I'm trying to grow an avocado tree from a stone in a shop bought avocado, more for interest than anything else. I googled how to grow it and at the moment it's sitting half in water, suspended by some needles stuck into it resting on the top of the pot. It's been on my windowsill about 3 weeks now and I know it's meant to take a while before anything happens but I noticed yesterday that the stone is starting to go furry and look a bit mouldy. Do you think it's had it?
I never had much luck doing that , they always went mouldy. The best luck (unintentional) I had was the ones I threw into the compost bin; the heat and moisture in there must have been the right conditions to start them germinating, what about putting them into a pot of compost keep them moist and pop into the airing cupboard, that might work, I have a lot of chicken manure in my heap so it gets very hot so I don't think the heat would harm the pip
I have three growing on my window sill! The first took 2 months+ to grow, the 2nd nearer three. Didn't have any mould growing on them but they were a little slimy as I didn't clean them before growing. I used the same technique as you but with wooden toothpicks rather than needles. After a while they split then a root grew out the bottom. The growth at the top appeared about 10 days later. I don't know what I am going to do with them now though
JuzaMum
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Thanks guys. I might leave the one on the windowsill for a but longer then, it seems a shame to give up after such a long time when it might be nearly there! The airing cupboard idea is a good one, think they like the heat so i might try that as well. JuzaMum, do you think you'll ever get any avocados growing from them?
I have 2 growing at the moment and have had several in the past all just grown by putting the stone in a plant pot and leaving it! Ive never bothered putting them over water, just bung them in a pot and they all come up!
