Ever grown an avacado?

[smilingcat]

just stick them in a pot of dirt and keep it moist. It will sprout.

Avocado trees are really finicky and you do need two trees. You can keep them pretty small about 10-15 feet tall. When my partner had her house, the avocado tree grew to be about 25-30 feet tall. low hanging fruit were eaten by her dawgs.

It does need warm climate year round though...

Too hot, it drops fruit,
too cold, it drops fruit,
Too much water, it drops fruit
too little water, it drops fruit
Too windy, it drops fruit...

And if the trunk gets exposed to strong sun, it will get sun burned.

Oh our dogs loved avocados. They didn't care if it was still really green (unripe). We would find the evidence. The pit. the fruit would be chewed off and licked off. Do have to admit, our dawgs had the bestest coat evar...

Another critter that loved avocados were possums. I have a Haas avocado growing from a pit. The new tree will be planted this summer.

[malkin]

We did this all the time as kids. I thought everyone did.

Stick 3 toothpicks into a pit that hasn't been refrigerated and place it over/in a jar of water. Like a pickle jar or a peanut butter jar. Keep the water about halfway up the pit. It does matter which way the pit points, but I don't remember. My recollection is point up.

Once you get roots, let the water level lower a little bit because the pit will sometimes rot and it can get stinky (unless you like that sort of thing).

They can get tall and leafy. I think though, that if you want big avocados you need to graft a proper variety.

It is as exciting as sprouting a sweet potato!

I grew up in a sticker patch between an orange grove and an avocado grove.
Maybe they were the good old days, but I don't miss the snakes and the occasional wrap of barbed wire around my ankle.