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Avocado does not grow “true-to-seed”. It will not work.
by poseva 3y ago
Avocado does not grow “true-to-seed”. It will not work.
- sva_ 3y agoYou mean because they're cloned from cuttings rather than grown from seeds? Like apples?
- 1letterunixname 3y agoSort of but not to that extent. Also, fruit cocktail trees (Malus and Prunus types) are awesome for residential purposes.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoWhatever you thought you learned from wikipedia, forget it. The trick is not to use GM graft commercial varieties from ordinary grocery supply chains. If possible, get a graft from a mature noncommercial tree because it will produce fruit much faster than waiting 7 years or so to get fruit starting from a pit. Commercial pits can grow into trees, but their yields are bad because of evolutionary and GM pressures. As an experiment for kids, growing commercial pits is fine but it will be more of a decorative and science project than a microfarming hack.