Vegetable Gardening : How to Grow Avocado Trees From Seeds

To grow an avocado tree from a seed, stab the seed with tooth picks, put it in a glass of water and plant the roots system that grows in six weeks. Learn about growing avocado trees with help from an expert gardener in this free video on vegetable gardening.

Expert: Jene Van Butsel
Contact: www.tropicalfruit.com/
Bio: Jene Van Butsel is an expert gardener specializing in growing plants and tropical fruit trees since 1987.
Filmmaker: Leonora Fishbein

Series Description: A vegetable garden can bring an array of fresh vegetables to your home, from avocados and squash to butter and soy beans. Learn to grow vegetables with help from an expert gardener in this free video series on vegetable gardening.

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[MegaHeSaidSheSaid]

It's easier to but the tree since it takes 15 years for the tree to grow avocados

[dispecibleme]

@alphonzawill she grow it duh

[alphonzawill]

That's a huge avocado!!! Where did you get that one from?

[elidania84]

are u supposed to let it sprout first before u put it in the water

[filetransferSAW]

i've tried growing one before using the water in the glass method, but it didn't even sprout. i have bad luck with plants. ha

[filetransferSAW]

question. i just got 3 seeds from avocados that my mom bought a while ago. they were left in the refrigerator for a while so they were spoiled by the time i took the seeds out. will this effect whether or not they grow? i started 1 out in a cup of water w/ the toothpick thing a couple days ago and there's some kind of gunk that is forming on the seed and toothpick and the water became a brown/reddish color overnight. is this normal? the other one i just put in soil just to see how it turns out.

[SuperChickenBurgers]

next ehowgraden video. how to tell fruits from vegetables.. nice one ehow -_-

[OriginalMangereBoy71]

Thats a masive one!!

[awesomelyhumble]

I tried this with a store bought organic avocado as well as an avocado from a friends tree. After 3 months, nothing happened at all. What did I do wrong? I water it so the bottom half is submerged (I'm using bottled water, should I use tap?), and I used wooden toothpicks. Please advise.

[earstretcher13]

@Delmus1978 You Should Pluck the Top Leaves Every 6 Inches It Promotes Its Growing Side Shoots And Becoming Taller