Exotic Avocado Varieties You Can Grow at Home

You are all familiar with the Hass but what about the Russell? The Nesbitt? Donnie, Simmonds, Lula, Monroe, Choquette? Each has it's own unique flavor and attributes. Join me as I talk about the wide range of avocados available to you as a backyard grower and what you need to consider when choosing the best variety for you. Then we do a taste test.
Get your Sleepy Lizard avocados at: www.guacfarm.com

[@wasiuadewale9781]

Can't thank you enough because you've made me plant over 800 avocado trees in Nigeria. Just love u the more each time you upload new video Appreciate u man!

[@SleepyLizard]

You just made my day!

[@chukwuemerie]

What varieties do you have?

[@Betty599]

I am planting more avocado trees including Florida varieties with California varieties. I am grafting multi varieties on to some of my trees. I am also order cutting to be shipped to me in the fall from Sleepy Lizard Avo. Farm. Plus I am having Sleepy Lizard Avo Farm shipping each one of my family members a box of their mix avocados. Thank SleepyLizard.

[@loho1125]

I don't live in an area where I can grow my own avocados or buy yours, but I still find myself watching every single one of your videos! I just like to watch them when I'm stressed or tired and it always makes me feel better. Greetings from Germany!

[@SleepyLizard]

Lo ho, thank you for your comment. You made me feel really encouraged.

[@ThatOneRedMan]

Hmm.. i live in sweden and i grow avocados

[@MixasTradgard]

Of course - We grow in greenhouses 😊Live in Sweden too and grow Mediterranean plants and now starting with tropical dragonfruit, mangos, avocados, litchi’s and papaya 😊.

[@susanryman9948]

I would have liked to see the inside flesh. I live in Texas so Hass is it. And I’m happy

[@luyandosikoobwe8435]

How can I get the scion for these varieties?

[@deenad3562]

*Omg, every 🥑 you open is perfect, you are the Avocado Whisperer!* 😋

[@SleepyLizard]

Very good observation. When you grow your own you just pick and let them ripen at room temperature. the ones you get in the supermarket have been chilled so sometimes they are not as pristine when you open them.

[@josephmumbakawimbe2122]

Man, you have really taught me so much about Avo varieties...

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you for the feedback

[@dianapulido1807]

A better world through avocados, I love that.

[@SleepyLizard]

yep. Thank you for all. your participation on the channel. I appreciate your comments.

[@rowdyyeets4532]

My Uncle Ernie passed away about 10 years ago, but he used to sell the avocados that he grew at his house at his grocery store in the Keys. They were the biggest avocados that Ive ever seen in my life. They weighed 2.5 to 3 pounds. They were shaped like a cross between a Russell and a Monroe. Monroe is the name of the county that the Keys are in, so maybe that's how they got that name (just speculation). They were a beautiful yellow color inside. The tree had fruit from July to August. My uncle told me that it produced fruit every other year. To me, they blow Haas avocados out of the water. I would eat the whole avocado. I scored the flesh and put some Vegesal, paprika, and lemon juice on it. Now I live in Texas and we rent. I don't have a place I'd grow trees. Im stuck with Haas and Fuertes, LOL Thank you for all your informative and very interesting videos. Ill keep you in mind when and if Im ever able to get some trees. Thanks!

[@SleepyLizard]

Yum! Did you know the Russell was created in Islamorada?

[@sidneymonteiro3670]

I was raised on avocados being prepared as dessert: add lime juice and sugar cane sugar while mashing it into a cream. Variants with any citrus and honey and mash it. Variant with blending it at high speed with milk. All delicious.

[@SleepyLizard]

I'm going to try that.

[@hotdamn9052]

Sounds good

[@KerriEverlasting]

@@SleepyLizard did you try it? Why not make a video of you trying out new things?? It could be pretty funny

[@MongIAMTauYah]

I did not know there were more than 900 types of avocados and now I'm so happy I have found this video

[@SleepyLizard]

yep, I discover a new one every few months.

[@pauldez5516]

Great video, well done. I own the property that (as I was told by previous owner) has the original Nesbitt avocado trees. The "Grandfather Nesbitt" made it through Hurricane Andrew but Wilma did it in sad to say. The "Grandmother Nesbitt" still sits outside our porch and is loaded this year. Took 6500 pounds of Donnies to packing house in the past few weeks and Nesbitts will start Monday.

[@SleepyLizard]

Holy cow. I can't believe I scoured the internet to find exactly this history and instead you saw the vid and the history came to me. Thank you so much for your comment.

[@pauldez5516]

@@SleepyLizard No problem. Appreciate your information. This property originally belonged to the Nesbitt family as the story goes.

[@dmatcardoug2986]

Well professor Tom, I have advised before that you have a knack for explaining a subject and specifically Avocados! This episode was exceptional in both quality of content and presentation! Magnificent!! Masterpiece!! I thoroughly enjoyed this episode! The enthusiasm is catching! One of the best episodes!

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you Doug. I been waiting for good weather all week and finally I asked myself: what can I talk about in the kitchen?

[@dmatcardoug2986]

@@SleepyLizard You certainly landed on a very good subject and did a masterful job of presenting these Avocados to us, your audience!

[@jennifervalencia7601]

I’ve never seen such beautiful perfect avocados… I’m so inspired to plant some avocados

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you Jennifer.

[@KerriEverlasting]

Do it Jennifer!! Just do it! 🥰

[@ken-waidoo6180]

Kid time we cut the avo in half, removed the seed, scored it into squares, added a bit of soy sauce, and spoon ate it, right out of the rind. You could also turn it inside out, like a sun burst. Ate mangoes that way.

[@SleepyLizard]

yum

[@silviapernas26]

For all of my adult life I saw POLLOCK avocado referred to as CATALINA avocados. I have even recently seen the Pollock labeled as Catalina. So hard to keep up but learning about them is about as much fun as eating them. And, yes, I do like the more watery and herbacious "FLORIDA AVOCADOS."

[@SleepyLizard]

The Pollock is very different than Catalina. Bigger, more dense, sweet flavor and a much darker green. Also the pollock has a rounded extended pear shape whereas the Catalina is asymmetrical and kind of pointy on top

[@user-ji1vg2jj5n]

I have no idea these exist. Thank you for sharing. Now I really want to try em.

[@SleepyLizard]

yes they represent 5% of the avocados consumed in North America. we sell them at www.guacfarm.com

[@aishahwalker7503]

I love these videos, i have never seen most of these avocados but previous videos have convinced me to grow them. I'm in canada and now have two 1 and half year old avocado trees in containers. Dont know it they'll ever fruit but they look cool. Thank you for sharing all this information with us!

[@SleepyLizard]

that's great news! you can keep them as house plants but yeah I don't think you'll be getting fruit in the great white north.

[@carmendecastro2156]

Hi do you sell the Russel tree or a sigon?

[@SleepyLizard]

@@carmendecastro2156 sorry, I do not

[@WildNature]

I have a farm in the middle of the desert and I'm sure avocados won't grow here but I still watching all of your videos. Love them all

[@SleepyLizard]

what sort of things do you grow in the dessert

[@WildNature]

@@SleepyLizard apple, guava, pomegranate, passion fruit, peach, lemon, fig, mulberry, olive and Palm trees

[@janetmatos1725]

I love ❤️ your videos thank you 😊 so much.

[@SleepyLizard]

you just made my night, thanks

[@michaeldriskell6431]

I have purchased Donnie’s and Russell from you; both are fantastic! I will be ordering another batch of Russell before they are gone!!!!

[@SleepyLizard]

that's awesome Michael, I'll be out there picking Tuesday morning.

[@abc_cba]

Hi, i know it's irrelevant to you but seeing your garden and that of another Vlogger over KZbin, I've been growing just a lot of things, veggies, salads, green, fruits, herbs, in my garden, i don't have to be bothered by the inflation here in India 🇮🇳 Thank you very much for inspiring me.

[@SleepyLizard]

you are not alone. There is a renewed interest in backyard food production. Enjoy your new hobby!

[@user-mz6py1hg6f]

I live on avocado's and green onions. 😮 so I'm in HEAVEN just looking at them 😊

[@SleepyLizard]

yum yum

[@ahandymanishere]

Love you delivery and the amount of information you got. Thanks for your video

[@SleepyLizard]

I appreciate the compliment.

[@Blacktigress-2020]

Lara Farms has Ronnie to fill your Feb-April gap, should contact them to be sure, but that’s what their website says. And Tropical acres farm sells budwood from it

[@SleepyLizard]

I been hearing about that one. I gotta check it out.

[@LuisMendez-hx7tl]

I live in Los Angeles, I put a zutano and Russell trees together and amazing a lot of flowers like never before showing on both trees different months

[@SleepyLizard]

excellent combination of a type B and type A. Two of my favorite avocados.

[@_c_y_p_3]

Folks like you make a city, state and nation stable self reliant and secure. Thankyou for sharing this info! We lose so much diversity as millions or billions live their entire lives never having a clue about the massive variety available if we just got away from the monoculture and could appreciate the bounty permaculture has to offer and the importance of protecting and bringing back our soil.

[@SleepyLizard]

thanks Cyp3

[@IMakeWhateverVideos235]

It’s great how you explain things in such detail !

[@SleepyLizard]

Thanks MEH, I enjoy the challenge of conveying something I know to an audience who might be unfamiliar with the topic.

[@aliafsharnaderi1875]

One of my dreams is to walk in that heavenly garden with you one day. hoping for that day I wish you the best in your health❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you

[@jackjamotillo6049]

I started growing my avocado seeds and they are now 12 inches taller!From Philippines 😊😊🌍🇵🇭🥑🥑🥑

[@SleepyLizard]

Yes!!!

[@gerigoetzinger8539]

Wow fascinating video, learned a lot Thank You !

[@SleepyLizard]

Geri, glad you got something out of the vid.

[@elizabethmiranda3695]

Yes ..now I Ve learned from u ..Russel type of my avocado ....tnx

[@SleepyLizard]

one of my favorites, have you tried it yet?

[@MohhidMohammed]

You do so so good so good videoes! Love it too

[@nenaelliott8058]

Great video Tom. But watching you eat those delicious fruit makes me avocado green with envy.. lol. I was trying to hold out until Choquette season but now I don't know. LoL.

[@SleepyLizard]

They are definitely worth the wait.

[@brendaramsey4523]

Good morning. Your message is very very good. I have planted avocado tree 🌲 in Jamaica 🇯🇲 it was about two feet tall but it dies went I came back to the UK 🇬🇧. Planing to go back so I will be 🌱 planting again. Thank you for your videos. 🌱👍🏿🙏🏾

[@SleepyLizard]

good luck with your next try

[@sericonti]

Your channel got me into growing an avocado and a mango plant :) Hardiness is ok as I live in zone 11a. Greetings from the Mediterranean island of Malta.

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Frankie, and greetings from Florida! I'm glad you got into growing tropical fruits because of the channel. stay close and update us on your progress please.

[@Team.America]

🇺🇸 Love your video! Checking your website. Thanks!

[@SleepyLizard]

Thanks for the compliment. This time of year there’s not much available on my website because as you know, agriculture is seasonal and we are in the flowering stage for just about all are tropical fruit right now.

[@user-mk3td2vu4g]

Yes! He do good videos! Love from Russia

[@MohhidMohammed]

Yes, do good videos! Love your videos

[@MohhidMohammed]

Yes, good videos

[@MidniteClubII]

Tom the way you describe all of you Avocados is like a Mother describing her Baby.. You my man, are THE AVOCADO KING! Cheers! I love Avocados too I got to try the Russell on the next batch! When will they be available?

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you so much. I appreciate it. We pick Russell in August.

[@PukaHeadMan]

Awesome video and thank you very much for making my day! 👍😀

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you for your comment !

[@daisyjuarez2557]

Wow thank you

[@SleepyLizard]

you are welcome

[@devbachu7072]

Agree app named after famipy apot of avocados great for your heapth

[@SleepyLizard]

yes

[@NimSonam]

I love avocados… from India

[@SleepyLizard]

I love them too

[@kindradeleon9053]

I have about six plants from seed just grafted one, but I’m definitely gonna have to buy some Sion’s from you especially the way you talk about that Simmons variety. I’m in California there’s nothing like growing your own food. Love your channel.

[@SleepyLizard]

Man, I wish I could sell you some scion, but I don’t sell the scion or the grafted trees anymore. The importation regulations for the state of California are too much for me to adhere to.

[@kindradeleon9053]

@@SleepyLizard no worries I understand California’s got some crazy rules. But I’m definitely going to hit some nurseries up around my area to find some of those varieties in and I’m glad your wife’s feeling better. You guys make an amazing team.

[@EricaD61]

Im not sure of the name but here in Queensland Australia we get a round like a large baseball, light green, buttery and so much flavour it kicks hass out of the park. 😋 Not found in supermarkets only from backyard growers.

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Erica, Could be a Reed.

[@querubincastro1311]

plenty of them here in the philippines..at the place of my mother..plenty of exotic fruits..

[@SleepyLizard]

delicious

[@socalbackyardgardener]

I love watching your videos. If you ever visit San Diego we should collab on a grafting video or any type of avocado video. I also visit Florida from time to time

[@SleepyLizard]

I would love to collaborate with you. I've been to San Diego twice and I love it out there. These days I rarely leave my zip code 😂. lemme know next time you come to Florida

[@Luxeinboxinc]

you should have a tv show...you got it...

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you Luxe, that's a really nice compliment.

[@chukwuemerie]

@@SleepyLizard what dwarfing rootstock do you use?

[@SleepyLizard]

@@chukwuemerie we use whatever seeds we have available. no preference really. if anything we try to select seeds from bigger varieties such as Lula and Monroe.

[@chukwuemerie]

@@SleepyLizard Thanks.

[@bigskunk801]

When I lived in Honolulu the ovacado trees I seen were like the Russel you showed. The trees are giant at least 40’w 50’T. So was the fruit. In fact so big that at first I didn’t know what it was. Unfortunately I can’t grow any fruit trees around here

[@SleepyLizard]

yes the biggest varieties I've seen come from Hawaii

[@eddy8828]

👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️900 varieties of avocados.

[@SleepyLizard]

so many good ones too

[@MohhidMohammed]

Good, so veri good videos! Love from Afghanistan!

[@SleepyLizard]

I enjoy your comments.

[@user-mk3td2vu4g]

@@SleepyLizardYes! Good. Vidoes

[@kristingoettlicher3503]

I have an apple orchard in zone 4 and I breed tomatoes. I love to geek out on tomato and apple varieties, so this is right up my alley! I would gladly try all 900 cultivars. Lol. The Hass are too oily, imo. The only fresh I had was at a farmer's market in Kauai . It was amazing.

[@SleepyLizard]

Yeah, within each fruit there's so much variety. It's fun to explore. what time of year do your apples come in? I'd like to trade you for avocados next season.

[@kristingoettlicher3503]

@@SleepyLizard Most of my varieties are Sept. Some ripen up after the Sept frost. August varieties don't keep well.

[@SleepyLizard]

@@kristingoettlicher3503 i have fruit June through January so looks like we have some overlap. let's trade next year

[@ciaragarrity6425]

Dude, this is amazing! I didn't know there were so many different types of avacados!

[@SleepyLizard]

some of them are so tasty. are you somewhere that you can try some varieties?

[@ciaragarrity6425]

@@SleepyLizard Well, I live in Illinois, it gets cold here, but I bet I can find at least two different types at the store.

[@otemoyansan]

I love your video. Thank you!

[@SleepyLizard]

thanks Tami!

[@anekabibitimpor4748]

Oh my God im replay ur you tube I loved yours simmonds too... Oh im sad I don't have thats variety but it looks like our hong ngoc avocados from vietnam very drying n having orange beautiful meat you must try

[@SleepyLizard]

Aneka, do you have a vid you can link here where you show the hong ngoc?

[@sidneymonteiro3670]

Those that look like bananas are most intriguing.. 😀

[@SleepyLizard]

platanitos

[@sidneymonteiro3670]

@@SleepyLizard I actually have four avocado trees and I have followed your channel for quite a while. thumbs up.

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you, I appreciate the comments. I have a few bunches of bananas coming in. I planted a lot of them recently to help with my food budget.

[@sidneymonteiro3670]

@@SleepyLizard We are kindred spirits. I also have banana plants. North Florida region. So now and then there are frost bites on some branches during the Winter.

[@SleepyLizard]

@@sidneymonteiro3670 yum

[@ruperteachells2355]

What a pleasure watching your videos! We have a beautiful avocado tree in our backyard, that produces absolutely beautiful fruit! I can’t tell you what type, because I don’t know, but will get pictures next time , and hopefully find out! Watching from Perth, Western Australia!

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you Rupert, I'd love to see pics next season

[@Mrbfgray]

Somehow the green flesh perimeter is extra attractive. Firm...I lk the idea of Simons fruit.

[@SleepyLizard]

yes, it makes for a good visual. I wish the lighting was better in my kitchen.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@SleepyLizard Lighting was FINE. You make highly enjoyable, engaging and inspiring vids, production need not be perfect.

[@lupeuribe6818]

Love seeing your videos because I love avocados and I would love to try some of your varieties I’d love to know every month which avocado 🥑 you have and how many avocados 🥑 come in a box 📦 and price 😊 would like to try the big avocados and the one that shaped like a 🍐 🥑 Thanks 😊

[@SleepyLizard]

you can get them at www.guacfarm.com

[@user-oq4mo1es3m]

Good, so veri good videos! Love from India!

[@SleepyLizard]

I'm getting bot vibes

[@user-oq4mo1es3m]

@@SleepyLizard What? Me 2 bots, no no no no. Me thank you for you good videos! You do good vidoes!

[@wayne-oo]

Fantastic video once again ! Will order soon !!!!

[@SleepyLizard]

Thank for the compliment Wayne!

[@frankmorgan2772]

I do remember those avocados in Brazil: green ones, long necks, purple ones, huge ones with 1kg+ !!! Exceptional ! But they eaat as fruit , with sugar and milk, and not as vegetables in salads !

[@SleepyLizard]

so delicious

[@patricialazare5526]

Thanks

[@SleepyLizard]

you are welcome

[@plantnewbie5188]

18:05 For 1 second there I thought that was a bottle of tequila and I was really ready to have my mind blown.

[@SleepyLizard]

just regular old olive oil

[@sergueiignacinskybenitovic3025]

I was like "Eat it, eat it, eat it!" 😂😂😂❤

[@SleepyLizard]

I finished off after the camera stopped. I was sooo stuffed.

[@elizabethbrownjames4091]

Yes I know we have hundreds of variates in Jamaica, brown, green and black and they are HUGH.. and every yard have a avocado tree too.

[@SleepyLizard]

and you call them pears right?

[@davidibarra7854]

I've been watching your videos. And I'm starting to get avocado fever. Now every avocado I buy. I've been saving the seed and gonna grow some of them seeds. Eventually I will be ordering them cuttings from your site. To try and grow my own trees.

[@SleepyLizard]

David, welcome to the hobby!

[@miguelschoedel7691]

Love these videos!

[@SleepyLizard]

Thx Miguel

[@JuanMiro507]

oh man! i have a couple grafted aguacates (small ones)... but i definetely want to try growing 2 or 3 seedlings and see in 7-10 years if i'm lucky enough to have the next "big thing" in avocado varieties... maybe creating the perfect soil (like terra preta soils) with some biochar on it and different types of compost with crushed rocks like basalt... would definetely help create something craaazyyyyy

[@SleepyLizard]

Keep us posted on your progress

[@hortenciabeltran4666]

You can pick Pinkertons from December to April.

[@SleepyLizard]

didn't know that.

[@hortenciabeltran4666]

@SleepyLizard me either until I decided to create a mini orchard in my almost half acre. Barely skimmed the surface though. Love your videos.

[@anekabibitimpor4748]

I like this part very much...

[@SleepyLizard]

I made it for you 😀

[@anekabibitimpor4748]

Oh so sweet thank u very much🥑🥑🥑

[@frostylonewolf1700]

they can def fruit in tropical areas cause its steaming hot in those places

[@JorgeMartinez-df3or]

The avocado that you call Russell it was grown in Puerto Rico in which case they used to call it a guiro 🥑 Avocado now there is a plant in which they used to make a musical instrument that is called a guiro in which you dry it up take the seeds out and make lines into it and scrape with a fork and make music and make and also water containers in which case it has the same shape as the Russell Avocado.

[@SleepyLizard]

Jorge, Yes my Puerto Rican customers love the long necked varieties like Russell. They say it reminds them of home. Thanks for your comment.

[@Offshore1977]

If I love the Hass taste. What variety would you think taste most like Hass? I’m just south of Orlando area but am in a microclimate. I have an Oro Negro growing but it’s so small, it’s a few years before it will fruit. I’ve never tasted an Oro so we will see. But I’m looking for another variety that will give me that rich Hass taste. You are correct. A smile is contagious which is why I love your videos.

[@SleepyLizard]

thanks for the message. I find Monroe to taste similar to Hass especially later in the season

[@user-mk3td2vu4g]

Good, so very good videos! Lov from Russia!

[@SleepyLizard]

You're a bot aren't you? It's cool

[@user-mk3td2vu4g]

@@SleepyLizard Wat? We 2 bots? No no no, you do good videos. We not bots! Love from Russia!

[@alirE2904]

I have a one if a kind avocado grown from an unknw seed 15 yrs ago. Large fruit with small seed, nutty favor. So amazing. I son cut it down, saved many shhots and was able to graft it to a hass. Looks healthy. Should I let both grow, or cut off the hass.

[@SleepyLizard]

gosh I don't know what you should do. What do you want to do?

[@ken-waidoo6180]

What varieties to plant, to have year round avos? Of course has to be in a tropical zone. Taste, production, and hardiness, to be condidered.

[@SleepyLizard]

Simmonds, Brogdon, Choquette Monroe

[@johannesvanhoek9080]

I grow many varieties of avocado and what you’re saying is absolutely true but I can tell you used to be a salesman, at least you’re a trustworthy one !

[@SleepyLizard]

yep. I am what I am! . 🤣. Seriously though, thank you for the compliment. What varieties do you grow?

[@johannesvanhoek9080]

@@SleepyLizard Choquette , Hall, Donnie , Brogdon, fantastic, Hass, super Hass, Mexican cold variety and I have a 25 ft tall avocado tree that I grew from a seed from Choquette , 8 years old but no fruit yet ! Ps. Also 25 different varieties of mango trees most of them are two year old and the rest are about seven year old carrie variety 😊

[@frostylonewolf1700]

at like 40 degree celsius

[@elizabethmiranda3695]

I'm from Phil.....I 4 trees planted. But only Russel ..bear flower this January......tnx I have given her fertilizet

[@SleepyLizard]

Elizabeth, that's fantastic. Lemme know if you start to get some fruit.

[@elizabethmiranda3695]

Starting to flower my one of my avocado n I see my Monroe is also starting to show some flowers to thanks...I'm giving them enough fertilizer n water....

[@wildwoodsprings6146]

Thank you!

[@SleepyLizard]

you're welcome Widlwood

[@user-oq4mo1es3m]

You do good good vidoes!

[@user-mk3td2vu4g]

He, do good videos

[@Mrbfgray]

For what it's worth--GreenDreams in Florida has some of these varieties for mail order, I've had good results with them on previous few orders. Avos for around $70 to $90 (1 or 3 gallon) plus shipping, about to order Choquette, Lula and maybe Joey (type B which I don't have many of) or a Russell. For my modest farther N. Cali, zone 9a home collection.

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you for the recommendation

[@Mrbfgray]

@@SleepyLizard Mainly just to suggest a purchase option for random avo fans everywhere USA. :D

[@bonzibonnie]

I have 3 seed (Haas) growing in y pot/bowl. Who knew, just threw them out in my pot that I gather leftovers. One started 2 weeks later about month ago. Just left the others in the pot and yesterday, I found them growing. Dang, I have been trying for 50 years. I want to grow an Avocado in a pot so Incase our weather happens to change, I can bring it in the house. (84790 Zip) Can a Russel do well in a pot or Donny? Simmons? I would like to try graphing, ya think this old lady can succeed? Absolutely !!!!

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Bonnie you can grow any avocado in a pot indoor as a house plant but if you are bringing it in and out you're unlikely to get it to produce fruit. how cold does it get during your winters?

[@bonzibonnie]

It may have several freezing nights I live in zone 8a? Zip 84790

[@SleepyLizard]

ok, zone 8a supports avocado cultivation but you'll need to protect them on chilly nights. take a look through my channel, I have a few vids on how we protect our trees when a frost is likely

[@allbadtillthunker.employee2363]

I thought avacados have less fat than fish meat. But it is not dirty to eat three or four when you can. Victory!!!💪

[@SleepyLizard]

gotta take them wins where you can get 'em

[@Mrbfgray]

Favorite Lulu or Lula? I *always* learn something including coming back for repeats of what I missed the 1st time or forgot.

[@SleepyLizard]

Bo, my favorite is the Lula. It's so delicious but the skin scars easily so you don't often find it in the supermarket

[@isstechnz1021]

Great show, Very interesting well explained. Sounds Very yummy. I got little be of land . How much to post a Simmons sed to New Zealand

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Iss, I can't send plant material to New Zealand. I don't meet any of your government's requirements. Sorry about that.

[@macdaddynick1751]

I love your videos, and I would like to give you an idea for a future video/ series. Perhaps it would be cool to See how fast will an avocado grow and produce with multiple (3-4) rootstocks compared to one with a single rootstock. I saw a video on a 3 year old avocado with something like 10 rootstocks and that thing was as tall as a building. Very easy to find on KZbin. Perhaps there is a merit to adding more rootstocks for quicker growth and a more drought resistant plant. Thanks again for your content.

[@SleepyLizard]

Thank you MacDaddynick1. I'm always looking for vid ideas. I try to put out one per week but in the summer I have to slow down because the weather doesn't cooperate.

[@frostylonewolf1700]

oh i just looked it up said needs to be at least 60 degree f in order to flower

[@Nancymarie410]

15:52 next to where I’m living someone planted a seed and the tree is huge, as of last week it dropped fruit. The fruit is like a simons and the skin is like a haas. I have never had an avocado like this, I have been saving seeds and I’m going to germinate them and graft the parent to to it.

[@SleepyLizard]

if you like the fruit from your neighbor's tree then that's the best way to get more. excellent plan and good luck.

[@user-mz6py1hg6f]

Unbelievable 😮

[@SleepyLizard]

😝

[@Mrbfgray]

Wonder if I can grow Donny n Simmons, sounds likely. I turn green w envy from thunderstorm sound from here in typically desert farther N. Commifornia. (zone 9a) Your energy and enthusiasm are crucial. Well done as always. Only learned several yrs ago avos were even possible here, double/triple planted expecting to lose half, young in winter modest frost....didn't happen, spaced very close but most are somewhere between doing well and thriving. 1st crop on ONE tree seems to be holding, it dropped the few fruit it had last season on hot day w/o enough water, STILL one of my smaller trees tho,1.5" trunk. *Mexicola Grande is reaching for the moon* , 3" trunk starting from 1/2" but no fruit yet. (just a 1/2 acre professional home owner :D)

[@SleepyLizard]

sounds like you've got a great property! glad to hear your trees survived the frost. and yeah, I LOVE those rainstorms. I was out picking all morning in the pouring rain...soaking wet.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@SleepyLizard I understand getting tired of rain but that's not a problem here, I'd be out in it celebrating even if I had nothing to do. :D

[@regentsaquariums5692]

I eat Hass but I also love the Russel. Like an aquired taste

[@SleepyLizard]

I love the Hass also. Have you tried Simmonds?

[@regentsaquariums5692]

@@SleepyLizard might be confusing. I live in the tropics of Borneo. We have an avocado close to and looking like the Lula with big seed sizes. Tasty delicious. Btw great video double thumbs up👍👍🤩

[@SleepyLizard]

@@regentsaquariums5692 I love the Lula and yes it's big seed makes it a favorite for rootstock.

[@nancymanera4440]

Yum yum 😋

[@SleepyLizard]

yes

[@jpsamy_inthezone]

❤❤❤

[@SleepyLizard]

💪

[@user-dt3ee1kq9u]

Wooww mantap

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you

[@anekabibitimpor4748]

I don't have nesbit, donnie,...than simmonds i have but i think different with yours

[@SleepyLizard]

Aneka, we probably grow some same varieties but they're known as different names from place to place. I watch your vids even though I don't know your language and several of your avocados look like ones we grow here.

[@zamin_ali]

Hi Tom, enjoyed your video. Do you know when you might start selling grafted avocado trees? Thank you.

[@christianchavez7049]

Also mangos

[@SleepyLizard]

I'm not sure. I lost two years due to the house fire and now I'm not sure if I want to re-enter that business...it's hard enough to keep up with the fruit side of things.

[@subithnair186]

Avocados has not been very popular here until recent times. I belong to a hot and humid tropical region and this year I had my first home grown avocado. I don't know what variety that is, almost matched with the description for Reed. It was a grafted plant but i couldn't verify the sources. The flowers are type B, and the fruit turned dark brown after ripening. About 1.3lb in weight and tasted buttery, and creamy, not much of a nutty flavour. It started flowering in last Nov and flowering lasted for about 2 1/2 months. I was ignorant about the type A and B thing when I planted it in 2017, so i planted only one. Around 25 young fruits were formed, of which only 5 made it through. Picked the fruit in June. The seeds were already germinating inside. I hope next year we may have more. Now I have planted a few more grafted plants from different sources, hoping to see at least one Type A among those.

[@SleepyLizard]

Subith, thank you for your comment. It's clear you are knowledgeable and put a lot of effort into your trees. Please keep us posted on how the addition of your new trees impacts your yield.

[@ItsAlexR]

Man I just bought a grafted avocado tree from my uncle, don’t know the variety however I’m in a 9b hardiness zone and I really hope to be as happy as you are once it starts to produce fruit❤ it’s about 8-10 feet tall in a pot right now but will likely plant it in soil once it gets warmer, any advice?

[@SleepyLizard]

fantastic. and yes I have lots of advice...watch my vids first then get back to me with any questions.

[@christyinthecarolinas]

I want to grow avocado trees!! How would one get a cutting if they don't know anyone with an avocado tree? I would love to have one of each of yours! I want to try them all 😁

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Christy, I find them with an occasional google search...depends on time of year if they are available or not.

[@abrahamu5544]

Good stuff man, well I just learned i might’ve bought and Donnie? I checked the tag this morning and I could barely see a ‘donn” sorta blurry I thought the plant was sold originally to Donald trump or Daniel. The lil tree was aside among some other citruses and it was the only one in the whole place. I wanna think I got lucky, regardless I had a good feeling when I saw it some sort of connection I sensed so it was meant. Now I found your channel cause of Donnie, see ? Thank you for the informative approach you’ve angled. I like the format you have developed and I am only on my fourth video of yours and really enjoying the content. Thanks again. Ps: 1994 orlando arena, last I saw JG I see u are a fan.

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Abraham, yes I am a fan. last I saw Jerry would have been Meadowlands summer of 1990. Welcome to the channel and best of luck with your new tree!