HOW TO GROW AVOCADO FROM SEED | Easy step by step guide without using toothpicks or cones 

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It truly is! Nature never fails to impress and amaze. 💚 Thanks so much for watching, Jo.

You’re most welcome, Robyn. 😊 Glad you found it helpful and enjoyed the video.

You're most welcome and happy avocado planting! 😊

You're most welcome, Elizabeth! I'm so glad it's helpful. 💚

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I'm glad to hear, Rhonda! Enjoy your avocados and remember to be patient with the rooting process. 👍🏼

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Thank you. Take good care!

Thank you so much!

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Thanks so much and glad you enjoyed it! 🪴

Glad you found it informative and hope your avocado grows beautifully. 😊

What is a while? 7 years?

The six stalk struggled to grow but the double one is still here. Will try to feature it in one of my future videos. 💚

Thank you so much! Hope you try it out too. 🌱

Thanks.

Thank you for the kind comment, Rich.

@@TheStyleGene I love plants your channel is awesome. Are you a music lover

Glad you do! Yes, sure am a music lover.

@@TheStyleGene I'm also growing a lemon tree and a Mexican lime tree

Lemon and lime trees are the best! Well done.

It’s my pleasure. 😊

Thanks so much, Zippy. I top up the water every week or two so the roots aren't left exposed to air for too long. Hasn't been an issue so far but if you'd like to be on the safe side, you can submerge it in water as well.

Well done, Michelle! 💚

Thanks so much, Neetu. Hope you’ve been well. 🪴

Thanks so much for watching. I have tried both hard and soft water for my avocado seeds and haven't noticed much of a difference, to be honest.

Fantastic! I’m sure you’ll enjoy the process once you get started. 💚 They do sprout as easily as green beans but yes, you’re right that they can take years to produce fruit when planted in soil. Much patience required. 😊

Thanks for the kind comment, Fanny. 💚 I do refill the bottles as the plant will drink it up. Once a week I carefully lift the seed ever so slightly to reveal a small opening at the rim of the bottle. I top the water up using my IKEA watering can which has a very thin and narrow spout. As for cleaning the bottle, I only pour out all the water and refill (again with the little opening between seed and bottle rim) so it’s not a thorough clean. But this is also because I chose to reuse drink bottles with smaller necks. You could always grow the avocado plant in a larger vessel which would make it heaps easier to completely clean the bottle and refill. Hope this helps. 😊

Thank you for taking the time to reply. Very helpful! I will try the bottle method as it is very beautiful :) All the best!

My pleasure, Fanny. Glad you found it helpful. Take care! 🌱

Hey Jonathan, thanks so much for the kind words. 😊 I use Plant Runner's Indoor Plant Food for my indoor plants and the measurement is 1ml (the dropper has a measurement indicator) per 1 litre, but all the avocados in this video got to where they are without fertilising so I can't say for sure if they would have a more positive growth with plant food added. If adding to the avocado, I'd measure based on the size of the bottle and amount of water used. Link to the product here: theplantrunner.com/products/indoor-plant-food

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Thanks for the helpful advice. 💚

What's a polyembryonic seed.

@@janicelembo9093 A seed with many embryos (i.e. many "trees" sprouting). Those 2 mentioned on the video (one with 2 trees and another with 6 trees).

​@@rbfreitas This is so interesting. Thank you!❤

No worries, Samiya. Glad to hear you've seen the results with your avocado seeds. When you say the head was a little broken, do you mean the leaf of the stem? If the stem is still healthy then it should still sprout new leaves. 🌱 Hope this helps.

Good question, Sandy. I haven’t tried that, to be honest. Worth giving it a go? 💚

Yes it can even better when pinched can produce up to 4 branches

They just stay in the glass as indoor ornamental plants for me. You can also transplant them into soil to grow into a fruiting plant but it does take a while so much patience is required. 😊

@@TheStyleGene yes, I'm happy for them to be ornamental. Its the thrill of being successful in actually growing something 🌺

It brings so much joy watching them grow and I hope you have a beautiful journey with your ornamental avocados. 🌱

Yes, it definitely will and could bear fruit in the long-term.

There are multiple studies on polyembryonic avocado seeds online that make for interesting reading. 🪴

I didn’t for these but you can certainly add a little bit to the water if you’d like. 😊

It should but will take quite a long time so much patience is required. 😊

Hey Abe, I haven't planted any in soil as I prefer to grow them indoors in water. But I've heard of others bearing fruit successfully when transferring to soil. A little bit of patience is needed as it can take a while to bear fruit. Hope this helps. 😊

I would check the progress of the seed every 2 weeks as some take longer to sprout. Then if you find that the paper needs more moisture, you can replace it with another wet one. It depends on how dry or humid the area is where you live as well. Hope this helps. 😊

@@TheStyleGene thanks a lot 😊

@@aman9478 my pleasure! 😊

Do you mean tying a cord around the seed to close the section where it cracks open? I haven't tried but it should still germinate if the cord isn't too tight.

Yes, you all avocado seeds should work regardless of size.

Hey Kitty. Thanks for reaching out. Don't be anxious as slow or stunted growth is normal with the avocado seed plant. After a while it might just maintain its size and number of leaves. Some seeds won't keep sprouting new leaves but it doesn't mean the plant isn't going to survive. 🌱

I personally have not planted mine in soil but you can remove the seed from the bottle as soon as the roots and leaves are well developed. They do grow hardy and less fragile over time so once you remove them, they won't go back into the bottle. Hope this helps.

If it's still rooting, it should be ok but I can't be 100% sure as I don't have any experience with split seeds in my collection. Hope it survives!

@@TheStyleGene ok thank you

When growing in water, the plant won't bear fruit. It'll have to be transferred into soil and can take quite a long time, depending on growth conditions. I personally don't have experience growing avocado fruit as I use the seed purely as ornamental plants.

Not if they are left in water as they will only produce leaves and be an ornamental plant. If you do transfer it to soil, it should eventually grow into a tree and produce avocados but the process takes a few years.

Hey Chukwuka, I’ve had success carefully removing the roots from the bottles so you shouldn’t have issues moving them from water to soil that way. Maybe do it before the roots are too developed. All the best! 🌱

@@TheStyleGene Thanks

not when the plant is in water. If you transfer to soil, it should produce fruit but does take a while. 😊

You can leave it in the bottle. Mine live solely as hydro plants. Depending on size of bottle, the roots may start to fill up so if you start with a smaller bottle, upgrade to a bigger one before the plant gets trickier to remove.

Generally quite a few years. I haven't tried growing them in soil but from what I've heard it can take quite some time to grow.

Thanks for taking the time to watch, Jay! 😊 I find that timing for each seed to sprout can differ. I've had ones that already grew shoots while wrapped in the moist paper towel, some that had roots in water for a couple of weeks and up to a couple of months. I've also had instances where the seed rooted but just won't grow stems or leaves, so don't be disheartened if that happens. I'll give it another month to see if there are any signs of the seed cracking open a little wider but otherwise you can keep trying with a new avocado seed. Each one is unique in its own so just because one failed doesn't mean the next one succeed. 🌱 Keep on trying! 💚

@@TheStyleGene Oooo okay. This is good to know. So I can still have a little hope 🤣🤣🤣. Thank you so much for responding also I really appreciate it 😁

@@TheStyleGene I wanted to come back to this post because my avocado plant is GROWING!!🙌🏽🙌🏽 I am so happy you told me to give it more time. Thank you ! 😊

That’s fantastic news! You’re most welcome and thank you also for the update, Jay. I’m glad your avocado plant is bringing you much joy now. Keep them growing! 🌱

Usually if the roots turns black it's a sign of rotting. If not all roots have turned colour, you could cut off just the dying ones, but otherwise you may have to start over with another avocado seed.

Thanks for watching. Oh, you didn't have to buy a bottle of gin for this 😊. Any bottle will do if it fits the avocado seed with space for the roots to grow. Commercially they would grow avocados differently. This process only applies to houseplant lovers for ornamental purposes. The plant will not produce fruit this way. Hope this helps.

@@TheStyleGene Too late. I already drank the gin.

Hi there. I have a mix of Hass and Sheppard.

I usually top up the water once a week and completely change it over about once a month.

@@TheStyleGene thank you so much

@@MariaLopez-xo4xh my pleasure! 💚 Happy avocado growing. 🪴

Not really water bottle specific but if you're thinking of plants that can thrive growing in water, there's also the sweet potato that can grow similarly to this avocado seed but in a bigger vessel/ vase. Then there are houseplants you can propagate and also grow in water such as the devil's ivy, philodendrons, monsteras, and more. Hope this helps. 🌱

@@TheStyleGene Thanks for taking the time to answer my question!

@@Letsrid3 my pleasure! 🌱

@@TheStyleGene Hi, It's me again. Do you prune them? Thanks! :)

Hi Kitty. 😊 Nah, I don’t prune them but occasionally when there are new leaves growing, I remove older ones if they are starting to brown.

Aside from aesthetic reasons, I find that it allows the seed to crack open easily and sprout that way.

😄 good things take time to grow. And yes, it actually prefers tropical climates.

Thank you! I will try growing a few seeds 🤩

@@cinthiach4031 glad you found it helpful. Would love to see your avocado seeds when they’ve grown! 😊

It is a tropical tree

I think that's fine if you're planting it in soil. 👍🏼 The root should take and grow like any other plant in a pot. It's only when we're doing it in water that the seed is important to balance and ensure the plant stays upright on a bottle. Removal of the skin also adds to the aesthetic if placing in water but isn't necessary in soil. I've heard that avocados take some time to grow in soil so you may want to look up other RU-vid videos to find out more. 😊

You will have to plant it in soil to get avocados. Planting in water is mainly ornamental.

Hi, that sounds like cloudy fungus growing on your roots. I would usually remove, give the bottle a thorough clean, and hold the roots under running water to gently remove the fungus before placing it back into a jar of water. Hope this helps.

@@TheStyleGene Thank you so much for your consideration❤️

Not at all as it only grows to a certain size.

@@TheStyleGene thank you very much! I’m glad to hear that because I love this idea and have the perfect decorative bottles to try this with. I’ve actually been saving seeds since I commented this just in case you said exactly what you did 🤗🩷 I can’t wait, thanks again!

They don't and will be purely ornamental. For fruit, you'll have to transfer to soil.

Thank you. ☺️ You’re too kind.

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