On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:06:04 GMT, "Bryan" wrote:

Many years ago when I was a kid I sprouted a avocado pit(seed) using the
toothpick in the sides and immersed in water. It was so long ago i can't
remmeber how long the plant lasted.

Anybody ever achieved growing a avocado into a small tree?. Will the seeds
actually still sprout ?. Most of the fruit in stores nowadays is so far from
ripe that I wonder if the seed is developed enough to sprout.

Small tree? SMALL tree? I did the avocado avec toothpick gig years
ago, and casually stuck the resulting plant int the ground, not paying
much attention where. It grew into a huge tree, which bore
erratically; some years tons, some years just enough to satisfy the
(&&^^$$()_^ squirrels, who chewed on the avocados which then
fell to the ground and never got ripe.

Dunno about today's avocados. Presumably if you buy really
organic ones, you'd have better luck...?

Try it; it couldn't hurt.

Persephone