Thursday, February 20, 2020

A Winter-Pleasure: Start Growing Avocado Plants Indoors




Back in the 1970s, when avocados first became popular, a trend emerged for sprouting their seeds, speared with three toothpicks and suspended in a glass of water. 

Enough people were evidently successful with this that if you take a look over the fence into many city gardens, it’s not an unusual sight to see an avocado tree in full fruit.

Eventually outgrowing their living-room homes and relegated to being planted outside, these plants have thrived remarkably well in the protected microclimate cities provide.

How-To
All you need to do is to half bury your seed in a pot of gritty seed compost, pointy end up. Give it a thorough watering, cover the pot with a plastic bag to seal in the warmth and moisture, and then leave it alone.

Kept in a warm place, such as a well-insulated windowsill, you should begin to see signs of germination in two to four weeks. This starts with the seed splitting open, followed by a tiny sprout emerging from the center of the split a few days later. At this point, remove the plastic cover and keep it in a spot with bright, indirect light.

This way you will have a pretty (and evidently super trendy) houseplant for free in a matter of few weeks.

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