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Avocado

Hello there I'm trying to get an avocado to take roots with the toothpicks and water it's not working my son said I needed to wait 30 days it's been over 2 weeks any suggestions help I really so love the avocado plant it's very pretty my dad had one when I was little it was so green & full.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Wyman on June 12, 2009 at 6:29am: Hi Janet,

What your doing sounds right, I would leave it longer and see what happens.

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Permalink Reply by Jill Smith on June 26, 2009 at 10:42am: Hi, I used to grow avocados years ago as a way of obtaining cheap indoor plants. It always took about 6 to 8 weeks for anything to happen, I admit sometimes the water level would drop below the base if I forgot to keep an eye on it and you do have to make a cross cut in the base to help it along. Good luck just give it time.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Katie on June 27, 2009 at 9:26pm: I've got a large avocado and love just growing them as people are always really pleased to get one, just keep watering it and it'll come eventually. Alternatively throw them in your compost heap and by the time you come to empty it, it will have sprouted and then you can just pot it up. Good luck! :); ▶ Reply to This