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My SO tries to grow avocados using stones collected from store-bought fruit. If they don't achieve a critical mass of leaves, they eventually wither and die.
by Tade0 5y ago
My SO tries to grow avocados using stones collected from store-bought fruit.
If they don't achieve a critical mass of leaves, they eventually wither and die.
Their temperature, insolation and humidity requirements appear to be very narrow.
I had some success putting the plant right next to a humidifier - the only leaves not to dry out were the ones covered by the mist.
- Sophistifunk 5y agoAvocado doesn't breed true, the seeds will almost certainly lead to a tree that produces inedible fruit. If you just want the tree, that's fine, but I wanted to warn you in case you're setting yourself up for major disappointment after 5 years of looking after a tree and expecting a reward ;-)
- Tade0 5y agoJust the tree - my sister is an agricultural engineer and removed any dreams of delicious home-grown avocados from my head early on. :D
- qq4 5y agoI've had an indoor avocado for about 6 years now, at about 6' tall. I chopped the first leaves and waited until new ones took hold. It seems to put up with a lot of abuse. I've had it completely dry out once and lose all its leaves only to bounce back even stronger. I water it quite often but gave up on trying to humidify it after hard water left dust on the leaves.