Look Baby Avocado Plant!

[Avocado Bird]

Here is a baby avocado plants that I have been growing in my house in Texas! It is a Hass avocado that was not intended to be grown…..I was not interested in planting any avocados but one day I bought a normal avocado at the store…took out the pit ( seed )…and did something with it ( lost the it )…then about a week later after loosing the pit I found the pit dry, almost cracked and the outer shell of it fell off it was on the hard grown outside….so I bring it to my front patio and ( not meaning for anything to happen ) I put it on top of some dirt that was in a narrow glass pot..I forgot about it ! Then about a month later I spotted some roots in the same pot ! Then about a week later there was a sprout ! I then remembered that I had put a damaged avocado pit in there ! I was crazy ! so with that I took it inside and took care of it. Now it has been bout a year and 2 months ! It’s name is little Avocada : ) … AVOCADO CRAZY !

 

Edited February 27, 2022 by Avocado Bird

[Avocado Bird]

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Edited February 28, 2022 by Avocado Bird

[NOT A TA]

Here they grow as weeds from fallen fruit. I had a large one that made such a huge mess and sooo many seedlings I cut it down. Most of my neighbors have them so no shortage of fruit.

[PalmsandLiszt]

You will need to graft on scionwood if you want edible fruit. Avocados do not grow true to seed, so the chances it will produce Hass (or any palatable) avocados are very small.

[Scott W]

  On 3/2/2022 at 8:40 AM, PalmsandLiszt said:

You will need to graft on scionwood if you want edible fruit. Avocados do not grow true to seed, so the chances it will produce Hass (or any palatable) avocados are very small.

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That's true with most fruit trees due to the high probability of cross pollination for greater yields in commercial production.  Hence the primary reason for growing heirloom fruits and plants, as these typically will always produce true from seed.  Besides, that's how nature has been doing it all along....

With that, it's always fun to grow it and see what the outcome is!

[WaianaeCrider]

  On 3/2/2022 at 8:40 AM, PalmsandLiszt said:

You will need to graft on scionwood if you want edible fruit. Avocados do not grow true to seed, so the chances it will produce Hass (or any palatable) avocados are very small.

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True, but what's funny is in two of the valleys I hike in there are dozens of avocado in each growing wild along old plantation irrigation trails.  I guess they are the result of tossed lunches a hundred years ago.  What' strange is most are pretty good tasting.  We harvest probably 40 lbs each season.  I scoop out the fruit and freeze in just the right amount for guaccamole once a month for the rest of the year.  There are a few trees that are HUGE like 40' tall and at least 1.5 feet diameter at the base.  Then there are all the seedlings that have grown from the original trees.  Right now I have 5 seedlings in the ground from the past two harvests.  I'm more interested in shade for my palms in a few years than I am about the fruit.

This is one of the oldest trees we have found.  We call it Tutu which is Grandparent in Hawaiian.  It has fruit weighting about 2 lbs each and they are GOOD to eat right there.  Sometimes we have so many that we cut them in half and leave the seeds behind to lighten the load for the 3 hr hike back to civilization.

 

[Silas_Sancona]

Good video discussing Avocado from seed,  using Candy..

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=avocadoes+true+to+the+parent+from+seed&t=newext&atb=v265-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DyWAR_DotvZs

 

 

[WaianaeCrider]

  On 3/4/2022 at 11:05 PM, Silas_Sancona said:

Good video discussing Avocado from seed,  using Candy..

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=avocadoes+true+to+the+parent+from+seed&t=newext&atb=v265-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DyWAR_DotvZs

 

 

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So one out of  10,000 seeds produces a good tasting fruit.  I wonder why so many of the trees in our two valleys produce good tasting fruit.  In just 1 valley we check about 15 trees each year.  Some years are better than others as to how much fruit they produce but they all taste pretty dam good.

[Jubaea]

I have grown both avocados and cherimoyas from seed to fruit.  The likelihood of getting a fruit as good as or superior to the parent is highly unlikely.  Both the Avocado and Cherimoyas produced fruit that tasted very good to excellent.  The flesh to seed ratio on the avocado was not as good and the tree tends to alternate bear compared to the parent tree.  The seedling avocado tree still produces fruit that weigh up to and over a pound.  The tree would be a no go for commercial production but just fine for backyard fruit.  I also have a Hass on clonal rootstock and between the two trees they product plenty of fruit.  It really comes down to how much space and time you have.  If you only have space for one tree then I would recommend planting a grafted tree.   I would consider planting more trees from seed to fruit if I had the space, and if I had alternate sources of fruit.

[amh]

The seedling avocados are great for quick growing potted plants. The real problem here is climate. most of Texas would be too cold for Hass or it's progeny, but there are Mexican verities that will grow into 8B and possibly 8A.

I'd love to find a Del Rio(pryor) or other cold hardys on their own roots.