Hi everyone. I just realized this forum was here. I have two young children and an infant. I have been gardening for years and hope to pass on the obsession :o on to my kids.

I am so glad to read this post as we "did" an avacado pit. My wonderful 5yo son awoke and went downstairs on his own one day and decided to pot the seed. We had made a plan the day before on how we would do this. Unfortunately as he put it in the dirt the 1.5" root broke and fell to the floor. He put it in the dirt anyway. We will keep our eye on it but I expect it won't take. We will do another according to these detailed directions. Thank you so much for posting them. We look forward to success.

joanne

When I was a kid, we planted avocado pits indoors. They will grow with the most minimal sunlight and in pots that look too small for the tree. All we ever did was stick the pit, point up, under 3-4 inches of ordinary potting soil, and they *never* failed to grow into whopping big plants, usually 4-6 feet tall by age two years. They didn't mind being pinched back into whatever shape and size was desired, either.

One year I tried planting one outdoors, in October.. in Montana! It came up the following spring and was 3 feet tall by midsummer, but completely died at the first hard frost.

Well, we had lemons from seed that grew outside (never got more than 6 inches tall, but they survived Montana winters) so I thought I'd try it.. heck, I was 12 or so :)

Getting ready to start one indoors in regular potting soil. Hope I have as much luck as Reziac did!

My wife and I live in Chili, NY (sub of Rochester). I guessing 10 - 12 years ago we started an avacado tree for the kids for the fun it. Right now it is about 5 feet tall, it's been that way for 4 - 5 years. We never had any blossoms develop. It seems like it's dying. I'm going to prune it back to see if that might help. I think I will replant it too after reading about salt tolerance. Anyway they do survive.

Hi, we have an indoor avocado plant. It is very health recently we have read on a website that when the tips of your leaves are brown there is too much salt in the soil, therfore you should run water through the plant and let it drain. when we watered it we noticed tiny white bugs comming to the surface and would jump around only when watered, they are the sizee of tiny gnats and white. Hopefully you can help or give advice Thank You.

Hi I have just found this forum. I live in Spain, (Costa Blanca) and I planted an avocado 8 years ago starting by the toothpick method,it is now about 30 ft tall and covered in flower for the first time. We have had a lot of wind for the last two weeks and my question is: is it normal for the tree to loose a lot of flower or is it just the wind damage? Hope someone can help,..thanks,..sam

Just a note. My best friend Janet started an avocado pit in 1972. Today it is ten feet tall, and has many leaves. She's never had an avocado grow on her tree. She takes it outdoors in summer and brings in back inside in late September. I am starting a pit today. I made a delicious tomato, avocado amd cucumber salad. It will be nice if the seed grows as well as Janet's has.

I have successfully planted from seed indoors in SC. I want to transfer outside. About half of the seed is currently exposed and I don't know if I should leave it exposed when I plant outside or cover the seed. I worry about it because the trun
k is small and it is top heavy.
Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks

I just followed your directions for starting a Hass advocado in water. I would appreciate if you could give some basic information on what I should be prepared for. It is pretty buggy here in Fl, and I would prefer using natural substances to discourage bugs. Can you help me please. Thank you for your interest.