how do you grow a avocado tree?

Answer 1

Wash the avocado pit under cool running water, you don't need soap to clean it. With your fingers gently wipe away and remove any of the green fruit that might be on the pit. Rinse it well and then blot it dry with a paper towel.


Carefully push three toothpicks into the thickest width of avocado, you want to push the toothpicks into the pit about a 1/2" deep. (It's okay if you push them in deeper or even a little less) The toothpicks will help suspend the avocado pit in water and keep the top part of the pit in fresh air and the fat base of the pit under the surface of the water. Be careful pushing in the toothpicks, they have pointy edges and could hurt if they poke your hands, it's all right to ask a grown-up to help with this.


Suspend the pit over a glass filled with water....the toothpicks will rest on the rim of the glass and hold the pit in place so it doesn't sink to the bottom. Always check the water level in the glass and see that the water is covering the fat base of the pit by about an inch depth. If the water is below that level you'll need to add some more. Slowly and carefully pour in more water from a small cup to avoid splashing.


Place the glass in a bright windowsill. In about three to six weeks the top of the avocado pit will begin to split and a stem sprout will emerge from the top and roots will begin to grow at the base.


When the stem grows to about five or six inches pinch out the top set of leaves. In another two or three weeks new leaves will sprout and their will be more roots.


It's now time to plant the young avocado tree. Place enriched potting soil in a large flowerpot (maybe 8" to 10" across). Fill the soil to about an inch from the top of the pot. Make a small depression in the center of the soil and place the pit, root-side down into the depression. Don't put it too deep...you want to have the upper half of the pit above the soil line. Add some more soil around the pit to fill in any air holes by the roots and then firm it into the soil by gently pushing the soil around the base of the pit. The tree's stem and leaves should be straight and pointing up (like a flagpole).


Give the soil a drink to water the pit. Water it generously so that the soil is thoroughly moist. Water the soil slowly and gently so that when it's poured in it doesn't gouge out holes in the soil. Keep your tree watered but don't let the soil be so moist that it ever looks like mud.


How do I care for my avocado tree?"

Keep your tree in a sunny window, the more sun it gets the bigger it will grow.


Remember to give it frequent light waterings but don't let the soil get muddy. If the leaves turn yellow it means that the plant is getting too much watering, let the tree's soil dry out for a couple of days, then return to light waterings.


When the stem grows six more inches pinch out the top two sets of leaves. This will encourage the plant to grow side shoots and more leaves, making it bushy. Each time the plant grows another six inches pinch out the two newest sets of leaves on top.

"Can my avocado tree ever go outside?"

Yes it can go outside in the summer. If your winters are cold ~ below 45 degrees (F) or 7 degrees (C) ~ you must bring your tree inside for the winter. Otherwise, if your winters are cool and mild, the tree may stay outdoors year round.


"Will my tree ever grow fruit?"

Sometimes they will begin setting fruit after they are three or four years old. It helps to have several avocado trees growing together to aid with pollination.


"How tall will my avocado tree grow?" An avocado tree is a medium to large tall tree. It can grow between 20 and 40 feet tall. With pruning it can be kept at a much shorter height.


*Avocado Nutrition Facts*

Avocados contain just 5 grams of fat per serving.


Avocados contain NO cholesterol and NO sodium.

Avocados contain 60% more potassium per ounce than bananas!


Avocados are high in fiber, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin E, potassium and folate.

Answer 2

The best way is to use an avocado pit out of an avocado from the grocery store. Get a glass jar with a wide mouth and a three toothpicks. Soak the pit in water for a few hours or overnight. Stick the toothpicks into the avocado in a triangle pattern (like the Mercedes Benz logo) at a little bit of an angle so that they are pointing slightly up. Set the pit with the toothpicks over the mouth of the jar, and the fill the jar with water so that the pit is about half-way covered with water. You can put a paper towel in the jar to help steady the pit if necessary. Keep the water level that high by adding water when necessary. It may sprout after a few weeks and it may not. But it usually does. It does not need much light at this point.

When it gets some roots at the bottom of the pit and it starts to split at the top, carefully take the toothpicks out and set the pit into a pot filled with dirt so that just the tip of the pit is visible. Set it in a sunny location. Keep the soil moist at all times. Avocados don't like cold weather at all, so this is best done in the spring or early summer (It might be OK right now, it might not, depends on where you live and how well the pit sprouts). Keep it out of the frost.

After it sprouts, give it some slow-release fertilizer, then wait about a year. It should grow up maybe two feet, maybe three. Cut off the top so that the stalk is 18" high. When it starts growing again, treat it like a regular tree. There are only a few places in the country where it will grow avocados unless you have a greenhouse. But it will become a tree if you protect it from frost.

Answer 3

How Avocado are Grown and Harvested
We grow on evergreen trees. Evergreen means the tree doesn’t shed its leaves in the autumn. Our parent trees need to grow in an area that has excellent drainage, porous soil and is sheltered from strong winds and frosts. They prefer a climate that is tropical - cool winters and hot humid summers.
Avocado trees can be planted at any time of year. As they grow the lower branches should be pruned to prevent us from hanging on the ground. The tree will begin to produce fruit after three years and most varieties will bear fruit every year.
Our parent trees have different shapes depending on variety - some are tall, upright trees while others have branches that hug the ground.
Although most growers still pick us by hand it is becoming more popular to use a mechanical harvester for the taller trees.
ALL THE BEST. JUST REMEMBER THERE ARE HEAPS OF DIFFRENT KINDS OF AVOCADO TREES.

Answer 4

do you want a tree, or do you also want avocados? unless you're in an area that has avocados, forget it.

if you think that growing avocados from seed will produce edible avocados, i hope you're patient, cause on average it takes about 30 years for one to produce, if at all.

grafted trees that you purchased at nurseries or home depot, walmart, etc, are the ticket, but there are also 2 types of trees, the ones that produce "A" type flowers, and the "B" type.

if you want fruit, you really need to have one of both types. The deal is this, one produces pollen in the morning and is only receptive to pollen in the evening, and vice verse, so you need 2. so in other words, just buying a hass tree won't work that well.

trees won't really work in the desert, it's hawaii, the coast of california, for the most part, or southern florida, and that's it for the US. If you're elsewhere, I can't help you, cause I don't know, but I can tell you that avos are native to central america, mexico, etc. so that's where they grow best.

Answer 5

After you've eaten the avocado (yum!) wash the pit and dry it. Insert 2 toothpicks into the bottom, then place the pit into a glass of water in a place that gets sunlight. The picks will keep the bottom of the pit in the water, and roots will form. The top of the pit will sprout, and when you have decent length top and roots, take the pit out of the water, remove the toothpicks, and plant it in a planter of potting soil. Water it often, and it should grow into a small tree. If you live in a warm climate, you can take it outside and it will grow faster.
Good luck!

Answer 6

Im assuming you do not stay someplace the place avocados improve, as they are somewhat ample and espresso priced in places like california or florida. you're actually not any doupt out of success, yet once you're taking 4 toothpicks and an avodado pit and a pint glass, you may start up off your individual little avocado plant on any sunny window sill. in simple terms situate the pit so as that the element is directed downward, insert the innovations a pair of million/4 inch deep around the equator of the pit frivolously(to not trouble-free). so which you ultimately finally end up with an avocado pit with 4 toothpicks at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock whilst considered from above. Set your avocado contraption pit element down upon your pint glass so the innovations relax on the rim of the glass postponing the pit 0.5 in 0.5 out of the glass. Fill with water set on window sill suitable off dayly and in a week or 2 it is going to enhance a valuable faucet root. heavily transplant into greater advantageous field.

Answer 7

Peel the brown skin off the avocado seed. Poke tooth picks in the sides and place it half way in water. Start growing it in the house and move it outside when it has roots. it needs a very sunny spot in the yard. Good luck. They take a long time to grow.

Answer 8

You got me I have a book on how to grow these things and the last three I grew didn't do anything. I think I had BAD avocados ?????!!!!!!

Answer 9

Cut a cross on the bottom of the stone(round end!), just deep enough to break the skin.
plant it in a pot about 3/4 inch deap.
Water as you would any other plan, they seem to grow stronger than ones started off in water.
Most of all, be patient!!.

Answer 10

I started mine with toothpicks poked around sides in a jar of water till it got some leaves then put it in soil i keep it wet all the time it seems to get brown edges if not enough water.