sprouting an avocado seed?
 

Hi Everyone,

I am new here and I was looking up info on avocado seeds. I saw the
thread to this but can't seem to figure out how to reply to it as there
is not reply button. So, here is my question. I did the seed with the
point side up in water with the toothpicks. There is the white thing,
possibly the root, growing out the bottom of it. Isn't it supposed to
grow out of the top of it? Is my seed dyslectic...LOL Should I toss it
and start over or just turn it upside down?

Thanks, Nash

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Hi Everyone,

I am new here and I was looking up info on avocado seeds. I
saw the thread to this but can't seem to figure out how to
reply to it as there is not reply button. So, here is my
question. I did the seed with the point side up in water
with the toothpicks. There is the white thing, possibly the
root, growing out the bottom of it. Isn't it supposed to
grow out of the top of it? Is my seed dyslectic...LOL
Should I toss it and start over or just turn it upside
down?

no, the root is supposed to grow out of the bottom. it's
fairly common to grow a root before growing the stalk &
leaves.
if you want to keep the avocado tree, you may want to put it
in a pot now so you won't be disturbing as much root as you
will if you wait. it can't live in a glass of water very long.
if you just want to see if you can sprout one, well, you did
& the leaves will be along shortly.
lee

Way cool. Thank you for the info.

I posted this last night but never seen it come through.

Nash

Way cool! Thank you for the info.

Nash


enigma wrote:
"Nash" wrote in
oups.com:

Hi Everyone,

I am new here and I was looking up info on avocado seeds. I
saw the thread to this but can't seem to figure out how to
reply to it as there is not reply button. So, here is my
question. I did the seed with the point side up in water
with the toothpicks. There is the white thing, possibly the
root, growing out the bottom of it. Isn't it supposed to
grow out of the top of it? Is my seed dyslectic...LOL
Should I toss it and start over or just turn it upside
down?

no, the root is supposed to grow out of the bottom. it's
fairly common to grow a root before growing the stalk &
leaves.
if you want to keep the avocado tree, you may want to put it
in a pot now so you won't be disturbing as much root as you
will if you wait. it can't live in a glass of water very long.
if you just want to see if you can sprout one, well, you did
& the leaves will be along shortly.
lee

I'm currently trying the same thing... how long did it take for your avocado
pit to strat growing a root?

Jacqui

"Nash" wrote in message
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Hi Everyone,

I am new here and I was looking up info on avocado seeds. I saw the
thread to this but can't seem to figure out how to reply to it as there
is not reply button. So, here is my question. I did the seed with the
point side up in water with the toothpicks. There is the white thing,
possibly the root, growing out the bottom of it. Isn't it supposed to
grow out of the top of it? Is my seed dyslectic...LOL Should I toss it
and start over or just turn it upside down?

Thanks, Nash

Hi Nash,

Here's some info you should find helpful.
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/avocado.html

Newt

I started it about 4 weeks ago. Let me know how yours turns out.

Nash

axemanchris wrote:
I'm currently trying the same thing... how long did it take for your
avocado
pit to strat growing a root?

Jacqui

Thanks :) I am going to try where you put the seed in dirt right off
the bat and see what happens then.

Nash

Newt wrote:
Hi Nash,

Here's some info you should find helpful.
http://tinyurl.com/4zly4

Newt


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