Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amdcad!amdahl!ems From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.garden Subject: Re: Growing Avacados from Pits Message-ID: <1263@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 17:57:37 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.1263 Posted: Mon Mar 11 17:57:37 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 05:45:39 EST References: <856@decwrl.UUCP> <207@rtech.ARPA> <110@gymble.UUCP> Organization: Circle C Shellfish Ranch, Shores-of-the-Pacific, Ca Lines: 32 Xref: utcs net.cooks:3159 net.garden:430 > >> I'd be interested in knowing if anyone out there has had > >>any luck in germinating avocado pits. > >> > >>Helen Anne > >> > I started an avocado pit last year about this time. It took a long time, > but my plant is now about 20 inches tall with two major branches. It was > pretty dormant for a while, but now it's growing like crazy. To sprout: > 1) Wash pit to remove leftover slippery stuff. > 2) Stick 3 toothpicks into pit so that it will sit round-side down in water. > 3) Keep in warm place with water covering about half the pit. > 4) Wait. Wait. Wait. Replace water. Wait. Wait a long time (months?). ... more of the traditional way ... I tried this several times with poor success. Nothing wrong with the method, I would just forget to keep the water level right or knock it over or something... I now have three avocado trees all grown from pits. How did I do it? Easy. I took the most rotten avocado I could find (where the seed had already split and a root was starting to eat the avacado mush ); removed the seed (with baby root in two cases) and put it in the ground with the point up just at the dirt surface. Water. Wait. Wait. Wait... -- E. Michael Smith ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems Comedo ergo dorum This is the obligatory disclaimer of everything.