Folks, If you would like to see how the seed in this video is doing and for all the answers to the questions raised in the comments of this video, then check out this video here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vMB__6VmB3g.html
I love avocadoes but I just checked and it says it takes 10 to 15 years before they crop when they are grown from the seeds. I think I might just starve to death if I wait that long. Do you know something that other growers don't? (About getting them to crop faster I mean).
I need help my Avocado looks unhealthy 😩 it's leafs are turning brown from the outside in. I'm not sure how to attach a video to show you! Any suggestions please Marguerite.
Thank you for sharing your technique, quite simple, more in touch with nature and natural method. I do have a tip to share, i have grown several avocado trees from seed, and found that putting the seeds in Heavy Clay pots, putting them in the window seal of a Sun Facing window helped accelerate the growth of the seed and plant. The clay pot absorbs the heat of the sun and regulates the temperature of the soil. When the plants grew to about 6 to 12 inches I planted them in a larger Clay Pot and put them outdoors to get acclimated to the weather. I let them go outdoors through a winter where there where several days below 30 Degrees, and watched them. Several times i wanted to bring them in doors, but I let nature takes it's course and let them go. To my amazement they survived through the winter and thrived the next spring. I believe the clay pots had a lot to do with absorbing heat and energy from the sun and regulating the temperature of the soil.
I grew one as a kid years ago it got to about eight foot tall and ir out grew the conservatory it is now in the orangery at the freeman hospital in Newcastle and about 20 foot high
Hi Tony - love your videos - keep em coming, learnt so much. I used to work in Advocado orchards on a kibbutz in northern Israel, and came to love them. They can take up to 10 years before you get fruit, and grow very large. This is why they are expensive in the shops, hard to pick (by hand using a cherry picker), they hide on the inside of the tall trees, and not many per tree (relative to other fruits). They don't tolerate cold very well at all.
Your right Dave and one of the reasons I wanted to challenge myself to grow them. It gets cold here and its a long game I am hoping in years to get it to fruit
I love how you admit to being lazy at times and having life issues needing your attention. I criticize myself for these reasons and maybe I shouldn’t. I really enjoy your channel; I’m a new subscriber. I live in upstate New York USA but have visited the UK with my husband and children and feel connected to you all there. Having old roots from your lands and coming from an old farming family I appreciate your knowledge and enjoy your sharing your experience with all of us. Thank you. Blessings. 😊🧡☀️🌱
I have never tried the soil method but had loads of success with the toothpick method. What I am hoping for is a 2019 update to this video to show your plants after 2 years. Look forward to this. Great channel.
Just seen this one. I started growing avocados last year, starting off as toothpicked then potting them. Bringing them in, all the leaves turned brown and dropped off (temperature difference). I clipped the tops off and put them down in the cellar. Within a couple of weeks they were sprouting new branches and leaves! Hopefully won't have to wait 10 years before the 1st fruit. Cheers Tony!
Thank you for such a great video on growing avocados..living in S. Florida it's a great place to grow them..my son has a avocado tree that produces huge avocados..they are so delicious. It's been quite awhile since I've grown one from a seed so I'm glad I ran across your video. I'm trying both methods, 2 in water and 2 in soil. They say if you grow two tress they cross pollinate and the tree's are heavier with avocados..the previous owner must have planted this tree..it appears to be two separate tree's growing from what looks like one tree..we get so many avocados each year we sometimes have to brace the branches or they will snap because of the weight. Thanks again for all the information. I hope things are going better for you. I'm glad I found you..on to some of your other video's.
If you ever do an experiment, I've always wondered if one seed is GMO, and the other seed is Organic, would it make some or any kind of difference. Too bad, you can't sell those "too many", avocados!
Nice video! I tried the water method. About 7 months later, the seed split and was still soft but nothing else was happening so I gave up. I have grown them in the past. One time, in Maryland, I even planted on in the soil next to my porch. Months later, nothing, so forgot about it. One day I saw a 1 foot tall "weed" and pulled it. When I saw the seed stuck to the "weed", I realized what I had done. LoL. I replanted it. It lost leaves but came back.
Fantastic! I've always done the toothpick method before but am now trying the drying out n planting method. Thank you very much for this. Mel in Devon 🍰🌻
I'm living on the island of Guam and growing Avacado is very easy, although it's not true to seed, like the Mango. We have mostly Humid hot weather and a rainy season. I enjoyed your video very much, Thank You!
Yes, I have had a few Avocado plants over the years. My son used to like Avocado fruit a lot and not wanting to waste such a large seed, I just planted a lot of them straight outdoors in the ground (this is in Scotland) mainly during the summer. They would take about a month to 6 weeks to grow, would make some nice leaves among the borders and die off when the frosts hit hard. I do have one plant that I grow indoors, but even though I have a lot of window space I don't want any one plant to dominate (because these windowsills need to house a lot of overwintering plants and room is at a premium for 6 months of the year). What I do is prune hard the indoor one, taking it back to about 8-10 inches in height. They don't mind pruning from my experience, no rotting or anything like that. So it seems to be perfectly safe to keep your plant in bounds if you want to do so. I intend to let this plant reach an age of about 9 years, pruning hard each year, and then allowing it to grow a little more (space pending of course), just to see if it will flower? I did have a very unexpected find just a few weeks ago. I did say my son 'used to like' avocados, this was up to the time he fell sick in August of last year. It must have been about then that I threw out the last uneaten ones into what should have been a new compost heap. I stopped adding to the heap when the debris was just a couple of inches thick - and only a few weeks ago I found an avocado growing there. I don't know 'how' this seed managed to survive a Scottish winter. Yes, our winters are much milder of late, but we did still have some frosts, some quite hard, a little snow, and a huge amount of rain. Yet this seed toughed it out in two inches of compost and suddenly grew this summer. Needless to say, it's potted up and sitting on the windowsill now. I think it deserves to live!
This is an excellent video! Lots of helpful info. For example, I didn’t know about the depth of seed pit guideline. I started with the toothpick method of starting an 🥑 as well since my classroom at that time had a south-facing window. I got impatient and gave up after a while. From your video, can see why. I live in Houston, Texas, which is in gardening Zone 9. It seems like everything I want to grow isn’t recommended this far south. 😕 Our “winters” consist of the occasional cold front. This winter, it never got below freezing. Our summers are like living on a giant bbq grill. Car handle burns, lack of breathable air inside vehicles, warm to hot pool water. I’d love to plant fruits and vegetables that can survive outside the Intensive Care Unit. Anyway, you give a lot of great advice about gardening in general. Thank you!
My mum lives in the south of England and she has had one growing in the soil for 10 years. Survives the English winters. No sign of flowers or anything yet but healthy plants.
I’m in Tasmania Australia winters not as cold as England, but mine are very frost sensitive, I lost 3 in winter... we don’t get many frosts where I am but we got one after some great warm weeks they died in a week. They all shot again from the roots but my daughters dog peed on all of em... that was the end. The remaining trees are over 8 feet they live outside I just move them to protected places in winter.
good day to you Tony !! excellent how to video today, fantastic growth on the two you grow last year and good luck with the three you just planted !! 🥑🎥👍✝
Cheers, I love growing all sorts of stuff, I found that even though I wont get fruit from these for a few years sometimes we get surprised. take my grapes for example, I have had over 100 bunches of grapes off them this year, they are only just over 2 years old and all the book say you should get your first crop in the third year. But it doesnt have to be that way, If the plant can support it and you provide what they need then it will do what it wants.
I am in south Africa I grew one avocado tree in my yard now I am enjoying a lot of avos no need to buy and guess what while having avos already new flowers are coming yah this is exciting. Thank you
The avocado is a forest tree fruiting when it's tall enough to emerge from the canopy. If you're growing them from seed in the UK you're essentially growing an indoor foliage plant. Even if planted outside in a temperate climate a seed-grown avocado won't fruit for 10 to15 years. You're better off buying a grafted dwarf variety (or actually two -type A and type B - to ensure better pollination) and these may fruit in their third or forth year. The seeds germinate really easily and if you just throw them into the compost or worm farm you can save yourself the trouble of fiddling about with toothpicks or drying and scraping.
@@simplifygardening Do you have photos or video from your fruited tree? Can we see please? Was it from organic seed and planted in the soil from the start? Thank you!
Once i planted two seeds don't think they were organic...method with toothpicks...the point down!....no water covering the other side...one to three months....the roots down normally...got maaaany roots....they went up one quarter of a meter and i sold them both....no leaves...very young for that....an opinion about the which side has to be up please, thank you Simpl. Garden for your presence and effort, beautiful path you chose
Hi Tony. I currently have two really good sized Avocado trees that I grew from seed earlier this year. I let mine get to about 20 inches and then cut the tops off. They bushed out from that point and look really very healthy. I think I would let the next ones grow even taller before cutting the tops off. I have four more just pushing out their first leaves..
Thanks for this, really useful. I have never grown avocados before so I will save this video and come back to it for top-ups, so to speak, now and then!
Yes grow an avo seed or several. It’s fun and in 5 or more years you might end with amazing avocados. This is how we have so many cool varieties of avos, it all starts with someone who planted the seed.
Great video on growing avocados. I eat a lot of this fruit and have wanted to grow a plant. Now, with this information, I can. Thanks. Mobile, Alabama USA
Hi Victoria. Yes they are an investment in time mind, around 5 years before you get your first fruit in a colder climate, sooner the warmer it is where you live. Glad the info has helped you
If your going to try to grow one, for the fruit, may I suggest you look for an organic fruit, to get your seed from? Look up GMO, if you don't know what that is....it's an eye opener!
Just ate an avocado 🥑 and curiosity sent me to this vid!!! Love your setup!!! From indianapolis here and will be growing my first stone thanks to your simply put and straightforward instructions!!! Will update you and let you know how it goes!!!
I just got an avocado pit from one yesterday, will try your method of drying and planting it. Looking forward to growing the plant, thanks for your video!
Okay, glad to hear your roots wasted off as well, happened to mine first go round , and I couldn't figure it out,too long in the water, It is now thriving in soil, thanks Tony.
Thank you for everything I do exactly how you say but I have a question. Those tree from the seed makes avocado fruit or I need to do something to the tree to have good results. The tree is 2 years old and looks fabulous but I want to know when I will have the fruit
Hi there, I'm from Cape Town South Africa. Our weather here is much different being in the Southern Hemisphere. I have managed to grow two Avo trees (tooth pick method) up to a year old but lost them because well... life happens and I forgot to water them in the dry Summer season. I do however want to mention two tips. Avocado babies are very sensitive to fertilizer and other chemicals. I noticed that the water from the tap, contains too much chlorine and it burned the leaf tips. I ended up watering them from my water-purifier and letting the water stand for two days at least before using it. Tip two , our Summers are hot and the baby trees do not thrive in full sun, apparently they need to be in the shade of a bigger tree until they are stronger.I now have another one going that sprouted in the soil. Hopefully I'll not neglect to water it this time. Thanks for all your wonderful videos and tips.
I grew an avocado pit with the toothpick method and it lived for 20 odd years until it died last winter it never had any fruit but it was a good talking point May do another now seeing this thanks . Dave Allen Derby England
Thanks for the video. I have one growing in soil that somehow survived winter outside (I accidentally covered it) but now thriving. Excuse the ignorance but what is "grafting".
About a month ago I planted a seed and it hasn't sprouted. I planted a mango seed at the same time and now have a little tree about a foot tall. I have another pear seed to try with and now I know which side is up! They are going in the ground directly because we are in the tropics so no snow frost or hail here. I am hopeful now so thank you for sharing this video.
Hey your more than welcome, Thanks for viewing, I hope you will stick around. I too have planted a Mango but we are due frosts soon so need to get some heat to get it going
I've tried my mother's tried with no great results I live in the Northeast of the US I think it's too cold up here even when I take them in the house they don't respond well when I put them back outside when the weather gets comfortable .Plus they take too long to grow I'm too old to wait 10 years to get two avocados off of a tree, is that's what you get. I thought I saw on one video you get one avocado off a tree what does it really produce after five years? thanks I love your videos they're great thanks for sharing your information of knowledge. 🍆🍅🍇
Hi Frank. They are a longer term fruit, They do fruit well after about 6 years, however in colder climates like yours and mine they are best kept in containers and brought in from frost.
Hi. I live in Kent with a quit exposed garden. I've started off loads of avocados but for a few years only managing to get them to about a metre high no fruits,a couple of years ago I planted them every where straight in the ground irrespective of thee soil. I wrap them in fleece over winter some die right back but always start again from soil up. The most successful plants are some that are in a raised herb garden brick built bed. And up against the house.we get a lot of leaf lose but it survives with the fleece wrapping. It's now being tied to a trellis with A few others
John here from east-central Pennsylvania, United States here. Years ago I started an avocado from a pit but it didn't last long, as the leaves all dropped off and it died. I think that was because of the kind of planting medium I used and the soil held too much moisture in it and it rotted the roots. Now last year, in the month of May, I started another avocado tree and so far it is doing FANTASTIC! Will see how it goes! I have it in a southerly-facing window now.
I sure will! Wish I was able to attach a photo of it here for you to see but so far it's doing GREAT! Dropped one leaf along the lower part of the tree and that's normal but it put out two new leaves that got real big and now there's another bud on top that is slowly opening up!
I live in Arizona we had one that had grown from a pit that had been thrown in the yard it grew for seven years it didn't need much care but all the sudden we had a big freeze and lost it .I was so upset. Thanks for sharing
Hi Tony, it’s my first time here. Thank you for sharing this with us wannabe gardeners especially as I don’t even have a garden, but I’m up for a challenge so wish me luck 😂
They may not give you any fruit at all. If you really want avocado fruit, throw those seeds in the trash and go buy a small avocado tree from a reputable nursery, plant it, learn how to properly care for it, and you can get fruit from it in 2-5 years depending on size the variety. And if you don't mind spending the cash, buy a more mature tree - in the US it's like $200 vs $70 vs $15 for a 24 gallon/15 gallon/5 gallon tree, each one being a year larger than the other. A $200 tree may give you fruit in the next year after you plant it. A $70 tree may take 2 or 3 years. The $15 tree may take 4-5. But those seeds may waste 10 years watching them never produce anything worth eating. The reason for this is, every avocado seed contains all the DNA of roughly 1000 varieties, with only about 25 of them making good fruit consistently. So you have a roughly 25 in 1000 chance of getting a good fruit producer when you plant a seed. Don't bother unless its purely for decoration and not for fruit.
Either graft or wait. I have a newer video covering how to speed it all up you can view it here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vMB__6VmB3g.html
Hey Laurie. Welcome to the channel. Glad you spotted me at Brians channels and hope you enjoy it here. I have a ton of content to get through and more on the way. Look forward to chatting with you. Tony
I have an avocado i grew from seed. It is 3 years old now. Last year i left it out all winter in a sheltered position, under a makeshift greenhouse against the house, with a bunch of other plants pushed together and it survived despite temps of down to minus 10 so I did the same this year, although winter was milder this year. I live in North France.
Thats great Jane. Once the wood turns brown instead of green they can be quite hardy. there is one in london that is outside and about 30 ft tall and fruits every year
Superb video. Am a new subscriber and as a Welsh tryer, hopefully a long term subscriber. I have grown an avocado plant for about 4 years now. Spends 9 months out in my Cardiff garden and about 2-3 months in the garage which has windows and light. It’s about 6 foot in a large pot. Looks fit. Not a hint of any fruit. Some leaves look diseased but the newer growth always looks super healthy and lush. When I eventually get a poly tunnel will I need two plants to get an avocado and will it ever flower? Great channel. Thrilled to see a channel that absolutely ticks my boxes, and from Wales too. Cheers.
Hello, first time Avocado grower, I have 2 methods that I used to get my seeds to germinate: (For winter) I used your soil method and then stuck the pot in a sandwich bag in a cupboard to keep warm. After 8 weeks the stem shot up and the roots established. The disadvantage of this is the plant does not grow big leaves. (For spring) I cut the top off a plastic bottle and inverted it. I then prepared the seed via your method and suspended this router in a jar of Epsom salt solution (1 part in 10). This has resulted in a faster germination (week 2) but I have hopes of a healthier foliage for this seed when it sprouts 👍
Hello, Update, Winter is thriving well and flowering (approx 1ft). I am experimenting now with it out of the terrarium and have added the turmeric powder directly to the top soil. I have not watered on this occassion as the soil was still moist. I'll update as I progress, really enjoying the results of this project. The summer one is still yet to fully germinate but the seed is still splitting.
Hello, Need advice as disaster has struck my trees. They both got overwatered, the spring one has died, and the winter one had rootrot. I have repotted the winter one and had to top it of a dying branch. I put on turmeric to the affected area which has cauterised the wound. I have put it in the sunshine and watered scarcely to prevent further root problems. Can you offer me any advice to bring it back from dying? Thank you
I started a few avocado pits - but in AZ it was too hot for them. There is now an avocado tree that can be grown in AZ, but they do require a lot of care the first few years - shade especially. I never thought to grow/keep the plant in a pot - I'd like to do that just as a decorative plant. I've always used the toothpick method.
Keeping them in a pot especially for the first few years means they can be moved around if too hot or cold, Also it means you can take them in through the winter and enjoy the structure of the plant and treat as a house plant
Thank you for this video. I had an avocado seed last year and put toothpicks into it to balance on a glass vase, just to see if it would sprout and left in on the windowsill, it was such a narrow vase, and I kept topping the water up, and then forgot and gave up on it. It still had its skin on it though and hadn't cut the top. Just followed someones video. I'm surprised to see they can grow in our country. I have 2 sitting on my worktop right now, so I'm going to try your method. Much 💖 .
Avocados grown in the U.K.?!! How COOL IS THAT! Yeah, like my RU-vid buddy from California says its totally doable to grow fruit trees in pots, although I bet you'll have to get a huge pot for these li'l saplings. Here on the central plateau our climate is categorized as 'sub-tropical' but winters here can be a bit chilly, and from what I understand Avocados can tolerate from -4° C. to 30° C. And when they're small, like these saplings they should be kept in partial shade/direct sun, as they grow older, they'll be able to be in direct sunlight. Thanks for sharing these new techniques on sprouting an avocado seed and sending ya greetings from Mexico. :)
I remember doing this way back in elementary school. Never grew it long enough to get a tree which could produce fruit. I'm debating trying a cold hearty variety like the purple avocado to see if the tree will survive our cold winters.
Nearly spring in South Australia and I'm potting and propagating everything I can. Guess what's next... Lolz. Still a noob but I'm getting better because of instructables like this one. New to the channel and I love it. Thanks mate.
Had them fruit after 7, but ideally you could graft. and I was growing for the foliage not the edible fruit. Sorry for the late reply. had some issues with comments not showing that they had not been answered, so I am getting through them
It's amazing how in Kenya we simply throw the seeds in the garden and the trees grow... But at the moment many people are more interested in grafted avocado plants that can start fruiting in 2 years time.
I've been successful in the past growing them with the toothpick method. One tree I had spent its entire life indoors and was doing great except it got brown leaf curl from too low humidity, then the thrips came and it was history. That one grew to be 4 feet tall before it died and I had it three years.
This is my first time growing avocados. Wish me luck. I am using the toothpick method at the moment and after I eat some more avacados I will plant the seeds. Thank you
Heres a tip, from a long time grower. If you grow from seed, you're looking at 12 years, easy, to see first fruit. The thing to do is germinate it, let it grow to about 1 feet tall and then graft a small branch from a tree already giving fruit. You will see fruit within 4 years, maximum.
@@simplifygardening Actually, I have seen fruit within 3 years, a couple of times. I think it comes down to the quality of the soil, how much water it got, if artifical fertilizers were used, weather, etc....
I have never grown avocado before this is my first attempt. I have had success with cantaloupe and other vegetables. So I am hoping I will be successful with my avocado seed. I will let you know how I did. Thank you for your video, Kelly C.
Hi from Arizona! Loved your video on growing avocados!! Yes- I’ve grown MANY - all with toothpick method!! But here’s my real problem! When they’re growing well, lots of lovely leaves- I’m so tempted to put them outdoors! But... the sun BURNS those beautiful leaves! I’ve seen avocado trees full grown- living outside- sun doesn’t seem to bother them! HELP, Please!! How do I get them used to the sun?? Partial shade? I get them to about 2 feet tall- but that’s all! I can do... keep them as houseplants- live indoors- but I’d like to see them planted in the ground! Can you give me any ideas?? I just found your video- I think you’re wonderful! Thanks SO much!!! Love from Tucson, Az... stay well, be safe, and THANK YOU SO MUCH! 💗👍🌸🌵🌴🌺💐
Simplify Gardening ...Hello! Thank you SO much!! I really appreciate knowing that! It’s a great response! I’d never heard that before! They do make great houseplants, also, but I’d love to see them growing into trees! Best wishes from Az! Stay well and happy!!!💗🙏🏻😁
Hi new here love your channel! I started to avocado pits last winter in soil and covered with Saran Wrap and set on top of my fridge where there was warmth and after 6 weeks I got leaves and now their 2 feet tall doing great!
Thats awesome Michelle. Bet your proud. I did a follow up video to this one and the pits i planted in this one you get to see them and they are 5ft tall. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vMB__6VmB3g.html
I have one in my back yard and from time to time have grown trees to give away or sell. We get lots of avocados and give them and our dogs eat them if we don't get them fast enough they love them
Thank you for showing the method to grow avocado tree from seed. I am glad to have found your video. Avocado is one of my favorite fruits. I am so excited to start growing avocado and will follow your method. 😊😊
I’m not sure whether it was your video, but I watched one years ago and have attempted to grow Avocado trees several times since. I had well rooted seeds which threw out a few leaves, but each time I planted them outside, the stem and leaves died off. I think they are quite tender plants, the first time it was cold so the leaves curled up even though I wrapped them in two layers of bubble wrap as protection - the last time, too hot (during our early heat wave this year) and although I tried several ways to keep it protected from the sun, it shrivelled and died. I don’t have a greenhouse, only a small paved patio so always start them off in my kitchen window - very successfully. I’d be glad to know what you think my next steps should be to get them hardy. Thanks very much!
I have grown one using the tooth pick method. I have cut the top twice to get a bushy plant. Its now in soil and doing well. Hope by cutting it I haven't stunted its growth and I left it for months in the water! We shall see.
