They won’t last the winter in your climate. I get a lot of avocados coming up in my garden but the oldest they've ever got is three years before we get a cold snap in the winter that finishes them off.

We've also had a few pits popping open and growing in the pile or in the ground later. Too bad they can't handle our local climate as they seem very easy to grow.

Thanks for that info Dan! I'm looking into it. Interesting!

If you find any reputable studies about the health benefits of avocado leaf tea, please forward them here. The rampant enthusiasm I find is only from sellers and herbal afficionados. I believe that the stuff reduces the effectiveness of wafarin. So if you're taking wafarin to avoid blood clotting, this stuff is bad. My understanding from the medical literature is that NOTHING dissolves kidney stones. If this stuff really did that, it would be a medical triumph. For that matter, it's not at all clear that this tea even tastes good.

Thanks dan. I'm with you on this. Whether it's wild berries, wild leaves, wild mushrooms, etc. I'm ultra cautious. My self preservation instinct kicks in. :)

I googled "webmd" AND "avocado leaves". Webmd is a site I trust. But even though they discuss eating avocados they apparently don't discus consuming the leaves. But my take on this is that if the leaves are "safe" to eat and you're growing your own leaves then what do you have to lose, They're safe and free.

The recommendation is to drink the tea for 7 to 10 days, I know folks who have repeated problems with kidney stones. They'd have to grow the plants before they develop the problem. Might be a wise decision.

I understand there's a handout that nephrologist doctors who treat kidneys discus the tea and are concerned with it if it's too strong.

Good points. It is true that avocado is a low-oxalate fruit, which helps one avoid kidney stones. There is at least one medical reference that says that avocado leaves can prevent crystallization of calcium oxalate, which is what most kidney stones are made of. But I have yet to find any reference that validates the claim that avocado leaves actually dissolve existing stones. I think I saw some semi-medical research reference that said that avocado leaf tea was ALLEGED to have benefits, but that's just reporting and not research. Joe's Avocado Leaf Shop can allege just about anything.