How to Grow Avocado

Instructions.
Things You'll Need:


•avocado seed

•glass

•toothpicks

•water

•sunlight

Step 1Remove an avocado seed from an avocado and wash off the remaining avocado fruit using room temperature water.

Step 2Fill a water glass with room temperature water until the water comes to within an inch of the rim of the glass.

Step 3Hold the avocado with the pointy side up and poke four toothpicks into the middle of the avocado. Space the toothpicks out evenly around the center of the avocado seed. Insert each toothpick approximately ¼ to ½ inch into the avocado seed. When you look down at the avocado seed, it should resemble a plus sign, with a toothpicks sticking out in four directions.

Step 4Place the avocado seed wide side down, and pointy side up, into the water glass. The toothpicks should rest on the rim of the glass, so just the bottom of the avocado seed is submerged in water.

Step 5Place the avocado seed on a window sill in direct light indoors. Change the water every couple weeks and do not let it become murky or stagnant.

Step 6Watch your avocado seed grow into a tree. The roots should sprout within two to five weeks. Don't be alarmed when the avocado seed splits, as that this is normal.

Step 7Transplant your avocado tree into soil when it is several inches tall and has leaves. Avocado trees take over a decade before they grow avocados, and indoor plants may never grow flower or grow ripe fruit. However, it is fun to watch avocado trees grow from seed and they make a nice indoors plant.