How Do You Grow An Avocado Plant From A Seed?
The avocado tree, or persea americana, a graceful plant with glossy, elliptical, dark-green leaves, is well-suited to life as a houseplant. To obtain a viable avocado seed, all you have to do is eat a ripe avocado. By germinating the seed in a clear jar of water, you can watch the development of not only the leaves, but the roots as well. After transplanting the rooted seed to a container, you will be rewarded with an attractive and inexpensive houseplant. With some very simple techniques, you can grow your own avocado tree right in your house from a seed. Rinse the avocado seed carefully under cool running water; rinse and blot dry. Insert the toothpicks on all sides of the seed about halfway down. Allow enough of the toothpicks to protrude so that they can make a frame to support the seed at the top of the jar. Fill the jar with water, and place the avocado seed in the jar with the pointed end up and the flat side down–with the toothpicks holding the top half out of the water. Place
