Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site homxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!homxa!carson From: carson@homxa.UUCP (P.CARSTENSEN) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Growing Avacados from Pits Message-ID: <777@homxa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 17:15:00 EST Article-I.D.: homxa.777 Posted: Wed Mar 6 17:15:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Mar-85 02:52:04 EST References: <856@decwrl.UUCP>, <525@ahutb.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 9 (I dunno what this is doing here...) My avocadoes do much better than 1 in 10 (which is why I have 5 (I think) in my window, and that's only because my mother killed the 4 I left with her...) Anyhow, they do seem to do better when you sprout them in spring -- maybe it's the increasing day-length??? And I was told once that peeling the outer husk helps (it's a real hassle, tho, BTW) P.