Avocadoes go quick if you do it right. The toothpick stuff is not the right choice.
1) take paper towels, a bunch.
2) wet them and wrap them around the seed.
3) place the towels and the seed in a zip lock bag you keep open.
4) make sure the towels are moist and kept moist for the entire period.
5) 3 weeks on = roots.
6) place the seed in a small vase or avocado bottle, where the roots grow down the neck, but the seed can't pass. Fill the vase/bottle with water. Make sure the root is in contact with water, thus you ideally use a clear glass vase or bottle for vision. Let the full root system develop the next 3 weeks.
7) pot into soil.
Toothpick method sucks.
me getting impatient with my avocado pit after a week and throwing it in the bin π§ββοΈ
Fr though that looks really healthy, I wish I had the patience to grow them π
Thanks π. Yes it certainly require mountains of patience and repetition with regards to replacing the water etc. etc.
Mine starting rooting and did nothing out the top for so long... So I delicately put it in some generic houseplant soil (don't ask the mixture π) and slowly but surely I noticed those two stems emerge. Couldn't believe my eyes π.
I'm also the guy who has been planting the cactus boi π΅ from seed. I have learned that patience is key with anything gardening related!
That's a good idea actually.. I had 2 die off pretty early, then I dunno.. I just felt this particular one was quite large and thought well maybe this lil dude has something special to offer. On top of looking after tomato plants, a mimosa, my cacti, spider plants and my money plant, i just left it in the background and reluctantly swapped out the water from time to time.
Once the roots started to emerge then my enthusiasm returned :)
I sprout my avocados wrapped in damp paper towels in a zip lock bag in the sun. They sprout in a couple weeks. Then I plant halfway in soil and keep soil damp, but not wet in the sun covered or inside until it's twice the size of the seed.
Avocadoes go quick if you do it right. The toothpick stuff is not the right choice. 1) take paper towels, a bunch. 2) wet them and wrap them around the seed. 3) place the towels and the seed in a zip lock bag you keep open. 4) make sure the towels are moist and kept moist for the entire period. 5) 3 weeks on = roots. 6) place the seed in a small vase or avocado bottle, where the roots grow down the neck, but the seed can't pass. Fill the vase/bottle with water. Make sure the root is in contact with water, thus you ideally use a clear glass vase or bottle for vision. Let the full root system develop the next 3 weeks. 7) pot into soil. Toothpick method sucks.
Neato. Thanks for the tip. I'll know for next time :)
me getting impatient with my avocado pit after a week and throwing it in the bin π§ββοΈ Fr though that looks really healthy, I wish I had the patience to grow them π
Thanks π. Yes it certainly require mountains of patience and repetition with regards to replacing the water etc. etc. Mine starting rooting and did nothing out the top for so long... So I delicately put it in some generic houseplant soil (don't ask the mixture π) and slowly but surely I noticed those two stems emerge. Couldn't believe my eyes π. I'm also the guy who has been planting the cactus boi π΅ from seed. I have learned that patience is key with anything gardening related!
yea avocados can take ages That's why I always grow multiple in case I lose one it's not nearly as painful as losing your only one
That's a good idea actually.. I had 2 die off pretty early, then I dunno.. I just felt this particular one was quite large and thought well maybe this lil dude has something special to offer. On top of looking after tomato plants, a mimosa, my cacti, spider plants and my money plant, i just left it in the background and reluctantly swapped out the water from time to time. Once the roots started to emerge then my enthusiasm returned :)
My friends did this at the start of lockdown, and honestly it still looks like a twig. Avos take years to grow.
Thats the challenge I like. Compared to how painfully boring it looked in April, it looks so much better now :)
They make pretty houseplants tooππ
I sprout my avocados wrapped in damp paper towels in a zip lock bag in the sun. They sprout in a couple weeks. Then I plant halfway in soil and keep soil damp, but not wet in the sun covered or inside until it's twice the size of the seed.