{"id":11533,"date":"2020-11-06T13:12:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T21:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=11533"},"modified":"2026-01-26T06:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:50:56","slug":"where-to-get-avocado-scion-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/where-to-get-avocado-scion-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to get avocado scion wood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“I wanted to ask about your avocado tree,” I said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Everybody wants to pick my avocados!” the man replied. We were standing in his driveway next to an old Fuerte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I don’t want any avocados, actually,” I said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He looked disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve been picking avocados off this tree for many years, since long before you lived here. They’re very good. It’s a good tree. So I was just wondering if you minded if I cut a small twig off the tree so I can graft it onto a tree at my house,” I said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh, OK. That’s OK. Go ahead.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asking someone for a stick off of a tree is one way to get avocado scion wood. More on that below. But first, here are three other places from which to source avocado scion wood:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. <\/strong> California Rare Fruit Growers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each winter, local chapters of the California Rare Fruit Growers<\/a> (CRFG) hold special meetings where they exchange scions of various fruit trees including avocados. You’ll want to find the nearest chapter and get a date and location for the year’s scion exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t expect to find a smorgasbord of avocado scions at every CRFG exchange, however. You might get lucky, you might not. It depends on the members participating that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Tropical Fruit Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Tropical Fruit Forum<\/a> you have access to a large group of fruit growers, some of whom grow many avocado varieties and are willing to sell scion wood. Attempt to find what you’re looking for by heading to the section called “Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade.”<\/a> Register to create an account, and then make a post titled, for example, “Wanted: Queen avocado scions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your best chance for finding a seller is to post at the right time of year. Winter into spring is when most people cut most avocado scion wood in California. At that same time of year, you can check for posts by sellers offering avocado scion wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Buy a young tree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some situations it can be smart to buy a potted tree of the variety of avocado whose scion wood you seek. Then you’ve got a source of grafting material that will replenish itself. This can be useful if you’re inexperienced because grafting failures will be less consequential. And this can be useful if you’re planning to graft many branches or trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See my post, “Where to buy an avocado tree.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Find an old tree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are looking for a certain variety whose fruit or foliage you can identify, then you might spot it growing in a yard around town. Knock on the door. I’ve found that most people are flattered that you’re so interested in their tree as to want to clone it, and they willingly share a cutting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But don’t procrastinate. I’m glad I acted when I did on getting the scion wood from that old Fuerte. Wouldn’t you know that the fellow who acted so proud of his tree and its fruit (that he had merely inherited when he bought the house) cut it down soon after our interaction. He replaced it with artificial grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At least I have my own clone of that old Fuerte now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Unfortunately, rats also think the fruit tastes superb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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You might also be interested in these posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“How to collect and store avocado scion wood”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Grafting avocados”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Your\u00a0support<\/a>\u00a0makes these posts about grafting avocados possible. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of my Yard Posts are HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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