How to Grow an Avocado Plant from a Pit

It's very simple to grow an avocado tree in just 10 simple steps. Here's how.


Materials Needed:
1 Avocado
3-4 Toothpicks
1 Glass jar
Water

Directions:

1. After you have eaten an avocado, save the pit.
2. Clean the pit and dry it off. Do NOT remove the brown outer layer of the pit.
3. Pierce the avocado with the toothpicks, evenly spaced around its sides.
4. Suspend the avocado side up on top of a glass using the toothpicks as supports.
5. Fill the glass with water until the avocado pit is halfway submerged.
6. Place the avocado in indirect sunlight.
7. Top off the water as needed, keeping the avocado pit halfway submerged.
8. After 2-6 weeks you should see the avocado pit sprout roots and a stem. Once the plant is 6 inches, cut it back to 3 inches. Cutting back allows the plant to put its energy into growing thicker roots and a stronger stem.
9. Pot your plant when it has returned to approximately 6 inches.
10. You will need to transfer your plants to larger pots as the roots continue to grow. It will take 5 or more years to see fruit from your plant and the fruit it does bear will be different than the one you first ate.

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