Did you know that you can replant your avocado pit and out will grow a new plant? Pretty cool, huh? It’s really easy to do!
So the process is really easy. All you will need is a dish (like a custard dish or an old jar) and toothpicks. Oh and a little patience. It will take a few weeks to get started!
So after you have cut your avocado (learn the right way to cut it here) insert 4 toothpicks into the avocado pit. You will want to put the toothpicks into the center.
Fill your dish with water.
Then, balancing the toothpicks on the rim of your cup or jar, put the avocado so the bottom half is submerged into the water.
Place in a sunny spot. You will want to watch it. Every couple days you will need to add more water.
In a few weeks you will begin to see the pit begin to split open. Then, in a few more weeks your stem will shoot up. Then again, a few more weeks will yield leaves.
You will want to transplant into soil when your stem is about 7 to 8 inches tall. Prune the top few leaves. When you plant your avocado (you will need about a 10 inch pot), plant root side down and leave the top half of the pit exposed. Slowly add a little water. Keep your plant in a sunny spot!
Here are a few tips for growing a healthy avocado plant:
* You can plant your avocado plant outdoors, but they like warm sunny weather. If it gets below 45 make sure you can bring it indoors.
* Keep the soil moist, but be sure not to over water it. If the leaves begin to turn yellow that is a sign it is over watered.
* Now, before you go planting and expecting to harvest your own avocados in your backyard. You should know that this will probably NOT produce avocados unless you graft a fruit bearing tree onto your plant. And I am not an expert on that so you will have to do a little research. But this WILL give you a really nice plant and also be a fun project to do with the kids! 🙂
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Cocopetitpois says
Totally trying it! Do you know if it’s the same as what we call a “money tree?”
I wish!!
I’ve never thought to even try and regrow an avocado. I just might give this a try especially since we’re always buying avocados.
This is too cool! I love how it will produce another tree!! Too bad it doesn’t produce fruit!
I know 🙁 But it makes some pretty awesome house plants! 🙂
That is great to know. I have a black thumb so I would probably end up killing it lol.
This is good to know. Learn something every day!
Son found this post very interesting he now wants to plant an avocado plant.
This is pretty interesting. My husband wants to grow things!
This is something that I could grow in my climate and would be fun and interesting. I probably should try and grow a fruit bearing avocado tree since I live in that type of climate and I like to eat avocados.
I have read about this technique before. You are right, this would be a fun project for the kids.
Julie Wolf says
How do you cut the avocado? The above post wouldn’t work.. It says it no longer exists.
http://itsafabulouslife.com/avocados-everything-need-know/ (Thanks for letting me know!!)
have done the toothpick and water thing in the past with good results. This summer had two pits and just gently shoved them into the top of another potted plant. Lo, and behold, they both have sprouted and I now have plants about 12 inches tall and growing by haps and bounds.
Repotted them this week each into their own pot. Don’t expect to get fruit but another plant for nada.