I am having trouble with my Lamb Hass tree. We are having Santa Ana weather conditions for the past week or so. The fruit are shrinking and some are looking like they are drying out. I am so glad I found your video. It is making me realize how much water these trees need. Thank you for sharing the great information on your video.

@MrThedocholiday

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, Santa Ana winds are the worst on avocado trees. Hope the information helps. Thanks for watching.

Awesome videos and information Dan thank you for sharing! I live in South Louisiana and I’ve managed to kill six of eight expensive grafted trees! I’ve gone through hundreds of saplings started from seed! They start of great get to about fifteen inches lose leaves and die! Frustrated but I am determined to eat avocados grown in my backyard! Thanks again for your time and expertise!🙏🙏🙏

@MrThedocholiday

11 ай бұрын

It’s hard to remember that avocado trees are great at extracting nutrients from the ground but terrible at extracting water from the ground. And that’s because they’re tropical fruit trees. And we live in an era when the green thumb culture has six ways to Sunday for marketing the newest, latest, greatest product & method for making stuff grow. So learning the how & why behind what works & keeping things simple & natural is farthest from the mind of our modern culture. So for the most part we have to go against most expert advice if we’re gonna succeed at growing healthy trees, or anything for that matter. Generally speaking, the people who go against the modern trends of advice, do so out of desperation. That’s how I figured out the solution is hydration for these trees. And just like yourself… how many trees have you killed doing what the trendy modern culture of so-called experts advised you? For me I killed many trees following their advice. Not only that, but I’ve personally known dozens of others who’ve had the same exact experience. And every one of them has benefited from simply doubling or tripling their watering regiment. It’s just my personal experience, but not a single person I know has had a root rot issue from over watering & every single one of us has seen major improvements when watering our avo trees significantly more. Chalk that up to the type of soil our trees live in, but the experts who’ve been critical of me won’t even acknowledge that fact either. Oh well, that’s in them not me. Meanwhile, I’m eat-n my guacamole & chips while they market their latest methods & products to unsuspecting desperados.

Thank you. I learned alot from your video and im looking forward to possible success with my sapling. South east Az..globe... Fingers crossed. The wife LOVES (so do i) guac. Blessed day.

I never thought I would come across anybody who was as nutty as me about growing avocado trees. They are a huge challenge to get them started as you well know. The trees are pretty good about telling you when they are not happy or when they are real happy. I also live in SoCal and I found that I have to shade the young ones from the sun during the hottest part of the day.I do this by planting them on the North side of a larger tree. Also, I found that I could reduce watering if I help retain the water by having potting soil or water retaining type mulch around the base of the tree. These trees are fun to grow but require as much attention as having a dog or a horse ! A great way to start these trees is to bring them home in a container and try placing the container in different spots on your property. In a day or two you can tell if the tree is thriving or straining. You would be surprised at the difference that different locations can make just in your own yard. Good drainage and shelter from the heavy winds helps. Also if you have a brick wall that absorbs sunlight during the day, it will give off heat during the cold nights and help protect the tree from frost. I too cover my trees with plastic if it will be a real cold night.

@MrThedocholiday

8 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you're right on track... Keep listening to your happy trees & thanks for your feedback. Have a blessed week.

@joeseven8747

6 жыл бұрын

1capcarl

Thanks for share the beautiful tree and your experience, sir 🌷👍

@MrThedocholiday

6 жыл бұрын

Backyard Gardening no worries... thanks for watching!

I love your open faith

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

May He Who began a good work in me will be faithful to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus! Thanks for a word of encouragement! Hope you have a blessed day in Christ!

NIce job with the avocado trees! Very helpful video. My avocado trees have been hurting, now I know why, thank you!

@MrThedocholiday

8 жыл бұрын

+Brad Knapp Glad to help. Let me know if watering more doesn't help. I always hear the naysayers warning about overwatering but haven't seen one example of it yet. The only examples I've seen in all my years around So Cal is death by underwatering. I just want to keep an open mind about this & continue to learn everything there is to learn. So feedback is important to me.

Duster Dan I watched this a few yrs ago after having difficulty keeping my 15 gal tree looking and growing well after I planted it. I started watering pretty heavy and my tree now is over 12-15 ft tall with plenty of tasty fruit. Water and mulch so key especially during the winter Santa Ana winds the first winds remind me its time to pick avocados. Cheers

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

Case G You are a perfect example of why I did this upload. Besides my own experience with my trees, I had so many friends who were having the same dehydration issues with their trees. I went to help them in person & their trees flourished like yours. Some had a hard time believing me at first because it sounded extreme & contrary to the professional advice they had received. But for those who followed my advice, they know better now & enjoy the fruits of their faith so to speak. I couldn’t exactly do that for the KZread community so a video seemed the best way for me to help. Thanks for watching! I’m glad to hear your tree is thriving. God bless!

@luistorres6358

5 жыл бұрын

15 gal tree? What is meant by that?

@NMW80

3 жыл бұрын

Luis Torres he must have it growing in a 15 gallon tub

@NMW80

3 жыл бұрын

Duster Dan Gary from Laguna nursery says it’s not the water that kills the roots it’s the lack of oxygen and bad soil aka bad drainage. So if you have good soil you can water well and keep moist with no root rot.

Awesomeness! Thank You!

very very informative thank you

Well done, Dan!

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nancy...

very impressive. i need to water my avocado tree more often.

@billyvon666

6 жыл бұрын

me too. i have same brown spots .My tree is 9 yrs old .16 ft tall. no fruit yet.i water the crap out of it. They really do love water.and will blossom beautiful if i water almost daily.

@jenniferdiseker7833

6 жыл бұрын

Make sure you spend most of your time thinking about how to feed your plant not just watering it it needs to grow surface roots to stabilize its height and to do that you got to encourage it with fertilizer and mulch God bless you and Godspeed with the growth

I put a 3" layer of Cypress no float mulch (from Home Depot) around my avacado trees to keep the soil cooler and moist during our 100° f + summer. It holds the moisture in during the heat of the day. I water every day unless it rains. We haven't had any good rain in over a month. My 2 nursery bought trees were planted in March 2017. One of my trees dropped all it's leaves 2 months after it was planted. Was afraid it died. But soon after it started to put on new growth . I live 60 miles south east of San Antonio Texas. I have put 2 oz per of liquid has to grow fertilizer w/ 2 gal water I heard that keeping fresh horse manure around the base of the tree is good too. As a natural mulch and fertilizer. I'm going to try adding that too. But have to go find it in my pasture.

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

Just keep in mind that whatever you add to the soil for enrichment the tree must be able to metabolize it properly or you may see loss of foliage or fruit. And the only way it can do that is if it has enough water to do so. So if it's already doing well the way it is & you give it something more, it will need a little more water to metabolize whatever more you give it in nutrients, regardless of whether those nutrients are organic or otherwise.

Thank you for the 411 not realizing Florida weather is just too tough on a young 6 month old seedling... I took them into the house until they get unstressed.... whew!

@NMW80

3 жыл бұрын

Best to get the variety of avo that loves heat, I think it’s the Guatemalan type or Indian 🤔 I know Mexican are trees that are more cold tolerant.

@NMW80

3 жыл бұрын

How is your avo tree now? What kind of pit did you grow? Hope it’s going well.

This is good information. To give you a little history on my Avocado startup this Year. I managed to get a Hass in April by mail with 1 fruit. Planted it. Then one of my Cattle pulled on it. Cutting the little fruit off. I read about Deer and other pests. Of course I fenced it in, everything was good. Then Lowe's had them for $24.95 in July 2018. Grabbed another put it beside the 25 Gal half plastic drum I use. They were growing great then after 3 weeks I looked, and all the Leaves were gone. Did a little more studying. Guess what, Rats or Squirrels. Since then I have found a way to get rid of them also (2 2oz Chunks gone underneath trees so far) I will not explain how for Political correctness reasons ;-) Have since purchased 4 more Hass. They are in 25 Gal half drums with 50lbs of sand gravel on the bottom with about 45 3/8 in holes in the bottom. The mix is Peat 50%, Kellogg's Amend 50 %. Hand full of Lime (to counter the Peat Acidic). 2 cups of gypsum, and a dash of slow low level fertilizer like 999. I thank my Avocado startup to help me understand that there are PESTS you have to Manage, that you might not have known existed. Am using a drip line like yours on Well water. There is nothing better than rain water though.

I just became an Avacado tree owner here in So Cal by chance. Purchased a home 2014 with a unknown tree on property. From that time to last year had yellow leaves and always dropped them. It left such a mess in area the last few years I wanted to cut it down. But due to my laziness it never got cut down. What did happen is we got record rain fall in So Cal this winter. So I noticed this tree starts to turn green and one day I see something hanging from it. I couldn't believe my eyes that it had a few avacados hanging from it. We are BIG avacado lovers and are very excited about having a tree. From what happen to the tree supports your watering theory. Because the only thing that changed the last few years was a very wet winter. It now has a thick canopy of green leaves and has beared fruit unlike the last three years. Questions? How do I determine what kind of tree it is? When is typically harvest time? How do I know when to pick them? When should I start to see flowers bloom? Do you agree/support the use of honey/water mixture or other method to help pollinate the tree? Does it matter what time of day/night to water? Other advice to give? Thanks for your help and time!! James

great video.

This tree actually produced more than 330 fruit from the blossoms you see in this video. Remember, it was grown from a pit & is only five or six years old in this vid.

@theresa94010

7 жыл бұрын

Good to know, appreciate your advise. Keep them coming.

@oa1986

5 жыл бұрын

Duster Dan that’s amazing I grow them in water for a while and they always sprout that way but I never keep them because I’ve been living in apartments.

@caseG80

5 жыл бұрын

Duster Dan 330 fruit where harvested or did the tree drop 2/3 ‘s of them? My tree was loaded with fruit good size to but that heat wave this summer the 117-119 in SoCal I’m in riverside area after that heat wave my tree dropped 3/4 ‘s of the fruit maybe more. It was my first yr with a thriving tree so I don’t know how big the fruit will get and still drop naturally or the tree protecting itself. But the tree was loaded and they were really starting to develop before the heat wave of my lifetime hit. Cheers

@agb0012000

5 жыл бұрын

Case G I saw your posting on losing your blossoms. I saw a video from a lady in socal, and she put up pvc pipe and attached shade material you can find at Lowes.

@Zennofobic

5 жыл бұрын

@Case G I have a 3 year old that I transplanted a week before the heat wave hit. After that it dropped all it's leaves and has tried to restart new growth 2x... now it's completely bare and some of the smaller branches from the mid-trunk up are breaking off :(

It blossomed after 3 years from seed? And also was growing already inside the avocado. Dam that tree is a beast!

@NMW80

3 жыл бұрын

IKR I wish I could get one of those pits. If you live in the same area as him you could prob get some of them avocados and grow the pits. I am in Australia so I doubt I will get any of them here. But it’s not true that all avo trees take a long time to fruit from seed. If you live in right climate and give the tree good soil, water, fertiliser and enough sun light it will grow faster and mature faster. But some avo varieties do tend to be slow growers and some are fast.

Beautiful trees. I’m in the northeast and have a couple in pots that I grew from seed. Just wondering whether you considered using fall leaves as a covering protection for the soil and retaining moisture. I’ve had good results from using mowed leaves around my trees and plants

@MrThedocholiday

Жыл бұрын

Yes… I would leave the fallen foliage at the base of the tree for mulch. Avocados seem to do best with the most natural care available. Anything synthetic (man made) can help, but whatever natural alternatives may exist to get the same results, seem to work best.

Nice tree! I have started to grow several avocado trees from seeds and I haven't had too many failures yet although it's been only about a year-and-a-half so my trees aren't big yet. We'll see how long they survive. I don't think they'll survive too long being that I live in Oregon

@NMW80

3 жыл бұрын

How are your avo trees? Are they in pots or in the ground? What kind of pit did you use? Was it a hass?

Just wondering if your getting too much reflected heat off your house wall for that seedling at the start of the video. Leaf curl and burnt tips can also be indicative of over watering. Do you use a soil wetting agent? The straps on the tree was a good idea.

Good advice for watering the avocado tree. What was the variety of the avocado seed to grow from for this large tree?

@MrThedocholiday

9 жыл бұрын

David Wang The large tree is a Pinkerton type.

I like that you did it from seed and proved them wrong

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

Nate Murphy Thanks Nate. I actually did it quite by accident out of frustration from killing so many of these trees by under watering them. Learned the hard way like so many others.

September 2017 update! Growing these trees is not easy... This tree took a major storm hit just over a week ago that tore down the front half of the tree. Several years back I lost the back half of this same tree to a bad storm as well. We counted 363 lost avocados this time around because they were not yet mature. Fortunately there are still about a hundred fruit on the back half of the tree that will likely make it to maturity. Things could be worse... We could have a hurricane bearing down on us like many others are experiencing. Please remember to pray for those in the paths of hurricanes this season. Thanks in advance & thanks for watching.

Hi Duster Dan. I have an avocado tree that I've grown indoors from a pit. It thrived for a year and 4 months with big beautiful leaves, then the leaves started turning brown rapidly and falling. Even the new growth leaves turned brown and died before they could grow to full size. Most of the leaves are gone, but there's 3 new shoots growing from the trunk. I see green healthy baby leaves on the new shoots, but I also see brown tips on a few of them. The tree is almost barren. I read somewhere to take it outside and rinse it thoroughly for several minutes in case it's a salt buildup. I'm saddened because it was such a beautiful tree. Do you have any experience with indoor avocado trees or do you have any idea what might be happening to my tree? Thanks for any suggestions you might have

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

Diana Williams All I know is it’s unnatural to grow avocado trees indoors. Fruit trees more than any other trees need seasonal swings of temperature & sunlight, not to mention natural quantities of nutrients from the soil. The slightest change in indoor soil conditions are substantial compared to outdoor ground soil conditions. You also have the challenge of hydration in a pot, which is far more sensitive because of the limitations of the soil in the pot verses soil in the ground. Tips of leaves browning is a symptom of tree’s inability to metabolize the nutrients, salt or acid in the soil. Typically I solve this problem by growing outdoors & adding large amounts of water. Obviously your indoor trees are subject to a much more synthetic environment, but it seems like better hydration would likely solve the problem of whatever is burning the leaves from the tips back.

You could add wood chips or some other mulch to keep the moister at the tree. I found this to help with the heat as well.

@ucfkid67

5 жыл бұрын

how much do you add? to the extent of the branches outward?

@UndefinedBailiwick

5 жыл бұрын

@@ucfkid67 Do at least a 4 ft diameter circle to begin with. Beyond that, just go as far as you can. I personally do at least 3 inches thick of mulch for a container. If you're going to grow them in the ground, the thickness of the mulch depends on where you live.

@NMW80

3 жыл бұрын

ucfkid67 always let the avo leaves stay on the ground too, they work great as mulch and help stop root rot. There is stuff in their leaves that kill the microbes that cause root rot

Is that grafted plant or seedling plant?which one give fast fruting?

Thanks much for sharing this video with us. I read on the internet that fruit trees grown from seeds do not yield fruits until it's 10-15 years old. Also, the fruit is not the same as the parent tree. Your video has proven the 10-15 years statement is wrong. Could you please tell us if the fruit from your tree tastes the same as the parent tree?

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

Logan The fruit was very similar with only slightly variation. Best part was the great flavor & large size fruit at just under one pound each. My tree definitely broke the rules & proved a lot of hearsay wrong. Thanks for watching.

I'm having a lot of good luck planting mango seedlings from grocery store bought fruit. I have a seed heating mat . I put the pits minus the seed cover in 5 in peat pots with filtered water in plastic covered shoe boxes I got from Walmart for $.97 each. Can put 3 pots in each box. I put the lid on. Then in about 2 or 3 weeks they immerge . I then take off the box lids and put them under my LED grow lights. They do very well. Then when they are 7 - in tall I repot into 5 gal pots put in shade a few days outside . Then put where they can get full sun for several hours a day. Watering daily. Added Epsom salt water and gave a dose of 1 oz / gal of water by of liquid has to grow fertilizer.

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

Did you figure this out on your own or did you receive advice from an expert? I'm just curious because all the expert advice I received on Avocado trees led to the sure death of every Avocado tree I tried to grow. So my view on expert advice is a little bias & underwhelming & I'm hoping to change that by giving experts an ongoing benefit of the doubt.

@caseG80

5 жыл бұрын

Sagans Run where are you Located i started planting all my mango seeds this summer but I put mine straight into the soil outside I have a few that are 6-7 inches tall. I’m in SoCal and hope they continue as they are and make it thur winter. Cheers

sweet. do you have any on different stages? mines in coffee pot but needs replanted.

@MrThedocholiday

6 жыл бұрын

Edward Saucedo no but just a little advice... get seedlings in potted soil ASAP but keep out off direct sunlight for long periods of time until about a year old. Also put seedlings in ground after about six months or the water variation in the pot will stress the tee out & it will likely die. Potted trees are subjected to far more temperature swings as we’ll as changes in hydration for obvious reason. The ground is the best place for a healthy tree but shaded partially until mature, just like they would be in nature growing up under larger trees that they would have come from. Does that make sense?

When avocado tree leaves brown at the tips and the edges, it is usually associated with an accumulation of salts in the soil. Dry conditions can also play a role. Dry conditions contributing to avocado leaf burn can include inadequate irrigation Dry Soils become alkaline for a variety of reasons. Avocados are very sensitive to alkaline soils, with pH greater than 7. Their uptake of iron and zinc can be terribly compromised with high soil pH and they will suffer.

@MrThedocholiday

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you are correct. However, most people don’t have ph kits, nor should they have to baby their trees with all the fancy nonsense technical hacks in our modern age when so many people have so little time to geek out about ph in the soil. Watering is key to having avocado trees able to metabolize that salt & other minerals like iron without experiencing stress. Add to that the fact that these trees are also subject to easy dehydration & the solution seems like a no-brainer to me, especially after years of success caring for my trees & reaping thousands of delicious fruit as a result. Not once have I hurt any of my trees by overwatering them but I’ve killed several by under-watering them. And so have dozens of my friends. So since watering more is the most natural & least time consuming solution with fewest downsides, seems best to just water these trees more instead of dorking out with all kinds of synthetic ideas to solve the most common problems of growing these beautiful fruit trees. That’s why I advocate for simply watering more, which is the common theme in my avocado tree videos.

I'm here for some advice on planting saplings. I have dug (the digger man did them really) into hard dry soil which had corn growing on it last year and cassava the year before. I have piled in the old sweet corn stems and any other bits of organic material I could find. Will it be good to burn it and then put more fertilizer in (including cow manure and rice husk)? It will be a mix of root stock and grafted trees. Also, do you think iron rich water is beneficial or detrimental for avocado trees ?

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

heyitsalanhere Let’s start with iron rich water first since that’s easy to answer & the other answers are harder to swallow. Iron is very necessary for avocado trees to thrive, so yes on the iron rich water. Now, on to the more important answer that’s harder to stomach. Avocado trees have great nutrient extraction capacity. So what does that mean for adding nutrients or fertilizer? It means they are very good at pulling whatever nutrients they need from the soil with very little effort. However, pulling those nutrients from the soil requires one other thing that most people have phobias about giving them, namely water. Without large quantities of water you will burn up your saplings with nutrient rich soil. And, without good drainage you will drown your avocado trees with the very same water they need to extract those nutrients necessary to thrive. So my advice, however contrary it seems, is to water them way more than you think they need & make sure they have good drainage. They don’t typically need your help getting enough nutrients but they do need your help getting enough water, getting enough drainage & not getting burned up by the nutrients that are already available to them in the existing soil.

@heyitsalanhere

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrThedocholiday They will be planted at the beginning of the rain season here (Thailand) so they will get as much as they can handle (fingers crossed) then when the dry season starts again here, I will have enough of the iron rich water stored to keep them going till the rain's come again. Thanks for your reply here Dan.

How much water would you give a 4-6 foot avocado tree a day?

I also have a whiteish discoloration in some in my leaves a lot a very healthy looking and there is plenty of new vegetation but on some there is this whiteish color. On some that have the white, the ends are burned. I just got this yesterday, and I have begun watering sufficiently. I did research and saw that there is a white powder sometimes over wounds, but it isnt on the branches on my plant, but it is on some of the leaves.

@MrThedocholiday

8 жыл бұрын

+Devin Barnhart Not sure about the white discoloration you're seeing. The only white discoloration I noticed on my tree was from birds that were nesting in it. Let me know what the white stuff turns out to be & how your tree responds to more water.

@devinbarnhart6857

8 жыл бұрын

+Duster Dan Thank you so much for your feedback. I called the nursery that I bought the tree from explained that they did a lot of hard watering, so the white powder would most likely come from the fertilizers. My tree is doing great since I have been properly watering, and giving thanks everyday. There is new growth, and I am just so grateful to have someone like you guide me in the right direction.

How long did you grow the tree inside before transplanting outside? Also is the any tips on transplanting? I have killed several 1 year old saplings after transplanting in the ground. East Texas here.

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

Linn Inglis ...early, very early. You don’t want them used to growing inside or in pots. Get them used to growing in the ground outside & water the holy crud out of them. Shade young saplings from direct sunlight & water, water, water them. Everyone seems to have the same problem with killing these trees but everyone is also so afraid to water them. If they’re gonna die anyway, why not try over watering them? That’s what I did & learned they actually don’t die when you over water them. As long as they have drainage you’re good to go. Don’t let them sit in murky water 24/7 but do water them every day outside this time of year in Texas. And ignore the fear mongering over watering/root rot police. Once you get a baseline by seeing your trees respond well to watering, then you can slowly cut back on hydration until you see wilting, leave tips browning, or fruit dulling in complexion, then increase watering another 20% & leave it there. Try to increase watering in spring & especially summer & decrease gradually in fall. You should be able to cut back quite a bit in winter.

Dan do you have any info on winterizing my avocado tree..some branches are turning brown and losing leaves

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

Ariel Cortez what part of the country do you live in? Does the temperature drop below freezing? if so then cover smaller trees with plastic to keep them from getting frost damage. there's nothing I know of that can be done with larger trees if you can't cover them. where are the leaves dropping from & where are the branches browning? if it's not on the very tips of the branches then it's a dehydration issue & not frost damage. dehydration looks like mature leaves dropping & branches browning like they're looking sunburnt. if that's the case it needs more water.

Im gonna grow so many of these things

I have a 20’ tall avocado tree. Grandpa grew from seed. Never fruited. Looking to find grafts I want😎 Never watered it before. I now water it every day. Thx!

Hi, thank you for the video! So i live in the Netherlands. weather wouldnt be ideal for the tree, but do you think it would be possible to grow it here? My plant is still healthy and growing. but once I plant it outside and make sure it does not frost, would it survive the winter?

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

Frankie rules Whenever temps drop below freezing, the most delicate parts of the tree branches will suffer damage. This includes both new foliage growth & blossoms. These are tropical fruit trees, so in climates where temps are colder or dryer than in the tropics, you would need to compensate for these conditions with warmth & water. However you might do that is up to you, but it’s always best to keep things as simple as possible in order to be consistent & enable your avocado trees to thrive. Personally, I would try to grow dwarf avocado trees indoors in the ground or indoors in very large pots in areas where frost is a common issue. The following is a list of what I consider to be the most difficult challenges for these trees to endure. I’ve listed these challenges in order of difficulty from most harsh to mild. If you mitigate these challenges effectively your trees should do well overall. 1. Dehydration 2. Insufficient Drainage 3. Wind 4. Excessive Heat 5. Frost 6. Low Sunlight 7. Insufficient Nutrients As you can see from my list, Frost is only a moderate concern, but that would change in colder climates where sudden freezing temps could shock the tree in late winter or early spring & prevent your trees from producing any fruit. The single harshest challenge for avocado trees to overcome is dehydration. Mitigate that risk & any others that are more common in your particular climate zone & they should do well. Notice that nutrition is not anywhere near the top of the list. This is because avocado trees are very efficient at extracting nutrients from whatever soil you choose to afford them. Nutrition is not typically a problem for these trees. I only say this because most so-called experts put nutrition near the top or at the top of the list & relegate hydration to the bottom of the list. Once you’ve mitigated the frost risk, then prioritize hydration & drainage & you should be fine growing avocado trees in your area.

@lanaknows

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrThedocholiday Thank you so much for the reply, much appreciated! :)

You should make an update video and show the trees especially the biggest one thriving and enjoying all the water because I know I can keep my trees looking better then how the biggest tree looked with lots of water and a deep mulch layer very wide, I like mine a few feet past the drip line it really helps to hold all the water I’m giving to them. Cheers

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@leroybenjamin1640

2 жыл бұрын

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Can I suggest you add mulch around the base of the tree Sugar Cane mulch works well I find assists with water retention

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

Adrian Lovelady Actually, the base of both trees acquired a substantial accumulation of mulch after a couple years of the leaves shedding naturally. Thanks for watching...

So the big tree gave fruit and is not grafted?

Thank you for posting this! I have bought several avocado trees the last 2 years, only to return them dead to the nursery. 😢 Now I know why my trees were dying on me! I was only watering every 3-4 days in 100+ degrees because I was worried about root rot. I currently have 2 Mexicola avocados and I'm definitely going to keep them hydrated.

@MrThedocholiday

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed, I've taken some flack lately for giving what others perceive as bad advice, but you seem to understand my point that most avocado tree issues are hydration issues when you have porous soil, full sun, windy weather or high heat conditions. There are obvious exceptions to the hydration principle but already I can see that you understand it's not so much a watering issue but rather a hydration issue. No advice is perfect. We must understand there is a context to all advice & you seem to get that by your use of the term hydration rather than watering. We need to learn what a well hydrated tree looks like with the branches, the leaves & the fruit & that's what I try to promote rather than simply following my advice. Thanks for watching & for the encouragement.

@caseG80

5 жыл бұрын

DesertGardener we’ll how we are

@caseG80

5 жыл бұрын

DesertGardener well how are the trees I have been keeping my tree extra hydrated even In winter when the high winds hit really bad where I am and my trees hardly drop leaves. It’s a good way to judge how your watering is doing just one of the many factors to a healthy covered in fruit tree. Cheers

@caseG80

5 жыл бұрын

DesertGardener b

I just grew my first avocado tree from and avocado pit from Nicaragua. Her leaves are starting to rip any clue why??

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

Bambinos Suarez I just realized I neglected to ask what climate conditions your avo tree is experiencing before I responded... What are the temperatures during the day & overnight where you are in Nicaragua? Just know that if your tree is freezing overnight, it can have the same results as dehydration from heat during the day... leaves browning, spotting, splitting, curling, dying, etc. Healthy leaves reveal a healthy tree! When the mature leaves are rich glossy green or younger leaves are red & green, your tree is getting enough water. Anytime the leaves are wilting, pale colored, browning or dying before they reach full maturity, the tree isn’t getting enough water into the foliage. Or if the leaves are getting small speckled dots, it’s likely freezing overnight and needs covered or protected from overnight frost. In any case, start seedlings out in average non-potted soil as soon as possible & over-water them. Once it recovers or matures to rich green foliage, increase the nutrients slowly as the tree matures, until you see your tree start showing negative signs again & back off the fertilizer or nutrients until it recovers again & leave everything there. Young trees need very little nutrients & more water than older trees in order to metabolize the nutrients without the leaves burning, because avo trees are very efficient at extracting nutrients from the soil, but not nearly as efficient at extracting moisture from the soil. This is because avocado trees are more or less tropical fruit trees & you MUST care for them as such if you expect them to thrive. You can typically over-water avocado trees without adverse affects in most cases, but you cannot over fertilize them or under water them without stressing them out. They require large quantities of water to metabolize any nutrients you feed them, from natural soil or otherwise. Please watch all my videos on avocado trees to get a fuller sense of just how urgent these factors are. I can’t stress this information enough if you really want your trees to do well. I also cover the very rare “root rot” issue as a rare but real exception to my heavy watering advice, but you will only likely find that info if you watch the entire series. Good day!

What size was it when you planted in the ground? Or did you put the pit straight into the ground?

@MrThedocholiday

3 жыл бұрын

As early as possible since the ground is more forgiving & provides better insulation from temperature changes & drought conditions... Two major threats to young avocado trees.

So in Florida with a Haas and bacon tree, in the summer time I should be watering everyday? Lady at the nursery told me not to water very much. 15 mins, 2 days a week, nothing more. Much to the contrary here. I'm lost.

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

ucfkid67 feel free to listen to all my vids on avocado trees. I take the time to explain why in detail. Avocados are tropical trees that need lots of water during most of the year in drier climates. Lady at nursery is subject to hype & fear of disease that sometimes results from bad soil drainage, not from watering often. Lastly, you’ll need to learn to read your own trees, because unless someone sees your trees in person, they can only give you generic advice, but that kind of generic advice can kill your tree by dehydration. General rule of thumb is if your trees lack heavy green foliage or the tips of the leaves are turning brown during sunny weather, you need to water them more. The leaf tips will tell you if it’s getting enough water or if they need more. The only condition is making sure they have good drainage so they don’t get root rot. Root rot is far more rare than dehydration though, but everyone is so deathly afraid of it, so they starve their trees of water.

@ucfkid67

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrThedocholiday many thanks for your reply and your passing of knowledge. my leaves are half brown and falling off at an exponential rate. I will starting watering more often.

That is an incredible amount of water.

@MrThedocholiday

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Lynn If you had a bucket with holes in it, would it be unreasonable to expect the bucket to empty fairly quickly? Where I live the soil is very porous & dry (Decomposed Granite). Water in the soil dissipates fairly quick, like a bucket with holes in it. This leaves the tree with little to no water to hydrate the tree any time the sun shines full strength, the wind blows or the temperatures go up. Without hydration in the sun or wind your trees will not be able to metabolize the nutrients in the soil & the leave & branches will burn. Ask ANYONE who has grown these trees inland away from the coast & they will tell you the same thing, "The tips of the leaves or the green branches on my tree are browning/burning". If you want to see an incredible amount of water just calculate the average water usage for the average So Cal household. They are measured in what's called CCF's. One CCF is about 750+ gallons & the average household uses about 10 CCF's or more per month. That calculates out to about 7500 gallons per month. My trees use about 240 gallons per month. That comes out to about 1/30th of my total monthly household usage for water consumption. And that's if I don't use rainwater runoff to hydrate them. The average household uses about 1500-3000 gallons per month to water lawn grass that doesn't bear any fruit. Flushing toilets, bathing, laundry & washing dishes uses about 16 times what my trees use per month & nobody thinks that's an incredible amount of water. Try using reclaimed water to do any of those things. If your point is that the trees don't seem like they should need that much water, then that is a different subject. Because you're simply mistaken - at least where I live. The key to healthy avocado trees is related to approx. 3 different factors: 1. Hydration 2. drainage & 3. Nutrients. When you have nutrients & pre-existing drainage already in the soil, the last thing you want is to cut back on is water & add mulch or fertilizer. Because you will burn the tree with too many pre-existing nutrients & sodium already in the soil & not enough hydration to metabolize those nutrients & minerals. You've got to do your homework before making assumptions & you have to legitimately consider the claims of others who disagree with you before drawing your conclusions if you want to arrive at reliable conclusions. In the end you always have to look past what things appear to be true on the surface & think critically about the variables relevant to any given subject. This is where most claims & conclusions fall short.

@EverydayNYC

5 жыл бұрын

Avaocados are among the most resource depleting produce to grow, it take approximately 7 and a half bathtubs full of water to produce 2 measly avocados. Avocados are disgustingly unsustainable. But let's keep promoting them ad nauseum cause there's no fresh water shortages happening anywhere in the world...we just keep piling stress on the planet. And sooner or later something is gonna give

great video I recently purchased a fuente type from a nursey. I saw some there that appeared to be grown from a pit however the one I purchased didn't look that way. Does that mean that it was grafted? Also, I am not sure about the pollination of my tree. Like I said I purchased a fuente and was told that I will not be able to pollinate it without an alternate tree such as a Haas. However, it seems like you have only one tree. My only assumption would be is that in my area, Lodi California more north than where you are from, but in the central valley there aren't many native trees, or avocado farms around here, thus nothing is pollinating my tree and you have farms around you doing a good job of pollinating your trees. My grandfather was a lot like you, water well and often, and experience beats the books any day. He also has one tree but I am not sure what the variety is. Any feedback is good feedback thank you and God Bless.

@MrThedocholiday

8 жыл бұрын

+Devin Barnhart Thanks for watching & inquiring. First, I doubt seriously that you will ever find a tree in a nursery that is not grafted onto root stock grown from a pit. So yes... they're very likely grafted even if you notice a pit in the soil at the base. Secondly, don't worry about pollination. I assume that your tree is already blossoming? Provided your tree is mature enough to bloom, you don't need any groves around your place. All you would need is one neighbor within a few miles of you who has another avocado tree that the bugs are aware of. There are countless different kinds of bugs that pollenate avocado trees. Also, from what I understand, you don't need one tree that's male & another that's female. I did a lot of research on this subject when I first started trying to graft my tree & came to find that every avocado tree has both male & female blossoms on them which open & close at different times of the day to correlate best with nature & the migration of various insects that pollenate those blossoms. By the way, none of my grafts ever worked so the fruit I have is native only. Also I think all avocado trees can be pollenated by any other kind of avocado tree, be it grafted or native, so having just the right conditions for pollination simply isn't necessary. I sure appreciate you likening me to your grandfather. I have a lot of respect for the older (and wiser) generation. The key for me has been asking the question 'why' over & over again at every turn, so I can figure out if my conclusions are coincidental or the actual reasons behind why certain things work or don't work. That way I can be a lot less biased & far more certain about my conclusions, because I know the reasons behind the things I'm learning about. Kudos to your Grandfather & hang in there until your tree bears the fruit your looking for. Lastly, since you appear to be a believer, I want to encourage you to pray often over your tree that God would cause it to bear fruit for His glory & for your enjoyment. There were days when I thought my tree would never bear & other days when I was determined not to stop praying about it. I've shared fruit from my tree with several others to enjoy & everyone knows the story of how God has blessed my tree. All glory goes to God for everything my tree is & for everything I've learned along the way. God doesn't need our expertise, only our humility & eagerness to learn as He teaches us wisdom about His creation. God bless you & all your efforts Devin!

@devinbarnhart6857

8 жыл бұрын

+Duster Dan Yes, when I wrote this, I was unaware exactly what grafting was, after a little research, I now understand. My tree is only about 2 years old, and not blossoming yet, but there is new growth. Gob bless people like you and keep growing.

@caseG80

5 жыл бұрын

Devin Barnhart avocados have male and female flowers problem is they open at different times. Half the trees are in the A category and others in B but all avocados have male and female flowers which is what A & B mean they suggest having and A & B type because then the flowers will be opened at the same time say A is female dominate or opens in Morning and B is male dominate and male flowers open in morning this would give the pollinators a chance to hit both flowers in morning helping it fruit. I only have one tree and it’s been loaded with fruit I don’t see how it could need anymore help. Water mulch never clean up under an avocado tree never only add to the thick mulch layer and water water u will have the best looking tree around some horse manure can help out a lot to if you can get some kinda broke down is best just spread it over the mulch couple feet from trunk. Cheers

I recently purchase a home, and it has an a avocado tree that is almost 7-8 yrs old. And I still haven't gotten any fruits. What do you recommend. The tree is almost 20'.

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

What have you tried so far? What kind of soil do you have? What part of the country do you live in? What condition are the leaves in? What do the leaves look like? Are there many leaves or few? Is the soil around the tree dry or moist? Does the tree blossom? The answers to these questions should give you clues to what it needs to thrive. And when it thrives it will produce the most fruit.

@wookie415

7 жыл бұрын

i try fertilizing, I live in Northern California, Sacramento. The leaves are kinda dry and a lot of them have holes. I see new blossom. Also the soil around the trunk is wet.

You'll get tons more fruit on that plant if it eats. when it eats you'll eat. Think (nutrients) godspeed with the growing & God bless

@MrThedocholiday

6 жыл бұрын

Jennifer diseker ever eat without drinking? Can’t do it very long. It’s already eating plenty but more importantly it’s drinking plenty so it can digest what it eats. This tree grew nearly 500 fruit last year on 20’ tall 8 year old branches. Most people just need to water their trees more, not fertilize them. Blessings back at ya!

All the leaves on my avocado tree is dead my the trunk and stims r green wut do i do? Is it dead?

@NMW80

3 жыл бұрын

How is your avo tree? Was it a seedling? Always use white wash paint on branches if the sun is hot

Finally after 18 years, from a pit, my tree is giving avocados LIKE CRAZY

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

Virginia Campodonico That is awesome!!! Congrats!

@michaeldahm214

4 жыл бұрын

Yikes! “Only 18 years”! 😳

@NMW80

3 жыл бұрын

Lol omg 18 years. Where do you live? Are the fruit nice? What pit did you use? A hass or another type? Some types of avo seeds fruit faster than others. Also it can depend on the weather, fertiliser etc.

@zarkkt8952

3 жыл бұрын

Where do you live dude Antartica ? That would’ve happened if you have planted the pit in sub tropics and tropics . 5 years is max time to fruit

@nolebucnaround8350

Жыл бұрын

@@zarkkt8952 Not true, if it was grown from a seed that is not grafted. Common knowledge is it is possible they don’t fruit for well over 10 years in many cases.

thanks

Wait so the tree is like 5/6 years old and it has fruited before? So how old was it when it first flowered?

@MrThedocholiday

3 жыл бұрын

First bloom was at 3 years old. First fruit set at 4 years & first decent crop at 5 years old.

I have 3 avocado plants that I just brought inside cause it fell below freezing..how often should I water these guys in the winter?

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

Jackie Correia Are they in pots? All my watering practices are contingent upon good drainage in mineral rich soil. In Winter I water twice a week indoors. Winter outdoors - once a week. Spring & Fall - 2-3 times a week & Summertime - every day.

@correjck

4 жыл бұрын

Duster Dan They are in a rectangular pot together .... is every other day too much??

You should put some wood chips at the base to help with keeping the water in the ground about 6 inches deep look at some of the food forest videos 👍very cool

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

Nate Murphy actually, with the chain link fencing & debris that accumulated over the years it had plenty of mulch naturally. Good advice though.

how did you get your trees to grow sideways?

@MrThedocholiday

9 жыл бұрын

...By being an incompetent newbie when it comes to doing videos. I've been in the dark ages for the last ten years & just recently got an Android Mini with a killer camera. It took a little while for me to learn how to use it properly. Eventually I plan on replacing the older videos with new ones so y'all don't have to endure my learning curve anymore. Thanks for watching...

@zap4980

5 жыл бұрын

Duster Dan ??????????????

I think that its too much salt or something like that when you have brown on the tips from watering with fresh tap water or too many weeds

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

Blade Actually, you’re right, but all nutrients & minerals do the same thing in these trees. The only way to avoid it is provide enough water to metabolize said minerals, because avocado trees are very sensitive to both mineral overload & dehydration during temperatures above eighty degrees or in direct sunlight.

@wolfgangdavid8121

3 жыл бұрын

Avocado don’t like chlorine in city water

I heard from a expert to spray water & honey on your the avocado blossoms to attach the bees to pollinate the blossoms and produce avacados.

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

DORA MATHER Sorry but the honey/water spray theory is hogwash. It is always best to care for your trees in the most natural ways. Spraying honey on the blossoms is NOT natural. Nor is it natural to do most other things that so-called experts tell you to do. My trees were always pollinated by thousands of bugs other than honey bees anyway. The only key I’ve found that these trees need is water & drainage. Plenty of water is the key to good pollination, good foliage & healthy fruit production. And the only caveat to this is having good drainage so all the water you give your trees doesn’t threaten to drown them.

@conchitapaz3938

3 жыл бұрын

You are right! My family in Mexico grow avocado trees and that’s exactly what they do and IT WORKS!!👍🏼

My dogs love to eat avocados so they sometimes the harvest them. They do not eat the pits or skin just the flesh.

I'm not a plant expert. Can you have two different species of avocado trees and will they pollinate each other or no? Like a Hass and green skin.

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

Yes... I don't think they need to be the same variety to cross pollinate.

@CutoDracon

7 жыл бұрын

***** Do you think it would be possible to grow an Avocado tree in GA?

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

Why not? There are only a few things Avocado trees need to grow well: Sunlight, water, nutrient rich dirt & good drainage. In GA I would lean more on what the experts warn about root rot. Make sure your trees get lots of drainage. Here in So Cal most places have better drainage than necessary & it's typically very warm with little frost here, but in GA I don't imagine you have the same problems with hydration that we have here. GA should be closer to what it's like in the tropics where these trees do the best, but make sure the drainage properties with the soil are good so the trees don't get root rot from being in standing water around the roots all the time.

Hello...My avocado tree it's starting to get black branches and it gets direct sun😢 I live in South Texas, we have a very hot climate. What's wrong with my tree ? I water my tree 2 day a week. Thanks in advance

@oscarmeyer4338

5 жыл бұрын

Photo synsasis occurs on the bark as well as the plants leaves when the plant is young and tender. The nursery owner where I got my plant's from, told me to put on a coat of SUNBLOCK to to trunk, and branches, the owner claims a high mortality rate because of overexposure. a light latex coat with white paint works the best, temporary shade in the hot afternoon sun, food and routine water, twice a day. my plant's are on a 10 min timer hooked up to 1/4" drip line irrigation system encircling tree. I call them Halos, and 1/4" spray nozzle when the plants are short. These plants are folliar and root feeders. My soil was low on iron in beginning, so I used cheleated iron folliar style, and iron grindings and such on the grounds.

I live in Tonopah, Arizona and brought some California Avocado trees home with me. Do you think I can keep them alive this summer if I do as you said and water them every day?

In Trinidad in the Caribbean. Just put the in the ground. No worries after. Water plenty in dry season and that it. Your issues is Climate.

@susanfitzgerald2443

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely climate, I live in Florida and have no problem planting avocado pits. My 30 ft. avocado tree is starting to drop small avocados, (we usually get over 100 avocados each year)..which I think is due to under watering. It's odd we put a above ground pool next to the tree, mind you the pool is saltwater..the spillage from the pool seemed to helped giving the tree dark green leaves. I don't know if that helped or not..now the kids haven't been playing in the pool so it's not getting the water from the pool. Do you think it's from the lack of water?? I've never had this problem with avocados dropping when they're small.. I'd appreciate any information. Thank you..

@TheChico868

3 жыл бұрын

@@susanfitzgerald2443 lack of water it looks like. Below is what I found online. But try watering it more everyday. Using salt water to irrigate your garden or landscape can cause serious salt damage to plants. ... Salinity can prevent the plant from absorbing needed nutrients and water. If saline levels are high enough, the soil may actually pull moisture out of the plant's roots.

I'm in Arlington, TX and it has been cold weather conditions here we're 21degrees right now

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

What size are your trees?

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

In any case the only leaves that should be dropping if it's frost are the new tender leaves near the top of the new shoots. If the mature leaves are dropping along with the new tender ones it may be a combo of dehydration & frost. But none of the mature green branches should be browning from frost. There are only two instances I've seen when green branches turn brown... 1. when the tree is dehydrated & 2. When the green branches mature & get bark on them similar to what you see on the trunk of the tree.

OK my friend

Xok boss

You need woodchips to hold the moisture

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

Wade Boyles or some kind of mulch yes, but lack of mulch never hurt my trees. Lack of water did, even with mulch years later. This is an earlier video & years later after they both had thick mulch beds, they still suffered anytime water was scarce.

are they understory trees?

if I may ask, how do I know if I'm over watering? I'm told if the leafs are brown it means I'm over watering. I'm confused! Thank you for the video :-)

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

They're either lying to you or they're ignorant. Are the leaves starting to turn brown at the tips first. Try watering them once a day & see if the leaves don't turn green as can be. The brown leaves will shed & the new growth will remain green as it matures once the tree gets enough water. As long as you have porous soil with decent drainage it's nearly impossible to over water avocado trees. There are exceptions to this but they are rare. In those few instances when you have cloud cover often, lower temperatures, clay based soil or your tree is sitting in a swamp, then you need to watch out for over watering or risk root rot. Otherwise you're good to water it more than you think. Try it & see for yourself. I did & my trees have been thriving now for 8 years straight. Keep an eye out for an update video on my trees now. I'll upload the update as soon as they stop blossoming & the fruit sets. They're simply amazing right now!

@karimalameddine5092

7 жыл бұрын

Duster Dan firstly, it's planted indoor. gets too cold in Canada. some leafs go brown and fall off while others specially new ones go dark green and saggy at the tip

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I missed the Canada thing. Brown leaves indicate there's not enough resources to sustain more foliage. That may be due to not enough nutrients or not enough water to metabolize those nutrients. Dark green leaves would indicate to me that they're getting enough light but sagging at the tips would indicate not enough water. I'm not familiar with growing these indoors so you're just gonna have to experiment like I did. I'm assuming it's planted in soil? If so how porous is the soil? Do you have it near a good light source & do you keep the soil wet or let it dry out. I'm no expert but one thing I'm really good at is observing the signs. Practice your observation skills & I think you'll figure it out. Let me know how it goes...

@karimalameddine5092

7 жыл бұрын

Duster Dan I keep the seeds in water (they don't go bad that way) and I plant them in soil (miracle grow) and move them.to bigger pots as they grow. I have them face south at the window with plenty of sunshine during the day I used to water them frequently but now I toned down. I take pictures of progress and will let you know how it goes. thanks for replying :-)

@caseG80

5 жыл бұрын

Karim Alameddine I wish you all the best I would suggest a green house or hoop house to grow and possibly get fruit check your zone green houses can move your growing zone up 2-3 so say you are in zone 7 with green house you would be in zone 9 of 10 and that’s where avocados will grow. Cheers

So 20 gallons of water about every 3 days in 91 to 100 degree weather or 6 Days in Southern California

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

SBF HAWK There is no set rule for watering. You have to learn to read your trees based on the knowledge that they need tons of water & good drainage. If the tips of your leaves are turning brown at all then it probably needs more water. If they are all green then try cutting back on water until the tips start turning brown & then increase the watering slightly until the tips stop browning. You have to do this with each season, but dehydration is typically only seen in summertime. Branch sunburn & browning of leaf tips is a sure sign of dehydration. The only exception I’ve ever seen to this is brown speckles on leaves that have experienced frost bite when temps drop below freezing. But that’s normally only seen during winter months.

thanks sir

I see you have copper pipe stakes ,is there a reason for this?

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

Nigel Glanville Nop... It was just repurposed from what I had on hand to help hold up the tree. We got 70+ mph winds often where these trees grow.

I think they say what they do about the avacado trees grown from seed not fruiting to make you buy grafted transplants for $60+.

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

Demonicsnow H. I’m pretty sure you’re right. I just want people to know it’s possible to grow healthy fruiting trees from a pit, but most of the avocado healthcare I’ve experienced has mainly to do with getting enough water. Thanks for watching...

You need keep the leaves under the tree to keep moisture on the tree . The trees will use nutrients from the leaves.

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

DORA MATHER The wind blows the leaves away, so after I put chain link under my trees to keep my dogs from digging them up, then the leaves stayed under the trees & provided a nice mulch bed. El-natural.

If you want more fruit you need to spray 1 part honey to 3 parts water, this will attract bees to pollinate your tree for more avocados. Spray on the blossoms with a bottle sprayer. It works, I have a 45 year old hass avacado tree that gives me thousands of avacados.

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

DORA MATHER Why don’t you ask if I’ve tried spraying honey on my trees before? My trees were extremely fruitful over the years. The fruit count speaks for itself although occasionally they would cycle on/off with blossoms. Honey spray is just another bs method to add to a long list of man-made synthetic solutions instead of letting nature follow its natural course with the basics.

Dan: my tree leaves are turning black. It is still a small tree, 3 months since I bought it at a nursery. When I check with moister meter it shows moist. What could be the problem? Is there anyway I can send you picture of my tree?

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

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@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

You have to determine first whether or not the leaves are wilting in the summer heat. Where do you live, how much sunlight does your tree get, what kind of soil do you have, how often do you water this time of year, when did the leaves start dying & have you fertilized it lately without watering it more so it can metabolize the additional nutrients properly?

@ajitpandey8327

4 жыл бұрын

Duster Dan I live in Torrance close to LAX. This has started since two weeks. Lives are wilting inward. I have moisture meter. It always shows full moist soil. I have organic garden soil from Lowe’s. Plant has full sunlight 12 hours a day. I planted it in February. Since then it made good growth. It is dwarf Holiday avacado tree from nursery. I give fish fertilizer or 10-10-10 fertilizer. Should I water more? It is a small tree not big like yours

Make sure you give your plants nutrients water is not the only thing they need this tree seems to need surface roots to stabilize its height to do that you need to mulch it and feed it when you feed and mulch the plant it tends to keep more moisture that way as well godspeed with the growth and God bless

@MrThedocholiday

6 жыл бұрын

Jennifer diseker actually our tree was hit by hurricane force winds over eighty miles per hour that weakened the entire root system. It helps to have all the info to draw accurate conclusions & subsequently to propose effective solutions for those problems. Otherwise you’re just chasing your tail, or advising others to chase their own tails. It has plenty of nutrients & by mid summer last year it had 4” thick of natural mulch from dropping eight years worth of foliage. And like I mentioned previously, this same tree that you’re saying needs more nutrients bore over 500 fruit last year! When is the last time you saw an eight year old avocado tree grown from a pit bear 500 fruit in one harvest season? Just sayin...

You must have other avocado trees for that for pollination to take place. You must plant avocado trees on raised mounds the mound should be at least 3 metres in circumference and at least 400 millimetres high. You must build a shade cloth enclosure UV rating 30% and use sugar cane or pea straw mulch. The error you made was to grow that without a mound. You don't need lots of water just moderate watering once a week, use plenty of mulch or wood chips ( not pine)

@MrThedocholiday

Жыл бұрын

Hogwash… my own experience with my trees & everyone else’s trees I helped thrive & the subsequent results of my simple methods prove otherwise. Thriving avocado trees in the wild don’t have anything that you propose. These are tropical fruit & thrive best under natural tropical circumstances. Take your complex synthetic nonsense somewhere else.

@blake9358

Жыл бұрын

@@MrThedocholiday consult experts, in the department of agriculture.

I had my avacodo for 4 months now inside no lamps or sun its 3 ft tall and its dieing this summer few days ago I put it out thinking it needed more sun and by the end of the day its leaves shriveled and it was turning red I think its sunburnt but its still green but had no leaves can I save it

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear it. They are delicate trees & you have to ease them into change, especially various weather factors like temperature, wind & sunlight. I've found the key to helping the trees to cope with all these is to hydrate them properly. Now obviously they need many different things but just because you give them everything you're told they need doesn't mean they can metabolize what you're giving them. In order to do that they require large amounts of water. But too much water can also cause root rot in some situations where there is insufficient drainage. So you need to water them more than you think they need & make absolutely sure they also have very porous soil with good drainage. Water/hydration is the single most important factor in avocado tree survival, thriving & fruit bearing success because water is the only thing to unlock the nutrients in the soil for the tree to utilize as well as cycling the hormones in the tree that produce growth & enable the tree to weather severe extremes in temperature, sunlight & wind conditions. Water your trees often, make sure they have porous soil, make sure they have nutrients & mulch, make sure you plant them in the ground early after they sprout or after you get them home from the nursery, make sure you water them even more if you give them any nutrients or fertilizer, make sure you water them more when it's windy, hot or sunny for longer periods of time. I can't stress enough how important water is for these trees... I learned this the hard way killing multiple trees just like everyone else. Thanks for watching... Hope this response helps in the future.

@SuperJhon360

7 жыл бұрын

It does but I dont think its dead yet its still really green but with out leaves I dont thik it will grow anymore. I got the seed from an avacodo I bought at the grocery store it was really slow at first but as soon as I put it in a 5 inch pot it exploded and grew it was 3ft tall without any fertilizer in a pot that quickly became way to tiny I think that maybe if I changed the pot sooner it would have kept growing. I think I may have stunted it by keeping it in a tiny pot for a months after it sprouted up. I changed it over to a large hanging basket but it didnt grow anymore I stuck it outside in the sun and boom probably going to die now.

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

Try keeping it outside in the shade, water the heck out of it & see what happens. If it has any chance left, it should respond with some new growth. I think you'll be surprised. Later, after it's more mature, you can move it into the sun & plant it directly in the ground. Don't leave it in a pot long term as it's likely to stunt it's growth & burn the leaves for various reasons. Let me know how it goes...

@SuperJhon360

7 жыл бұрын

***** actually thats what ive already started doing the soil I got doest seem to fully dry out I think I may have to replant it in new soil

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes...

Hi, I am from Hyderabad India....i have recently started growing Avacado. I have 11 little plants from seeds 35 seeds.method is toothpick . These now need to be replanted in field 100 km from my city. i would love to have your advise.Coming to temp it's around 38 deg winter to 44 in summer. Mostly avg temp can be around 38 deg.Soil is red to be presice. Could you please reply me asap. 3 saplings are nearly 1.5 ft. 6 have his root in glass of water using toothpick method

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

You should get advice from a local agriculture specialist who knows your soil conditions & temperature tolerances of the area better than I do. Red soil indicates clay which does not drain well & overnight temps in 30's & 40's is too cold on a regular basis. Please see a specialist for your region to get specific answers. Thanks for watching.

@ravichandvegiraju

6 жыл бұрын

I live in the same area. He means those temps in C, it's like a burning hot oven in summer here. Winters are like California summers. Any seedlings grown in water need time to acclimate to soil first in a sheltered environment. Now, coming to your situation, those 1.5 ft seedlings have no chance in hell if planted out in an open field in this climate zone. If planted in clay soil, they will get waterlogged multiple times from heavy monsoon storms in the rainy season and summers here kill even hardy local species if exposed. Avocados are not cultivated in hyderabad for a reason but if you want attempt it, here is my best advice, mound up the soil and amend with LOTS of fully finished manure or compost, mulch in summers 6 inches to a foot minimum, make a depression ring around the mound and fill with coconut coir or sugarcane mulch (local easily available materials) to conserve moisture around the root zone but not the crown, and ABSOLUTELY make sure the saplings are protected on the north side of a shady tree or structure or shade cloth, they can handle full sun ONLY in mornings in this climate, it is an absolute must to provide shade before noon. Lastly protect it from hot winds. Avocado trees don't develop bark until they are semi-mature and will drop dead in an hour from intense direct sunlight, young trees have to be protected until they are 8-10ft and have an appreciable bark layer. You can take the extra step and paint the trunk and main branches with white paint on the sun exposed sides. It would be awesome if you end up using these tips to help those baby avocados survive. If you just wing it and just plant them out like they are mangoes, I will gladly bet a decent sum that you will kill all 11, and a hundred more if you keep trying. Sorry for the straight tone and Best of luck!

@MrThedocholiday

6 жыл бұрын

You don't have to tell me. I agree with you. My thing is helping people who have similar soil as me in same climate as I have. I don't know the first thing about elsewhere but I can clearly see what you're saying. These trees are not very durable to dehydration, wind or heat exposure. They need hydration - however you create it for them... Don't really care how you hydrate your avocado trees but if you turn up the wind, heat, sunlight or lack of water in any way, your avocado trees will struggle. My thing is simply watering them... because it works to help my trees to thrive in my area & it can help others as well. But change the environment & all bets are off. Couldn't agree with you more & really appreciate your tone, regardless of how it felt saying it. Blessings!

Your avocados need at least 6 inches of mulch under your avocado tree. In the orchards they have lots of mulch under the avacado trees. My Hass avocado tree is over 45 year old and gives me thousands of avacados every year.

can we plant a hass tree from seed without grafting ?

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

مزارع الأفوكادو Avocado farm you can try. Just water it well & make sure it has good drainage.

@bowmag803

4 жыл бұрын

Yes but it want be true to Hass because of the pollen tree. But it should be still very good

I subscribed for your avocado videos. I have heard that overwaterimg could be bad if the soil does not have good drainage.. I have a 3 liter bottle holding an 12 inch avocado I planted from seedling- how often should I water? Greeting from Texas.

@MrThedocholiday

3 жыл бұрын

Plant it in the ground with good drainage in partial shade with mulch around the base of the tree & water it very often. Avocado trees die at a rate ten times higher because of dehydration than they do from overwatering. That’s a simple fact no matter what so-called experts say. Watch all my avocado videos to get the full story. Thanks for watching.

@MG956_

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrThedocholiday = thanks for the reply Dan

Can we have an update video about your trees?

@MrThedocholiday

8 жыл бұрын

+Svetiksolnishko Sure thing... I'll get that up in the next week or two.

@svetiksolnishko

8 жыл бұрын

+Duster Dan looking forward to that! I've started watering my new new tree every day now (also in SoCal) and no more brown leaves! Thanks to your video!!!!

I faced the same problem and this how I fixed this problem- @mtMQ

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Asif I offer a solution to the thousands of others who don’t already have a solution. You offer me a solution after watching my video explaining that I’ve already found a simple solution. So, you’re offering me your advice why?

Most of the avocado trees in my country cane from pits. I live in Suriname(Dutch Guyana)

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

I'm not surprised to hear it. Do the trees there produce well?

@ulrichtjinliepshie20

7 жыл бұрын

some produce good fruit,I'm trying to graft an collection of the best ones.

@shannonpricearnold3609

7 жыл бұрын

my avocado tree have been doing great but now all the leaves are falling and I have lots of blooming on it wY is it doing I

@robinlanter4287

7 жыл бұрын

I am trying to grow Avocado trees that came from California on my property in Tonopah, Arizona. They aren't doing good. If I water them like you said do you think I can get them to grow in my area?

@MrThedocholiday

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are loaded with fruit!

How how do you know the wrong if you haven’t tasted the fruit yet? Seed grown avocado trees are not supposed to give edible fruit or rarely do.

@MrThedocholiday

5 ай бұрын

I’m not sure what you’re referring to about not having tasted the fruit yet, because this tree has produced many edible fruit by the time I recorded this vid. I don’t know if I misspoke or if you misunderstood something I said in the video. Either way this tree was seed growth from local fruit & produced some of the best tasting avocados I’ve ever had. I don’t imagine that fruit grown from trees from the seeds of today’s grafted nursery grown trees is very edible, but this tree wasn’t grown from the fruit of a recently grafted nursery born tree. The fruit tree that this seedling came from was 40-70 years old. I’m certain that even if it was grown from a grafted nursery-born tree, that the root stock choices of the parent tree were very different from today’s root stock choices, which are the foundation of the so-called expert premise that you can’t grow great tasting edible fruit from seed grown trees. Those so-called experts are probably right in that sense, but they are obviously wrong in this case, because I grew my tree from a locally harvested mature fruit tree with root stock that is obviously not of the same low quality that today’s nursery born grafted trees come from. And just to be clear for anyone misunderstanding that statement… I’m not saying that today’s root stock is bad root stock per se. I’m saying that today’s root stock is bad in the sense that not even experts think the it produces good fruit, but that today’s root stock produces good roots… hello?

what ad nutriyant sir

@MrThedocholiday

5 жыл бұрын

Manu South None... no nutrients besides the decomposed granite that it’s growing in. These trees don’t need additional nutrients. They need a lot of water to extract nutrients from the soil without getting too much nutrients, like sodium & other minerals that can over stress your tree.

My avocado tree from pit never has fruit:(

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

B Kim you have to sprout several pits & keep the ones that grow the best. Slow sprouting pits will take longer to mature & bear fruit & fast sprouting pits will mature & bear fruit sooner. I grew this large fruit bearing tree from a pit that was already sprouting inside the fruit when I opened it to eat it. If you start with a fast growing pit like that, you’ll likely have fruit when the tree is about 5-10 years old.

@NMW80

3 жыл бұрын

Duster Dan I agree. Some pits take for ever to sprout and some sprout within a couple of weeks to a month. I am thinking I will only keep the ones that sprout fast. I am going to keep the healthiest hardiest seedling. I am in Australia and it gets cold where I live in winter. So I’m going to baby my seedlings and protect in winter in the greenhouse until they are older. I wish I had heaps of land lol I love growing fruit trees.

When the leaves are folded inward like that it mostly means that they have too much water lol

@MrThedocholiday

3 жыл бұрын

PKproductions that would be true if they were the current year’s growth. But the folded leaves are last year’s foliage. Notice the new leaves are super healthy & the tree actually holds it’s leaves for more than a year, sometimes up to two years.; unlike any other tree I’ve seen in my area.

do some pruning

Back to Eden gardening

Where do.you live?

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

James Chen far, far away... Let’s just say I used to live in So Cal.

Hello I have a huge avocado tree that hasn’t been shown love in awhile and I would like to get it back up and going. May I contact you personally to get some tips on my tree? Thank you.

Seeds avocados plants takes too long to fruit grafting alwsysbthe best

@MrThedocholiday

6 жыл бұрын

dev bachu That's what I was told too, but I learned different... Sometimes it takes longer to learn that what so called experts tell you is not always true... Sometimes it takes longer to learn the truth - even longer than it takes fruit to bear on any tree.

Fuerte’s are self pollenating.

@MrThedocholiday

4 жыл бұрын

Bobby Laumea great!

Mine never die, they just refuse to bloom.

@MrThedocholiday

Жыл бұрын

What climate do you live in, what type of soil do you have & how often do you water them? When I made this video I lived in Southern California so it was basically warm climate. I had decomposed granite for soil with tons of existing nutrients. The only thing my trees lacked was enough water. And with DG for soil it’s nearly impossible to over water them because the DG provides such great drainage. All these factors affect how healthy your trees are. And how healthy they are affects if & when they bloom.

@nadinebeaumont7284

Жыл бұрын

@@MrThedocholiday I live in East coast central FL. Climate zone 10. Sandy soil. Planted in sun/shade spot. Intense heat in summer. They grow if you just toss a pit on the ground. I've several trees this way, but those I really want to fruit won't for me. I could water them more, but other things grow there fine. How do I get them to fruit & bloom?

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