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May 21, 2021 2:01 AM
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KevinGrzyb
Freshavocado
JacquesMacrame
Do you know how big avocado trees get?
immabearrawr
Needs more toast
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Almost there! 10 more years and you'll have a fruit!!!
RaoulDukePaulAtreides
FREE SHAVACADO
MPinky
I chucked some avacado pits into my compost pile...I now have an avacado tree growing inside my house after seeing random growth outside.
netutoring
Somebody needs a grafting!:)
wilmaster1
Avocado growing is great. I have two plants of 1 and 2 years old now. About 50% of the pits die amongst me, and most people I've talked to.
PoorSucker
Did you graft them?
earthlingextraordinaire
#2 Do you happen to know the name of the species on the right? I used to have a huge (~25 yr old) one of these, and am looking to replace it
thecortandthecat
Schefflera arboricola.. dwarf umbrella tree!
WilysRobot
Nice! You can sell these, I saw what seemed like a drug deal at a brewery but it was a girl selling a starter avocado tree.
thecortandthecat
A brewery is the EXACT location I would expect a drug deal type plant sale to go down ??
Teabagchampion
What are those succulent leaves in the pot for?
thecortandthecat
I thought the pit was dead so I just started propping my succ leaves on the soil ?
Teabagchampion
Aha okay:)
deliriousstormdrain
The electrical outlet saying, " don't do it, don't jump"
thecortandthecat
? if any of my plants jump off the sink ledge when I’m watering I WILL have a heart attack!!!
neoelder
Do I need to wait 5 months or can I just watch it now? Hehehe
TheGrybo
@OP if you turn Live Photo off, you'll save on storage space and battery life.
TheGrybo
Unless the Libe photo is intentional, in which case how dare you deprive us of the videos.
thecortandthecat
I usually keep it on because I take A LOT of photos of my cat ??⬛
tkochhar
Avocados grown from seed like this rarely fruit. And if they do, it can take 20+ years for the first fruit. Good luck OP.
feetje
My avocado is called “Mexie”. I’m going to transfer her from water to soil this weekend. 1/2
feetje
thecortandthecat
Wow!!!! Great work! Funny how it’s growing out of the side like that ?
feetje
Didn’t realize that was weird until just now! Nice addition to my weird plant family :) :)
GravitySmellsLikeCheese
Is it October already?
kallewille
I've had the best luck just throwing an old, rotting avocado in, skin and all. If you put it outside, make sure you bury it deep enough to
PoorSucker
My tree in northeast Thailand gave fruit after five years, bought grafted plant at the local market.
iwillhavethelastlaugh
Now wait another couple of years till you get your first avocado
Oldiewankenobie1
If it start saying feed me throw it out.
ovmi
I've never seen an electrical outlet so damn close to a water source.
thecortandthecat
I think my house was built in the 50s….
thecortandthecat
the most recent pic is from today, 5/20 ?
YouTubeRed
Have water below the pot that the roots can grow into and have a constant supply and it will grow like crazy
Phake
If you have any questions im a horticulturalist pm me!
AzothTheGuildRat
I think its ready for a larger pot
thecortandthecat
I was just thinking that when I watered it today!
Heretik408
Not that I wanna disappoint you but... https://youtu.be/yWAR_DotvZs
holyflea
crab avocado tree
iPez
is it because the fruit is a mendelian hybrid?
Cattrina
Yes :)
iPez
:D
Cattrina
That was my exact thought!
swarmymarmot
That was informative and interesting, thanks for sharing
Heretik408
I just watched it today and it blew my mind. If your gonna use what you grow as the base for a graft, then you should be ok.
thecortandthecat
Thank you! I honestly don’t know what my goal is, but it’s fun to see it grow ?
sdfsfsfsgs
Graft it! Or play the lotto and love your likely gross avocado tree anyway.
OverMyDadBody
All avocado boyos are good boyos
ChemicalG
When you learn that avocados dont grow true to seed, I hope you manage delicious avocados though
thecortandthecat
It’s all about the journey! I’m having fun watching it grow from pit. I don’t care if I never get fruit ?
ChemicalG
Yea it is fun and nice to watch, I just find it interesting that its a bit of a gamble to find out what kind of fruit you manage to grow
ligmabolz
Grows a pumpkin
tirohtar
But rely, have you thought of maybe grafting branches from tasty avocado varieties? I know it's risky, but i would want fruit I can eat...
thevortexmaster
Damnit. I'm on attempt seed number 4. They just won't germinate for me
WhatABunchOfBastards
Just put it in the ground. I've grown a few and they keep coming in the compost.
thevortexmaster
I'm in Canada. Not sure it's warm enough
WhatABunchOfBastards
A pot in the house is fine too. That's how I grew mine which is ~16years old now.
thevortexmaster
Cool!
iusedtodream
Now sit back and wait twenty years for that first fruit.
squintish
To get edible fruit you need to graft on a fruit bearing stem.
ObscureReferencing
Don't they need to be pollinated (Which is why growers employ bee cultures making the fruit not vegan?)
TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube
Which unfortunately is unlikely to actually taste good, because avocados do not grow true to seed.
AdrianMole
I read somewhere that if you grow one like this, it never bears fruit. Don't know how this is possible.
Warchild1987
Avocado trees require grafting to bare fruit that is edible. Same thing goes for apples.
vqrus69
A wise man plants a tree knowing he wont live long enough to rest in its shade. (Paraphrase).
Shitposting2017
Jesus how much is it for an avocado?
fijianladki68
It’s been 15 yrs, still waiting...????
thecortandthecat
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Nuclearwaste9
Dang. :(
mxmarko
Unless it’s grafted even if it does bear fruit it will most likely not be edible. Avocados are like apples. Grafted trees are supposed to
mxmarko
Produce fruit within 3-4 years, if not then it may be too cold where you live.
mxmarko
And by not edible I mean not taste good, it will most likely be safe to eat it’ll just taste like crap.
fijianladki68
Live in Qld, Oz, tree is fine, not grafted, just bloody waiting,had flowers last summer, so here’s hoping??????♀️
mxmarko
Good luck man, I think it’s like 1 in 10,000 ungrafted trees produce good fruit
vritramon
How often did you change the water? Is it regular tap water? I tried this a few times but the seed just rotted. Tips?
aSparkleVillain
Mine only likes distilled water the tap water has too much salt content
schlami
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CocoWiwi
Strip the brown outer layer away, the acid inside of it hinders the growth
BartanicGarden
For me, placing them on top of moist soil worked best. Needs around two months to root. Got four plants from four seeds this way.
BartanicGarden
The toothpick water technique on the other hand had only a 30% success rate.
shimmerkitten
I changed the water every day - tip it out and refill with fresh tap water
thecortandthecat
I did the pick/jar method for a few. I’ve got a few in a plastic bag in my cabinet now. There are a few ways to start them. (Contd)
thecortandthecat
The first pic has worked best for me. I’ve got 2 now that are successful from toothpicks/jar/water. One from a south window, one in an east!
flyjedi04
Start a bunch. In my experience only about 25 percent successfully root and become a tree.
ReleaseTheBeeees
Don't you have to wait years for them to mature and find out if they're going to bear fruit too?
flyjedi04
Yes. Mature trees are at least 10 years old before they will fruit.
imgurth
Someone told me that the ones from the supermarket are less successful, maybe sterile? Better to get then from a market type place
feryooday
Agreed. the ones from my parents’ tree did great. made it 3+ years but I think it succumbed to the cold (even inside. Montana is rough)
thecortandthecat
Yes! Just regular old city tap water! And honestly whenever I noticed the water get gross… once every 10ish days?
ligmabolz
How long did it take fof the first root to sprout
thecortandthecat
First tiny root in a month! I could tell things were happening bc the pit split open. Secondary roots at 3 months
MothMonsterMan
I hope you are not in Flint.
GoIIum
Damn.
imzurchian
I think you're supposed to cut the top third off after the first year. It hurts but helps it branch out 1/2
mytruepersonality
They did that with my yuzu trees before i got them.
Crazypants1
I did that and my tree just grew a new branch next to the cut and continued to grow straight up but now with a little kink ?
VikingZoidberg
A little kink is just nice though ;)
Crazypants1
I am just now realizing what I wrote ?
Ashpond
Straight with a little kink, aye that's me!
thebruce32
Any tips on fertilizer? Mines about 2 years old now and looks similar to these photos.
imzurchian
I use a little compost from our bin but you might want to ask a neighbor for a cup to top it off if you don't have your own
imzurchian
Mines a few years old and it's three feet tall and about four feet wide. The leaves on mine
imzurchian
Get brown tips in the early spring. It's in a big pot now. I'm not quite sure what to do with it next
DownVoteVerifier
Take cuttings and breed an avocado army! It's the logical next step!
thebruce32
Profit.
FoxMitchell
Depends on your objective.
IWasGoingToMakeEspresso
I did that to mine and then it died :(
feryooday
Yeah it never worked for me
PandAnomoly
Funny to think it would obviously kill it, funnier still when someone confirms it does exactly what you thought it would do. My Condolences.
Cookie0fPower
Well, I hope it gets a chance to produce fruit (a good tasting one). Sadly, avocados aren’t true to seed. Nice job though! Yay plants!!
fastjack
Yes, not true to seed. The odds that a tasty avocado plant will be grown from a seed is about one in 10,000
AdrianMole
Then how do avocado trees not become extinct?
Cookie0fPower
They reproduce with seeds like many other plants. OP’s plant will grow and produce an avocado but it won’t taste like the parent’s fruit.
Cookie0fPower
Just like how you aren’t an exact copy of your mom or dad, the fruit of an avocado isn’t an exact copy of it’s parent.
Cookie0fPower
Thus resulting in a different tasting fruit. It’s likely the fruit won’t taste great but it’ll produce fruit nonetheless.
feryooday
What does one do then? graft?
Cookie0fPower
Correct. To replicate the avocados we see in grocery stores, these plants must be grafted. Otherwise there would be no consistency.
feryooday
but consistency aside, do they need to be grafted to produce at all?
fastjack
They still produce when grown from a seed, it just tastes awful. Like if you pick 2 random ingredients in your kitchen