Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site gymble.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!beth From: beth@gymble.UUCP (Beth Katz) Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.garden Subject: Re: Growing Avacados from Pits Message-ID: <110@gymble.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 12:45:14 EST Article-I.D.: gymble.110 Posted: Tue Mar 5 12:45:14 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 11:55:38 EST References: <856@decwrl.UUCP> <207@rtech.ARPA> Reply-To: beth@gymble.UUCP (Beth Katz) Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 20 Xref: watmath net.cooks:3581 net.garden:439 Summary: >> 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?). 5) When the pit finally splits open and sends out a shoot and some roots, transplant it into a container of potting soil. Mine is in a six-inch pot and doing well just sitting in the window. Water every so often. 6) When it gets to be 8-12 inches tall, pinch the budding leaf at the top to get the plant to branch. 7) You have a new friend. Beth Katz {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!beth