If I take a pit from the store bought avocado, put it in the ground with the right nutrients, can I expect it to grow and produce fruit?
2007-03-21 12:50:01 · 11 answers · asked by gregminor49er 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
not if the avocado has been refrigerated at any point either at the store, or on it's trip to the store. Refrigeration kills any chance of it growing. Try buying an avocado from a farmer's market and you might have better luck.
2007-03-21 12:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Grow Avocado From Seed Pit
2016-11-01 07:56:58 · answer #2 · answered by trevathan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"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. "
2007-03-21 13:24:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I grew an avocado from a store bought pit in the 70's, it got about 3 feet tall after I planted it but came winter the leaves fell of one at a time and it was indoors.
2015-09-25 08:54:25 · answer #4 · answered by Gary D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom never had the heart to throw out the avocado seeds when I was a kid so we always grew them. What you want to do is push 3 toothpicks a little ways into the seed & use them to balance it in a glass filled with water. Keep the water level in the glass filled so that about the bottom 1/3 of the seed is always in the the water. The pointed side should be facing downward so that the split of the seed is verticle. The outer husk will probably dry up & peel off so don't be surprised when this happens.
In a couple of weeks, the seed will send out roots. It will send out leaf shoots a couple of weeks later. Once you get some healthy growth going, you can re-pot it with some potting soil & grow it indoors or put it out in a sunny, warm part of your yard or garden.
2007-03-21 13:21:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It may or may not grow into a tree. But be prepared to take care of a 20 ft tree, and wait 10 years for it to produce fruit.
2007-03-21 12:58:27 · answer #6 · answered by ♫ayayay♫ 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
STICK A COUPLE OF TOOTHPICKS INTO THE AVOCADO SEED AND PUT THE BOTTOM HALF INTO WATER TILL IT SPROUTS AND IT WILL WORK, THEN PLANT IT AFTER IT MAKES ROOTS
2007-03-21 13:52:28 · answer #7 · answered by whateverbabe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we grew one in my home in Russia during the winter in a pot!
2007-03-21 12:58:24 · answer #8 · answered by Little Witchy Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so... But I don't know!!!
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2007-03-22 01:37:10 · answer #9 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No
2007-03-21 13:02:16 · answer #10 · answered by DUNE 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋