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hello gardenwebbers: first time poster, planting avocado seed

16 years ago

Hello, fellow Gardenweb members. This is my first time posting on this forum. I've just begun started gardening a fews weeks ago. So far, I have begun to plant Hass Avocado seeds in hoping it will grow. I plan to plant other vegetables as well too (garden variety vegetables). So wish me luck and I look forward to meeting all the members of this forum to post my updates and in the exchanging of ideas and techniques.

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Fledgeling_
16 years ago
Welcome.

Hass Avocado seeds will not grow into a Hass Avocados. Seedlings are almost always inferior to their parents in cultivated fruit trees. Seedlings are very variable and rarely have the desirable characteristics of their parents. If you want a avocado for fruit, plant a named selection from cuttings or grafts. If you simply want a shade tree, then go ahead, but dont expect satisfactory fruit.
jollygreenpimp
Original Author
16 years ago
Hello fledgeling,

That's what I kinda figure but it is still worth a shot. You never know I might hit the jackpot.
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quirkyquercus
16 years ago
Welcome. Where are you located?
Fledgeling_
16 years ago
jollygreenpimp, good luck. That is how many superior fruits have been found, from seed grown trees by homeowners, or wildlings near orchards.
jollygreenpimp
Original Author
16 years ago
Like you said about the number of superior fruit being found from seeds being grown by homeowners or wildlings near orchards, this gardening gig (hobby) will be done with a lot of experimenting. So I really am not worry about it. Acquiring the seeds to plant and experiment is always readily available. What's makes it fun will be hitting the jackpot one day and if not it will just make a pretty neat houseplant.

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