How To Grow An Avocado Plant From Seed
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- How To Grow An Avocado From Seed! In this video, I'll show you step by step how to take a store-bought Avocado fruit and grow a brand new Avocado plant from the large seed inside.
Originally from Puebla, Mexico, this large, distinct fruit is the main ingredient in Guacamole. It can be quite a large plant, and it is most definitely tropical. So for most of us, it will have to be grown indoors.
The process is quite simple, but it can take some time. It involves simply taking the nut from inside the Avocado fruit, cleaning it of both Avocado meat as well as the brown layer of skin. Then we stick toothpicks in it and suspend it/submerge it in a jar of water. Sprouting can take up to 3 months, after which the plant itself grows quite quickly.
This is a great indoor growing project to do with kids and another great way for indoor gardeners to beat the winter blues and continue growing and producing inside.
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I am a new subscriber and a newly retired person looking forward to trying all kinds of new gardening ideas. Thank you for this informative video...and for using the word "equidistant". :) I am trying this today with three avocados. So excited!
Ha ha, awesome Juneen! I'll take every opportunity to drop my $3 words...I only know a few! LOL!
How was it?
I experimented over the summer by growing the seed in potting soil outside successfully. Yes, it does take some time. I made a second attempt growing indoors since it’s cold outside now. I noticed roots but no actually stem growth yet. Probably needs warmer temps as suggested here. Thank you for your tips!
Yes, I'm pretty sure earner temps will help that initial shoot to spring up.
I really like the video I just started the process of growing the avacodo and this video help me alot thank you
Awesome! Happy to help! I also did a follow-up video with the older plants as I moved them on to larger pots here: ua-cam.com/video/baHw1ygFuJM/v-deo.html All the best!
The best "easy to do" I have seen. Much appreciation for your effort, time, and love.
Hey, thanks for that! I did try to simplify it, so I appreciate the comment. :-)
This is what quarantine's got me doing folks.
Ha ha, you can a lot of people Icey Sue!
Same!
how's your plant doing? :D
@@Love.Stefan has it already sprouted?
I was doing this at 7 years old
Tyyy I’m in the UK but really want to try this it looks such fun so mine is now in water and a little mini covered greenhouse 👍... can’t wait to watch it grow... I’ve grown lots this year what with lockdown and found a new love/interest in growing flowers, plants and foods from seed!! Subscribed and will watch all of your videos x
Thanks so much Lisa! How far along is your seed? I find the roots pop out pretty quickly, its the shoots that take forever. Heat and light dictate the timeline. Cheers!
I wanna watch this video all day
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i used a petri dish with a papertowel on the bottom and a glass over it 4 seeds on a row easy to plant afterwards
Awesome willem...what did you plant them in afterwards?
Thank you The Ripe Tomato Farms!!!
Hey, no problem, thanks for watching! :-)
Thank you
Cheers
This is a good video? Thanks?
How long before you can eat your avocado and how high does the plant grow... I have a plant 3 feet high but no avacodo
Hi Sheila, they can take up to 3-4 years to flower and give you a new fruit!
You’re inside Massachusetts and it’s winter Will it grow
Hey Riyadh....not outdoors, no. :-(
Should I put this in sunlight or keep it in the shade?
Hey Jocelynn....sunlight is best. These are tropical sun-loving plants! :-)
Sunlight Yes - but not direkt sunlight, like outside in the summer hot sun. Keep them inside for at least one year...next to the window, so they can look outside and enjoy life :-) :-) Anyway, I made the mistake of setting 2 of mine out in the sun - after all, I wanted it to feel like home. BIG mistake. Within 5 days all that left was the 8 inch high trunk - brown, dry....dead.
Does it matter the way you pit the picks in or no
@@kimberlycastillo3766 not really, no. Just as long as you orient the pit the right way.
What type of soil you are using?
Does the water have to be a certain temperature? I've tried to do this for about 5 months and it seems to have stopped growing and the root is just this really long healthy looking one. The water in my jar does get really cold even on my windowsill. Any advice?
Hey Abe..temperature matters HUGE! These guys are tropical. They will stop growing if it gets too cold. I strive to maintain temps above 80F at all times while the plants are young and just starting out!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms So are they dead once they reach a certain temp? If I put them back in hot water, will they continue growing? So how do I keep the temperature hotter? I live in Pennsylvania and we are just about to start hitting the colder months. I don't have any sort of greenhouse per se. So besides changing the water every few hours, what would you recommend I do?
@@Abejaved The light requirements aren't huge at this age in their life cycle, so I suggest getting it off the cold window sill and moving to the warmest room in the house. If you can put it under a lamp for a few hours a day that could warm it up as well! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms So are my seeds like dead and won't grow anymore, or will they be revived if I put them in warm water again? Can we talk on Insta? I feel that would be better?
Thanks for the nice video. I have few avocado trees grown from seed. The oldest one is two years old . But none started to produce any fruits or flowers. Few articles says that the plant grown from seeds can only be a rootstock. We need to graft to get any fruits.
Did you got fruits from the pants that are grown from seed?
I've only been growing them for about 18 months, so mine aren't fruiting yet. You most certainly don't need grafted stock to produce fruits though. I have family down south that have germinated and grown very productive trees.
As with any fruit tree grown from seed it should produce fruit. However, it will take a while (at least a few years) for the tree to fruit and there's no guarantee of the quality of the fruit, as it will be a new variety genetically different from all other varieties. This isn't a bad thing, all fruit varieties were once grown from seed after all. If the fruit turns out not to be that great or you simply don't want to wait as long you can then graft another variety of the same species on top of your rootstock (even if it's a full size tree). David the Good has a lot of good videos about growing fruit from seed and grafting on top of them.
Idk why, but the paper towel method is the ONLY method that's worked for me. I've tried this way and it did not work for me. At ALL. Luckily the soil I was using was already sitting outside, didn't know it could die from shock.
For people who bite their nails, and can't peel it, use a lighter and lightly char the skin. It'll fall right off. :)
Hey, cool trick Justin, thanks!
I followed your steps and my avocado has sprouted! Granted it took longer than 3 months because our house isn’t that warm...but now I am off to buy a pot to transplant it into! Thanks for your great tips!!
Nobody heats their home to 85 degrees.
Great to hear Jennifer!
For everyone planning to plant an avocado from seed you MUST KNOW:
1/ your avocado must be grafted when it is 1-2years old with a scion from a commercial variety, or else you will get a non commercial variety (usually either tastes bad, doesn t ripen, has small yield, very small fruit size... etc)
2/avocado trees are divided into 2 types (type A and type B) and you MUST have at least 1 tree of each type for the tree to produce fruits. Simply put, one type sets female flowers in the morning and male in the afternoon and the other does the opposite. I am saying that because an avocado tree does not self fertilize, so you need a female and male flower to be open during the same time of the day. for that reason you need to either
a) have 2 trees, 1 of each type (2 trees= 1tree type A +1 tree type B), or
b) have 1 tree grafted with 1 scion of each type (1 tree grafted with= 1 type A scion+ 1 type B scion on the same tree).
That is extra important or else your tree will not set fruits.
Type A includes but is not limited to hass, lamb hass, pinkerton, reed.
Type B includes but is not limited to fuerte, bacon, zutano, ettinger.
Hope this helps and prevents people from planting trees that never set fruits. Happy gardening
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I'm going to grow another one. I had one about 2 years ago but I got sick and it got neglected. It died. Bummer. It was about 6' tall. Love your videos!!! You're so damn smart and easy to understand. I haven't tried fb yet because when I used to go on fb there was so many crappy negative morons that I stopped going on altogether. I'll check it out when my seedlings don't need so much off my time. Soon hopefully. And I make sure I "like " all of your videos. Hope our community garden is working out for you. Thank you for helping me stay happy and sane. Living in America right now is extremely stressful thanks to the criminal we just got out of the Whitehouse! He belongs in the, " Big House " not the Whitehouse!
6 feet tall! That would have been impressive!
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Does this also work for an acorn?
what if I put the seed in upside down for 2 weeks in water? do you think it will still grow.
@@aussiegardendiy7461 Oh yeah, should be fine. These guys are quite tough and in nature they don't necessarily fall in the right orientation every time. Cheers!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks for such a quick response! I have tipped it over now so hopefully, it grows.. This will be the 2nd I've tried. the first one started growing in my worm farm and the stem wrapped around the nut so it died. wish me luck!
@@aussiegardendiy7461 No worries! Has the nut cracked yet? Like the tap root popped out? I have seen them get all twisted like you said....the fix to that sometimes is to plant them on their sides right away.....that way the shoot can just turn 90 degrees and reach for light and same with the root the other way. Orienting right the full way will often kill them unfortunately.
I have a plant I started from a seed about two years ago. It's now about six feet tall.
Amazing Liz! Has it flowered yet?
Do you have avocados
I just started mine. I was eating an avocado 🥑 with dinner and I figured. Why not start an avocado plant.
Ha ha right on Jamal! Best of luck!
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I usually have a small avocado every day; I love them very much!
Right there with you! The best!
I am going to try this today. I hope I'll remember to update you guys!
Make sure you keep it warm. That’s the trick, it has to have warmth to germinate or it won’t happen no matter how long you leave them in water.
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I just popped a seed (no idea that there were special ways in which to face it) in a disused pot and about 2 months later I have about an 8 inch sprout.
Perfect! Easy peasy!
This video was informative! I got my avocado to grow 7 in tall ,transferring it a larger pot but i shocked the plant watering it at the leaves --TOP SIDE and died .
Watering from the bottom sounds right and i will be doing that on my next one.
Also , placing the seed BELOW the soil line was my mistake too .
It never seemed to grow beyond the 7 inches.
I will do as you suggested .
It will go better if u follow all his steps except putting them in water. Just place it in dirt. Note, that most of these will not give u fruit. If you want that you have to insert another avocado breed into it. Forgot what it's called sort of like a graft. Good luck.
all the people here growing avocado trees as if they were going to get avocados as soon as the tree grows... you need from 5 to even 15 years for the tree to start giving you avocados and you will have to water the tree way more than what you expect, the recommended amount is almost 20 to 25 gallons a day, if you want your avocados to be big enough to give you more than a small bowl of wacamole, i have a 30 year old 60 to 65 feet avocado tree, we water it with some water every day but not the recommended amount (note that the recommended amount is not to keep the tree healthy is only for bigger avocados) and it gives us only once a year a lot of this tiny avocados with huge pits that are edible and if we wanted we could water it more so it gave us bigger avocados but while it's really easy to keep a 60 something feet tree in your property, one that gives you fruit is not something you want, depending on where you live (here there is little wild parrots) birds will partially eat almost half the avocados on the tree so the only useful thing you can do is compost those, the others will fall in windy night and you will have to compost those too so the rest that you manage to harvest (better option) or pick unharmed from the ground (usually over ripe and bigger one survive less the fall) are the only ones you will have for eating, you will also need a good space if you want an avocado tree, a tree as big as that is not a pot plant and if you plant it carlesly in your back garden it can cause damages to near infrastructure with it's roots aside from all the other problems that come with a huge fruit tree.
Oh wow thanks
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Its definitely a long process. Once the seed sends out a shoot, it actually grows surprisingly quick, even when the root is still in just water! Heat is the key. Too cold and it will literally take forever!
I live in Norway and i put a couple of seeds in water about three months ago. One of them has opened up and starting to root. My opinion is that if a seed or a plant has to struggle a bit to grow under careful conditions they tend to get stronger roots and can stand a bit colder climates.
@@sathor9721 true.
I acidity put mine in upside down for a week oops😂
Ha ha, did it still sprout Hannah?
Avocado trees grown from seed may take up to 10 years to fruit. Some never flower or set fruit. I have a few avocado trees in my yard, all grown from seed, which have never flowered. Now I'm stuck with trees almost 20 feet tall. What do I do with them? Chop them down? Or go to a nursery, buy a grafted tree, then try to graft scions from that tree?
I went from seed to 6 inches in 3 weeks!? Have I got a super seed!?
LOL, sounds like it James!! Patent that variety!
I was born in Trinidad & Tobago and avocado trees grow in all our backyards...they take a long time to produce fruit...if at all. My dad has a tree that is approx 38yrs old and is SUPER tall and produces avocados like you cannot believe! These are not Haas and are large and smooth. Unfortunately I live in Washington DC now and don't think it would do well outside once transplanted...shame.
Oh man, that would be amazing! I couldn't live in the heat of the tropics....but ohhhh the growing I would do!!!
Do you have a video showing how to create that tropical environment? Is there an affordable way? Not sure if my windowsill would work or not?
Window sill can most definitely work, especially if south facing! The key is temperature and light, with humidity to a lesser degree. You can cover the growing seed with another plastic cup (clear) that is larger and fits over the avacado seed, you could use a lamp nearby to provide both heat and light, and you can even use a small heat mat underneath the jar. Many different cheap or free ways to raise the temperature and light levels for a small indoor project like this one! Happy growing!
You can do it Miranda... It's just that heat. The seed needs that extra heat to crack and send out that tap root. After that, once the seed is established, it can be grown as a normal house plant!
I grew one.😊BUT OTHER SEEDS ARE NOT DOING WELL.Thanks,now I know why.DId not peel outer skin off.
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The best way, I throw my seeds/pits into my composter in any season, a few months later I dig them up.. Usually 90% of the seeds have sprouted.. Slow but simple
Good video but you need to get rid of that horrible gay bath house music in the background.
Hmmm, that might be why my seeds never sprouted .... never peeled off that skin. Yours is the first video to mention that. Will try again!
Hey Barbara, definitely could be! Sometimes they can't crack through it and that skin layer just bakes on and becomes unbreakable. Have to peel away for sure. That and heat, can't stress that enough. Cheers and happy growing!
Every single video I have seen peel the skin of lol
no, that skin has noting to do with it, in warmer weather you can just plant them in the garden too.
@@guynorth3277 if you're worried about warmer weather to plant these guys outside, chances are they aren't an outdoor 365 plant in your region
Well, a little 2 months later and still nothing. 2 of 4 cracked open and I put them in soil. The other 2 just rotted. Then one of the two in soil rotted. The last one did absolutely nothing. No sprout, no roots. That was my 3rd try at growing avocados. Nothing. I don't get it.
What about without the tropical heat thing you have? Is there any other way to make the plant feel like it’s in those conditions? (I’m new to planting trees so preferably something that would be around the house)
Even a sunny window sill can create that kind of heat for free
Thanks!
Hello I just love the way you explain to us. Thanks friends across the world. Thanks much. Lots of love.
Once the roots have spouted and is a decent size you can put it straight into potting mix and will help grow its stem and leaves faster
Definitely. Once it gets established in soil, it really starts to grow that much faster!
How to peel the outer layer of the sees easy like yours? Mine is hard and took awhile
Great video! I was placing the seed upside down and it took longer. This time I will do it the right way. Thanks so much for the demo. Blessings and be safe.
Awesome Crisalida, best of luck! :-)
Awesome and simple. I had everything at home to start this. I'm excited and can't wait to see what happens! Not sure if we'll get the 80-85 degrees here but I am going to try it.
Awesome Sabrina! Do try and get that heat to make sure the seed cracks and sprouts.....after that, its less important. Best of luck!
thanks for the video, I learned A LOT from this video, I DIDN'T GIVE IT ANY WARMTH! I STORED IT IN THE REFRIDGERATOR! I'm going to put it outside which is around 86° now. Thanks!
Right on, best of luck! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thanks!!
@@marcusyong4840 cheers, best of luck!
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yes very imformational video...BUT, was it just me or was his sentences ending with high pitch every single time!!!!!!! no offense to the videos maker
Never any offence taken. :-)
I grew a baby (?) avocado plant from a small pit. Can you tell me how big this plant will be and how much root room it needs? Don’t remember what name of avocado was-came in a bag, not individually.
Usually they'll get to 4 or 5 feet tall and require quite a large pot. Definitely not a small plant.
What’s up with the upspeak?
Do you still take the seed out to replace the water when a root forms, and do you ever stop replacing the water, if so, when?
Once the roots are really going, I try to get the plant into soil ASAP. But if I am changing the water, yes, I grab the plant, take it out, refresh the water, place it back in. 🙂
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Hello, I have an aguacate seed right now, after I saw your video I’m decided to give it a try. I live in Panama and I’m wondering if It would suceed because is very hot right now and is rainy season. Sorry for my English.
Hey Norka, you live in the best possible conditions for it to succeed!!
Your English was great☺️
my seed already stemmed but it's super tall (around 2 feet) but the stem is thin and the leaves are small like the 2 top leaves on the one that you transplanted on a pot. what did i do wrong? :-(
Did you get it into soil yet? Could be a nutrient deficiency.
My apartment normally stays cold and doesn’t have much natural light any suggestions to help keep my plants alive?
South-facing windows are usually your only strategy...
Okay I live in Southwest Florida so it gets a little warmer than 87 degrees um is it still okay After all the process is done to put them outside
Oh yeah Jason,...Avocados are native to Peublo, Mexico....which is hotter than where you are. It'll be fine. :-)
I've done this I'm trying both methods. We'll see what happens I suppose.
Right on Ben...what's the other method?
quick question. wdym by watering from the bottom? looking forward to this!! thank you!
It just means standing the pot in a pool of water to soak up the moisture, rather than blasting them from above with a watering can. At least early on.
The Ripe Tomato Farms thank you 🙏 ❤️ your videos
@@emmag-du5xp thanks so much! Have a great weekend, get growing!
Thank you for your video. It was my first one but not the last.😊
I’m using corn on the cob holders because I don’t have toothpicks 😂
Perfect substitute
why do you have go water this from below? What happens if you water the soil?
I have transferred from the seed in water to a pot as the plant is tall enough and the roots are great. However, a few of the huge leaves are curling up and going dark in colour. What can I do to rectify this?
Hey Roger, that is transplant shock. Baby the plant. Mist the leaves, keep warm but not hot, make sure the soil doesn't dry out, but don't drown it....eventually the roots get used to the soil and plant starts to grow properly. If not, the soil is likely the culprit...pH or something else the plant doesn't like.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms okay thank you for your help! I just sprayed the leaves and supported it underneath and the leaf easily broke off the stem :( it has others sprouting from the top though so fingers crossed!
I put my avocado seed in a glass jar too, but I noticed that since the root is coming out now I can't take out the seed like before because it expanded. Is that a problem? Should I try to take it out and put it in another larger jar?
Hey Sonja..the seed swells...but I found that once the shoot makes an appearance, it actually shrinks back a little!
This was a fad back in the 70’s... I think everyone did this....👍😊
And all the of tree fruit tasted bad
thank you, explained clearly audibly and visually at a nice, friendly pace
Cheers, thanks for that! :-)
I know this is an older video. I have a question about using artificial light. I have a grow light, full spectrum and wondered if putting the seeds (after you prep them ) might make them grow any faster? Or sprout faster in the water.
Hi Brenda, good question. Without leaves though, extra light won't make any difference to the growth or germination rate.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms ok! , Thankyou for responding...and the advice! Much appreciated. Wish me luck! Just trying to grow them as houseplants! Any good soil/fertilizer you recommend? Specifically for Avocados? Thanks for you time. Subbing now 😊
When do I know it's time to transplant to a larger container? TFS 😊
Usually when roots are sticking out of the bottom...
the avocado with toothpick trick couldn't work so i tried putting the avocado seed in a pot with soil first to see if it works
Interesting! What kind of soil, what temperature, and how moist?
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! And thank you for explaining it so easily!
Cheers Maria thanks so much for watching and for the kind words!
will these produce fruit? Or do you have to graft with a tree that is already producing avocados?
Two things. It takes seven to ten years, here in Florida to get fruit from a seed. Plus, until you get flowers you don't know if you have a male or female. They need a pollinator.
@@rkujay Avocados are Monoecious. They have both flowers on the same plant.
No grafting necessary, but you have to manual pollinate once they are mature.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thank you
@@yolandasotolopez no problem!
Good
Thanks Monika.
Thanks so much! I remember doing this as a kid, and wanted to share with my daughter. Kudos!
So cool, I'm glad you could watch and use it as a reference!
It's easy but my avocados grow much slower ( 6-7 weeks the seed start to crack and pop out roots) and no way I will transplant into a soil...it dies immediately and needs more light...if it stays in water avocado do great in 1-3 hours low light conditions
Are you keeping them warm enough?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms yep.I live in Middle East..but my window are North-West
@@gardeningtipswithvicky so you think maybe not enough quality light?
Avocado are a gift from natures so ripe tomatoes farms your the best for give us the special information
Ha ha too kind! Cheers! :-)
No your too kind
@@eeve5437 :-)
Trying it! I hear it would take years for this plant to bear fruit? Is that true?
Couple years at least... Avocados are trees.... They don't grow like tomatoes! :-)
Thanks man that’s really helped👍👍
Cheers Missy, thanks for watching!
I’ve been growing mine for a few weeks and it currently has the root coming out but it’s not to the point where the nut is green yet
Its on its way June...full light and at least 80F temperature.....so close!
Update. How is the plant?
@@chontia1122 It’s actually doing pretty good. I have it planted and it’s about two feet tall!
These days all the fruits are seedless. Wonder how long it’s going to take for them to tamper with Avocado to make it seedless. Thanks for sharing I will be trying this soon
I agree Jammin.... If we're not careful, our ability to grow our own food could be lost. :-(
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Exactly my thoughts. It sadden my heat to know that not even the birds of the air will eat fruits and left droplets for a tree to just grow out in the wild
I had one seedling that I put in soil right away. Now I can see why that was a problem. Warm up the soil.
Yup..even though these guys are from the same area as tomatoes and peppers, they just don't tolerate cool conditions...like at all! Cheers.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Yes...but what do we do with a tropical tree in NJ?
@@cleanvapor indoors sadly....that's the only solution.
Great video but it's "Wak-A-Mole" not "Gwak-A-Mole" ( unless your from the east coast. )
Either way, its delicious!
How do you get the plant to produce avocados? My sister has them in pots and they are large plants but they do not produce avocados
Hey Isabella....you first have to get them large enough to flower. Then, the trick is to get pollen from the male flowers to the female flowers, except that they bloom at different times! :-)
@The Ripe Tomato Farms
I remember reading at some point that it takes 20 years for an avocado tree to start producing fruit. It is essentially the biggest time investment of any fruit/vegetable to grow.
Will it not grow if it get to around 50 degrees at night but up to 97 at day?
I think that's too harsh of a swing in temperatures... The night time should be higher
How often do you fill the thing underneath with water tho? Do you wait until its all drained to do it?
Hey, great question. The avocado when it's in the jar, I replace the water every few days... Once planted, I water good from below ONCE, then sparingly after that. Maybe once a month.
I have a 1/2 acres I know that much can be planted on it grounds ok I am going to start with avocado. Thank you
Best of luck!
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@@patriciadennis6153 yep
I live in orange county NY. Would i be able to do this??
Hey Melanie, likely you'll have to do it indoors. Avocados are quite tropical. I put mine out on my deck (in Canada) from May to September though!
I put mine directly into soil, it took a few weeks to see the 1st shoot. Baby leaves are starting to bud.
For sure....lots of people do, especially in favorable climates. I certainly didn't have that option in February in Canada, lol.
I buy hard avocados from the market. I put them in a brown paper lunch bag, close the bags, leave them on the counter and the avocados are ripe/ready to eat the following day!
Just one day? Brilliant. I'm going to try this ASAP, thanks for sharing! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms My pleasure! You're welcome! The avocados might not be ready the following morning, but by afternoon for sure! I'm talking the small avocados. There's two different sizes/types where I live. One is considerably larger than the other. I like the smaller ones, I haven't tried the larger ones yet. I usually eat two small ones with a spoon and love them cold.
How low should be the water temperature? .... that would not disturb the germination process.
I wouldn't go below 25C. :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I never care about that - just tap water at its regular temperature. When the water temp becomes really important, is when transplanting - as you pointed out in the video - and also later, when watering the plants...basically, the water temp should always be pretty the same as the environment surrounding the plant....................Hope you don`t mind me butting in :-)
I found wet paper towel in a zip lock bag works best.
Interesting, I'll have to try it!
I was told you need to grow at least 3 avo trees as you need 1 male and 1 female tree, otherwise your fruit never matures but just falls off the tree when it is only very small..
Avocados do have both make and female flowers on the same plant (monoecious), however they often present at different times... Necessitating the need for multiple plants.
I’ve grown 8 in the past two months this way!
Right on Manda! Prove the doubters wrong!
we put our avocados in the fridge, do u know if they will still grow once refrigerated? Or do they need to be kept out?
I've tried refrigerated ones last year and they did indeed sprout like the ones just left on the counter! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks for letting me know. One more question, when I was peeling the skin off of the seed, I accidentally made some indents with my fingernail into the pit. Will it still grow with bruises, or should I get a different one?
@@alrighty-o4606 should be fine! I mean, we impale them with the toothpicks to suspend them over water... So a couple of indents should be ok!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms True that, thank you!