You helped me figure out what kind of avacado tree I grew. Thank you!! I grew a tree from a seed in a cup, never grafted it, and the 6th year it fruited!! People said it would never fruit but it has fruit all through out the tree this year! Great video. Thanks again for educating me.
I ordered my first case of Monroe avocados from GuacFarm in late November, 2022. I've never had them before. The Monroe is by far one of the best avocados I've ever tasted. Thank you Tom.
So excited to see this years harvest is ready, immediately placed an order!!! 🙏 thank you and the family for the love and care y’all put into these fruit!
Thanks Doug. If you ever spot a green pear shaped one in amongst the avocados at the supermarket (or amongst the "pears" as the case may be) that could very well be a fuerte
@@SleepyLizard It's funny. I had bought some Haas on the weekend. Just cut one for my lunch and it was very similar to the Fuerte you showcased in the video. The seed was pointy, just like you described. So by chance, I may have just had my first Fuerte. I must admit, it did taste a bit different from the Haas. It was good, but I would not be seeking it out!
I’m not kidding, but from all the avocados I got from you, I only ate one and gave the rest away to friends and relatives. You may not believe this, but every single person I gave your avocados to, they all asked me for your website. Even the people in my community asked for your information. It’s all everyone is talking about, ginormous avocados. Unless they are a bunch of cheap ASSets, you’ll be getting some orders from them. Good job Tom. Enjoy your Christmas, everyone.
Tony, thank you so much. I spent my whole career in sales and we always said your best salesman is a satisfied customer. Your comment proves that. Have a great day
I just for the first time saw this huge avocado in a supermarket here in California. Labeled Florida avocado. It is according to your video a Monroe. The seed is as big as a hass avocado. I like both, the Monroe definitely has more oil. But both good. And thanks to you I’ve learned that my local market has been mixing and selling fuerte and hass in the same bin. Always just assumed they were hoss. Thanks for the video man!
Hahaha 😆 😂 😆!!! Hahaha 😆 😂 🤣!!! You just love avocados regardless of variety! 🤣 Always makes me smile watching your videos. I've been buying the small ones in 7 count bags labeled Haas and have notice different seed shapes and sizes like that fuerte seed and a small egg shaped one that's dark. That's interesting you can tell the avocado by its seed.
Your videos are the best. I love your enthusiasm. Do you have a fruit stand or do you sell these avocados anywhere besides through the mail? I live on the west coast (Cape Coral) and would come over to pick up a box, maybe even a tree. So far I have three varieties planted. One is a Monroe since you sold me on that variety. I like all avocados, but prefer the "Florida" varieties more than the Hass.
Don't be afraid to tell the truth: Monroe is so much better than Hass! Another good feature of Monroe is that you can keep it for very long time in the fridge compared to other avocado variates. I keep Monroe for many weeks in the fridge and when I cut it, there's no black dots (not even tiny one) or anything bad. It still look inside like a very fresh avocado.
Lovely visit and info -- *so* miss the days when I lived in S FL and could literally pick avocados (and mangos) off the ground -- always prefer the FL variet/ies when I can find them -- thanks for the mouth-watering comparison ❤
I finished the box of Avocados from you and they were great. First time trying FL avocados and love it. I am from CA. CA avos are too rich like butter, I cant eat too much of it otherwise I will feel like vomiting. However, I could eat a lot of the FL avos, they are really refreshing!
Interestingly doe the Florida 🥑 usually have a more watery taste and tense to go bad first while the Hass is delicious in everything.. I like them/hass when they just start to turn ripening but still firm..
Robert, it depends on the variety...also if they are imported from Dominican Republic they are chilled and stored and wind up watery. It's a tough situation for us farmers in florida because the quality of the imported ones kills the market on us.
Just ate my first box of delicious Monroes from you this past week. I've been missing out on these my whole life! They almost have a sweet taste to them and a slightly less mushy texture. They're also HUGE compared to what I'm used to eating. Just put in an order for some more to give them out as gifts. Thanks again for your videos. Love the way you market through education Tom!
Wow, thank you for your encouraging words. And I really appreciate your business. I'm not sure who you are but all today's orders are on their way. The recipients of your gifts are in for a surprise because the ones from this week are even bigger!
Great stuff, as usual. I’ve tried your Choquette and Monroe varieties; both are great! I love Haas avacados, but I think you’re right- I prefer the flavor of the Monroe over the Haas. Keep doing what you do. Awesome stuff!
Yo! I enjoy your videos! Just wanted to let you know that you have mistaken the Fuerte avocado. Fuertes are smooth skin and ripen green, they never turn dark like that one🤙
@@nicholas8479 I never correct any of my videos. No matter how it is bad, it is a record of my true life. If it is very bad, I will make a new video to correct the old one.
Whichever avocado I am eating at the time! Yes! For me too that's the case as well. I completely agree. For me the more varieties I have the varieties I appreciate.
I don’t know if anybody has commented on this before. But the fruit you were describing as a Fuerte has a black skin. Fuerte’s have green skin. It might be a Stewart. It might be a surprise, but it is not a Fuerte.
So I just learned you can freeze avocados. I waited this last box I bought from you, until they were nice and ripe, then sliced them in half removed the seed and the outer skin, then placed them in a Ziplock and stuck in the freezer.
Erin, please let us know how they turn out when you thaw and eat them. I get a lot of questions about freezing avocados. The people who watch these vids wanna know!
I just placed my order and I can't wait to try a monroe. Here in south texas I've only tasted 2 varaieties, Mexican Hass, and a large green skin avocado sold at fruit markets called Pagua, although I'm not sure if that is a generic name or an actual varaiety.
I never seen this avocado before very good information you give us God bless you and your family 👪 🙏 my be one day you help me and will belasing you 🙏 ❤
I'm looking to purchase a few of your avo types to add to my slowly growing home yard collection. I notice the Hall (according to Green Dreams) is not only a little extra frost hardy but a type B which tends to be less common for my further N. Commifornia lowlands environment if not in general. They also carry Choquette and Monroe. They've delivered well in the past. I don't recall you mentioning Lula but that too seems somewhat popular in Florida?
my backyard Hass are nearly a big as the monroe yellow flesh and by far the creamiest avocados! ive had offers to sell them branches to graft! lol cheers from southern California
Thanks for the video. I have a couple of Florida avocado trees full and my question is how can I preserve them. Because the haas can last long time in the fridge.
@@SleepyLizardNever jealous buddy, I just don't like when white folks steal stuff and rename it like they invented or found it first. Always the last to know, but first to grab and say it's yours😂 #mentallyill #slavemasterbloodline
So far, I've tried Choquette, Hall and Monroe ... every avocado I've ordered from you has been wonderful. I am going to place an order for some family members. One good friend lives in Ontario, is it possible to ship an order there?
Peggy, I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed the avocados. It so happens I have a hall, Choquette, and Monroe soft on my counter for us to eat tomorrow. As much as I'd love to ship to Canada I can't because of import laws and restrictions. I gotta stay within the US and territories. Thank you for your business and feedback, I appreciate it.
Hit those slices with some sea salt, Greek olive oil and balsamic glaze and hold on to your britches !!!!! Or that^^ but cut in chunks for a "cado salad" toss in a bowl add a little sliced Vidalia Onion to that mix and oh Lord have mercy. Also great with raw red bell pepper, nice contrast between that the cado and onion.
Tom you're very lucky to have all kinds of avacado variety Tom if I want to purchase a avacado plant from you what will be the procedure please let me know that if possible okay bro
The are both really good producers. I get more production out of my Monroe but the downside is the fruit is on the tree 4 months longer so more expensive to care for and runs the risk of hurricane season
While I now know about how grafting avocados to make them grow faster works but what other step(s) do we need to do get those much bigger green pieces?
The big green ones are a different variety so you need to graft a clipping from a tree that's already giving that type. Then it's a matter of water, fertilizer, and Mother Nature.
Thanks for the video. I would like to ask you some questions. The first: It seems that you are growing the Hass variety. Do you grow it alone? Or do you grow another variety with it? So that there is a feminine and a masculine? If so, what is the appropriate male variety to plant with the Hass variety? What is the appropriate number of trees of the male variety to plant for 10 trees of the female variety? If there is an optimal planting combination, please tell me it? Thank you very much.
we don't grow Hass here in Florida. it's a little fussy with all the sunlight we get. that said, Hass farmers mix their Hass with Fuerte or Zutano. We also mix certain varieties to get better pollination. It's not male vs female, it's a tad more complicated. this vid explains it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Sgm-7wHT8K0.htmlsi=bLhX6lF5fQZTxNop
They actually tasted the same I had the rounded green shape Avocado when I was in Vietnam only the Hass commercialised at that time. But I just hope more varieties are available not one or two type dominate the market
I'm not 100% sure about Hass because we dont' grow them here. I've seen a lot of different timeframes and also you add in imports from different parts of the globe and we tend to see them year round.
Great video! Lol I always say the same thing, my favorite variety is the one I’m eating at that moment. Because I love Florida avocados but I also love the hass and the fuerte. 😊 I agree too the Monroe to me is the one that most resembles the hass.
Is Florida Avocado just another term to describe those huge avocado? Just bought a few of those huge variety with label 'River's avocado' 4771 produce of Dominican republic.
4771 is the PLU code for non Hass avocados. it's a bit misleading because they will label around 60 different varieties under that same code. and yeah Florida avocado is a catch all term but also misleading because again, it's used to describe almost every variety that is not Hass. And each variety can be very different from the other.
Do you think the Monroe variety would do good in a pot? We have to grow in pots due to the cold. We have tried multiple times and keep failing. The trees keep dying but we keep learning as well. The have died due to cold , heat, and root rot. Do you have any advice for those of us growing in pots as far as varieties and soil conditions or draining. What are you thoughts? Thank you!
Hi Torres Family, I don't have much experience growing in pots although I talk about it a little in some of my vids. You might look at Fruitful Trees, he's got a vid of a guy who grows in pots partial indoor partial outdoor and apparently he gets fruit,
@@SleepyLizard nice! I wish our Walmart sold Fuerte! Nobody sells them in CA except at maybe some farmers markets in SoCal. I only have 1 fruiting Fuerte tree as my other 2 trees are younger and not fruiting yet. We hit 116 on Sept 6 was a record for San Jose and my Fuerte dropped. Huge amount of fruit. Maybe about 3 -4 dozen are all that’s on the tree this season and they are just starting to taste really good
I got the Hialeah Red from Lara Farms. we are going into 3rd season and I haven't got fruit yet. I'll have to go check tomorrow if it's flowering this year.
@@SleepyLizardI had no idea there were so many red ones. There is also a Red Russel. I might have to try getting any one of those to improve my chances. I just want a red avocado tree!!! The Thomsom Red is Jamaican.
@@SleepyLizardWell, I have them looking for all 3 now... hopefully one will pop up somewhere. Thanks for the tip. Had no idea about the Hialeah Red. You learn something every day.
Well not to say you’re wrong, but your Fuerte doesn’t look like my Fuerte I grow in my yard in San Diego Ca. Mine are twice the size and have a green skin. I’ve seen a few specialty markets in San Diego with Fuerte avocados and they look just like mine. So just guessing, maybe yours is a different version of the Hass?
I saw this video and I'm trying to figure out what kind of avocado tree I had. It had long since stopped giving fruit and we cut it down due to damage it was causing to my home. My tree gave off very soft pear shaped avocados. They stayed green, thin smooth skin, and soften like butter; tasted about the same too. Our neighbor has very big round green avocados that taste very green. Those don't really ripen well. They kind of just rot and stay very hard. He has two trees and they're about the same but one gives off massive avocados. You open them up and they're riddled with what I found to be called "vascular browning". Probably just nutrient deficiency. IDK. I just wanted to know about the ones my tree grew.
Tommy, If I order 2 cases TODAY, you think they’ll get here before Christmas? I know this is not the best way to contact you, but your answer will be for everyone who wants to know… in one reply. Thanks
Tony, it’s already too late for me to get them to the post office which means I’d have to pick and ship Monday which is the 19th. Normally the packages would arrive by the 22nd or 23rd or even the 21st but in this case with it being Christmas week, it could be a little at risk. Also, if the fruit arrive by Christmas, it would only be six days off the tree and still two or three days from ripening. That’s about as accurate and honest a future prediction I could make for anything that I’d be shipping on Monday.
@@SleepyLizard … last weeks shipment got here in 2 days, but yeah, too close to Christmas and the post office is busy. I’ll order them anyway. I already ordered them, hopefully you have a case of each, Choquettes and Monroe. Thank you and Merry Christmas.
Tony, I see the order. Thank you. I will get them picked and shipped first thing Monday morning. Also I will scour the trees to see if I can find some choquette stragglers. In fact I think I'll pick them tomorrow which will give an extra day for softening for christmas, at least the choquettes should be soft enough...it's late in their season so they'll soften sooner.
I know a lot of people have already asked you this question, but here it is anywho, again lol. I've been confused about the answer thus far. I started growing hass avocado seeds, and I was hoping to be able to graft a different variety onto the tree once it's strong enough to be grafted. All 3 of my avocado seeds are successfully growing, which I wasn't expecting lol. Is it not possible to graft a different variety from my hass rootstocks? Thanks!
Hi Sasha, the reason we graft is because seed grown trees are unpredictable. They are unique just like human babies. By grafting one seedling to another seedling you do not eliminate the unpredictability. You still have seedling DNA.
I'm not sure what part of the world you're in but ours start flowering in December and I usually see the first fruit pop around February then the month we pick depends on the variety.
Dude just chomped down like 700 calories worth of avocado. Great information, funny how in the grocery store they're either Hass or Floridian/DR, but there definitely multiple varieties grouped into Hass or Floridian/DR.
Hello, do you think if we graft an avocado, the root stock will have impact on the fruit quality? E.g. if u graft an hass to west indies RS will it be different result with grafted on guatemala or mexico RS?
Triple, some of the Florida varieties are naturally watery. Or more likely yours was chilled and imported from Dominican Republic so it never got the change to ripen naturally. If you see the sticker says DR I'd leave it on the shelf.
I'm from Brazil, my uncle bought a place, in that place there are two avocado trees, they are similar to haas, they are green and when ripe they turn green, but the fruit and the seed are shaped like eggs, you know I'm from Brazil, my uncle bought a place, in that place there are two avocado trees, they are similar to haas, they are green and when ripe they
Long ago SleepyLizard said a word that effectively equated to "not true to seed." For whatever reason I forgot what it was and haven't been able to find what it was online. Every site I come across just goes down the path of describing "true to seed." Any chance anyone knows that word? A botanist maybe?
I have a pullovk in my backyard grafted but a coconut tree I think is preventing it from flowering it's closed to my avocado about 5 yes flowers once an never again
@@SleepyLizard Thanks! I live up in zone 5b and would like to build a geothermal greenhouse for year-round gardening. It would enable me to grow avocado trees. I knew about the avocado varieties grown in California and Mexico, but it is good to know thst there are also several varieties of the Florida avocados. I need to watch out for the Florida avocados in our large local markets. I think avocados are fabulous.
Monroe tends to be more creamy. This is not scientific but from my personal experience the later season varieties (at least the ones I've tasted) tend to be more on the creamy and higher oil content side.
@@SleepyLizard yes, but there only serves the purchase of seeds in large parties, at least 100 to 400 seeds for certain variants. wow, of course this is for plantation scale. Can't buy units.
@@SleepyLizard For those of us who want to plant one or two trees in our yard, it is still a dream. Maybe have to be patient first, for a few years later.
Fuerte has vegetable flavour kind of cucumber :) I can only make as smoothie. I hope can taste Monroe if it is creamy taste like hass. Never see Monroe in Dubai supermarket :(
You do a good job representing "greenie" avocados; Like your vids. I think I'm going ro try a couple more "avocadus giganticus", but fair warning ... contrary to what you may have heard, bigger is not always better. (I know...I've said this before). I like smooth and creamy, not chunky and watery. Avocado oil is one of the worlds finest fats.--TRUTH. Still, I'll try them again.... Never let it be said that i am unreasonably biased. I'm off to the market to find a "greenie" (and a few Hass also...). I'll do my own taste test and let you know...😇
there's different varieties of the ones you call greenies. look at the label, if it says its from a different country then skip it. some of the ones we grow here in florida are higher in oil content than others.
Taste is subjective I gave avo to my dad that thought blew the Hass away and he didn’t taste the difference but I did it was night and day. Some people have dumb downed taste buds 😂
Thanks for the comment Losttoanyreason. One thing I've learned in this business is people have their preferences when it comes to avocados and I totally understand why.
I did and im in between 8a -9a but i guess my concern is the heat. We reach temps of 100+ in summer and i had seedlings before but when i would put it in sun it would die out. Now i keep it in the shade just not sure how it would react when it is bigger.
