Itoero Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 Are there people that grow avocado trees? With harvest? Here in Belgium it's to cold in the winter but I'm emerging some seeds and I'm going to grow them outside in summer and inside in winter. I'm using the toothpick method.
StringJunky Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 14 minutes ago, Itoero said: Are there people that grow avocado trees? With harvest? Here in Belgium it's to cold in the winter but I'm emerging some seeds and I'm going to grow them outside in summer and inside in winter. I'm using the toothpick method. Lost in translation. By 'emerging' , do you mean submerging seeds (in the water) or germinating them? 1
Strange Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Itoero said: Here in Belgium it's to cold in the winter but I'm emerging some seeds and I'm going to grow them outside in summer and inside in winter. You might want to check how large the tree gets before it fruits ...
Itoero Posted January 27, 2018 Author Posted January 27, 2018 1 hour ago, StringJunky said: Lost in translation. By 'emerging' , do you mean submerging seeds (in the water) or germinating them? Oeps yes, it should be 'germinating'. 18 minutes ago, Strange said: You might want to check how large the tree gets before it fruits ... I'm not growing one for harvest...But there are trees that remain smaller and produce avocado in a couple years.
Moontanman Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 I have one that is about a foot tall I grew from seed and I just started another one! It takes about three months to really get one going. Mine is still partially in water like your illustration but it has a root and about 30 cm of foliage..
Itoero Posted January 31, 2018 Author Posted January 31, 2018 The avocado's are rotting. I put cinnamon on them, it has an antiseptic working.
Moontanman Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 11 minutes ago, Itoero said: The avocado's are rotting. I put cinnamon on them, it has an antiseptic working. Don't be so quick to assume they are rotting, have you changed the water for new water every day? Mine looked like they were rotting before they began to sprout.
Itoero Posted January 31, 2018 Author Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Moontanman said: Don't be so quick to assume they are rotting, have you changed the water for new water every day? Mine looked like they were rotting before they began to sprout. Ah ok, I'll change the water. I thought of changing the water after a week. Edited January 31, 2018 by Itoero
Externet Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) What you are doing in the first picture... With a scrubbed clean and pointy end up seed of a very ripe fruit, half submerged. Do it in darkness and warm temperature near 30C 4+ weeks until sprouts 30cm high. Like inside a closet. Then transplant to soil. It will not bear fruit unless 4+ years pass... in tropic weather, about 5 metres tall. Left unprotected outside, you will be thanked by the squirrells. Edited February 3, 2018 by Externet
Itoero Posted February 6, 2018 Author Posted February 6, 2018 On 3-2-2018 at 9:16 PM, Externet said: What you are doing in the first picture... With a scrubbed clean and pointy end up seed of a very ripe fruit, half submerged. Do it in darkness and warm temperature near 30C 4+ weeks until sprouts 30cm high. Like inside a closet. Then transplant to soil. It will not bear fruit unless 4+ years pass... in tropic weather, about 5 metres tall. Left unprotected outside, you will be thanked by the squirrells. That's a big problem...there are no squirrels in my garden.
StringJunky Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Itoero said: That's a big problem...there are no squirrels in my garden. I can arrange that... 1
Itoero Posted February 8, 2018 Author Posted February 8, 2018 On 6-2-2018 at 10:23 PM, StringJunky said: I can arrange that... Are they red or gray squirrels?
StringJunky Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Itoero said: Are they red or gray squirrels? I was kidding. Grey squirrels are a menace and quite destructive.
Itoero Posted February 8, 2018 Author Posted February 8, 2018 ok I was just wondering... I've heard there are forests (in Belgium) where they reduce the number of gray squirrels to save the red squirrels.
StringJunky Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Itoero said: ok I was just wondering... I've heard there are forests (in Belgium) where they reduce the number of gray squirrels to save the red squirrels. A similar situation here. Greys are aliens from the US and they displace the reds.
Raider5678 Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) 58 minutes ago, StringJunky said: A similar situation here. Greys are aliens from the US and they displace the reds. Funny. I always assumed the redskin squirrels would be from the United States.... I never even knew they were an invasive species either way, so yeah. Learn something new everyday. Edited February 8, 2018 by Raider5678
Itoero Posted February 10, 2018 Author Posted February 10, 2018 On 8-2-2018 at 9:45 PM, Raider5678 said: always assumed the redskin squirrels would be from the United States.... racist!
Moontanman Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 I was changing the water on my avocado seedlings and i realised I might be doing something you are not that i didn't mention. I grow Riccia fluitans in all my jars, The stuff has pretty much taken over any standing water that doesn't have azzola in it, azzola is even more aggressive but both fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and the tree roots seem to be tangled up in the Riccia... Maybe? Maybe not?
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