The REAL Truth About Growing Avocados from Seed - (this took 6 years) 🥑🌳

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Hi everyone! Feel free to share this video with your avocado loving friends! 🥑🥑It helps a lot :) Thanks for watching and hope you have a great day -Kalem

[@Gazzasore]

Fantastic Video I've grown many Avocado's from seed here in NZ and Thailand I think.your Video is spoton

[@alexandralite835]

My cat dies not too long ago, I got him cremated. I'm sorry to hear about your kitty. I've grown many avos from seed, I currently have one in a pot, I'm trying too start another one so I can graft it.

[@mwinter9378]

What climate zone do you grow in?

[@teresamexico309]

@@mwinter9378 The climate zone is important but if people are in cold places they can look for a protected area (South facing in the N hemisphere) with some walls to keep the heat during cold weather. Also, avocados and other trees can be grown in pots and if necessary they can me moved to a shelter. Where I live we get snow every 10 years average so I keep an eye on the weather and if the winter temperature is going to drop below like -3 ºC I will cover my tress; avocado, citrus, etc.. with some card board or burlap around their trunks and place a blanket over the trees. If temperatures are going to be colder I might place a plastic cover on them (after the cardboard and the blanket) but I have to take the plastic cover off next day or the tree would burn with the sunshine.

[@Breeda420]

So do you plan on naming this selection you planted in Sparkies memory a Sparky Avacado? I'd love to get a bundle of scions if so.

[@pgprentice]

My brother as a kid, grew an avo tree from seed. It got planted in the backyard. (We lived above 6000ft). Everyone said that it wouldn't last the winter. It did. They said it would never have fruit. It did. They said the fruit would be terrible. They were delicious and we gave away kilos of arvoes every year. Thanks for the great channel.

[@floridaman4073]

Lesson here is don’t take advice from your bro.

[@Breeda420]

This is the sad reality of others wanting to gatekeep a piece of mother nature. It's not only gardeners of Avacados. Cannabis community is riddled with seed breeders. Wanting you to stay dependent upon their selections. When you can easily make your own fantastic cultivars. Glad your brother went against the naysayers.

[@xaviercruz4763]

Where is that avocado planted? What was the coldest nights it endured? Since I have seen some avocados here go through the same and it surprised me (-5 C frosts at 2300masl)

[@billyd7628]

avocados are kind of like cherimoya. they are pretty hardy for tropical fruits because they have highland origins.

[@Jckuz1man]

Why do people have to lie in comments, no you didn’t, such a liar

[@MsSunnyDenise]

My grandmother started an avocado tree from seed not long after buying her house in 1948. I grew up eating avocado. A lot of avocado. The tree was huge. By the time she passed way, the tree was taller than her house and was still producing fruit. We fertilized the tree with her ashes.

[@frankiegunnz8066]

That was so sweet. She continue to give life even after her passing. 😢

[@BeardedGuy_Tawhid]

Burning someone 🥵 🔥 and then infusing their remains into organic matter you can eat.. an odd form of cannibalism? I could never do this to someone I cared about 😢 I see this as a barbarian act

[@polotag9714]

@@BeardedGuy_Tawhid It's literally how any form of life ends though...every single dying organism fertilises the bottom row of the food chain, which mostly englobes micro-organisms and vegetals Although incineration can be considered a bit unnatural, wildfires are one of the causes certain forests and ecosystems could thrive in some places Also don't worry, it is nowhere close of cannibalism, leaving people in a box to rot with a little stone above is odder to me rather than giving the person back to nature

[@c64116]

@@polotag9714 I could not agree with you more! Cheers!

[@c64116]

@@BeardedGuy_Tawhid your women have no rights. lol but you think cremation is weird?

[@420roachdoggjr]

True passion is when you wait 6 months for an extra minute of footage. Much love!

[@Dylan-zp9ik]

weird place to see a roachdoggjr LMFAO

[@420roachdoggjr]

@@Dylan-zp9ik I'm gonna start my own avocado plantation to rival Tomar's mango farm.

[@Arthur-ek7nd]

@@Dylan-zp9ik the roachdogg is a man of many subcultures

[@skleroosis]

Is it passion or is it procrastination 😅

[@jacksonmurrell445]

“The time is going to pass anyway” love that perspective!

[@crafterofbeer]

I was told growing an avacado from seed was a waste of time but did it anyway. 5 years later it fruited and tasted delish!

[@ziggybender9125]

It's almost like someone realized how much of a cheap reliable food source they are that anyone could grow almost effortlessly and decided on a disinformation campaign... It's almost like that's happened to a few different crops. Money as a motivator leads to these kinds of things.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That's awesome to hear!

[@erenkur3832]

​@@ziggybender9125 for commercial growing, it is too risky. Say, you are going to plant 1000 Avocados, and decided to grow them from seeds. Half of them perhaps can be good but half of them perhaps not. You have to wait for 6 years to see if the fruit is goods or not. Some of them will produce less fruits, some of them will be early fruit bearing and some late. Now, think you are the farmer, you have to replace the worst trees and lost 6 years to see if they are good or not. And you will get less money for your fruit because they will be mixed, and you will spend more because your harvest will be more random. Now, is it not a waste of time. For back garden perhaps one can plant a couple of them and cull the bed ones.

[@ziggybender9125]

@@erenkur3832 There's a big difference between advice for commercial growing and home growing. Also I think your 50% good estimate is way off, try like 95% good.

[@OsirusHandle]

​@@erenkur3832the issue there is a lack of properly breeding, if the parents are both good theres a really high chance the child will be good.

[@JoseGarcia-ro3ur]

I’m from Puerto Rico and every family member I have and ancestor who grew an avocado tree did it from seed and there are zero situations where anyone was disappointed with the fruit.

[@EricM-gm5wz]

That’s a new variety then, give it a name.

[@JoseGarcia-ro3ur]

@ the traditional approach is to call it “whom ever’s name that gave it to you” avocado. Example: what avocado is that? Oh that’s Eric’s avocado from his yard and that’s it.

[@Garywhitetrumphobgobbler]

Soil, climate, water. Probably matter the most.

[@NoneYaBiz5]

I live in the mountains & get 100+ inches of snow a year, yet I have grown and harvested a pineapple grown from the top of a store bought pineapple. Nothing beats the satisfaction of growing your own from start to harvest and passing it on.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Wow that's really cool, well done

[@jasonthurston799]

What's your growing zone considered? How cold do you winters get?

[@NextLevelGardening]

Love that you followed up and stuck with it for 6 years!! Congrats!!

[@wainivanua]

All avocado trees in Fiji grew from seed. I've had the odd bad one (eg: stringy or bitter) but the vast majority are perfectly good, and the variety is wonderful. Have you ever seen an avocado the size of a toddlers head? We lose so much with modern commercial monoculture practices.

[@brianfox771]

Those are common in grocery stores in Florida. But in the rest of the US it is mostly the Hass variety.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

So cool, thanks for sharing!

[@wainivanua]

@@brianfox771 Hass won't fruit in Fiji. Attempts have been made. Either our cold isn't cold enough or our days not long enough to trigger flowering.

[@brianfox771]

@@wainivanua Well if you got those giant Avocados, you're not missing much, imo. I'm jealous you have those to buy; I would prefer them over Hass. I used to get the giant ones back when I would visit my late grandmother in Miami.

[@Ithirahad]

Yeah, I've never been a fan of Hass avocadoes; they are a lot of effort for not much flesh and seem to often go bad without even ripening/softening correctly. The large green ones just function better as food lol.

[@Flipbug_The_Whimsical]

I planted a bunch of avocado seeds that I got from shop-bought fruit last summer. Everyone has been telling me that I'm wasting my time. I'm going to try anyway. Thanks for helping me trust my instincts 😊

[@thadrobinson8343]

All you have to do is keep the tree from dying and wait a while, forget them haters.

[@hemanthk4075]

As a child, I always planted mango seeds all around the garden, now two of them turned into huge trees which currently are neighbourhood favourite varieties. One variety is Rumani seedling other one we dont know but pretty large fruit...So, there is a real joy of growing fruits with seeds❤

[@nbarbettini]

That's wonderful!

[@hemanthk4075]

@@nbarbettini yeah..

[@BuenavistaNZ]

I wish mangos were easier to grow in NZ

[@hemanthk4075]

@@BuenavistaNZ 😓❤️

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That's awesome! Well done

[@DianeS2002]

Absolutely loved the patient rythm of your videos. I hate when people don't take their time to show something nice. Not only you waited 6 years for that tree to grow, but you also waited a week for your avocado taste test to be perfect, and I wasn't expecting much more as it was already a very interesting video, but you waited 6 more months ! To show us a lovely view of your avocado tree full of its children; a big thank you. I had an amazing time watching you. I'm only 22 years old, I won't have a garden to plant trees before several years at least, but I can still begin to sprout the seeds of my future home. I'll begin with an avocado :)

[@TheKiwiGrower]

So glad you enjoyed it! All the best :)

[@PlasBachGarden]

Sorry to hear about your cat. A tree is a lovely way to remember him. I had a ginger cat called King that we rescued as a kitten on the streets of Bangkok. He was with us 19 years and is now beneath a beautiful umiboshi plum tree here in Wales. We think of him every time it flowers. I hope your avacado tree brings you comfort.

[@rickwilliams967]

Kinda weird to fertilize a tree with a cat though.

[@Wizardesss]

​@@rickwilliams967have you ever seen the movie How High? It's legendary!!! The essence of a soul always lives on 🙏

[@alkebulansan]

My avocado tree is almost two years old now in a pot in my house. It's lovely. I'm so happy it's growing. I really don't care if it fruits or not as I just like watching it grow, those big ole flappy dumbo leaves! Just brilliant.

[@DavidS5118]

I had a large avocado tree in my yard when I lived in California. It produced delicious fruits that the neighborhood enjoyed. I only wish I had also had a chips and salsa tree.

[@agent57]

I live in Michigan but my long-term dream is to have a garden just of guacamole ingredients. 😆

[@gurjotsingh9877]

​@@agent57Is it possible to grow the Avocado tree in Michigan's cold winters?

[@dkn1055]

So life just decided to jip me..... fml. Mine does not taste good.

[@serenababy6358]

I would love a chips and salsa tree! Maybe I could have a taco tree to go with it

[@thadrobinson8343]

There are chips and salsa plants you can grow but they're annuals, not perennial.

[@KissyKaede]

Big Avocado doesn't want you to grow your own fruit because it hurts their bottom line when you aren't spending $2 per avocado.

[@user-qx7tm5df8j]

lmfao

[@markocraciun6888]

It would be nice to get an avocado for only 2$ here in Europe where I live you wont get a half for that kind of money 😢

[@Lemonz1989]

@@markocraciun6888 You can get a ripe avocado in Denmark for around $1.20.

[@markocraciun6888]

@@Lemonz1989 I live in Switzerland the last time I saw one it was around 3.80 CHF each. Well I am pretty sure there must be cheaper out there in the wild I am just kinda landlocked in my town 😂

[@jadou34]

Switzerland is quite an expenseive country compared to the rest of Europe though. In France as well you can find avocados for ~1€ or less depending on the season.

[@nzrockboi]

Well I think this video is exceptional so far as KZbin content creators go. Particularly, how you took things from a moot point to how your gorgeous cat friend passed (and without sadness you showed the depth of what your friend brought in the end, I adore cats and I adored this dedication) and, weaving facts and life experience into a wide breadth of tapestry still offering everything to do and even not to do with an avocado. It was gorgeous. I have liked your videos for a long while now, always impressed, but I can see it is you, without you none of this would have mattered to me, so I find now I am in love with these things you bring that most of us would never hear from elsewhere. Arohanui, all the best mate

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much for the comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! All the best :)

[@Papa_Shred]

big farms want us to buy their avocados and most likely push the narrative that only the fruit they have will be the best. I agree with you, be patient and enjoy the experience of a new tasting avocado. great vids mate

[@barbrahnakamanya6866]

All the ovacado trees in our orchard in Uganda were planted from seed, and they're amazing.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

So cool! Thanks for sharing :)

[@petekooshian5595]

I've had Ugandan avocados and I can verify they are indeed incredible!

[@williecanuck5001]

Which iss worse, forced and child labor(uganda) or Cartels (Mexico) Buy Peruvian

[@petekooshian5595]

@@williecanuck5001 I picked them myself in Uganda...I can't even get anything but Peruvian in my local area 😂

[@robertdaniels1442]

Faith goes a long way. Thank you for this video, man

[@johanconradie2120]

I had an almond tree from seed that flowered! THE SECOND YEAR after planting from seed!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That's awesome! Well done!

[@jelena8357]

I have peaches and nectarines that flowered and had fruit after 2 years, apricot and plum after 3.

[@teresamexico309]

Have it had almonds already? Did it pollinate itself?. I bought a grafted almond tree (supposedly selfpollinated) and it did set fruit the 2o. year but I am not sure (at this stage) if it is going to be almond or peach, nurseries are not serious here in MX unfortunately, later I will find out.

[@bryanlabchuk]

@@jelena8357 that's awesome! I started a loquat the other year and am hoping it will be an early bloomer too.

[@S.Clause]

Thank you for this update

[@shestewa6581]

This is beautiful. I started growing an avocado from seed last year and my 10 year old dog died. I’ve dedicated it to her and I pray so much that it grows to maturity. It’s almost a year old and has 11 leaves (lost aroind 4 over winter) and is doing okay. I do need to repot it. But it’s surviving. Even at my latitude in Scotland which is equivalent to the northern territories of Canada.

[@yamfingaz5598]

Hate people telling you that you cannot do something. Give it a go and see what happens

[@joshuarichards8065]

Life is all about learning and experiencing it. Better to try and fail rather than than to waste time following oppinions of negative nay sayers.

[@tonyhussey3610]

Imagine if our ancestors of 100,000s of years ago didn't try or experiment with things... who knows where we would be now..

[@algylpamungkas6719]

Yeah,,, they spread the disinformation only to make us to keep buying and buying fruit from seller.

[@meatavoreNana]

At the moment ,I'm waiting to see if my " from seed" persimmon fruits....3yrs in .😊

[@JuarezDerrick]

​@@meatavoreNana look up videos on ways to shock it! Some people just drive a railroad stake through them but there are different ways where you can shock them into fruiting

[@TheMrDarius]

I've always been curious about avocado trees and what not since I live in the Central Valley of California. You've given me more info in just minutes than I've received from anyone else. Definitely a new subscriber now

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Welcome to the channel! Hope you enjoy it over here :)

[@23ofSeptember]

I've done the tooth pick method a few times, but I found that they grow best in the compost pile from thrown away avocado pits. Every year I get 4 or 5 that just randomly grow by themselves.

[@rickshaw1971]

Until recently there was a wild avocado growing in an alleyway in Lower Hutt, from a crack in the concrete, obviously where the restaurant were putting their rubbish out, and a stone must have escaped. It got to about 8 feet high. Somebody removed it, but it was doing great until then with no care whatsoever.

[@maciejpanasiewicz3947]

Thats true, my dad dug up 3 saplings from compost pile year ago

[@feuerling]

I like to grow them for fun (can't plant them outside because it gets below freezing and I don't have enough garden space to accomodate insulation) I just wrap them in damp paper towels and put them in a plastic bag to sprout.

[@lena_4466]

We live in a colder climate & my MiL found 3 in my compost pile, so I potted them. The strongest is still growing strong & I probably need to upsize it's pot so I can bring it in over the winter... will also use my grow light. The tree started when my daughter was an infant I believe so it is probably 4 years old. I'm curious for the day it produces fresh eats. Hubs has been so patient with me & this tree, even though he's allergic to avocados and won't be able to eat any. As a toddler, my curious daughter also pulled off a few leaves so I think it would be slightly bigger, but our tree is still growing strong and I plan to carry it to fruition! Glad I found your video. Thanks!!! ❤

[@annaalva2320]

​@@feuerlingyes, I have done that and I have one growing now about 2 years old now

[@ibanbarna]

Thank you for the information. My brother Luis used an avocado seed and waiting for fruits. It has been 3 years and I was wondering when! Can't wait!! Beautiful Cat, nice honoring him with a beautiful tree 🐱

[@kennstransky]

I really enjoyed learning all about Sparky and the rest of the story of the 100 avocado fruits that continue to carry on Sparky's story.

[@charlottemartin8552]

Love that you named a tree for your precious sparky boy!💕

[@ExploringSumatra]

Love this! Here in tropical Sumatra, the trees can be fruiting as fast as 3-4 years from seed, which is amazing. And because it's so humid, it takes about 48 hours for them to get perfectly ripe after picking. Avocados RULE.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That is amazing, they must grow fast in that nice heat!!

[@joestropicals6760]

Fantastic results from growing Avocado from seed 🤩 Here in London uk we have several large seedling trees, and one of them produces probably the best avocados I’ve ever tasted 🤩 I love the name you gave your tree, after your beloved cat Sparky 😀

[@gaymooshroom371]

I had no idea you could grow avos in London!

[@joestropicals6760]

@@gaymooshroom371, in London yes. We have a unique micro climate. We can also grow pineapple guava, persimmons etc 😀☀️🌱

[@An-kw3ec]

Avocados come from cloud forests so they actually like cool summers and mild winters, similarly to coffee and vanilla. They can handle a couple of freezes but not for long periods.

[@lokeyacolyte2145]

London does get hot, that's for sure! I am surprised you have the space for them though, London is so expensive!

[@maxxibro]

My tree is 6 years old and it has over 50 fruits on it at the moment. I grew it from seed also. My mom grew one from seed at my uncle's house 24 years ago and it took 20 years to bare fruits. I also seen a tree that is much older than 20 years and never fruited even once.

[@skyrere]

The fruitless tree is probably a male. Avacados actually have genders. LOL Isn't that weird. :D

[@thadrobinson8343]

@@skyrere Not if you're into weed.

[@chapryan8271]

@@skyrere Avocado trees have both male and female parts, and they are hermaphrodites. However, avocado flowers open and close twice over a two-day period, and the male and female phases occur at different times. This is called "synchronous dichogamy".

[@WonderfullyMade_Lex]

This is encouraging and the skin is so beautiful. Has a purple hue.

[@gartengeflugel924]

Hi, I really enjoyed you talking about this. It's bothered me as well and is so good to hear someone else talk about that there are no such hard rules and contrasts concerning many fruit. People say the very same things about apple, pear and plum trees, and so many others as well. Always with this argument, that the fruit would be outright inedible. I really liked the way you showed that it's really up to your preference and demands as to what kind of way to grow much of your fruit you choose. There surely are some exceptions where cloning the plants makes way more sense, but that's definitely not absolutely necessary for all of them. Cheers

[@tashahunteri.t.7826]

Best video yet I have found on this subject! Growing 1 from seed now from a Winter Mexican Avacado. Wish me luck!

[@Levisicool]

I have been watching your content for a few years now and you have inspired me to grow an Avocado and Peach tree. They are both doing great. This is just the video I needed to continue to understand my avocado trees journey. Keep up the good work. 😊

[@maxxibro]

Grew mine from seed 7 years ago and this year I harvested almost 50 fruits and left another half on the tree. I'm from Hamilton. The fruits taste super creamy and nutty taste. It started fruiting at 6 years old. It started flowering at 5 but didn't produced any fruits due to frost and hail storm. This year I had over a hundred fruits ready to harvest. The fruits are delicious.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That’s awesome to hear!! Well done!

[@Carlymday]

Wow - the 6 month update is awesome! Ours just fruited for the first time and they are the BEST fruit I've ever tasted. Thought I'd have to wait a whole year for the next lot, but is it possible they fruit again sooner? Love the idea of naming your own variety too.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That's so cool! Enjoy the fruits :). I think these fruit will take another 6 months to get to full mature size and be ready to pick :)

[@Th3SimpleLife.Project]

I was told it takes 13 years AFTER I've planted all of mine already. Was a bit sad, but at least now 6 (- 10) years not only not sound so long, but also now I am actually happy over waiting ONLY 6 (- 10) years. Thank you so much for this video ❤

[@AhhhSukeSuke]

Should be 8-10 yrs only! I'm excited for youu

[@AhhhSukeSuke]

I'm in Vancouver BC, wish we had the weather to grow them here!!! 😢 I have a giant seed from the grocery store, waiting for it to sprout

[@TealStarSusan]

Sparky Avocado! Love it! What a beautiful cat ( I have a Willow who is like Sparky! ) And what a a beautiful memorial tree and name! I’m so glad I fell over your video as a friend has just given me a a four foot avocado tree grown from seeds! 😊I’m now more excited it will grow beautifully! Thank you ❤

[@sassytherabbit]

I've been patiently waiting for my avocado trees grown from seed to fruit. One is planted in the ground and one in a pot. This gives me hope that someday they might produce. I've lost track of how long it's been, but around 6 years. Thanks for the great video!

[@ioschris]

Hope it fruits next year for you.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Let me know your avocado experiences and why you like to grow them! :)

[@mc_dragon_gamer]

Hello I've grown one for myself, but after a year, I forgot to water it properly, and it died. Now I have grown another one, and to this day, it grows pretty nice at a height of around 70 cm in one year. (The big problem at my place [Bavaria in Germany] is that it gets really cold in the winter. That's why I will never be able to plant it outside. That's also the reason why it only grows new leaves and everything in the short time of around 4-5 warm months [wehn the weather is good], so the plant has a really slow growing.) I wish you a beautiful day. Greetings MDG

[@wburger2178]

Was waiting on best "from seed" growing advice on avocados... will this be another video? Had one grow from seed to 1m and it just died. I blame the moles, they disturbed the roots.

[@markgado8782]

​@@mc_dragon_gamerwait? How cold? I live near Toowoomba in qld Australia. There are avocado farms all around. Yes, days, especially in summer are hot. However, often the temperature at night will be at or below 0°C.. Maybe it will do better than you think? Make a little individual, greenhouse like shroud?

[@mc_dragon_gamer]

@markgado8782 well wehn it's "normal cold" then we talk about -10 degrees but it can easily get to -15/-20

[@markgado8782]

@@mc_dragon_gamer if it gets above freezing during the day, maybe it'll survive? You're right to be sceptical and keep it inside though, I think.. 🤠👍

[@jaredleemease]

What a labor of love. Thank you. 🏜🕺🏻🐕🏖

[@kiraselene45]

Never skipping ads on these videos. Absolutely deserving of the revenue.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy the video :)

[@williecanuck5001]

Ads?? That must suck😂😂

[@kiraselene45]

@@williecanuck5001 Congrats for paying to stare at a glowing rectangle?

[@Joetech959]

I been trying to graft mine ( 4 years old planted from seed)but no success. Almost gave up . But now I am inspired thanks to you.

[@amgadmedhat6211]

You truly inspire me mate!❤

[@kevinteight]

Thanks for sharing your positive experience with growing avocado tree from seed. I also decided to grow a couple of avocado trees from seed about 4.5 years ago despite knowing that they may not bear fruit. The 4.5 years old tree is about 9 feet tall now (trimmed the top off when it was around 6-7 feet tall). Still no fruits yet, but I still have hope that it will bear fruits some day. We planted another tree in the ground about 1.5 years ago after our family cat passed away (he was around 20yo). Like you, we buried him and planted that tree on top. If that avocado tree bears fruit, we'll name it after our family cat.

[@ihopeugrow]

Loved this video and your thoughtful insights! In 2008, my dad planted an avocado tree in my backyard which he grew from seed. It started flowering in 2015 every year til it developed its first fruit in 2018. The tree is now about 30-35ft tall and the fruit is elongated, green and delicious!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That's so cool, glad they turned out well!

[@dgill441]

Cool! What growing zone are you? Also - how come you didn’t prune it?

[@ihopeugrow]

@@dgill441 I’m in N. Cali zone 9b now, last year it was 10a. I didn’t know anything about growing fruit trees or any plants back then. I wish I did. It was super scary in 25mph winds.

[@ioschris]

Wow did he fertilize it?

[@jwbroom]

Your patience is inspiring. The opposite of how my mind works. I wish I could have that.

[@StevenHughes-hr5hp]

Hass is a seedling first discovered in southern California. Pollock is a seedling (with really large fruit) discovered in south Florida. They all started from seed.

[@emiltrydegard8848]

You've inspired me, not just with this video but with all the videos where you grow things from seed. I bought some fruit from an asian grocer (durian, longan, jackfruit, mangosteen) and I will sow them and see what happens!

[@170KX]

Awesome video mate I wish I had the space out back to grow one myself.

[@TheDaspiffy]

Gave away an avocado tree that I started from seed and had in a pot. It was getting too big for the patio. I was worried that the new owners will be disappointed because I've heard things about the fruit of seed grown avocado trees but figured I gave it as a free gift if that happens. This gives me hope that the tree will produce tasty fruit for the new owners.

[@jimithunder]

I live in Wellington and have a 8+ meter tree grown from stone in my backyard - it's 12 years old. It's flowered 3 times in the past 5 years. Only once have I seen fruit "set" - and this fruit dropped off shortly after it got to the size of about half a grape. This video gives me hope...

[@davel4708]

I have had a similar experience. In Wellington as well. I think the main issue here is the windy spring and early summer. Hard for the fruit to get pollinated and then set. I have one avocado on one of my trees after about eight years. There's always hope though.

[@vanessawilliams5599]

This is super cool to see!! I’ve been wanting to do this - tried twice and the seeds rotted and never sprouted. This inspired me to try again 😊 Thank you

[@DCamp1271]

It’s silly but I’m just as excited that you leveled up your avocado seed like a real life Stardew Valley!! 🙌🏾😂

[@andreeair]

🤤🤤🤤 looks delicious! I envy you have the place, time and freedom to grow from seed plants. You live a dream life 🤩🥰😍 Like your videos! 🤗🤗

[@petertzouvani9223]

Awesome video thankyou for sharing I actually read somewhere it was one in 80000 seeds will produce decent edible fruit thankyou for debunking certain myths along with tips and tricks to help the plant along the way👍

[@orionx79]

I wonder if they say that because if everyone grew them there be no market.

[@100lucch]

The fruit looks like it's a cross of Hass & Zutano, based on the seed size and the shape of the fruit. I say growing grafted avocados if you are serious about fruit & growing from seed is for fun as you just don't know exactly what you are going to get. That term 1 in 10000 is an incorrect term used by people. Most avocados from seed taste good. The original 1 in 10000 comes from avocado breeding programs where 1 in 10000 seedlings will be good enough for it to be used as a commercial variety. Great video can't wait to see more. I've got a seedling, 8 years old, which has 3 fruit on it for the first time and will pick at the end of the year to see what it's like.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks for the insight! Hope the avos turn out well :)

[@ericinla65]

I GREW 2 BACON AVOCADOS FROM SEED, taken my parents' 35-year-old tree. They both are 11 years old now and 25 feet tall. I get over 400 large avocadoes a year combined. My family and neighbors beg me for just one. Yes, it was worth it. Especially with the price of avocados now. FYI - The fruit is identical to the original parent tree.

[@sircrocodile3749]

Awesome video! finally a good video about avocados grown from seed

[@skyrere]

Thank you for renewing my passion for growing Avacados from seed. Now that I have some property of my own, and live in a humid and hot place in the summer, I am excited to start trying again.

[@baddriversofcolga]

You can tell people haven't actually grown fruit from seeds when they say you can't grow good fruit from seed. Sure, there are some potential caveats, but often things will turn out pretty well. Anyway, love these kinds of videos!

[@WeThePeople001]

This is so good to hear, i have several i grew from seed growing in my yard in SoutheastTX 🤞 Thank you♡

[@bobnewkirk7003]

We have a ton of folklore in the states with similar statistics about apple tree seedlings. I think a lot of it is coming from growers wanting to protect their investment; once you figure out how to grow your own you wont be back. Additionally in order to increase pollination rates growers will use ornamental varieties with a longer blooming season interplanted with the productive trees. In the case of apples, Crabapples are planted which produce an almost inedible fruit. The resulting offspring will carry on at least some of those genetics and show smaller woody and bitter apples. However, like you mention in the video, most of the varieties we have today are chance or intentional crosses that were grown from seed. If everyone is grafting everything then we are losing out on opportunities to try new unique varieties. Here is where I hear another stat that I'm inclined to believe: 1/20,000 will be a marketable fruit IE the next Honeycrisp, Bartlett or Hass. And those are odds I'm happy to take.

[@WhytePip]

I have several small apple trees grown from seeds that were sprouting inside apples I bought from supermarket. I'm happy if they are crab apple cross....I love crab apple jelly 😋

[@atege78bilay]

The production quality is incredible!

[@theomoffat9485]

Great homage to your sweet cat!

[@jean-lucalexander4719]

It's so good seeing you again after so long of an absence. I know you've been back awhile now, man... I remember all of the community so worried and curious about where you could be.

[@ziggybender9125]

I've been telling people this for years on forums and stuff. People are so hard to convince though. I posted pics of my tree I grew from a tangelo tree fruiting after only 1 year of growth and while I did get some supporters there was a vocal crowd of people calling me a grifter, faker, ect... I'm over here like ok whatever... I'll keep growing.

[@b-gracebydesign5749]

thank you for the video plus i love eating avocado plain no salt and pepper LOL you are a rock star in growing things in harmony with mother earth

[@Mobay18]

The reason "people" say not to grow avocados from seed, is because of the industry wants to keep the money making for themselves. Any pant can be grown as long as the living conditions for that specific plant is there. Don't listen to the gaslighting.

[@gioknows]

How rewarding that first taste must have been. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada 🍁

[@pagevpetty]

I think the reason some people discourage trying to grow from seed to fruit is because they want you to buy them from the commercial grower.

[@KenpachiAjax]

It is 100% the reason.

[@gide5489]

Or they are selling expensive grafted trees and/or scions...

[@annacontesso1448]

Wonderful video, thank you so much for sharing your experience! I especially appreciated that you waited six more months to show the real potential of your avocado tree 🥑

[@nattm6553]

A ripe avocado with salt fewdrops oliveoil alittle lemon and italian balsamico vinegar ..melts in the mouth..try it .

[@JasonsGreenSleeves]

Awesome video 🌿! Thank you for sharing your expertise and finds from growing avocado from seed🌿

[@apezilla83]

Sounds like the big corporate avocado growers came up with those "facts" about why you shouldn't grow your own.

[@malikjackson9337]

I mean you could still grow it. You would just graft it. Once you have a successful graft you can use your own scions to make more.

[@exoticspeedefy7916]

No, as their technically is truth in not growing from seed

[@bradbrisbane]

Fascinating. I always believed a tree wouldn't produce avocados if grown from seed. Thanks for this.

[@bloodvue]

It's like sweet acorns or apples, you cannot know what will grow from seed, grafted are guaranteed and commercial. If you only have space for one or two and want them for food it might matter and imagine getting all seed or bitter fruit after years.

[@petekooshian5595]

​@@bloodvueThen you just use the tree as rootstock and graft a new variety onto it. Cheaper than buying a new grafted tree and it doesn't take much more time to flower once the rootstock is established

[@andreeair]

Sparky avocado 🐱😍🥰🐱

[@robertpate7161]

Awwww, made me cry!!!❤ beautiful idea

[@alvin9882]

looking forward to see your pawpaw from seed!

[@TheGlatch]

Me2!

[@howardteems7056]

What Australians call pawpaw is really papaya. The pawpaw tree grows in temperate regions of the US. Papaya hails from Mesoamerica.

[@Ajibolaa]

Wow I watched the video you made 3 years ago about planting Avocados and I can’t believe it’s already producing fruits props 👏🏾❤❤

[@mackicoA090211]

I grew an avocado from seed when I was a kid for part of a school project. Left it inside for years until it was trying to brush the ceiling, then carted it outside and planted it. It's taken about 20 years to start fruiting, but it's been flowering for years and years. I just have the one, and I do not believe any of the neighbours have any trees of the opposite type, whatever type it is, so I suspect it is self-pollinating, which is causing the slow start at fruiting and low yield of fruit. That's fine. It's a big, pretty tree that's providing privacy for the second floor of the house. What fruit it does have are apparently quite palatable, though I don't like avocados, and won't eat them.

[@leafbyleaf1]

I just posted a growing avocado on KZbin, and after watching this video, I was hopeful that I could raise it so successfully😀

[@arewhyinoh8595]

The reason they dont want you growing avocado from seed is because it means they can't charge you $3 a piece for them.

[@gide5489]

The grafted tree they sell is not $3 a piece... nor the scion that they also sell...

[@GabrielVeyry]

Thank you for your videos! I love watching them ! I can see all the heart you put into them through their quality and the time they take to make ( shooting over 6 months 🤯). They inspire me a lot : I planted some goji seeds on my balcony two years ago thank to one of them. They have now become lovely creepers. ( And I may now try to grow an avocado from seed ) Thank you for all that !

[@billkaroly]

I imagine Avacado growers dont want you to grow from a seed and then spread misinformation about it.

[@ghulamabbasawan7175]

Really like and appreciate your philosophy of growing from seed, especially when you say, "how exiting would life really be if we could always predict the outcome". Subscribed to your channel.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks :). And welcome to the channel!

[@jbh1983]

Our seed grown tree took 30 years 😅

[@CaseyConnor]

I am one of those who planted a tree from seed (it's about 22 years old now) and got nothing but inedible little tiny fruits from it. But i don't regret it - they are beautiful trees regardless.

[@plmsdevelopments]

Me too, tiny fruits, nothing edible after ten years from a seed. Tree looks great, just doesn't bear good fruit...

[@JamieBainbridge]

Not sure I'm willing to sacrifice a cat to get a tasty avocado.

[@MGJ182]

But Sparky was already dead?

[@gide5489]

I can do it with the neighbor’s cat

[@miriamnorman8933]

I worked on an avo orchard last year and all the little seedlings grew best closest to the trunk sheltered so that is where I have kept some, sheltered and now plan to re pot and give away to my family now I’ve seen this video thanks!

[@Hongaars1969]

Little Sparky. Such a cutie. Now forever remembered with that amazing avocado tree. Thank you for such an amazing channel. Zoltan

[@ninogomes6721]

Благодарим ви!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much for the support! :)

[@amgadmedhat6211]

I used to watch you videos when i was pretty young and thankfully I still do

[@crackers0413]

People need to see what’s possible with some sunshine and patience, thanks for sharing 😊

[@vis_ssb4971]

I love your videos, please never stop doing what you do bro. I look forward to your uploads.

[@rickbageard1147]

Dude you are amazing. Thanks for making this Video!

[@JessicaVanderhoff]

This is awesome! I have a seedling mexicola that I'm sure will take several years to produce fruit, but I'm so excited to see if it's good.

[@TobyJin]

So cool to see that your avocado tree has fruited after 6 years. I remember back when I watched videos on how to grow avos from seed (I think one of them was your video too), and it inspired me to give it a go. I had lots of trees grow but only one really survived and did well. That tree is also around 6 years old but since I kept it in a small pot, it's nowhere near as large as yours. I've used it as a tree to provide shade to some of my more shade loving plants. Even though I probably won't see it fruit, it's still an enjoyable plant to grow.