? Trying to grow sharwil myself

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

MinhNguyen07, Thank you for watching! I am in USDA Zone 10a.

[@mayapirati8468]

Which verity of avocado is best selling the wrold market?

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

The most popular and best selling are probably Hass avocado varieties: Hass, Lamb Hass, Carmen Hass.

[@iqtidarbaig8532]

How i can get scion from other countries. Thanks

[@saifulrohman525]

I'm really interesting, may I buy the boss's entres ...

[@TheYaqubi]

Whens the new update video coming

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

TheYaqubi, Thank you for watching! I plan to have the next update in spring.

[@ChrisChinners]

can you provide a source for the sharwil scions?

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

ChrisChinners, Thank you for watching! I bought a Sharwil avocado tree on Ebay and took scions from it. Sometimes you can find sellers on "The Tropical Fruit Forum" who have Sharwil scions.

[@ChrisChinners]

how often are you watering in clay?

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

ChrisChinners, Thank you for watching! I am watering avocado trees 2 times a week.

[@anil5394]

hi mate, i am trying to make a riased bed to plant my hass and bacon , what type of soil mix i need to put in the raised bed ? any suggestions

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Anil, Thank you for watching! I would put equal parts of native soil, coarse sand, and coconut coir (or peat moss). This should make a well draining mix without wood products which can rot. On top of the soil around avocado trees I would put a layer of compost and mulch.

[@anil5394]

@@SubtropicalFruitGarden thanks mate, i will go for this mix, just one more thing, how far apart should i plant these two?

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

@@anil5394, If both trees will face south, you can plant them as close as 3 feet apart. If your raised bed is bigger, you can leave more room between the trees.

[@anil5394]

Subtropical Fruit Garden thanks mate, I am making separate raised bed for both so I can have little more room between them, but I didn’t get the south facing thing, btw my house is south facing and trees will be near back fence(so north end of house)

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

@@anil5394, I just wanted to say that if you plant trees close to each other, one of them may shade the other if they are not south facing. If you have more room, that's great. You can have 6 feet or more between them. Good luck with your avocado trees!

[@mykvass]

where did u get the comfrey

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Hi Vrinda Bhalla, I got the comfrey on amazon.com - Russian Comfrey Bocking-14 Cultivar.

[@mykvass]

@@SubtropicalFruitGarden thanks

[@tajelsirkafai48]

which counrty are you located

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

I am in California, USA.

[@tajelsirkafai48]

Good job

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

@@tajelsirkafai48, Thank you!

[@royalstars2771]

Ok

[@jxsanc1238]

Add gypsum to the clay soil will improve soils conditions and improve root growth

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Jose sanchez, Thank you for your comment! I agree that gypsum is a great amendment for clay soil.

[@EddyLiuIsm]

I just bought a Reed tree from a nursery here in Indonesia after watching your video. Could you help me identify if the tree is an actual Reed tree? Here is the picture of the leaves i.ibb.co/Zm2M0qP/20220609-165202.jpg Thank you

[@SubtropicalFruitGarden]

Eddy Liu, Thank you for watching! The leaves of your tree look similar to leaves of a Reed avocado tree. Good luck with your avocado tree!

[@EddyLiuIsm]

@@SubtropicalFruitGarden thank you

[@EddyLiuIsm]

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[@BIBITUNGGUL]

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