Re: Avocados...

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• Subject: Re: Avocados...
• From: L* A* M* <l*@mailserv.fhcs.ednet.ns.ca>
• Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 07:53:17 -0400
• Comments: EDnet - Nova Scotia's Regional Education Network
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>This may sound silly (certainly feels silly) but  I need to know -- as a
>kid we often started avocados from split pits by putting toothpicks in them
>and suspending them in water.  Now I ahve a pit I want to start and I want
>to know if I can just bury it in potting soil rather than putting it in
>water until it has roots and shoots.  If so, what are the recommended
>conditions?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Nan
Regarding the avocados. . .
I have quite often just put a cluster of pits just under the soil in a pot
and kept them reasonably moist. I have found that snipping the shoots when
they are just 15 to 20 cm produces much more interisting foliage. I doubt
that I could ever have avocados produce indoors, they certainly won't stand
the winters outdoors!

Lloyd McLean
Nova Scotia, Canada
Zone 5

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