Inspiration for a tall conservatory

[Odsox]

Surely it will only grow to the size of the pot you have it in?

Otherwise Bonsai wouldn't work, would it ?

[chadspad]

Indeed lol

[Captain Caveman]

All very well, but will it produce avocadoes??

[Green Aura]

I've just seen an avocado tree for sale at

http://www.crosscommonnursery.co.uk/pla ... page=5&sL=

OH won't buy it for me, so you'll have to tell us about the hundreds of fruit you've had off it - then maybe he'll change his mind.

Sounds like a plan.....

[MuddyWitch]

Green Aura, why would you buy one? They are really easy to grow:

1) Eat an avacado, (preferbly organic )

2) Wash the stone

3) push a cocktail stick into each side, about half way up, just far enough so it'll take it's weight

4) sit it on a bottle or jar of water with just the bottom 1/4 in the water

5) keep the water topped up & when the roots fill the jar,

6) pot into mulit purpose in a large pot

7) pot on when it out grows the pot

8) when it reaches 2M/6ft (ie after about a year) give to friend with two storey conservatory!

Or flog on a well known interweb aution site to those who don't realise how easy they are to grow

Of course it won't be on dwarfing root stock, but I reckon the bonsai route should do the trick; my mate's really dinky bonsai apple produces tiny apples!

MW

[chadspad]

lve always just thrown them into a pot and theyve come up so I have about 12 trees growing now!

Still doesnt answer the question though - will they ever produce fruit?

[Odsox]

If you look at Green Aura's link for buying an Avocado you will see that they are grafted trees that are 1m tall and produce fruit.
I grew a satsuma from seed and it took 8 years before it fruited, but if you buy a grafted citrus they are probably in fruit when you buy them, at about 2 years old.
It's the "grafted" bit that's important.

[Annpan]

I looked into it before and there was an issue with having several other avacado trees within a mile, and something about the tree has to be 10 years old before it produces anything I'll have a look and see if I can find the info again.

ETA - I think this is the website, well looks handy anyway.... I can't remember where I read about pollination though
http://www.fruitexpert.co.uk/GrowingAvocados.html