Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdchema.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdchema!gino From: gino@sdchema.UUCP (Eugene G. Youngerman) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Growing Avacados from Pits Message-ID: <342@sdchema.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 18:32:57 EST Article-I.D.: sdchema.342 Posted: Thu Mar 7 18:32:57 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 05:30:07 EST References: <856@decwrl.UUCP> <207@rtech.ARPA> Reply-To: gino@sdchema.UUCP (Eugene G. Youngerman) Organization: U.C. San Diego Chemistry Dept Lines: 16 Summary: Having lived in California almost all my life, I have constantly seen the small trees that grow from avocado pits. They grow very nicely, from the toothpicks as described, and then planted in soil at about 12". However, unless there is a flowering fruit-bearing avocado tree in your neighborhood, you will never get avocados. (The birds and the bees and all that.) Also, it will take several (read that 8 or more) years before the avocado tree will be anywhere near fruit bearing size. If you have never seen an avo tree, and I suppose that some of you snow bound netlanders haven't, it can be as much as 15 - 25 feet high, with big leaves, It has very many leaves, making it one of may all time favorite shade trees. I remain GINO