GARY'S TIPS FOR GROWING AVOCADO TREES | LIVESTREAM 2020

[@durgo67]

Who else has listened to Gary’s videos more than once. Every time I listen I always take awY something different.

[@NMW80]

Lol yep that’s me. I have a bad memory too and I tend to miss things so I have to watch them a few times.

[@seedwolfmgo247]

Same haha these videos are Gold 😁 learned alot from Gary

[@chinatownboy7482]

Yeah. A 15 foot avocado will use 40 - 50 gallons of water per day. Are you kidding me with that? That's more water than I use in my house.

[@armandocontreras8114]

After 2 years of leaving this comment, I’m watching this video again.

[@chinatownboy7482]

Mr. Matsuoka is like the best school teachers I've ever had. So full of insight and knowledge. Unfortunately for me, I fell asleep listening to him - just like back when I was in school.

[@richardkoshinski6956]

🤣😂😴

[@kicknurass2115]

Hello Gary... very informative and great videos.. I've gone through your videos and I wish you could provide a demonstration video on large container gardening on Avocados and citrus. I've looked all over the web but there are no videos showing us what can be achieved if planted in containers. I always see 5 gallon plantings and ofcourse they always look good, but it would be nice to see a healthy 10 year old avocado or citrus "tree" growing and being maintained in a container. I wish we could actually see your friends avocado tree that had the 70+ avocados and see what is required to achieve the same results. Thanks again for all the helpful information... thanks!

[@NMW80]

Yes I agree that would be great 👍

[@lasalon9298]

Awesome reciprocal of knowledge, thanks buddy you’ve just saved me decade’s of mistake’s

[@126AP]

So I learned compost should only stay on top of soil and not cultivated or mixed in soil.👍

[@NMW80]

Yep same I wish I had knew all this years ago

[@yuliadudina]

What a great video! So much good information. I was taking notes the whole time.

[@richardkoshinski6956]

🥑

[@jasbilworks]

Amazing discovery, I never new. Thanks allot for the information 🙏🥑🥑🥑🥑

[@darinthibodeau2983]

Thank you very much for the training.

[@durgo67]

Thank you for your knowledge!

[@fuwa7860]

Garry love your videos! Very knowledgeable as usual. One thing I like to mention is that I live in china and the supermarkets sells zutano avocados here.

[@NMW80]

Cool you are lucky then. You can grow seeds and use them for rootstock and then get a cutting of your choice to graft on it.

[@NMW80]

I can’t find any zutano avocados in our shops to eat here. I want to try them. Are they nice to eat?

[@MickyBellRoberts]

This has been so educational, thank you.

[@epigeneticnerd4244]

Love your videos sir! I’m in AZ with hard clay. Sounds like you’d suggest I amend it with sand and perhaps ground quartz? Where do you think I could find those?

[@azizghiyati662]

Thanks a lot for information. Do you have any experience on growing avocados on mounts with landscape fabric ? Is this something good or bad ?

[@rockers7889]

Thanks for your advice on planting my new Fuerte avacado tree where my old Satsuma plums were at

[@NMW80]

I just ordered a fuerte avo tree. I was looking for someone who owned one to get cuttings off for ages but I just thought ah well I will buy another one. I don’t want anymore huge trees cos I’m out of room now. I already have heaps of avocado seedlings growing and a bacon avocado tree so I don’t want anymore avo trees that will turn into a full size tree. What I do want though is cutting off other people who own avo trees so I can use them to graft onto my already existing avo trees. I have spent so much money on fruit trees and plants and I don’t want to have to spend 100 every time I want another variety of avocado. Are you firm the US? I’m in Australia. If anyone reads this and is in Australia can you please let me know if you are interested in swapping some fruit tree cuttings. I can even graft onto some rootstock for someone who can help me out with avo cuttings from any other variety. I have hass and fuerte. We can do swaps and I can make them grafted multi fruit trees too. I just don’t want to have to keep on buying full trees every time I want a cutting it’s so annoying. I have severe health issues and I don’t want to spend money I don’t have on fruit trees which I am growing to save money but it’s already costing me so much money to get all my plants so far.

[@NMW80]

I don’t think we are aloud to send cuttings over seas due to pests and diseases. It would take too long to get there too and die most likely. That’s why I said only people from Australia but Maybe I’m wrong maybe they don’t care about cuttings as long as they are safe and not carrying pests or diseases in the packaging I’m not sure.

[@MG956_]

What is a good pesticide to spray the leaves with, my small avocado plant has a lot of black bugs and now I am noticing tiny green bugs around the upcoming leaves???

[@howtogrowfromseed]

Thank you Gary for all your explanations. I have a question, what is the warmest temperature an avocado can live happily in? Many thanks 😊

[@frankyancy1347]

About 95, gets hotter, go out a few times in the afternoon and spritz, and prewater the day before a coming hot day.

[@GarysBestGardening]

Hope this reply is not too late. A healthy avocado tree grows really well between 80 and 100 degrees F. The newer growth gets burnt at around 110 degrees.

[@ShotGunner5609]

Thank you again for the lovely knowledge. I went ahead and bought a hass tree from a local nursery a few weeks ago and have since transplanted it in a big planter with real dirt. Hoping it gets over the shock soon. When will you guys be selling the Carmen's? And can i buy some over the phone and come pick them up?

[@realpiece4086]

I bought one last year over the phone and picked it up a few days later

[@danielbechsgaard1845]

For the spray, what type of palm food can be used? Do you dilute the dry granular stuff into your spray solution?

[@yakkerklrm3659]

Your videos are awesome. I learned so much. On how much fertilizer to use. Some videos mention using one cup, three times a year. However these examples are small on 2-3-4 year old trees. How do you properly fertilize larger trees? How do you determine how much to give trees 10 to 50 years old and 10 to 30 feet tall

[@imafoodnut]

I'm very excited to try a soil mix with no compost incorporated into it. However, I worry about the unsustainable nature of peat moss. Can coconut coir achieve the same end, or will it behave like leaf matter and contribute to root rot?

[@GarysBestGardening]

In my opinion there is a lot, lot more peat moss in the World than coconut coir. Northern Europe, Siberia, Canada all have hundreds of shallow lakes of peat. Also coconut coir is too freshly killed and may harbor diseases as it decomposes. It also makes foliage take on a "orange" tinge that may be due to some mineral or tanins that it contains. Coco coir has done some fabulous marketing to encourage people to purchase it. Vermiculite would be a substitute for peat but don't use more than about 5% of the volume.

[@edjo3430]

Hi Gary. I have a heavy clay soil, and I want a fruit orchard. Should I buy bulk (sandy loam) and mound it up and plant each tree or should I just add sand to clay? Even the smallest hole in my ground turns into 10 days long puddle.

[@harryarroyo6779]

Will play sand be substituted for Sandy loam ?

[@126AP]

I’d use construction sand, thicker grits. I add couple bags 1ft deep to native clay soil🤠

[@larryhughes72]

I need an expert to come out and look at my Avocado 🥑 tree. I have an issue with termites or something eating my tree and need to know what to do...anyone have a recommendation on what to do or who to call for a consultation?

[@johnflynn5003]

Larry Hughes Jr. if the tree looks like it will survive I would buy that iv organic paint. It protects from sun and bugs....$30 a can but u can use it for couple years per can

[@NMW80]

Are they aphids? Are they eating the wood or just sucking the life out of it like aphids do? Did you find out what the bugs were?

[@davensky1804]

Pesticides aka bug spray

[@emilymorales5803]

my little grafted avocado tree ( has tree) I bought down here in Australia from our local nursery “Bunnings Australia” has now been on the ground for about 5 months I.e since June...now it’s about 2 feet tall and lushed green,...and now is starting to grow shoots, blooms and buds....is that good ,or is that abnormal and no good....should I let it go grow to this stage and just leave it alone..or should I prune so much off it’s blooms for now and wait a little while more until it’s a little bit taller.

[@NMW80]

There is a guy on KZbin who grows heaps of avo trees in pots and they are super healthy with plenty of fruit for the size of it.

[@Lion-dq9uj]

Both AandB plants will produce the same amount of fruit ??

[@wendywu5359]

I understand that normal fruit tree can't be planted in the same hole, can avocado tree be an exemption?

[@peterc2697]

A question around yellowing of the leaves. On planting, I applied the following fertilizers to my young avocado trees: -chicken manure, blood and bone, gypsum and a chemical fertilizer. (Leftovers sprayed on other plants.) A short time after, I made a mixture of molasses, seaweed and fish to spray on my freshly planted avocados, to help first year root growth. Some plants leaves have turned yellow. I had been told in the past that this was caused by a lack of magnesium, so Epson salts was to be put on the root area. I have heard you talk about yellowing of leaves to be a lack of nitrogen. Could you comment on yellowing leaves and also what a lack of magnesium does. I have unlearned so much by watching your videos and would like help in this area. Much appreciated.

[@mykvass]

Great video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thank You

[@michealkelm2834]

Can a copper drench help against root rot ... Also hydrogen peroxide maybe ?

[@NMW80]

I was thinking the same about the copper. Or probiotics for soil.

[@NMW80]

I wonder if this potting mix is why so many people have issues growing avo trees, they lame the weather when it may very well just be the soil most times.

[@richardkoshinski6956]

👍

[@onememories8523]

Thank you for sharing! Why are you not allowed to sell GEM avacado when you said it is the perfect hass offspring? Won't you want to sell the best and perfect plants ?

[@NMW80]

Can you make a video of how to pick avocados that are in huge high trees and how to prune them, How much to prune them too. Also do you sell your avocado trees or cuttings to Australia or are you not aloud to due to disease control etc. I know plants are probably not aloud to be sold worldwide due to pests that can sneak in to the country in potting soils.

[@AnarchAnjel]

Hi Gary, I live in Nevada and i am wanting to grow some avocado trees, Temps get pretty high here. I wanted to ask you if you have any experience with the Aravaipa avocado tree? from Arizona.Are they grown the same way? Require same care? I myself have just learned about this desert growing tree. I have not aquired one yet. But hope to.

[@GarysBestGardening]

unfortunately, we don't have any experience with growing that variety of Avocado, though I would imagine if would require the same care as any other variety, with the exception of taking extra care of it from the heat and cold, in your particular case. - KC

[@NMW80]

Can I use normal potting soil or garden soil mixed in with the sand, peat moss, charcoal, pumice, perlite etc. not the potting mix that’s full of dead trees composted. Just the potting/garden soil I mean so it has some soil in it. I was still going to put the organic mulch soil only on top layers of my pots. I am going to grow most of my trees in pots cos I don’t have the room and I don’t want to live here for ever.

[@HiddenAgendas]

No wonder my trees are struggling. I mix in my soil with compost. Not only is it struggling, the soil settles as it decomposes and now my tree is about 3" below grade...

[@DavidJJJ]

Fixed the mic, awesome!

[@NMW80]

My bacon avo tree hasn’t dropped any leaves yet. What season do they Normally do that? I have only had my bacon since this winter and I’m aus so it’s just gone spring now. I have lost a couple of leaves in a storm when the wind knocked the pot over but that was only due to them breaking off. Never have I seen any brown leaves yet that fall off naturally.

[@NMW80]

I hope all my separate comments help your channel, I try to do my comments separately most of the time cos it helps your channel out. KZbin likes channels that get heaps or views,likes, subs and comments I’m told. This channel is awesome and thank you for the good content mate.

[@NMW80]

I am now losing leaves and my avo trees don’t look too good anymore. I hope to god they don’t have any diseases. They have all these vertical lines on stems and trunk and also have parts of dark patches.

[@zarkkt8952]

In spring it will drop old leaves and grow new ones

[@NMW80]

@@zarkkt8952 thank you.

[@NMW80]

Gary are you aloud to sell your avo trees or cuttings to Australia? Cos of pests etc I wasn’t sure what the rules and regulations are with over seas shipping of live plants. I would like to buy some avo cuttings off you. Is that possible?

[@danaluke6410]

Hi gary, last year after 4 years. My tree finally produced fruit. Then when the fruit were about an inch long, they all turned black and fell off.i live near sacramento with clay soil,please help

[@evelynl1249]

Wood chip my friend. Have you try “Back to Eden” method? I found that movie very informative

[@sw20kosh]

I have tried re-doing the soil that the avocados come in from the nursery with sandy loam but seems they don't like getting their root balls shaken out. I've tried fixing their soil twice now and both have dropped all leaves and have gone dormant for a month or two. Non of my other plants have reacted so badly to this procedure. Anyone have any tips?

[@ericrosales9722]

What are the main causes for the avocado fruit to become fiberous?

[@emilymorales5803]

How come I’d never seen a Gem avocado tree in NSW Australia......does it have other name besides “Gem”

[@craigkeller]

Hey Emily, gem is the initials of the man who developed them. I’ve been trying to get some to plant here on the big island of Hawaii. There’s a nursery that propagates them in California they said they would sell me a minimum of 2000 which is just a few to many. I’m going to try talk with Gary this next week to see if he can acquire a couple dozen for me . Brokaw Nursery LLC is the grower. Good luck! Aloha

[@sushmasuresh2815]

Can I transplant my 6’ avocado tree which is planted just 1’ away from the wall ? Will it survive if I move it ?

[@GarysBestGardening]

You would have to be VERY careful and be able to dig around the tree pretty far out as to not disturb the root system. Unless you get professionals to remove it for you, chances of them surviving may be slim. -KC

[@NMW80]

Why can’t you just grow the cuttings and let it grow roots? I have rooted heaps of trees and plants that way.

[@NMW80]

Also can an A type avo tree produce other A type avo trees? So will the fruit be all A type or both A and B? So if I grow a hass seed will it be an A or can it grow into either A or B?

[@socalavocado8071]

That seed looks familiar

[@susieclark1498]

PLEASE repeat your guests questions, we can only hear your answers.

[@meredithsnieder3186]

🥰🫶🥰

[@TheChenny73]

Avocados don’t like frost? Really? Mexicola, Lila and so many more take into the low twenties and high teens without skipping a beat. I guess what you’re trying to say is growing tropical avocados in California climate can be difficult. You are growing the wrong varieties.

[@FattyMateo]

Ps you must be joking with this commercial setup lol. Premium channels don't have that many ads

[@FattyMateo]

Every single video starts with a rant about the harms of compost. Like dude we get it, you're selling something that doesn't use compost. Unsubbed

[@glennespinoza3085]

He seems so boring.

[@NMW80]

I find his videos not boring at all. Maybe it’s cos I enjoy listening to how to care for avocados. Maybe this doesn’t interest you that much lol