Picture one does not look like an avocado seedling? Usually the seedling is woody and grows from the center of the seed.

The plants is the second picture lower left and upper right do look like lemon seedlings. The plant is the second from the left on the top is not citrus.

Taz, email me... I have a small mango and a key lime seedling you could have for a sase if you want it. You could probably keep both in a sunny window as a houseplant for the winter and put them back outside next spring.

Hmm...Darn on the avocado! Oh well. All I know is I told my friend to give me the pits,(3 of em). I chipped the "skin" off the pit out of boredom (later reading I was supposed to do that). Threw all 3 into that pot a few months ago (around March/April. I would think if it were weeds, the pot would be overrun in that time frame? I think I'll keep it in there a little longer and when it gets bigger I'll take another pic. The stem of it is quite sturdy tho.

Yay! One of my experiments worked at least! Hopefully more will lemons will germinate soon.

I knew one of the things in the Peach pots wasnt anything. Somehow weeds get into EVERYTHING! grr.

E-mail sent. =)

Taz

Wanna: You may gloat on this. LOL So I decided to give my 2 thought to be avocado seedlings a new home, and decided to dig around in the dirt a little..and what do I find??? ALL 3 OF THE PITS! Which looked like they were splitting open.
Of the 3, I decided on one of them I will split it and put the 2 halves in one pot and see what happens. And the other 2 I just put in seperate pots...guess I'll see what happens.

Yeah I agree, the top photo does not look like avocado seedlings. I don't know what peach seedlings look like so I couldn't help you there.

Hope you haven't already split the avocado pit. Both halves need to be attached to the stem as the shoot comes out.

Ever sprouted a bean? If so, you will have noticed that the first set of primitive "leaves" are actually the 2 halves of the seed itself. They have enough stored energy to supply nutrition to the seedling until it has developed a strong enough root system to support itself. Same thing with avocados (and all dicot seeds, for that matter), even though they may not look very leaf-like. Don't split them, the new plant can't grow without them.

The link shows the usual home method (notice how the seed halves have turned green in order to photosynthesize and provide food and energy for the developing plant). You can skip the toothpick and water thing if you want, and just bury the bottom half of the seed in potting soil, but leave the pointed tip exposed above soil level. You don't need to peel it, the skin will split as the seed starts to swell up.

Here is a link that might be useful: growing an avocado from seed

The one at the top looks like some sort of eggplant. The ones on the ends of the purple bin look like some form of citrus. Peaches & avocadoes will keep the seed attached to their stem  you can trace the stem down to the seed & ID it. I do not see any peach seedlings in your picture.
I never could get an avocado to root with the water method. Try planting some in moist peat. The tip is supposed to be cut & exposed, but I have tons of avacadoes that sprouted from being planted improperly.
Cherries are supposed to be stratified. I usually plant my cherries after eating them, & they came up this spring. I scarified mine.
On the orange seeds, you can peel them & start them in peat. You can also dry & store them  just make sure they are dry or they can mold.

Ahh, thank you. Now that it has stopped raining, I will go fix my errors in the avo's. Hopefully the pots arent TOO muddy. I really should start my experiments much earlier next year. LOL

Half of these experiments are going to get planted right into the ground, so at least I'll be able to tell if they will survive. And the other half..we'll I guess I'll cross that bridge when the time comes. I SO need a greenhouse. LOL

Taz

Photo #1: left side is pigweed or amaranth. right side is smartweed.
Photos #2 &3 corner seedlings look like lemons.
There's all sorts of coolplants you can grow from your grocery store. try: papayas, persimmons, key limes, green peanuts, chayote squash, name (true yams), seasonal fruit like cherimoyas, sugar apples, pomegranates, kiwi (dry on paper towel, plant in pot, water, into zip bag in frige for 3 weeks then out to grow), Lychee (don't dry out), cactus (from mexican section), passionfruit and lots of others!
kevin

Yes, you can grow a lot of fruit trees from seed, but don't expect the fruit to be as good as the one you got the seed from. Growing conditions aside, most good fruits are from named varieties that have been grafted, and won't come true from seed. You might get lucky and get something decent, but it's a crap-shoot. If you want to make sure you'll get good-tasting fruit, find out which variety does best in your area and buy a grafted tree. Not as much fun, I know, but less disappointing.