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Re: Avocados...

Nan Sterman wrote:
> 
> 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
> Add to what the other list members mentioned you the fact that you can get two seedlings from each avocado pit. Just let it dry in the shadow then split it (you'll note where it can be split). It is a pitty (no pun) that avocados cannot stand winters like yours. Good luck!
Angelo
Brazil
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> Nan Sterman, "gardening addict"
> Olivenhain, California
> Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
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> So goes an old chinese proverb:
>          If you want to be happy for a few hours, get drunk;
>          If you want to be happy for a week-end get married;
>          If you want to be happy for a week, barbeque a pig;
>          If you want to be happy all your life long become a gardener
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