5/15/07

Avocado Rate of Growth

How fast does an avocado tree grow? Well, this picture indicates how much new growth occurred in just under one month. This young tree started life as a seed from an avocado I bought at the grocery store back in October 2006. Instead of throwing out the seed, I shoved some toothpicks in it and watched it sprout. I pinched the top quarter inch off the top about a month and a half ago and within two weeks it sprouted two little nubs (shown in the upper right of the second picture). Less than one month later, the two nubs grew into two long stalks that are now about 12 inches each!
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15 comments:

  1. Yours are growing a lot quicker than mine, our weather has cooled and light levels are low...hopefully once the sun finds us again mine will take off.
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  2. Im also looking to grow an avocado tree as part of a project for my avocado blog. Feel free to come drop a comment sometime.
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  3. I have an avocado sprout and need to know how to "pinch" it -
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  4. I have an avocado tree. I started it differently from the pit. I used a plastic sandwich bag with a little bit of water and lots of sun, like one would do in a school experiment. The experiment worked. My tree is now nearly two feet tall and sprouting more everyday. My tree gets a lot of light, but not a lot of sun as it was burning in the direct sunlight. I almost lost the plant altogether until I moved it. Since I moved it, its been growing like gang busters. I'm hoping by this time next year I'll have fruit.
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  5. don't count on it giving fruit so fast..apparently that takes about 8 to 20 years before it'll start giving fruit when you grow it from seed.
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  6. my comment didnt post dammit and i wrote a lot shit. this is a test try.
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  7. ok it worked now. I live in seattle and i am growing about 8 seeds now for the past couple weeks. Im so excited to see that many other people are into growing these awesome things. I have tried speeding up the process by putting them into a plastic baggie witha llil warm awter and paper towel and next to heater for 24 hours plus. IT SEEMS TO SPEED UP something. they begin to do that cracking thing/ even more also peel a bit. the only thing is since i live in seattle i dont know what to do about light... ??? is fake light ok? i know not to directly place light on them, but they are currently in my windowsill and every day i change the water with really really warm water and it gives them alot of fresh oxygen which i read they need. so any comments to me? you can also talk to me and see pics at jigsawgirl911@live.com on windows live messenger or miravalentina on aol it mite be miravalentina214 i forget right now for some reason. anyways hope to hear from someone soon. thanks
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  8. I think I am growing an avocado tree but not sure. I tried growing one from a seed in a pot and it worked but it seemed to die when it was about 12-14 inches high. I just dumped the pot dirt, seed, and all in the yard but now where I dumped it is a pretty large tree. Taller than I am. So far the bark and leaves look like an avocado.

    If it takes 8 years minimum to get fruit though we will have moved by then. =( Maybe I can take it with us. I hope so.

    - Heidi
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  9. I have four here in New England. Its been three weeks andthey've been inside. Two kept near my cable modem (for a little heat) and two kept by the window. The cable modem avocados are cracked already and beginning to show life. The others are only soaking up a little water and getting bigger. A little heat and water is the key. I also used the toothpick tactic on all of them.
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  10. I'm updating my previous post. You need heat for these Avocados to sprout. My avocado is now two feet tall. It grew over a foot in 2 weeks because I switched it over to a custom hydroponic setup. Look into hydroponics and get a "Single plant hydroponic setup" for your avocado. I'm going to try and sell the hydroponic contraption I made so I can feel like a entrepreneourial genious. If I follow through with the idea, I'll post it here...
    But anyways its growing fast and its over two feet tall since I used the toothpicks and my cable modem. That was only 3 months ago! Not bad for a tropical tree in New England!
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  11. 13 leaves and 4 feet tall now.
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  12. Does it need to be pinched or does that just make it look prettier?
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  13. Hi, I live in Austin, TX. Planted my avocado seeds from avocados from the store bought fruits just like someone else here. Except I put the whole pits (without doing anything to them at all) straight into soil and pots and it took a long long time for any action to occur, but now, about 5 months later I have two beautiful little trees over a foot each (one is a single stalk and the other turned out to be a double stalk), which sort of seems a bit short compared to some of y'alls. Hopefully they will be bushier and fuller in their later life. I use dillo dirt (armadillo poop dirt), dillo compost, and vermiculite (instead of perlite), and water everyday unless it rains (which it has been raining A LOT recently). The 2 year drought is over! Woohoo! So, i suppose my question is... what time of the year and at what stage in growth shall i put these lovely babies in the ground and also, how deep of a hole should I dig for something like an avocado tree? email me if you'd like to trade tips @ tnt.dynomyte@gmail.com
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  14. Cool! I went ahead and pinched my plant after reading your posts and seeing your pics. Thanks for the updates :) check out my plant http://apartmentfarmer.wordpress.com/ only five months old :)
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  15. Hi! I just planted my avocado sprout in water and I just read that it takes 8-20 yrs for fruit to grow! Is there anyway to speed this up??
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