How to Plant & Care for an Avocado Tree and the Art of Grunting

[@jetphab]

Omg! You are crazy funny. Love watching your clips.

[@ScaryHairyGary]

I basically entertain myself making these and occassionaly someone like you watches who thinks its equally funny. Thanks for watching.

[@jetphab]

Keep up the good work and keep them coming, Gary.

[@cairozulu6700]

What a way of planting an avocado tree! Think I have been waiting for this video to successfully plant my own avocado trees. Have tried several times without succeeding. Thank you.

[@jxsanc1238]

It’s best to make the hole twice as wide . Better for roots to spread quickly with softer soil

[@jimmytran9585]

Awesome video 👍♥️🇺🇸

[@michealsailor7423]

I never use any organic material to mend with the native soil. This could cause problems with root rot later down the road. I Always use native soil to back fill the hole. I then mulch with minimum of 1 foot. 2 feet preferably to retain moister during the summer and keeping roots cool and keeps roots from freezing in the winter. Otherwise good video!

[@QuickCookie]

I agree!

[@mikecheck1256]

Your right on point with this, always use native soil.

[@mrloki1806]

What about amend to the clay soil native to Southern California?

[@michealsailor7423]

@@mrloki1806 you can add sand to your clay.

[@MetalBum]

@@michealsailor7423what if you have sandy silt soil with lots of rocks and decomposed granite? Shouldn’t I add some mulch or organic material?

[@lindahernandez7768]

You're a kick in the pants. When i buy property in central California i will definitely look you up for a couple of avacado trees. Entertaining you are. NESARA

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Thats what my grandma used to call me!!! Thanks.

[@johncano7042]

Thank you for this video!I have a lil cado about that same size in that same size container.i want to plant it in my yard but have held off because of frost here in central California.ive just been moving it under my patio for the last three years to protect it during the winter.would I wait for it to get bigger before planting it in the ground?I just don’t want to loose it to the frost.

[@ScaryHairyGary]

the bigger the better before planting. Then protect it below 25 degrees

[@johncano7042]

Thank you sir! Appreciate your advice.

[@devbachu7072]

You the best bro I want to plant them in. One hole 2 or 3 plants in a half barrel will that be ok grafted ones😊

[@brianhobbs772]

Hey great video I live in. Zone 9b in crescent city California I hear we can grow a few varieties I’m really tempted to try it but my question is can they tolerate wind? It gets quite windy here at times. Thanks for great content

[@tinykitchengarden5812]

Nice tips

[@RicardoZ590]

Hey Gary, love the videos my man! I thought I’ve seen you put some E.B. Stone plant fertilizer on newly planted trees before? Should I not do that? I have some 15 gallon Avocados I’m getting ready to plant, please advise if it’s ok to put the fertilizer on a newly planted tree. Thanks! Also when are you gonna get your San Diego location up and running? I live in Oceanside and will come by and grab some trees from you there someday?

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Yes, the fertilizer is a good idea but I've found with tons of slowly decomposing mulch, you almost don't even need it. The SD place is up and running but as it is a residential property rented to tenants, it is not open tot he public to disrupt them. I can deliver anything anywhere from SD to Redding so just let me know what you need. Thanks

[@RicardoZ590]

Gary Gragg's True Plant Stories thanks Gary! Do you have an inventory list with sizes for the SD local? Thanks!

[@omegaxshark21]

Yes are you still delivering in SD? I'm looking to get some avocado trees planted

[@timkesler1815]

Thank you...will sleep better tonight: chop and drop. Did that and a year later Hass is ten feet tall. But will it produce fruit? My research said it would. Do you travel as far as Santa Cruz to catch waves? Manresa Beach to be precise. I have 58 trees ranging from 20 to 10 years of age. They are very happy and are getting very big. I am using a 15 foot pole chain saw to top with. But then what? I am a 72 year old disabled vet and getting to old to climb trees to harvest. I do need a plan. Maybe if I am to far for you to travel a conference call could be arranged. Or maybe I'm just freaking out and should just go with what little I know. Question of the day: when would Staghorn pruning method be used instead of stumping. Thank you very much for your valuble utube video's.

[@Pepeekeo808]

Why not use a mattock digging tool? Shovels are for removing the soil the mattock has loosened, especially in southern California's clay soils.

[@rockers7889]

The sun dictates the climate in cycles. You haven't lived long enough to see a cycle start to end to repeat. Certain areas of the earth will be warm or cold and experience changes. You can't do a thing to disrupt the cycles. Only if you live in the giant city that has concrete will you experience hotter micro climates. Look back in history and it will show what the people recorded at that time as to what their climate was like. It will get extreme in some places as the grand solar minimum intensifies. Why do people think the climate changes in a few years ? It will take decades and centuries to see climate change. Watch a few grand solar minimum channels to educate you, just like you know your planting trees and plants in your zone. I love your humor in your videos. Blessings to you and the family

[@DaveG-qd6ug]

amen !

[@MrChadsGrandma]

Yesyesyes

[@musaadfelton3909]

"Look at this glacier falling off because of our global warming" 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@riotjj]

Where is your nursery?

[@TheYaqubi]

hey there can you please advise and give some tips how to plant an avocado in clay soil please

[@liarzdice]

Above ground. As in nearly completely above. We have nasty clay here. Stuff so sticky you could probably make pottery out of it. Make sure you have 3 feet for the main tap root to dive down and not suffer root rot from meeting 100% clay. You can ammend it a bit before planting, maybe a foot below grade with organic material, however keep in mind clay will act like a pot with no holes, rotting the tree from the roots and up if you plant too low. Above grade fill in with good loose soil, perilite/vermiculite, some sand, wood chips, composted fertilizer/poop of some kind (preferably not yours) and top it off as he did here. Don't let it touch the trunk though. Oh and don't mix sand directly into the clay unless you want claycrete.

[@frankyancy1347]

There' are two great videos from Laguna Hills Nursery on KZbin growing avos where this is discussed, as I remember you dig a square hole 4x4x1 mix the dug soil with pure sand, 50/50 , and as Gary's method make a mound with and plant raised. Cover with 6" wood chips. Good luck

[@ScaryHairyGary]

that was clayish soil and please read Lizard and Frank's comments ABOVE doing my work for me. Peace!

[@liarzdice]

@@ScaryHairyGary haha lizard love it! I do like lizards. You never heard of the game liars dice?? Like poker but with dice. I'm not sure you have a poker face though!

[@Mrbfgray]

This is comprehensive, long and slow but the best I've found on the topic, spot check for your specific questions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qImcoaqve8dkqLc

[@lukecicero4430]

What paint should I use in the spray

[@1cleandude]

Any light colored LATEX paint one part paint to two parts water!

[@1cleandude]

How old are these trees they’re huge!🙏

[@ScaryHairyGary]

5-7 years

[@jasminetran7074]

Hi Gary, I am in Otay Ranch Chula Vista , where can i get a Gem avocado. Thank you.

[@frankyancy1347]

I got one at Walter Anderson's nursery in Poway a month ago, they only had a few then along with the hard to find Jan Boyce. Give them a call.

[@jasminetran7074]

Frank Yancy i called them but they sold out😂Thank u

[@edplaysdrums8435]

Don’t the leaves burn if you water them when it’s hot and sunny?

[@ScaryHairyGary]

no

[@m3h92]

yep - this guy has no eye dear

[@Mr123johnnybe]

Gary do you know where I can get some avocado trees to plant in my yard in Orange County CA. THANKS JP

[@ScaryHairyGary]

I personally deliver from Tijuana to Redding

[@supongareplongkumer7177]

Gary, do you deliver to India???

[@NMW80]

Supong Arep Longkumer don’t you have any shops over there that sell them? I hate how in Australia I can’t find scions for avocados anywhere. It’s so annoying that I have to buy heaps of trees to get a different variety. I want to graft scions though onto my seedlings. I have a bacon and fuerte I got from a local nursery. I want lamb hass and some other A type varieties.

[@supongareplongkumer7177]

@@NMW80 there is no shop that deals on grafted avocado trees in India... So, people started growing only from seeds and it has been quite very beneficial for the local growers.

[@evephoria1]

Hello Gary, I am in London uk and I am trying ti source some seeds or Scions. Would it be possible to gets some, obviously I will pay?

[@reenabhardwaj2173]

Hi my avocado plant leaves going brown how should I cure it?

[@supongareplongkumer7177]

Gary, can you deliver to India???

[@kimhicks4781]

What area of San Diego county are you located in.

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Vista !

[@maviscyrusperez8271]

My avocado tree is 5 yrs old and has not thrown flowers what should I do

[@nenitapathak2845]

hi I'm having problem of my avocado tree its 5 years old planted in pot but still not giving fruits what to do thanks

[@mikeschnabel6572]

Me too on the masks

[@stephenantonicelli7069]

If weather is getting cold would that mean global cooling:-)

[@sandybetts997]

You mention you don't want root rot, yet you have wood chips in your soil mix, which causes root rot, that is a real no no! I also noticed you didn't move the wood compost on the top away from the trunk another no no. I was told if you spray water on the leaves on a hot summer day in July, it can cause the leaves to burn. Please check out "Gary's Best Gardening", and how to grow avocados, to learn about soil for them, and why you should never put any wood matter in the soil!

[@ScaryHairyGary]

I don’t believe in this theory of no wood in the soil. Root matter of dead plants is wood in the soil, and that is the natural order of things in the forest when trees die those roots will decompose, and pre-become food for new living organisms. Everyone has their opinion and this is mine and it’s not unique. Please follow this link if you would like to understand more on this topic. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCgelkultur#:~:text=H%C3%BCgelkultur%20(German%20pronunciation%3A%20%5B%CB%88hy%CB%90%C9%A1l%CC%A9k%CA%8Al%CB%8Ctu%CB%90%C9%90%CC%AF,planted%20as%20a%20raised%20bed.

[@ScaryHairyGary]

Also, some thing of note is that most all Nursery container mixes are mostly grounded up wood product with usually some sand, Perlite, vermiculite, or other inert materials. But the bulk of the material used, including that used to produce our avocado trees is chiefly ground up fir bark. If this was not a viable material to introduce into the soil, then it would not be universally used

[@musaadfelton3909]

🤣🤣🤣 and it's not because of my nerves 🤣🤣

[@kylediffusion9879]

Get an auger

[@hillbillyhomestead1966]

Wake up call social distancing doest work. You must live in California

[@supongareplongkumer7177]

Can you please do a kind favour by delivering just one grafted avocado sapling to India??? All I need is one.... I can send you the money by any channel available.

[@NMW80]

You can buy them from a place online that ships world wide. I can leave you a link. That’s where you can get rare varieties too. Well I’m from Australia and I can’t them here so I’m getting some from them. What varieties are you wanting?

[@supongareplongkumer7177]

@@NMW80 please send me the link... I want hass