Hi again from Lincoln Co. NC! After we corresponded 2 months ago (see below) I purchased a bag of 5 unlabeled avocados from which to start some seeds. I scored the skin, half covered them with water and placed them on top of the fridge in the kitchen to stay fairly warm. As I was changing the water this morning I noticed that two of them have sprouted...yeh!
I had a dozen or more seeds from a year ago that I'd never gotten around to planting. When I was ready to throw out the bags, I noticed one was growing a root - with no watering at all for months! Germinating seeds isn't so difficult, a few more months of patience often results in a sprout.
@@Avo7bProject I was at the local Ingles supermarket yesterday and picked up two Despry (brand) "Tropical Avocados", which their website claims are a landrace avocado from the Dominican Republic, grown organically, yada, yada. I plan to plant the seeds and see how they do.
I forgot about planting the avocado seeds back in April in 1-gal pots filled with potting soil and placing them in a raised bed where the irrigation system could water them. For some reason I remembered them this afternoon, so checked on them, and three had sprouted (including both Despry and a Hass type) and now are seedlings from 6" to 15" tall.
Are these supermarket avocados? My local stores carry Hass and another variety whose name I cannot recall (as I haven't purchased one), but it's twice the size of a Hass and bright green with smooth skin.
Grocery stores here carry a mishmash of Hass-derived fruits from southern Mexico. These groves are sometimes pollinated by Bacon, or Zutano, so the seeds are a complete gamble. Groceries are also not as discerning about varieties as Avocado nerds... They'll mix Fuerte, Carmen Hass, or Lamb Hass into the display and just call them all Hass...
@@Avo7bProject Thanks! I was just wondering about the source of your seeds. Are they supermarket-gamble, or curated seeds from known sources? Just curious is all. I lived many years in Central and northern South America and love me some avocados. 👍
@@stanclayton221 They were just seeds from random grocery stores. I grew out about 30 plants, and kept a few that seemed a little more cold tolerant than the others. But I didn't get anything more cold tolerant than known, grafted varieties.
Yes, and I was surprised in the end how many of them germinated. Somewhere around half to two-thirds. I didn't really find anything hardier than nursery-grafted plants ... but I do still have a few of these alive after they frosted off completely and re-sprouted.
Your avocado seeds look great, hope they flourish!
Thanks, yeah I hope in a few months to be posting seedling videos, instead of seed videos. 😁
Hi again from Lincoln Co. NC! After we corresponded 2 months ago (see below) I purchased a bag of 5 unlabeled avocados from which to start some seeds. I scored the skin, half covered them with water and placed them on top of the fridge in the kitchen to stay fairly warm. As I was changing the water this morning I noticed that two of them have sprouted...yeh!
I had a dozen or more seeds from a year ago that I'd never gotten around to planting. When I was ready to throw out the bags, I noticed one was growing a root - with no watering at all for months! Germinating seeds isn't so difficult, a few more months of patience often results in a sprout.
@@Avo7bProject I was at the local Ingles supermarket yesterday and picked up two Despry (brand) "Tropical Avocados", which their website claims are a landrace avocado from the Dominican Republic, grown organically, yada, yada. I plan to plant the seeds and see how they do.
I forgot about planting the avocado seeds back in April in 1-gal pots filled with potting soil and placing them in a raised bed where the irrigation system could water them. For some reason I remembered them this afternoon, so checked on them, and three had sprouted (including both Despry and a Hass type) and now are seedlings from 6" to 15" tall.
Very Good 😊
Are these supermarket avocados? My local stores carry Hass and another variety whose name I cannot recall (as I haven't purchased one), but it's twice the size of a Hass and bright green with smooth skin.
Grocery stores here carry a mishmash of Hass-derived fruits from southern Mexico. These groves are sometimes pollinated by Bacon, or Zutano, so the seeds are a complete gamble. Groceries are also not as discerning about varieties as Avocado nerds... They'll mix Fuerte, Carmen Hass, or Lamb Hass into the display and just call them all Hass...
@@Avo7bProject Thanks! I was just wondering about the source of your seeds. Are they supermarket-gamble, or curated seeds from known sources? Just curious is all. I lived many years in Central and northern South America and love me some avocados. 👍
@@stanclayton221 They were just seeds from random grocery stores. I grew out about 30 plants, and kept a few that seemed a little more cold tolerant than the others. But I didn't get anything more cold tolerant than known, grafted varieties.
You had them in the refrigerator?
Yes, and I was surprised in the end how many of them germinated. Somewhere around half to two-thirds. I didn't really find anything hardier than nursery-grafted plants ... but I do still have a few of these alive after they frosted off completely and re-sprouted.