Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site u1100a.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!whuxle!spuxll!abnjh!u1100a!sr From: sr@u1100a.UUCP (Steven Radtke) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: How to germinate an avocado Message-ID: <568@u1100a.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 10:01:30 EST Article-I.D.: u1100a.568 Posted: Mon Feb 27 10:01:30 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 28-Feb-84 08:38:25 EST References: <1310@mordor.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 13 I used to start avocadoes in water, but I don't bother any more. I let them dry on the window sill in my kitchen for a few days. When the brown skin is dried out, peel it off and plant the avocado in a pot with good drainage. Leave the pointy end sticking out a bout an inch. Water it two or three times a week until it sprouts. I have had some sprout right away, some sprout after two months and some start to rot. The bulbs that have already started to split have germinated the most quickly for me. I just clip off dry leaves and count on new ones coming quickly. Steve Radtke {houxm,innp4,pyux*}!u1100a!sr