I've grown an avacado before... it got several feet high before I gave up on it... it really didn't like the dry air in Winnipeg, and kept dropping leaves.

I can't remember if there were any secrets to the process.

Growing mangos from seeds is fun. :) The most fun: growing grapefruit from seed. You get on average two plants per seed. Yes, per *seed*. I even had one seed that sprouted three plants.

Thanks for sharing the avocado cam (or beginnings thereof)! It makes me smile. Good luck with the sprouting.

Naked Avocado seed? Eeek! My eyes! My eyes! No really, I am fascinated with this, can't wait for the cam.

Yay! Bethany!

Ok honey, I am from Texas, and what you do is throw the avocado pit into the gumbo (what Gulf Coast Texans call the strange clay and oyster shell dirt) and leave it alone, with the cockroaches and the lizards, and it will grow. Otherwise, I've never had any luck with more civilized cultivation.
COME TO KNIT NIGHT tonight. My sister will be there!

Hi Sandy,
I know your post was about something totally different than my comment but I thought this might interest you. I was having lots of trouble with my Aran Island Mittens also and I googled them and yours came up. Very lovely cuff btw! I googled PTBL and found a how-to in Vogue Knitting Quick Reference.

It was on page 31. I tried it and the tree part was on the front not on the back. I really love these mittens and was getting really frustrated. IF you haven't finished them try this technique. Good luck.

Jill

I've done the avocado before, they do make nice plants. Have you tried placing them in a window to help get light?
I'm waiting for you to start the potato cam next.......lol

Sandy, If you tire of the avocado planting, buy yourself a pineaple. After you enjoy the sweet goodness, cut the top off and plant it. Cover the pineapple with dirt until only the greenery is showing and you will soon have a pineapple plant.

First: hugs for the sucky things happening.

Second: Rah Rah, avocadah!

Third: "embiggen" is now my new favorite word.

Grow, little avocados, grow!!! :-)

We had an avocado plant once. It was a HUGE plant, and it lived for quite a long time. It wasn't all that attractive, though, if I recall. The leaves were big, but kind of sparse.

I also did the avocado thing before and most the time I was successful, but I didn't know about the warm water. I just had mine always touching it. I guess warm makes it go faster. How long does it take until they grow fruits? I had to give mine away before I moved.

Sorry to hear about the accident. Very scary when tragedy hits so close to home. Glad you are embracing life with your avacado's! You go, girl!

Ang

I have seen very spindly avocado plants and once I saw a beautiful, full one. Apparently pinching off is the key.

When the time comes....

avocados were my grandmother's favorite thing to try to grow. she actually got a tree to about 4 ft tall before it died (she forgot it outside on a cold night, theydon't do well outside in the fall here in nebraskee (yes, i did that on purpose, lol). i've tried several times myself, and got to the 3 inch sprout stage in dirt. i have discovered that my green thumb does not do well indoors. now, if i ever move far enough south to plant one outside, i'm sure i'll get it full grown!

(((Sigh))) I just threw out my third attempt at growing an avocado from seed today after 6 weeks of waiting. I changed the water, made sure that it had lots of sun and it even cracked like it was going to sprout. Alas, still no avocado. I can't tell you how bad I want to grow one of these. I hope someone shares the secret of avocado growing with you so I too can learn it.

Okay. Now I want to grow an avocado.

OK, this is how my husband grew all of the avocado plants we have-eight currently with the largest at about six feet tall. He buried the pits in the dirt area of our patio and waited. They took a while to sprout, but all the plants are beautiful and healthy. We live in Tucson, AZ so maybe the climate helps out a lot. Good Luck!

I feel your pain. ;-) Huge hugs coming your way. And I, for one, am fascinated by your avocado growing.

How did you put them in the water? Pointy end up to the sky with the rounded bottom in the water, yes? Please tell me yes because it matters. And not too much water. He just needs enough to keep his bottom wet. He needs the water, but also needs to be able to breathe. I'll take photos of mine for you so you can see. Then you'll see just how crazy I am. o.0

It's hard to have an empathic nature when the world is falling to hell. Closing oneself off from the world helps in small amounts, but does not work long term. *hugs*

I grew one or two of those in my early days. Don't know what ever happened to the avocado plants, though. Must have lost interest.

WOO-HOO for Bethany's total! That is amazing and wonderful. Aren't we a wonderful thing?

And yes, hard as it is, the bubble wrap must stay off. We just remain optimistic and hope. XOXO

I too have been luckless in the growing an avocado department . . . someone told me that you gotta use an avocado that has not been refrigerated, but I don't know if that's true or not; it could be one of those urban myth thingies (maybe we should get the Mythbusters on it!).

But now? I'm inspired by you to try sprouting the avocado that is currently ripening on my kitchen counter!

Keep waiting! I have a beautiful avocado plant that is 18 inches tall now. My son (the plant expert) scoffed, never having seen the avocado trick. But I waited beyone what is imaginable. It sprouted! It grew beautifully! I knew it would...eventually.

Before long you should see the bottom split. That's a good thing. :) Oh, and the fresh water thing? Ha! I added water when needed, changed it very rarely. No problem.

Hang in there!

You can do it!
(Big Hug)

You're a nut! An AVOCADO nut!!! Ha! (have you seen Best in Show?) I hope it grows for you!