What Avocado Varieties Should You Plant In Your Backyard? 

Doug, I so agree with you. I had a lot more to say about Paul and tropical fruit people in general but lately on RU-vid you gotta get straight to the point...TikTok is atrophying our attention spans, ha!

@@SleepyLizard It certainly seems that way!

thanks William! Here's the full vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x0GfCzicblw.html

@@SleepyLizard please document 29min40sec's trees for your "pioneering" self(my own words) and for others who'd otherwise be unaware of a possible recovery from this disease. Again this whole conversation/video was great information. Thank you.

Hi Practical, thank you for subscribing. I been watching his vids for so long and it was an honor when he reached out. Working with Paul was such a pleasure I didn't want the day to end. Welcome to the channel.

Thanks for the endorsement Agustin

@@SleepyLizard haha. I hope to buy a few trees from you in the future. Also, I had a question on the video topic. If you had 1/4 acre for avocado trees, coming from you.. how many would you plans for maximum availability of avocados throughout the year? Location Avon Park, Florida. Also, how many years until some saplings would produce fruit?

@@Agustin-jo8mv you can fit 10 trees on that space. If you planted 3 gallon trees you'd be getting fruit 3 years later.

well you gotta keep us posted. are your trees flowering right now?

@@SleepyLizard Early stages of blooming. Biggest best tree, Reed, was extremely dense 10 or 12 ft tall, 3" trunk, broke off less than 2 ft from ground in a storm. Should have topped it, was looking top heavy, but I expect it to regrow. Recently had low temps to 28 or 26 but only minor damage to avo trees with exception of last limb on Reed burned badly.

@@SleepyLizard Garry Gragg's tiny channel in case your curious....very active interesting individual who likes to push climate limitations, collect/reproduce 'new' avo varieties and so on. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qKHa7LVr0E0.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oQjbosiHTuM.html

Thanks Mwika, I appreciate your encouraging comments both here and on Fruitful Trees page.

And I appreciate you Tom 🤗🤝

still half a year to go 😥

thank you

I don't know the full list but I'm guessing you could grow some cold hardy avocado varieties up there.

you'll have fruit from May through September, nice!

you are going to discover fruits you never knew existed

@@SleepyLizard looking forward to it 😁

Thanks MEH

yes, and very interesting to talk to.

When your trees flower you will see that in the afternoon Samuel open as mail the others will open as female do you want to intersperse the Trees that have complementary flowering schedules

Deep South! How you been? Yeah hit me up in may for some budwood. It'll be a lot longer before I have trees though. I just started replanting last week. things are great on our end.

@@SleepyLizard Thanks Tom! Will get with you in May for the budwood. Not sure what kind of fruit we will be harvesting this year as most all of my blueberry & wild huckleberry bushes are in full bloom and some with baby berries already. Spring bulbs are blooming, fruit trees budding. Beats all I've ever seen. Had an early fall with very cool temps for our area in Sept. then went back to our normal temps of 80+. Then back to freezing. Been a roller coaster ride with the temps so the plants don't know whether to go to sleep (as they should be doing) or WAKE UP because of the spring temps. Now we are back in the deep freezer again so I'm sure I will lose most of my berries this year (temps in low 20's last weekend & coming again this weekend!!) Garlic & onions are a foot tall and should still be ASLEEP til springtime. May not see much of a harvest of those either...who knows. Beats all I've ever seen for CRAZY weather for the deep south! Otherwise, things are as good as can be expected, considering the circumstances we are all facing. Take care and I will be in touch late April/early May for the budwood. Miss your vid's so I'm glad I was able to catch this one today...GOT MY SLEEPY LIZARD FIX today!! LOL!!

@@DeepSouthBamaGRITS we had same experience with mango...full on flowering then a major wind storm 😣

Hi Heroshi, I happen to have a vid that covers that very topic: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w03ALisRblc.html

Jorge, I'm going to make a video response to your question. But in summary, we shoot squirrels with a varmint gun..a 22 caliber pellet gun. As for how to get the fruit form the top of the tree, we use a telescoping pole with a picking basket on top. you can find them on amazon. As for the variety of your avocado I'd need to see a picture of it

Hellen, nabal or xx3

Ayoze, if it's growing and surviving in the ground I'd leave it there. The roots need so much room to grow and a pot is never quite enough. It's viable if there's no alternative but with an alternative I'll always go ground over pot.

I'm unfamiliar with Michael, thank you for the tip.

@@SleepyLizard i think his foliar spray ingredient videos might help too, he's also got a website with free knowledge, a great man. Although if you watch all of his lectures there's a point where the Great American Chestnut (hundreds of feet tall and tens of feet wide) was said to be wiped out by a disease which i presume was used by an industry to continue greedy/wasteful habits(sounded similar to the corona viridia, that sect of viruses discovered and cataloged in 1960), otherwise I've completely agreed with just about everything he's said. If i can recommend another, Dan Kittredge's lectures explain how a each element in chemistry is a vibration in physics, thusly showing that antennae on bugs/pests could possibly be thwarted from picking up signals, among other "gems" such as the domino effect of nutrient uptake that a safe, bio-available, form of Boron has.

@@SleepyLizard also if you watch the video i sent you moments ago, forgive the man's passion past 6min40sec, i think he realized how essential it was for life in general but that it's healthy forms aren't really making it to people from what was supposed to be a food chain (possibly starting in part of the ocean depths with microbes and pressure that we can't safely have on the surface, although if industry didn't hinder animal migrations and waste food...) Well one of your videos shows me you already know about it to an extent, the iodine deficiency America had proves at least one element was lacking. I'm inclined to think that form of salt that was made as a "remedy" isn't the best option.

Mario, if you can plant two trees you will maximize pollination as long as one is flowering type A and the other flowering type B. For example combining Monroe (B) with Choquette (A) gives a really good crop and would also be cold hardy for central FL.

@@SleepyLizard Thanks! I do plan to get a second variety. But was trying to get at least one with a better flavor than the bland store-bought avocados. I've heard the Oro Negro has good taste but it takes years to produce very few fruits. Cold tolerance isn't the main criteria (my Mangoes don't show any damage in most winters).

yes, Monroe is good. also Brogdan

@@SleepyLizard thanks for the reply!

Irvin, if you can get a Lula I recommend it. You can keep the tree whatever size you want.

Hi Chris, I don't have any at this time.

Thank you

🤣

Bobby, I would recommend a combination of flowering type A and flowering type B to maximize pollination as well as a blend of early and late varieties so: Simmonds - Type A Early (June - August) Russell - Type A mid (July - September) Hall - Type B late (October - December) Monroe - Type B late (November - February All of the above are delicious and good producers.

Nightfire, I haven't found a single go to source. I just try and google if I don't know. only other option is to wait till they flower and see what they are.

A Tarot, thanks for the comment and the encouragement. Have a great day

More than a year. I’m just getting seeds in pots now

Hi Traian, how you doing? Do you grow avocado?

Yes ofcourse,but is high and slim😅!!!!In my country we dont have avocado try!!!

@@traianbaraian6455 what country?

@@SleepyLizard Romania

@@traianbaraian6455 oh wow, yeah I don't think that's quite the right climate for avocado there.

I'm in Miami

Lula is my favorite avocado. I love Lula. I don't know Florida Hass. Is it pear shaped?

@SleepyLizard Yes. I had my first one that dropped on August 31 last year. It has a very distinct flavor. People I gave some too said it was the best tasting avocado they ever had. I got one from Presidente supermaket one time randomly and I could recognize the shape and flavor instantly. This year it produced only a few avocados.

the Lula is on the small side compared to other florida varieties. pear shaped, large seed, and the skin scars up easily. the flesh is delicious

@SleepyLizard Yes. I'm pretty sure it's a Lula. My first grafts failed. I hope the second round is successful.

that's up to you, watch the vid and let me know what you think

@@SleepyLizard i am confused wiht the male and female tree😓😓😓😓

@@snipergohn6623 this vid might help you understand better: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Sgm-7wHT8K0.htmlsi=wCoeGkqqxeFtOml1

From commercial groves yes. But that's subject to change. you gotta keep up on their quarantine list.

@@SleepyLizard Thank you

Glad to hear the 3 trees are doing good. I knew they were going to a good home! All my trees are flowering right now so it's hard to say what variety yours might be. We'll have to wait till we see their fruit.

@@SleepyLizard I seem to have stubborn Texas honey bees here, I have had to spray the flowers with honey water. Is that the best way to get them to pollinate the tree?

yes

Yes, you need cold hardy so Beta, Lula, Monroe, and Oro Negro. How cold did it get where you are this weekend?

-5°C.

@@jonathanhao1640 ouchie. that's cold. 🥶

add...BACON, HALL, MARCUS, PINKERTON, BROGDON, MONROE...for "cold-hardy" varieties. But, whewwww....your AgZ: 7 sure doesn't seem a likely clime. Buona fortuna! :-)

what does that mean?

Hello friend I need avocado plant for plantation in India What is the price of an avocado plant?

I don't sell trees sorry about that.

Thank for your help, please contact avacodo plants nursery,or। Plants selar

We had a miscommunication. You sent me a text with a picture of a Choquette and asked me "does this variety taste good" and I answered yes because Choquette tastes good. It is a type A variety. I think the confusion came in because earlier you had asked me to name some type B. anyhow I sent you a link to a site that lists avocados with their flowering type. Good luck on your search.

Yo Mike. How you doin?

@@SleepyLizard Doing good man. Thank you. Really cool videos man.

I need a way to keep viewers. Nobody watches my cooking vids 😩

@@SleepyLizard just send some recipes along with the avocados.

Donna, yes there are, well not "crisp" per say but firmer than the ones your typically find at the store. We have a variety called Simmonds for example that has very firm flesh.

PPG, thanks for the sub. I been enjoying your comments. Yes they all flower and begin to produce fruit at the same time. If you came here in March you'd see tiny skittle sized fruit on all my trees regardless of variety. Then the earlies will have a growth spurt and be ready to pick whereas the lates will continue slow steady growth for the additional months they need until they're ready

@@SleepyLizard Awsome stuff brotha! So basically any A will be open the same time as any B ??? Hmm interesting. I had small avos last year the size of Skittles but they dropped :( Def going to come get an Agri-tour when I'm that way next time I head to DaKeys. If you find yourself around Sebastian Inlet hmu on here and come surfing.. I've got tons of boards. Also get some plants on the site! Me wants!

@@ppg4667 sounds good

Monroe is my second favorite. Of course taste is subjective maybe he doesn’t care for the flavor

@@SleepyLizard appreciate your replies! Personally avocados aren't a favorite fruit of mine, I prefer sweeter things like Mango/Guavas etc, but want to plant some avocados because their health benefits. The only avocado I've had that I found tasty was a small, almost dark-skinned fruit that had a nutty flavor (might have been a Hass or a Hass seedling). This was at an acquaintance's yard.

@@Mario-re2qp Hass is very good. There is one we grow here in florida that is delicious called the Lula. It's my favorite.

wha?

Giving you a hard time. Remember the plannedemic? lol

@@thewrestlingtimemachine oh, you are a conspiracy theorist. I would love to continue this discussion. I am also interested in what other conspiracies you buy into. I really enjoy communicating with people like you. Tell us more.

@@SleepyLizard Buy into? That is hilarious! Your mind doesn't even belong to you like most. You take in information without questioning what is presented to you. One thing is to read a book. Another thing is to question what you are reading. Chew on them apples my friend.

@@SleepyLizard Most adults are just grown children. Questioning nothing that is told to them by the "Tell-A-Vision Programming." Trust what can be proven and not what you are told. BTW, consensus is not fact. If it was it would be called "truth."

huh, I'm totally caught up in my inbox. Can you please resend? thx.

oh yeah since I've gotten to know you I'm aware of your appetite for avocados, something you, me, and a lot of this channel subscribers have in common!

@@SleepyLizard yes, that's why we're here. Plus, it's always a learning experience. So thank you for s sharing your knowledge.