How to Graft an Avocado Tree

[@nenaelliott8058]

Amazing video. My hats off to Jorge and Yolanda.

[@SleepyLizard]

I couldn't slow them down...they just wanted to graft graft graft!

[@nenaelliott8058]

@@SleepyLizard that's what good workers do.

[@Globe_Drifter]

Thanks for not stealing the spotlight like most youtubers would do. You allowed them to shine and inspire other people through your videos. Perfect and honest explanation of everything. You earned a sub.

[@SleepyLizard]

Thank you Globe. Sometimes people criticize me for not letting my guests speak but a lot of people get camera shy. Jorge and Yolanda seem entertained by the idea. They are great to work with. and thanks for subscribing. I'm almost at 100k

[@n.jorgji8101]

Jorge and Yolanda. Thank you. With the names you have you are doing the right job. Both your names are of Greek origin: Jorge comes from Georgios which means "farmer". Yolanda comes from "Yolantha" which means "Violet". Thank you.

[@jorgemercado7505]

Tom you inspired me to plant some avocado seeds last month in February. I have 60 going so far and a few have are starting to sprout. BTW Jorge's the man.

[@SleepyLizard]

Jorge is the man.

[@mwikakalima24]

Can't wait for Jorge to come back either 🤗

[@SleepyLizard]

same

[@erlpen2016]

What a video….so it doesn’t matter where you come from as long as you have something to share you should be welcomed….that is exactly why this country is amazing…let’s not destroy it…thanks to all three of you for such a great video…

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you

[@davidsamano2067]

Grafting or air pruning? Try grafting but ever single time the graft dies but the seed is still alive. Have a little cado and 5 seedlings and still no luck 😅

[@gevans5446]

Yet another video full of valuable information delivered in a way that even a knucklehead like me can understand. Tom, your Spanish is excellent!

[@SleepyLizard]

Thanks for the compliment G. Jorge and I have been trying to link up these past few weeks but we can't coordinate schedules

[@cssamarasinghe5803]

Most people in our country don't know about these methods. It's a very good lesson for the people who are intereated about grafting

[@SleepyLizard]

what country are you in?

[@jesselobo3213]

Thanks, this was enlightening and entertaining. The best part, you gave credit to Jorge and Yolanda for sharing their knowledge with us.

[@SleepyLizard]

I couldn't have done it without them

[@JusticeJo]

This is the best grafting video I have seen. The grafting is done low in the seed plant and looks good. In Malaysia the grafting is done more than a foot above the base of the seed plant.

[@SleepyLizard]

by my calculations Jorge has done well over a million grafts in his lifetime.

[@christineveazey3705]

Jorge and Yolanda are awesome !!! Thank you for your gracious sharing how to graft!!

[@SleepyLizard]

You will see more of them in the future.

[@mikeburgess7372]

Good and fun video thanks man. Thank all involved. I feel like I can do it now.

[@SleepyLizard]

please come back and let us know how it goes.

[@GarySimpson-p2n]

They seem so gennuine and happy when grafting. A good way to escape the trouble and frustration of bad luck from seedlings by grafting

[@SleepyLizard]

yes

[@musaadfelton3909]

I took your advice that you gave. I asked if the tree has already set fruit. When can I take a cutting for scion wood. You said after the fruiting period when the new growth starts. The fruit was still hanging on the tree but new growth started with swollen buds on the growth. I took those cuttings 1 month ago and I grafted on to two of my seedlings. And yessssssss😁😁 the one is taking. New leaves are growing now on my graft. Yeeeesssss. So exciting. I'm actually headed into winter. We are in autumn now but I have my grafted tree indoors so it will be safe until spring. But thanks for that advice. My friend planted an avacado tree from seed but didn't have space to plant it out, and he gave it away to a family friend member and that guy planted it in the ground. That avacado tree grows better avacados than any variety I ever tasted. Creamy, sweet, it's huge avacados too. So now that I successfully grafted a tree in spring I'm going to try and get a cutting from that tree of my friend and try to grow it. Buy I just wanted to say thanks because I took your advice and it helped because I was unsure about when to take a cutting and what to look for.

[@SleepyLizard]

you just made my day. congratulations on your success!

[@TL8311-j6x]

Gracias Jorge y Yolanda!

[@SleepyLizard]

I will tell them

[@momodoumboob3615]

Your passion is highly contagious. Hats off !

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you Momodou. I only make the vids when I'm in a really enthusiastic mood!

[@renatetrumper1442]

You are so refreshing and encouraging thanks for this upload

[@SleepyLizard]

and thank you! Great way to start my day.

[@renatetrumper1442]

You're welcome

[@AE-tk9fp]

Another great video! Thanks from south Texas. We have a small avocado orchard here, just for personal consumption. Love watching your videos. Hopefully someday I can make it back down to Florida to see your farm.

[@SleepyLizard]

That would be great! We'd love having visitors.

[@j_vil4581]

Is there any chance to barter/buy some avocado scion wood from you. I lost my 18 ft avocado tree during the freeze 3 years ago, so I am starting over. I live in Corpus Christi

[@Prekkersaurus]

Thank you Jorge and Yolanda, I learned something today.

[@SleepyLizard]

they are so good

[@heleinferr2529]

Jorge and Yolanda deserve a good pay check they do an amazing job, and thank Jorge and Yolanda ❤

[@SleepyLizard]

I agree

[@trex3958]

Thank you. Very helpful for me. I hope you get the zutano trees soon. Thank you Tim

[@SleepyLizard]

I don't know anyone with zutano...no sure I can get budwood here in florida....that's more of a CA variety.

[@kimhicks4781]

Try Epicenter Growers in Southern California, They are rare Àvacado growers that ship. Also Four Winds Growers in Watsonville California also ships Avaçados

[@SleepyLizard]

@@kimhicks4781 thank you

[@jjwithers1]

I have a 10+ foot avocado tree grown from a seed. Thanks to this video I grafted a few haas and bacon avocado branches to it. 3 out of 6 have leaf sprouts now. One has some dead/back on it but sprouting too. I’m excited for years to come and hopefully get some fruit!

[@SleepyLizard]

You just made my day

[@phillipberens7294]

Where do you get your grafting tape?

[@SleepyLizard]

@@phillipberens7294 local nursery supply called Diamond R. also amazon

[@lljl5310]

Wow! Great information! Gracias Jorge y Yolanda!

[@SleepyLizard]

masters of their craft they are.

[@hopefulvoyage]

Very informative and beneficial. Muchos gracias to everyone who contributed.

[@SleepyLizard]

thank you hopeful voyage

[@Angelof005]

Thank you so much! You explained everything in fine detail. I can't wait for the video on grafting on a old tree. I got a 7 yr old Avocado tree from seed.

[@SleepyLizard]

I'm trying to get Jorge to come graft the tree but he went and changed his phone number

[@Angelof005]

@@SleepyLizard So, when you graft an old tree does the whole tree start producing Avocados or just the grafted part? Thanks.

[@SleepyLizard]

@@Angelof005 just the new part because we prune away any growth that takes place below the graft.

[@cynthialuthuli1130]

I have just given away +20 seedlings if i had seen this i would grafted one or two , thank you that was very informative

[@SleepyLizard]

nothing better than growing more seedlings because you get to eat the avocados to get the seeds 😝

[@larrylarive8892]

When grafting avocado tree does the seedling need to be as the cutting &geet the same avocado as the cutting?

[@SleepyLizard]

no, they just have to be the same species so any avocado with any avocado works. but you couldn't for example put an apple cutting on an avocado tree

[@AgricResearchInnovation]

Thanks for the clear grafting technique

[@SleepyLizard]

You are welcome Tawanda

[@senabotchie1564]

Thanks so much. Learnt a lot. Can you graft the top of a seedling to the stalk of another variety of seedling?

[@SleepyLizard]

You can but there’s no reason to do it. You still wind up with all the unpredictability of a seedling

[@americancubangardener]

Awesome. I need Jorge and Yolanda to show me 1 on 1 grafting. I will love to see mango, mamey, sapotilla and any other tropical tree that he can do.

[@SleepyLizard]

they are amazing

[@sundaym.simpungwe]

Really appreciate your videos. So informative. Following from Zambia

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Sunda, thanks for the comment

[@danielalexandroramos6569]

Man I just send you a message, googling translating everything, just to find out you speak spanish. Muy buen trabajo, felicidades al Jorge y Yolanda. Yo quiero unos arboles de ingerto de aguacate

[@SleepyLizard]

Jajaja.

[@lesminminaar6510]

Very good information indeed. my 2year old avocado tree is dying from the top due to frost...can it be rescued

[@SleepyLizard]

where do you live that you are experiencing frost?

[@tamelatkdaniels888]

Thank you for showing us how to graft. I just bought a grafted Mexicola avocado tree. I am looking for videos that will assist me in my success. I live in Northern California and am hoping for the best.

[@SleepyLizard]

good luck with your tree Tamela!

[@mwnemo]

Your videos are so great, thank you so much.!

[@SleepyLizard]

Thank you Nemo

[@mwnemo]

Do you guys sell budwood? I’m sure you don’t have the smaller Mexican avocados. I live in Jacksonville florida and have a ton of seedlings growing in the backyard but want to top work them to cold Hardy Mexican varieties. Zone 9a

[@SleepyLizard]

@@mwnemo Hi Nemo, we don't sell budwood. Sorry about that.

[@Ethelred966]

Thanks for the information. Is there a particular variety of avocado that's the best rootstock?

[@SleepyLizard]

Scott, not really. Avocados don't grow true to seed so every seed is a crap shoot. That said we do prefer to use the bigger seeds like from Waldin, Lula, and Choquette

[@Ethelred966]

@@SleepyLizard sounds good. I'm looking forward to trying some avocados from your farm, and trying my hand at grafting. Thanks again.

[@SleepyLizard]

@@Ethelred966 you are going to love the hobby

[@mushumodzvimbo9706]

This was an eye opener thank you very much.

[@SleepyLizard]

you're welcome

[@thelordoffire7953]

Sir I know this isn't a mango video but thank you I finally figured out how to get them to start growing the root😁

[@SleepyLizard]

awesome!

[@rubencortez8184]

Can I get some of your branches so that I can try and graft a alvacado tree? Love your show

[@SleepyLizard]

If you are local to south Florida then yes. I can’t ship them.

[@MrRojas54]

Great video brother. Does it matter at all what kind of avocado seed you start with or what kind you graft on? Thank you.

[@SleepyLizard]

for avocado there's not really a go-to rootstock variety but we try to use big seeds like from the Lula or Walden avocado. As for what cuttings you graft on that depends on your taste, you chose whatever variety you want to eat.

[@lupillos7404]

Best video came across KZbin thanks 👍🏻

[@SleepyLizard]

wow! thanks for getting my day off to a great start

[@captainsalmonslayer]

Ive never tried cleft grafting off centre of the rootstock. ill give it a try next time see if my success rate improves.

[@SleepyLizard]

I'm not 100% sure but I think it gives more surface area for contact.

[@ThomasNovak-r6n]

You are the best Thomas

[@SleepyLizard]

you ain't so bad yourself Thomas

[@hiyaks]

Mahalo for this! I have been growing my tree wrong from seed this whole time. I just started a new one and will be using this method. Hopefully we get fruit before my oldest leaves for college!! Can I still save my current tree?

[@SleepyLizard]

yes, you can graft onto a tree of any age.

[@hiyaks]

@@SleepyLizard Thank you! I just saw the video where you do that. Going to salvage the tree I planted from seed! Mahalo from Hawaii!

[@captainwinger]

Awesome vid! Is there a particular seed that grows a better root stock in Florida environment?

[@SleepyLizard]

not really although many large nurseries prefer Lula or Waldin

[@PinoyGrafter]

gracias guys for that video 400 graft for a day Jorje really have that passion for grafting.

[@SleepyLizard]

yeah, I enjoy fruit from trees he grafted every year.

[@thomassiddons2117]

400 per day Jorge be a legend, nice people great video.

[@SleepyLizard]

he wouldn't even wait for me to get the camera going...trying to break a record he is.

[@wayne-oo]

You have some great employees there !

[@SleepyLizard]

The best

[@marcogatchalian7040]

salute.... very good spanish..... i slept thru my spanish classes👍

[@heerasingh7844]

Tom you're outstanding as always but today I have find out that you speak Spanish as well well done bro 👍♥️👌 keep doing the great job that you have been doing great great 👍

[@SleepyLizard]

gracias. 😎

[@heerasingh7844]

👍

[@mwikakalima24]

Right on time! My first graft was unsuccessful ☹️ even tho I tried to follow your first video on it, to a tea 🤧

[@SleepyLizard]

Now you have a better example to follow and I suggest you try multiple that way a few can fail and some will succeed.

[@mwikakalima24]

@@SleepyLizard I will!!!! Thanks! ☺️❤️

[@mwikakalima24]

@@SleepyLizard he basically did what you did, except faster 😅😅.. but a great point I did get from Yolanda is making the slit on the seedling more on the side than in the middle. I'll try that

[@SleepyLizard]

@@mwikakalima24 yeah, try that and stay close and let us know how you make out.

[@mwikakalima24]

@@SleepyLizard I will! Still would love it if you looked into having a discord community 🤞🤞🤞

[@cucusalleh3192]

On 6:02 May I know how many TYPES of parafilm tapes did she used? I Noticed she already wrapped the top stem before graft to the seedlings/stem attached to soil. 4:22 i love how you showed how the angle for graft.

[@SleepyLizard]

Parafilm to wrap the cutting grafting tape on the graft

[@cucusalleh3192]

@@SleepyLizard sir, what about the tapes they used to wrap the top stem before graft to the seedlings? Are there any names for the tapes?

[@SleepyLizard]

@@cucusalleh3192 oh I see what you were asking. I don't know the specific kind sorry

[@cucusalleh3192]

​@@SleepyLizardthat's right sir. I'm asking exactly at 6:02 second. Different kind of tapes? If you don't have the answer, it's fine for me. Thanks for the reply

[@sihlembhele4014]

I have been watching your video over and over again. It really looks easy, but tell me if I have to cover the grated seedling with some plastic after grafting or I just leave it like that uncovered?

[@SleepyLizard]

they wrapped the cutting in parafilm before they attached it to the seedling.

[@mwikakalima24]

12:26... I don't need to imagine it, because he's already put a smile on mine 😊☺️

[@SleepyLizard]

Me too. I hope to bring out more of his personality next time...they were both a little shy with the camera on.

[@fightomo]

Great video as always. These guys are making it look easy. I dont have fine motor skills so i'll probably cut myself. I hope to try this with my mango seedlinv in a couple of months though.

[@SleepyLizard]

same with me, my hands are too shaky, ha!

[@Avocadoenthusiasts]

Ive tried to graft 10 seedlings with Mexiola Avocado cuttings, only 2 took, 5 died, 3 are in limbo. I wish they all would have lived, but Im happy to have 2 good trees. Ill keep trying till I figure it all out. I think this is probably best done in Early spring.

[@SleepyLizard]

I want to try that variety. and yeah that's why I always tell people to graft more than they need. Not everyone has Jorge's 90%+ rate.

[@PalAl11]

awesome video. When will you have some scions ready to purchase?

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Alex, I"m not sure. It varies from year to year.

[@nelsonofpilipinas]

Thanks Ate! Informative video, Salamat Po!

[@SleepyLizard]

You’re welcome! What does Salamat Po mean?

[@nelsonofpilipinas]

@@SleepyLizard mean thank you in Tagalog the one of the languages we speak here in the Philippines! 🤗❤️

[@SleepyLizard]

@@nelsonofpilipinas In that case you're welcome.

[@rosieposie8038]

SleepyLizard Great video i will try that granfting new person. Rosie Sw Florida

[@SleepyLizard]

Good Luck Rosie. 😉

[@Enoch-Gnosis]

What months Jorge starts to graft avocado trees in SF?

[@SleepyLizard]

Right now

[@Enoch-Gnosis]

@@SleepyLizard thank you !

[@kimhicks4781]

That is the simplest grafting technique I have seen. I like this method. Thank you for showing. Do you grow the Lila and Maria Black.

[@SleepyLizard]

We don’t have either of those varieties but I’ve heard good things about the Lila. As for the technique we forgo finesse for volume 😂

[@aliafsharnaderi1875]

Fantastic. My hats off to them & you .

[@SleepyLizard]

they do such good work

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

I love that you help employ people like Jorge and Yolanda with your passion for avocados. Is there any way to purchase a small tree from you that might work in a small backyard? I live in Palm Beach County. Thanks enjoy you all caught you live once you and your wife are just lovely.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

I imagine for small mites and other bugs here in FL the wrapping of the wedged graft gives it even a better chance to survive.

[@SleepyLizard]

aw shucks! thanks for the compliment. Lemme know if you ever want to drop by for a visit and yes we have a few small trees for local sales but I can't ship right now.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

@@SleepyLizard Understood, and well deserved.

[@LuzMFuentes]

@@SleepyLizard where in FL is the farm located I would love to stop by to purchase some cuttings or a small tree?

[@SleepyLizard]

@@LuzMFuentes Hi Luz, I'm down in Homestead. Send me a text if you wanna set up a time to visit. It's in the "about" section of the channel.

[@lisettesyummygarden2299]

This was a great vid! I'm gonna try it!

[@SleepyLizard]

please come back and tell us how it goes.

[@brokenfaith2968]

Love the information, another great video. Sadly, grafting avocados has never worked out for me. Stone fruit I can graft tho. If you could ask them if they ever drive thru south Tx and want to graft a few here, lol. It looks like a very cold rest of the week here, into the high 20's and low 30's. I hope you were able to get a battery for the pump. Till next time, God Bless You and Yours.

[@SleepyLizard]

I'll be sure and have them look you up if they ever head toward Texas. and yes we got the pump all up and running, thanks for asking.

[@pauladavid3999]

I love your attitude I believe it too I have a question, I’ve got like 15 trees growing from seed and after seeing your videos my bubble popped and now I need to graft but my trees are like one meter tall and some have like little branches at the top growing to the sides ( I’d love to send you pics), the base is about two cm ( perimeter) , should I still chop from bottom or should I try to graft in the little branches ( one cm perimeter) , or wait or what, I love my trees and enjoy every moment to see them growing

[@SleepyLizard]

graft onto the ends of new branches.

[@royaltyonline-coza]

Hey thanks. Tell us if grafting can be done in winter - is winter a better season to graft?

[@SleepyLizard]

We graft all year long. As long as you can harvest budwood. If there's flowers or young fruit we leave the trees alone.

[@paulonganda5290]

Quite amazing.My question is, for how long should we remove the parafilm after the healing of union?

[@SleepyLizard]

They’ll grow right through parafilm. If you use grafting tape wait about a month after the graft takes

[@ChrisSmith-rv5wb]

great video. did you ever do the video for the 20 year old tree grafting?

[@SleepyLizard]

Chris, no, I've prepped the tree twice but never got back to it.

[@ChrisSmith-rv5wb]

@@SleepyLizard well when you do im looking forward to seeing it. im looking to put in trees but cant always find the fruit first. so if i change my mind and want a different variety it would be nice to keep the roots in place and just graft it to a different variety of the fruit.

[@michaelcaragio8521]

So I did what you guys showed us both seedlings graphs are producing buds now and tiny leaves. When do I pull off the tape?

[@SleepyLizard]

Excellent!! Give it another month

[@michaelcaragio8521]

@@SleepyLizard thanks I live in Santa Cruz California and the scions came from a 80’ avocado tree. I think it is a Haas. I’m using copper antenna in each pot and I’m going to put a circle of copper wire around to absorb the electrons to help the sap into the tree.

[@SleepyLizard]

keep us posted

[@bqnbarb13]

Have you done the follow up video with Jorge? I really need guidance on how to graft on to a stump!

[@SleepyLizard]

I haven't but we are getting into grafting season now so I'm gonna give him a call

[@mosesplasencia231]

Jorge looks so familiar ..lol ..i think I may know him from way back ..lol. Awesome stuff bro .

[@SleepyLizard]

He's a really nice guy too

[@johanbendtsen4772]

Hi I bought some 8-10 months old healthy looking avocado seedlings from a nursery. All of them were supposed to be grafted but I could only see the grafting mark on a few of them. I was told that grafting marks often dissapear after some months. I just want to hear if that is correct or that you should be able to see the marks on all the seedlings you buy. Thanks.

[@SleepyLizard]

Johan, Grafting marks do not disappear after a few months. They are visible for years, sometimes for decades.

[@onecosmiclove]

Please show me how to graft my fuerte avocado tree here in Southern California. I have a 5 year old tree from a seed that I really want to graft but I’m nervous to!!

[@SleepyLizard]

look up some vids on "top working" and you'll see how we do it

[@CHR478]

5:53 What's the difference between the cutting and the seedling? Where did he get the seedling from?

[@SleepyLizard]

We grow the seedling from seed. We are constantly harvesting seeds and maintaining inventory for seedlings. The cutting comes off the tree like you saw Jorge doing at the beginning.

[@Enoch-Gnosis]

Jorge is awesome!

[@SleepyLizard]

I got another Jorge vid coming out next Wednesday...a week from tomorrow. I'll pass on your compliment.

[@faithsilindilendhlovumazyo9275]

Hats off indeed but I want Jorge to advise if we can grow avocado from the cuttings only.

[@SleepyLizard]

you can but we don't. Takes longer and you don't get a well developed root system like you do with a seedling.

[@faithsilindilendhlovumazyo9275]

Okay thankyou for that info

[@lambanmartyr]

Thank you so much! I’m totally going to start a bunch of seedlings so when I can get to the avocado tree I want to propagate they’ll be ready. I really appreciate the knowledge of why some trees don’t produce fruit. My family has like 10 avo trees by on our property that never produce fruit. 🤦‍♀️ now I know how to fix the problem. 😆 off to watch the other videos.

[@SleepyLizard]

welcome to the channel. Keep posting about your progress with your seedlings and the 10 lazy trees.

[@ThànhTrần-333]

I would like to grow a cold hardy avocado variety where the temperature can go down to 25°F in the winter, which variety (Mexicola or Hass) should I use as the root stock? Which one will determine whether the tree can withstand the cold temperature, the root stock or the scion?

[@SleepyLizard]

the rootstock isn't important it's the cutting. The rootstock is mostly underground and at a low of 25F air temp the roots will be just fine.

[@ThànhTrần-333]

When we graft a avocado tree that is intended to be grown in the colder climate (25F in the winter), we should choose one of the Mexican varieties like the Mexicola Grande as the rootstock for its cold tolerance and the Hass as the scion for its quality, correct?

[@j_vil4581]

Do you always have to use a scion from an established tree ? Is it possible to grow two seedlings and use one as the foundation tree the other as the scion ? Just asking a possible silly question as I am new to grafting. I live in South Texas and lost my pride and joy during the freeze, almost 3 years ago. It was an 18 ft Choquete avocado tree....I still miss it....

[@SleepyLizard]

oh man, that freeze was terrible. so many of my customers were impacted. so sad. as for grafting seedling to seedling, there's no reason it wouldn't work from a mechanical perspective but you really don't gain anything by grafting a seedling to a seedling, you still wind up with the unpredictability of a seedling. the reason we graft from an established tree is we want to replicate the output of the established tree. It helps if you think of it like we are "planting" the established tree into the seedling instead of into soil.

[@enalaphiri2781]

You inspired to start growing avocado , I have about three hundred Avocado plants and are now ready for grafting, My question is, can I cut the cuttings from any grown tree even if it is has not yet born fruit yet?

[@SleepyLizard]

Enala, you want to take from a tree that's already born fruit. that way you know you are taking cuttings from a tree that's reached the age of sexual maturity and also you know what the fruit will be like.

[@dafish9161]

What type/brand of grafting tape do they use?

[@SleepyLizard]

buddy tape to wrap the scion and any brand to close the graft

[@NiraliKadam]

Hay Tom , It’s great to see your inspiring videos. I have a question. I grow avocado from the seeds. I have 6 saplings about 2 feet high now. I don’t have a mature avocado tree to have the buds to graft them. Could you suggest how to graft them to have fruits quickly? Can I just graft with each other saplings ? Will this help me to grow them for fruits ?

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Deepak, you need to graft cuttings from a mature fruit bearing tree. if you graft seedling to seedling you still have seedling.

[@NiraliKadam]

@@SleepyLizard thanks for the input I will go the way

[@ashleyerusciano]

I'm a beginner gardener in SWFL. I've had an avocado seedling planted for the last year or so. I recently repotted it in a bigger pot, and it has a great root system and a strong stem. Is it too late to graft my seedling tree? Is it recommended to graft the seedling tree as soon as it is ready to be grafted? This video was so helpful. Could you also do a quick video going into more detail about what exactly is being cut in the beginning of the video? I'm going to look for a mature tree around me and see if I can get a cutting (with proper permission), but I'm not entirely sure where I should cut.

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Ashley, it's not too late to graft your seedling. You can graft at anytime. In fact I have a 20 year old tree I'm going to graft next month. I will do a vid in the future with more detail on how to select the cutting. You've got nurseries over there in southwest FL. I'm sure you can ask one of the workers to get you a cutting or two.

[@ashleyerusciano]

@@SleepyLizard Awesome, thank you! I will definitely look into the nurseries here 🙂

[@tonymartin8640]

Awesome video. Would love to see him graft mamey

[@SleepyLizard]

we'll be doing that for sure.

[@janicesid]

Great video!!!!

[@SleepyLizard]

thanks mom.

[@pntdblack]

Gracias Jorge y Yolanda! ojala gue les pago mucho por enceniar como acer esto!!!

[@SleepyLizard]

they were very well compensated I assure you.

[@MasterKenfucius]

Question: I know why they strip all the leaves from the bud wood after they trim it in a commercial setting, but hear me out. For people doing this at home in a small scale, would it be a good idea to strip the leaves from the budwood the day before, or a couple of days before cutting it, let the budwood leaf stems heal, and then cut the budwood from the mother plant and graft it? Doesn't that sound like it would give that graft a better chance at success? There would be much less loss of fluids from the budwood because there would be no fluids oozing out of it when the separation happens. Thoughts?

[@SleepyLizard]

gosh I don't know. I wonder if anyone has ever tried that.

[@MasterKenfucius]

@@SleepyLizard Doesn't it make sense though? A healed plant (top part) is tougher than a stressed out one with liquid coming out of the leaf stems.

[@spencerbass7142]

Nice, I can’t wait.

[@enalaphiri2781]

Please explain to me from what type of avocado tree do you cut the cutting for grafting

[@SleepyLizard]

Enala, in that vid we used Choquette cuttings. I just did a vid on the Choquette variety two days ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4mzk5afipKkf7M

[@HerschelHorton]

Where can I get a couple of Fuerte Grafts? do I need to drive down for a visit and do some work?

[@SleepyLizard]

Hi Herschel, We don't do Fuerte here, you'd have to look to California or Mexico.

[@misterfox7901]

Excellent video, really helpful thank you

[@SleepyLizard]

you're welcome Mister Fox. they really know their stuff

[@nancymanera4440]

I loved watching !!!! Anyway I could get a cutting ir two from those trees pretty please 😀🥰

[@SleepyLizard]

Nancy, if you live nearby you can come get one but I can't ship any right now.

[@kearneystephens8019]

I am going to try splitting the rootstock a little off center but please tell me why not center. I Just like to understand the reasons why to better understand what I'm doing

[@SleepyLizard]

I’m not 100 percent sure but it think it causes more contact between the cambium layer of the cutting and seedling

[@mr.worthington6201]

What type of growing medium are you using for the seedlings? Thank you for being kind to them.

[@SleepyLizard]

we use potting soil with some perlite and sand and a little fertilizer.

[@gpanza960]

Have you ever grafted a truck over 2" dia.? Have at least a 25ft tall avacado and would love to make 3 trees out of it. Any tips?

[@SleepyLizard]

I haven't but people do.

[@jake-ky1vg]

Question when should I graft onto my seedling how big should it be

[@SleepyLizard]

almost the diameter of a pencil roughly

[@ThànhTrần-333]

If I were to graft a Hass avocado cutting (the scion) to a branch of a 10 years old Mexicola avocado tree (the root stock), will the tree then produce two different types of avocado fruits?

[@SleepyLizard]

Yep

[@andrewmulenga4476]

Thank you sir I have started too

[@SleepyLizard]

That's awesome. Jorge was here at the farm today. He grafted starfruit, mamey, and sapodilla. videos coming soon.

[@andrewmulenga4476]

Wonderful am in Zambia want to have more plants up to 500 Target

[@Find-Your-Wellness-With-Me]

I grafted several avocados 2-3 weeks and all of them sending shoots (new growth) below grafting points. Do I have to remove them or leave them alone?

[@SleepyLizard]

yes remove below the graft.