Growing avocados...

Gator_Bride08

from the pit.... Anyone have any experience with this? I've been trying to do this at my house and it's not going very well.

~NB~

Yes, they grow like weeds for me. Very fast. What's yours doing?

 

Gator_Bride08

Nothing! lol. I have them in cups suspended by toothpicks in water... and they have been there for a few weeks. The are starting to split and crack open, but not roots or sprouts.

~NB~

It has to split open for the radicle to emerge. It could take 5 or 6 weeks. Sounds like you're getting close!

~NB~

And you don't need toothpicks either. You can just put them in an appropriately sized vessel: a glass, an empty jelly jar, etc. I used a wine carafe. The neck was just the perfect size to sit the avocado pit in, and I made sure that water was touching the pit every day. It looked like a giant cork or rubber stopper.

Gator_Bride08

Okay.... I will give them a few more weeks.... i'm so impatient!

MrsChelseaP09

I remember it took my mom MONTHS to get her seeds to sprout..... She had a nice little tree growing, about 2 ft tall..... then my rabbit Foo Foo ate it. She still won't shut up about it, to this day! lol

Gator_Bride08

MrsChelseaP09:

I remember it took my mom MONTHS to get her seeds to sprout..... She had a nice little tree growing, about 2 ft tall..... then my rabbit Foo Foo ate it. She still won't shut up about it, to this day! lol

 

lol. Foo Foo is a great name for a rabbit! I just hope I can get mine to grow before it gets cold.