Comments on: How to Grow an Avocado Tree from an Avocado Pit http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/09/09/how-to-grow-an-avocado-tree-from-an-avocado-pit/ A visual guide to food and cooking. Tasty, fresh content. Every day. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:38:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: mari http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/09/09/how-to-grow-an-avocado-tree-from-an-avocado-pit/#comment-16746 mari Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:08:40 +0000 http://www.thehungrymouse.com/?p=7601#comment-16746 My daughter and I started 3 seedlings and after they sprouted, etc. and she had gone back to school for the fall, they finally got large enough to plant. So, I planted them all in ONE pot hoping to eventually 'braid' them like you see ficus trees done sometimes. But, I haven't really done that, but they are all 3 thriving!! We live in KY so the winters here are probably too hard (most years) to have a tree outside but I am hoping to get my deck covered in about a year and by then, I'm hoping my 'triple tree' will be large enough to roll out there for the summer and then back in, in the winter. I am going to try to keep it pruned and hope that the 3 of them will bush out and be a beautiful 'homegrown' tree!! I have a terrible green thumb and when she wanted to do this, I just saw another recipe for disaster. But, between that and the Poinsettia that my son's girlfriend gave me several years ago (and the orchid she gave me last spring!) I have actually now had 3 successes in a row!! Well, the Orchid and Poinsettia made me hopeful for the Avocado!! I can post pictures of it too. Just don't 'blog' so I don't have a site to do that. My daughter and I started 3 seedlings and after they sprouted, etc. and she had gone back to school for the fall, they finally got large enough to plant. So, I planted them all in ONE pot hoping to eventually ‘braid’ them like you see ficus trees done sometimes. But, I haven’t really done that, but they are all 3 thriving!! We live in KY so the winters here are probably too hard (most years) to have a tree outside but I am hoping to get my deck covered in about a year and by then, I’m hoping my ‘triple tree’ will be large enough to roll out there for the summer and then back in, in the winter. I am going to try to keep it pruned and hope that the 3 of them will bush out and be a beautiful ‘homegrown’ tree!! I have a terrible green thumb and when she wanted to do this, I just saw another recipe for disaster. But, between that and the Poinsettia that my son’s girlfriend gave me several years ago (and the orchid she gave me last spring!) I have actually now had 3 successes in a row!! Well, the Orchid and Poinsettia made me hopeful for the Avocado!!

I can post pictures of it too. Just don’t ‘blog’ so I don’t have a site to do that.

]]> By: helen http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/09/09/how-to-grow-an-avocado-tree-from-an-avocado-pit/#comment-16664 helen Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:52:21 +0000 http://www.thehungrymouse.com/?p=7601#comment-16664 I was doing this all wrong for years!!! So excited to do it the right way with my little girls!! It gonna be fun :) I was doing this all wrong for years!!! So excited to do it the right way with my little girls!! It gonna be fun :)

]]> By: Sharon http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/09/09/how-to-grow-an-avocado-tree-from-an-avocado-pit/#comment-16612 Sharon Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:41:01 +0000 http://www.thehungrymouse.com/?p=7601#comment-16612 I left my pit sitting out for a few days and the outer skin peeled off. Is that OK or does the skin protect it in some way? I left my pit sitting out for a few days and the outer skin peeled off. Is that OK or does the skin protect it in some way?

]]> By: Xtine http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/09/09/how-to-grow-an-avocado-tree-from-an-avocado-pit/#comment-15616 Xtine Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:52:24 +0000 http://www.thehungrymouse.com/?p=7601#comment-15616 Any ways so is it normal that the pit dries out?? Any ways so is it normal that the pit dries out??

]]> By: Xtine http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/09/09/how-to-grow-an-avocado-tree-from-an-avocado-pit/#comment-15615 Xtine Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:49:17 +0000 http://www.thehungrymouse.com/?p=7601#comment-15615 We had an avocado plant living on water for over a year, a few months ago we put it on dirt, noticed that the pit started to dry out but the tree hasn't drop any leafs and them remain healthy looking and as big as 81/2 inches!!. I could send you pictures too! cheers!! We had an avocado plant living on water for over a year, a few months ago we put it on dirt, noticed that the pit started to dry out but the tree hasn’t drop any leafs and them remain healthy looking and as big as 81/2 inches!!. I could send you pictures too! cheers!!

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