Simplest avocado germination?
 

Hi friends,

Could you tell me the simplest avocado germinating method in WINTER
with cheap EXPENSE?

I intend to grow seedlings to use them as graft stocks in the spring.

Thanks in advance.

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Avocado Seeds - Planting an Avocado - Avocado Seed Germination - California Avocados Direct

Germinating and Growing Avocados

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If it is true it takes a tree 10yrs or longer to produce fruit? I should have started my quest for one 10-15yrs ago lol
Any info would sure be helpful.

I am still having trouble myself getting one to sprout.

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This is My 7ft Avacado Tree,Started From Seed About 2 Years Ago , I think It will fruit in 2 more years with a Lil TLC.:nanadrink:

Good Luck They Grow Fast!
Once It Sprout Leaves , Sprinkler a lil Coffee Grounds Every Month , Avacados love Coffee Grounds makes them strong & Vigorus !

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Thanks Gentlemen for your advice and comment.

Unfortunately, however, you don't answer direct to my question as to the
methods to germinate avocado in this season of winter with minimum
expence of cost.
It is, of course, quite easy to germinate even in this time of winter if we use
some kind of electrical heating. But the question is how it can be done with
the limited minimum expence of cost.

Does anyone have done it?

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Wait until spring to plant, the seedling should be one year old not a few months old when you attempt to graft.

Try looking at this from a different perspective.

A small grafted avocado of your choice with the proper rootstock for your area should cost around $10 US.
Having the proper rootstock is paramount, there are three races plus hybrids and not knowing which is best for your area could be a waste of several years.

IMO it is foolish to do this unless you are sure which combination of rootstock, race and variety does well in your area. The difference could either be a quality tree or a crappy tree, good fruit or bad fruit, a good yield or hardly any fruit, and best of all you only have to wait 4 to 6 years to find out.

A nursery in your area that does grafting already has this knowledge, and charges a small fee for you to use their expertise.

Good Luck


AvocadoDB

Avocado Information Home Page

Avocado

http://www.strictlynativeinc.com/doc...aftedTrees.pdf

Growing Avocado from Seed - Cooperative Extension Ventura County

Varieties of Florida Avocados | eHow.com

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I don't mean to rain on the parade, but though it sounds fun, just know there is a good chance of not getting fruit. Most avocados that start from pits never fruit, and if they do, they have poor fruit quality. I got this info from a reputable source.

Sorry for the bad news:( I just wanted to throw it out there...

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Sorry for the bad news and I don't mean to rain on your parade but both of your statements are incorrect.

Listen more closely or get a new more reputable source.

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Versions of the Hass Avocado Story

The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search

Hass History

Hass Avocado Board: Hass Variety

History of The Hass Avocado | Avocado

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but if you graft seedlings with mature cutting fruiting time is cut by several years..similar to mango

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Sorry... I considered it a reputable source because it was in a published book.

Oh well, I guess everyone can make mistakes.

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A lot of the backyard avocados in Pahokee are seedling plants. The produce a fruit that turns dark red in December.

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It's unlikely the book would have been published if it had obvious errors, you most likely misinterpreted what was written or did not read the entire sentence.

University of California Cooperative Extension, (link provided below)

"When plants are grown from seed, they usually do not produce fruit which is true to the parent variety."

If the last seven words were removed, the sentence would have a different meaning.

The following statement is incorrect.

"When plants are grown from seed, they usually do not produce fruit."


Growing Avocado from Seed - Cooperative Extension Ventura County

All commercially grown avocados are grafted or budded in the seedling stage. When plants are grown from seed, they usually do not produce fruit which is true to the parent variety. Therefore, a desirable variety must be budded or grafted onto the rootstock (your seedling tree) to get fruit of a desirable type and quality. Also some avocado varieties are hybrids, in which case the seeds may not grow at all, or if they do produce a seedling, it may be sterile. Avocados normally begin to bear at three years of age (a few fruit) and by four to five years old should produce a full crop.

Some avocados are not self-fertile. That is, the tree cannot pollinate itself. There may be many flowers, but none will pollinate and set fruit. In this situation you need to graft a different variety onto your tree, or plant another avocado tree of a different variety next to the tree you have.

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Oh. Man, I feel stupid. When I get a chance, I will post an excerpt of that part...

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I start them in moist moss ziplock bags with a little bottom heat. That's how I start avocado and other seeds in winter.

You may get a little lanky growth, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.

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If you live North of zone 9b you most likely will have to have rootstock of the Mexican race in order to have a cold hardy tree. That does not mean a tree grown from a pit from an Avocado labeled grown in Mexico. I have a seedling that is from a Mrs. Holland that is of the Mexican race. We plan to graft it next year with a wood from its parent tree which has been bearing several years. Additionally I planted it with a Mexicola Avocado that is already bearing fruit all by itself. I'm sure there are no other Avocado trees within miles. While this is no guarantee I feel that I have stacked the odds in my favor. I also buried the graft on the Mexicola by about five inches to further protect it. Studies have shown the wood above the graft will not start any roots. All I need to do is cold protect them until the trunk caliper is about four inches and at that point the two trees should go on auto pilot.

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Mrs. Holland that is of the Mexican race. Doesn't sound Spanish to me

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Have you gotten any sprouts yet?

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Not yet

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That's because it isn't Spanish and neither are the Mexicans! :ha:

They were invaded by the Spanish best I can remember. :bananas_b

Mrs. Holland was the lady that had this extremely cold hardy Avocado growing in her back yard in Texas. It is named after her.