Your avocado pit should have been started directly in a small container in the first place.....without the toothpicks!

I'm not sure what that white stuff is. Is it growing from/on the seed or can it be wiped away? If the former, I'd toss it.

Next time, insert a ripe pit halfway into a coarse textured potting mix and keep it relatively moist, warm, and in a sunny window.

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keep going ... if it rots.. its rots.. and you find out ...

otherwise .. you learn nothing.. with early disposal ...

ken

thanks ken

I've rooted many with toothpicks in a glass with tap water, but I never saw that white stuff. I have one in ground now and it's about 6' tall. Don't expect fruit for years, and if it happens, don't expect it to be good. We did buy one grafted tree last year and planted it on the same drip system (Avocados love water), but it evidently suffered a freeze prior to our purchase and it didn't make it. This year we will replace it. The seed one is just for fun, but to get good Avos you really need a grafted tree, and prepare to water a lot.

Hey, whats the update?? i started growing avocado seeds and at first i never seen this then lately all my avocados that i started growing recently started having this, i scrape it off and it comes back after a few days, i believe it is the water source and it is a form of fungus, because my other plants started having the same thing that i rooted in water ... where are you located i am in new jersey ? , otherwise it dont stop the plant growth at all besides it just being gross and shouldn't be there the plant would be fine.

Put the seed directly in the soil........it's the best way to have a new plant !!! If you let sprout your seed in water it can rot and doesn't have nutrient.

Take another seed, put it in the soil and let the pot in a place with warm temperature

Ok but this is what I have noticed when I grow a avocado in water it grows faster then the one in dirt. Though through luck and chance some have rotted but not all, I have 2 in water which I've grown and still there , one in coconut coir and two I just planted in dirt are all growing. Problem is I'm wondering how long could I keep them in water? It's going beautifully but I know the moment I put in dirt it's going to die back (water growth) and produce dirt growth so i refuse to repot for now . And I've given it a liquid fertilizer so the water is full of nutrients actually and the roots are abundant and healthy ,I'm wondering how long could I actually keep it like that? The longest I readies for a year , but hydroponically I believe I could keep it like that forever and best part I could never over water! My dirt avocados already have leaf brown tip do to sensitivity to salt water , sad to say my avo's grown in water looks more healthy than those grown in dirt? Could be the dirt but I'll stick to water culture for now .

I've had these crystals too, I think its tiny roots that die due to the water getting too cold. When I planted the seed it had a big root (3 inches) with loads of these crystals all over it. About 10 sprouts started and then died (again I think due to the cold weather, you can see them at the base of the sprout in the pic) I was about to call it a day and throw it away, but then the sun started shining! I have what seems to be a healthy 1 inch sprout now. It's taken 6 months to get this far. I live in England, and I started growing this in the windowsill in October.