If you are one of those who consume avocado, you have surely wondered more than once if you could not buy a plant or have it from the bone. You may have read about this and are curious if avocado pits can be sown in water.
For this reason, on this occasion we are going to give you the keys so that this avocado pit does not end up in the trash, but rather that you can germinate it and from there a plant grows. We already tell you that it is an easy but slow process, and if you do it right, you will soon be able to find a lawyer in your home. Do you want to know how?
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How to plant an avocado pit step by step in water
Surely you have more than once seen videos or read articles in which they tell you what you need to do to turn an avocado pit into a plant. From now on we tell you it’s easy but all the bones you put in don’t always come out. Also, the process is slow, and sometimes it can make you forget and minimize the chances of it succeeding.
Since we don’t want that, we propose to give you the steps one by one and with our experience so that you know what you have to do and how. Go for it?
Get an avocado bone
The first thing you will need to plant the avocado bone in water is definitely a bone. For this you have two options:
- You buy an avocado, eat it, and keep the pit (now we’ll tell you what to do with it).
- You get an avocado pit. Either because another person ate the avocado and gave you the bone, or because the greengrocer threw away some already ripe ones and took the bone away for you.
If you ask us which would be the best, we’ll tell you that the riper the avocado, the riper the pit will be, and sometimes it even sprouts inside its pulp, with which it’s more likely to succeed.
However, you must be careful when removing it as it is sometimes hit with a knife. And, although it may seem that nothing is happening, the truth is that later it can be bad for it to develop properly.
The bone must dry
Now that you have the bone, you have to wash it well to remove all the pulp that remains around it, as well as remove the film that it has (yes, it is transparent but that makes it more slippery). It is better to remove it.
Once you have it completely clean, you will need to let it air out. That’s right, right now you’re not going to sow the avocado bone in water, but it needs to dry out well first.
And when do we know if it is already dry? By the time the shell begins to fall off and you can peel it off easily. This can happen in 24 to 48 hours, although other bones may take longer.
Wrap your bone in a damp towel
This step isn’t always said, but from our experience we’ll tell you it’s more effective than skipping it and doing what we’ll talk about below.
In this case, what you need to do is take a paper towel and wrap the bone with it. Now moisten it and put it in a container with some water.
Cover it with plastic wrap and poke a few holes in it so it can breathe.
You need to make sure that the towel doesn’t dry out, because if it does, it won’t go well. In about 20-45 days the root should appear and become strong enough to move on to the next stage. But don’t rush. If it takes longer than these days, but you see progress, wait longer, nothing happens.
Sometimes certain bones need more time. As long as it doesn’t look rotten or the shoots are lost, nothing will happen to it.
Sow avocado bone in water
Now yes, this is the time when, once the root is removed and already active, you have to put it in a glass of water. Normally, it is recommended to stick three toothpicks to it to hold it in place. But we don’t recommend it (there you can get infections and ruin everything you’ve achieved).
Instead, what you can do is take a piece of plastic or similar and put it on like a “raft” so you can put the roots in the water but not all the pits fall out. interior.
In this way, the bone will continue to develop its root. But, having come out of this napkin and this container, it will also begin to create a stalk, and with it, small leaves.
It is necessary to make sure to change the water every week, that it is free of limestone and especially to check that the bone does not deteriorate. If so, and you catch it in time, try adding a few drops of hydrogen peroxide (it’s great for fighting infections and mold problems in plants).
Surely you are now wondering how long you should have it in the water. And the truth is that there is no answer to that. It can be as long as you want. Provided you give it all the care it needs and take care of the water in which it grows, it could perfectly well stay in the water forever (in fact, some have it that way because it’s prettier).
If, on the contrary, you prefer to plant it in the ground, then, after about 3-4 weeks in water (according to the method we have taught you), where it has grown enough, it will be time to plant it in floor.
Of course, we recommend that you don’t cover the whole bone. It is better that it remains more or less half in the air to have more chance to advance. Also, there will be a time when he will be more adult to cover it. At this time, it is necessary to pay attention that all the steps are done correctly and that the plant tolerates it.
Now that you’ve seen how to get an avocado bone in water, would you dare to try it yourself? We had already warned you, arm yourself with patience at first but once it germinates in a short time you will see its stem and its first leaves. And if you take good care of it, in a few years it could give you avocados as big as this little tree.