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How to Plant an Avocado Seed in Soil
How to Plant an Avocado Seed in Soil. The Avocado tree, or Persea Americana, is a tree native to Mexico. Its fruit is a large berry with a single large pit in the center. Growers in the warmest parts of the United States cultivate avocado trees commercially, especially in California. Home gardeners also raise individual avocado trees. You can grow...
The Avocado tree, or Persea Americana, is a tree native to Mexico. Its fruit is a large berry with a single large pit in the center. Growers in the warmest parts of the United States cultivate avocado trees commercially, especially in California. Home gardeners also raise individual avocado trees. You can grow an avocado tree from seed, although the resulting tree may have different characteristics from its parent.
Things You'll Need
Sandy loam
Limestone
Peat moss
Ensure your climate is warm enough to grow an avocado tree. This tree is only hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 and 11. This means that the temperature must remain above 40 degrees Fahrenheit during the winter.
Select the planting site for an avocado tree. It will need full sun to produce fruit, although it can grow in partial shade. Ensure you have no desirable plants within 20 feet of your avocado tree, since it can choke out other plants within this distance.
Prepare the soil in the planting site. The best soil for an avocado tree is sandy loam, and the soil must have good drainage for the avocado tree to survive. The pH level of the soil should be between 6.0 and 7.0. Add limestone to the soil to increase its pH, and add peat moss to reduce the soil pH.
Allow an unrefrigerated avocado to completely ripen when the outside temperature remains between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Carefully remove all of the flash from the pit without damaging it.
Plant the avocado seed in the soil with the pointed end up, so the tip is just above the surface of the soil. Keep the soil moist, and the seed should sprout in two to six weeks.
Allow the avocado seedling to grow to about 1 foot in height. Pinch the growing stem at 6 to 8 inches to make the avocado tree develop a fuller shape.
