It takes 21-50+ days to form roots (changer water daily) & reamber pointed end down

Umm. Rounded end down! And barely touching the water.

It's spelled 'avocado' and it comes from the Nahautl (indigenous Mexican Indian tribe) word for 'testicle'.

well thanks for that but that wont help me grow it, lol.

OR....you can forget the water stuff and poke it into a small container filled with some good potting medium! Again....pointy end UP, rounded end down! LOL!! Let the 'nose' show above the soil line, keep moist but not soggy. Place in a warm location.

One of the secrets of rooting avocado, I think, is to allow the fruit (botanically a berry) to ripen so much that the only thing you can use it for is guacamole! Place it in darkish area of the kitchen and try to forget about it until it feels absolutely mushy to a slight squeeze. When you remove the seed from the flesh, it may have already started to crack, a sure sign that you will have much better luck this time.

best_botanist; I think you should note the advice of george and rhizo: change the water daily and watch your water temperature.There was a popular book published a few decades ago pertaining to growing avocados from seed which I think is a good introduction... I'll take a trip to a local used bookstore where I recently found it (hopefully it hasn't been sold...) and relay the author back to you...I also recall from reading the book: pinching off @ 2/3 the growth(leaving 1/3d the growth) at the appropriate time...

best-botanist-
growing up, I always remember mom trying to start avocado seeds in the kitchen window. Never worked.

In the spring, plant one in some potting soil, (try two in two pots) and put it somewhere where you will remember to water it. I just keep mine by the outside faucet. By mid summer, they should germinate for you. No fuss, no muss. I've never failed with this method.

last summer, i bought an avocado tree with 30+ avocadoes already on it. i let the fruit fall off the tree because they got sunburned with our 120 degree summer last year. Last week, i noticed small avocado trees popping up around the mama i bought last year! im expecting around 30 since it was the number of avocadoes on the tree.

About getting the seeds to germinate in water, ive done that and its taken a long time. so my advise is to put the seeds in the ground early spring and you'll get them to germinate better. I did this with some loquat seeds and with some annona squamosa seeds and i got better germination rates than with the seeds i put in potting soil.

best of luck

jd

Pickwick...the book you are referring to is 'After Dinner Gardener' by Richard Langer.

Guess I was lucky... I've rooted the avacodo seed..it's been so long ago I'm not sure how I did it, although I think I just did mine in potting soil. I would've thought that water would've just rotted it. Anyway, I have had this in a 10" pot for about 2 or 3 years.. it is now about 3' tall, but all the leaves are at the top.. looks a little weird, but healthy looking leaves. Are they supposed to be this way?