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Question

how do you start a avacado seed in a glass of water

Answer 1

If the seed is started in water, insert three or four toothpicks in the seed about half way down the sides. Next, fill a small glass with water to the brim and place the seed in the glass, flat end down, so the toothpicks rest firmly on the brim. The toothpicks should be supporting the seed so that the pointed half is out of the water and the bottom half is in the water. The sprouting tip will come out of the pointed end, so be sure the flat end is immersed in water. Place the glass on a sunny window sill or some other well lighted spot. Add water as needed to keep the bottom half of the seed wet at all times.

After a few weeks a small root should appear from the flat end, and there should be signs of a small shoot at the pointed end. Tiny leaves will develop and grow on this shoot. Later, when the main stem emerges, plant the seed in a container with house plant potting soil.

If the avocado seed is started in soil, fill a large container with house plant potting soil. Plant the seed so that the pointed end is about an inch above the soil surface. Keep the soil moist at all times until the avocado plant is established.

Water the plant often enough to keep the soil moist but not wet. A wet soil will result in curled leaves and soft stems. A dry soil will cause dry leaves that eventually fall off. Avocado plants should be fertilized every three months with a standard houseplant fertilizer. Also, remember that avocado plants require good, indirect light. Because avocado plants grow into trees, provide them with plenty of growing space.

Have fun!

Answer 2

There's a lot of good advice here. I've grown a few avocado plants to give away to friends. They take a long time to start. So patience is a must. One thing you might try that I didn't notice on here is a hyacinth glass. It's a small vase that is used to force bulbs into growing. The link below is to show a picture of what it looks like. The toothpick method works as well as simply planting the seed in the dirt. The hyacinth glass just gives you another way to place your the bottom of the seed in water, plus you get to see the root once it starts and you don't have to use toothpicks. I didn't care too much for the toothpicks since they break easily while inserting them and you have to get them spaced just right in order to hold the seed up. Good luck growing your avacado seed into a plant.

Answer 3

I have tried the "toothpick" method, with poor results, actually. I currently have 3 avocado plants flourishing, with another pit growing roots right now. 1 plant/tree is 4 feet tall! I started them the lazy way.....

I put the avocado into a small, round 2" custard cup, and covered the pit 1/2 way with room temperature water. It sort of lays down sideways, so there is no "up or down" position with my method. The key is to put it somewhere where you will see it every day, so you remember to replenish the water to the same level. Twice a week, dump the murky water, and replenish with room temperature water.

After a couple of weeks, the pit should have a major split in it. This is a good thing. If it doesn't, throw it out, and try another. I
think if an avocado pit is prone to germinate, it will. If it isn't, it just isn't, no matter what you do.

Don't get too hasty about putting it in dirt when you see a sprout.
Just keep doing what you have been doing. Wait until you see roots as well. This can take months, so I hope you are a patient person.

When you do finally put it in dirt, try a margarine tub, not a large container. Would you put your infant in a King sized bed, or a crib, to start? Re-pot in a container no more than 6" in diameter than the previous potas your avocado tree (and it is a tree) flourishes.

The hardest part of the process is to pinch off growth after the tree develops several sets of leaves. (Usually after it has reached 10".) If you don't, the tree will continue to grow upward, but not outward, and it will look like a stupid, ugly, skinny stick with leaves on the top.

Unconventional as it may sound, this is my method, and I am sticking with it, because it works for me. Good luck!.

Answer 4

Im assuming you do not stay someplace the position avocados strengthen, as they're quite major and decrease priced in places like california or florida. you aren't any doupt out of success, yet in case you're taking 4 toothpicks and an avodado pit and a pint glass, you may start your own little avocado plant on any sunny window sill. merely situate the pit so as that the point is directed downward, insert the options about a million/4 inch deep around the equator of the pit flippantly(now to not basic). so that you eventually end up with an avocado pit with 4 toothpicks at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock even as considered from above. Set your avocado contraption pit element down upon your pint glass so the options 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 per week or 2 this is going to strengthen a most suitable tap root. intently transplant into larger field.

Answer 5

I've seen someone do this. I've never actually tried it myself. You stick toothpicks in the seed, and place the seed in a glass so the toothpicks rest on the rim. Fill the glass with water so the bottom of the seed is in the water. It will begin to grow roots.

Good luck!

Answer 6

You usually support the seed half out of the water with tooth picks
Avocado can be grown as a houseplant from seed. Although it will not normally bear fruit indoors, people enjoy it for its greenery. It can be germinated in normal soil in a large pot, or in a glass of water with a piece of charcoal for deodorizing, with the top half (the pointed end) held up by toothpicks.

Answer 7

Gently incert three toothpick in the side wall at equal intervals.

Set it on top of the glass and fill with water to cover the bottom of the pit only. Watch that it doesn't dry out, so water daily. Set near or in window and you'll get a root in a couple of weeks.

Answer 8

put 3 toothpicks in the middle of the pit. Put it in a glass of
water so the pit is covered half way, and wait until it starts
putting out roots, then bury it.

Answer 9

uhhhh........put it in the glass of water