latestsaint
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I have tried 3 or 4 times now, and i cant seem to get the seed to sprout.. what am i doing wrong? i've tried it with lots of light, on a shady shelf, and in a sunny room... should i just give up and plant one in the ground???
Avocado Seeds in Water
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latestsaint
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from what i've heard and seen, avocado seeds, if submersed in an inch or so in water, drops its taproot and sprouts.. and you can watch the development of this happening in crystal clear water. i cant seem to make it work for me 
Toolage 87
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I've started one with 3 toothpicks in the side just enough to hold it up and it took around 1 month maybe up to 2 months to sprout.
d platypus
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one thing to try which works with soil is peel the brown skin off and take a thin slice of both ends. ive read that the odds are 1out of 4 sprout on average.
PIPBoy2000
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pfft, you're probably just not getting nice viable pits - the bigger the pit the better. I just started like a dozen pits. I put them in these tupperwear containers in about a half inch of water then put them in the south window. Within a day the water is gone and I have to refill and in two days the bottom cracks open and I have roots. Some of the avocados that are falling from my tree have roots sprouting from the pits!!! Talk about ripe! I've started cutting them open very carefully since I chopped a bit of root off one time.
I'm going to graft my Choquette onto the rootstocks so I don't have to wait 8 years. I'll probably be doing that in like 6 months.
I hope you plan on grafting too.
Good luck.
I'm going to graft my Choquette onto the rootstocks so I don't have to wait 8 years. I'll probably be doing that in like 6 months.
I hope you plan on grafting too.
Good luck.
dannyboy602
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got any pix?
Bonkleesha
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you could scarify the seeds ... just lightly score the outside layer with an xacto knife (then maybe into a fungicide).
you want easy avocado germination? soak the seed in 125 degree water for half an hour, then cut a half inch off of pointed side, dip it in fungicide, and plant it so that its almost flat with the soil, but the seed sticks out maybe a quarter inch. if u got good media and a temperate atmosphere, itll take about a month to sprout.
you want easy avocado germination? soak the seed in 125 degree water for half an hour, then cut a half inch off of pointed side, dip it in fungicide, and plant it so that its almost flat with the soil, but the seed sticks out maybe a quarter inch. if u got good media and a temperate atmosphere, itll take about a month to sprout.
PIPBoy2000
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Ground avocado pits and leaves have been a traditional central/south american medicine - abortive - terminated babies.
I forget where I read that but I know it contains some form of cyanide - the good kind. Kind of like the cancer stomping power of the loquat extracts made from the ground seeds.
I forget the details.
PIPBoy2000
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Ok, so the first pit is a mediocre one. Notice the circular shape and puny size - but it still shot out some roots and cracked open!
The next one is a much nicer pit - you can tell by the perfect egg shape and massive size. They are both about a week old(notice how many more roots the big pit has! actually, the big pit is a few days younger.) and I'll be putting them in pots as soon as I get around to it. There is the tiny little shoot coming out of the mediocre pit - it looks like an asparagus head but I couldn't get a pic of it since it is way down in that crack.
Just over one month old: Maybe 6 weeks, I'm not sure anymore.
The next one is a much nicer pit - you can tell by the perfect egg shape and massive size. They are both about a week old(notice how many more roots the big pit has! actually, the big pit is a few days younger.) and I'll be putting them in pots as soon as I get around to it. There is the tiny little shoot coming out of the mediocre pit - it looks like an asparagus head but I couldn't get a pic of it since it is way down in that crack.
Just over one month old: Maybe 6 weeks, I'm not sure anymore.
BullwinkleOG
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l post a pic later tomorrow. my friends mom has one right now growing from seed been about a month or so they take a while but the root is THICK
shes growing it in a cup of water
shes growing it in a cup of water
thump easy
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what are you feeding the plant? do you folair?
PIPBoy2000
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Water only. No foliar. The pit is its food.
I've got to go put those pits in pots.
I've got to go put those pits in pots.
PIPBoy2000
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I'm pissed.
I planted those two pits in pots yesterday and I go out this morning to find they had been dug up and gnawed on by squirrely squirrels. They were lying out of the pots about a foot or two away. I replanted them straight away - some of the roots were damaged.
I hope they make it.
Well, if I run out of guacamole, I can make some squirrelymole.
I planted those two pits in pots yesterday and I go out this morning to find they had been dug up and gnawed on by squirrely squirrels. They were lying out of the pots about a foot or two away. I replanted them straight away - some of the roots were damaged.
I hope they make it.
Well, if I run out of guacamole, I can make some squirrelymole.
thump easy
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i know the feeling lately my dogs been eating the momas he nevor did that know in his old age he chewing my momas up that sucks i also came across a og strain that was chunkie the bigest chunks i ever seen in my hole life i planted 6 seeds to find out my younger pups got it of the window seal and broke them owwwww... i was mad i know the feeling lolz but i also am gona try avocados seed i love them.. with all my heart but they can be expensive so y not.. thankx guys lolz i wasnt aware of how it grew shit this growing thing i love it..
PIPBoy2000
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Maybe in his old age, he needs to chew on yo' mommas.
But yeah, I feel you. Well, not really 'cause I don't have a dog or a cat - although my place gets frequented by nearby cats. Some people have pets, I have plants. Maybe one day...
But yeah, I feel you. Well, not really 'cause I don't have a dog or a cat - although my place gets frequented by nearby cats. Some people have pets, I have plants. Maybe one day...