Itoero Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Are there people that grow avocado trees? With harvest? Here in Belgium it's to cold in the winter but I'm emerging some seeds and I'm going to grow them outside in summer and inside in winter. I'm using the toothpick method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 14 minutes ago, Itoero said: Are there people that grow avocado trees? With harvest? Here in Belgium it's to cold in the winter but I'm emerging some seeds and I'm going to grow them outside in summer and inside in winter. I'm using the toothpick method. Lost in translation. By 'emerging' , do you mean submerging seeds (in the water) or germinating them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Itoero said: Here in Belgium it's to cold in the winter but I'm emerging some seeds and I'm going to grow them outside in summer and inside in winter. You might want to check how large the tree gets before it fruits ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itoero Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 1 hour ago, StringJunky said: Lost in translation. By 'emerging' , do you mean submerging seeds (in the water) or germinating them? Oeps yes, it should be 'germinating'. 18 minutes ago, Strange said: You might want to check how large the tree gets before it fruits ... I'm not growing one for harvest...But there are trees that remain smaller and produce avocado in a couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I have one that is about a foot tall I grew from seed and I just started another one! It takes about three months to really get one going. Mine is still partially in water like your illustration but it has a root and about 30 cm of foliage.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itoero Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 The avocado's are rotting. I put cinnamon on them, it has an antiseptic working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 11 minutes ago, Itoero said: The avocado's are rotting. I put cinnamon on them, it has an antiseptic working. Don't be so quick to assume they are rotting, have you changed the water for new water every day? Mine looked like they were rotting before they began to sprout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itoero Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Moontanman said: Don't be so quick to assume they are rotting, have you changed the water for new water every day? Mine looked like they were rotting before they began to sprout. Ah ok, I'll change the water. I thought of changing the water after a week. Edited January 31, 2018 by Itoero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Externet Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) What you are doing in the first picture... With a scrubbed clean and pointy end up seed of a very ripe fruit, half submerged. Do it in darkness and warm temperature near 30C 4+ weeks until sprouts 30cm high. Like inside a closet. Then transplant to soil. It will not bear fruit unless 4+ years pass... in tropic weather, about 5 metres tall. Left unprotected outside, you will be thanked by the squirrells. Edited February 3, 2018 by Externet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itoero Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 On 3-2-2018 at 9:16 PM, Externet said: What you are doing in the first picture... With a scrubbed clean and pointy end up seed of a very ripe fruit, half submerged. Do it in darkness and warm temperature near 30C 4+ weeks until sprouts 30cm high. Like inside a closet. Then transplant to soil. It will not bear fruit unless 4+ years pass... in tropic weather, about 5 metres tall. Left unprotected outside, you will be thanked by the squirrells. That's a big problem...there are no squirrels in my garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Itoero said: That's a big problem...there are no squirrels in my garden. I can arrange that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itoero Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 On 6-2-2018 at 10:23 PM, StringJunky said: I can arrange that... Are they red or gray squirrels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Itoero said: Are they red or gray squirrels? I was kidding. Grey squirrels are a menace and quite destructive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itoero Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 ok I was just wondering... I've heard there are forests (in Belgium) where they reduce the number of gray squirrels to save the red squirrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Itoero said: ok I was just wondering... I've heard there are forests (in Belgium) where they reduce the number of gray squirrels to save the red squirrels. A similar situation here. Greys are aliens from the US and they displace the reds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider5678 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) 58 minutes ago, StringJunky said: A similar situation here. Greys are aliens from the US and they displace the reds. Funny. I always assumed the redskin squirrels would be from the United States.... I never even knew they were an invasive species either way, so yeah. Learn something new everyday. Edited February 8, 2018 by Raider5678 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itoero Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 On 8-2-2018 at 9:45 PM, Raider5678 said: always assumed the redskin squirrels would be from the United States.... racist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I was changing the water on my avocado seedlings and i realised I might be doing something you are not that i didn't mention. I grow Riccia fluitans in all my jars, The stuff has pretty much taken over any standing water that doesn't have azzola in it, azzola is even more aggressive but both fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and the tree roots seem to be tangled up in the Riccia... Maybe? Maybe not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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