Most people believe that growing from an avocado seed is a very difficult task that not everyone can cope with. However, this is not the case. Absolutely every florist, even an experienced one, even a beginner can quite easily grow such a tree at home, and after a while and taste the delicious fruits from it.
The leaves of this plant are very wide, and the shoots are quite flexible, due to which you can easily form a variety of spectacular compositions from avocados. Most often, 3 plants are planted in one container at once, and then a very beautiful and unusual pigtail is formed from them as they grow. There is a belief about what a plant is, like an avocado, which brings romance and harmony to the house.
Growing process
To get started in the store, you should select and buy an avocado fruit. It should be ripe. In order to understand whether the fruit is ripe or not, you need to squeeze it between your palms and squeeze it slightly, and then evaluate the result. A fully ripe fruit will quickly return to its original shape. But an unripe avocado fruit is also quite suitable, because after a while it will ripen. In order to speed up the ripening process, avocados should be placed next to fruits such as bananas or apples. They release a unique gas called ethylene, due to which fruits and fruits ripen faster.
Remove the peel from the fruit and remove the bone. They plant her necessarily on the same day. Typically, the sprout appears one hundred percent of the time. Three different methods have been invented and used to plant avocado seed:
- An unpeeled bone is planted in the soil. The pointed tip should point upwards. And the bone must necessarily rise above the surface of the soil by 1/3 part. Watering infrequently, once every 7 days is enough.
- The bone is not cleaned, but toothpicks are stuck into it from three sides to a shallow depth (about 3 millimeters). Then the seed must be placed in such a way that the blunt tip is completely in the water, and at the same time the places in which the bone is punctured should not come into contact with the liquid.
- The bone should be cleaned and immersed in water, while 1/3 of it should rise above the surface of the liquid. In this case, the sprout will appear much faster, and you will also have a unique chance to observe the formation of shoots and roots.
It is preferable that the seed to be planted is sufficiently large, since it then has a relatively higher amount of energy to grow. The bone is soaked in well-settled water at normal room temperature (23-25 degrees).Some gardeners recommend adding very little crushed activated or charcoal to the water. But this can not be done, since the sprout will appear in plain water very soon.
The sprout may well appear after a week or one and a half, but sometimes this can only happen after a couple of months. Germination time is directly related to the season. So, it is recommended to plant in the spring, because it is during this period that the sprout will appear the fastest.
When the sprout grows a little (about 3 centimeters in height), it should be planted in special soil. It should be loose and easy to pass water and air. Do not forget about good drainage, because stagnant water in the soil can negatively affect the plant. So, the height of the drainage layer should be about 2 centimeters. For planting a sprout, you can choose a small pot, and after a year it will need to be transplanted by taking a larger container. Make a small depression in the substrate and carefully place the bone in it, so that it rises 1/3 above its surface. Then pour over the avocado. To do this, use settled water. It is better if it contains very little salts, so it is recommended to filter the water.
A well-lit place is chosen for the plant. You can feed avocados 1 or 2 times a month. Mineral fertilizer is excellent for this. With good care, your tree will grow very quickly. In the event that the plant lacks light, it can noticeably stretch out, then its shoots will need to be pinched. It is very simple to understand whether you need to water the avocado or not. Dip your finger into the substrate on the 2nd phalanx, if it is wet there, then watering is not performed.
To create a spectacular bush, sprout 3 seeds at the same time and plant them in one container. As they grow, you will need to weave a pigtail from their stems. It should be noted that the pigtail should in no case be tight, the gaps between the segments are required. The fact is that the trunk gradually grows, and in the case of dense weaving, the plants may lose their decorative effect. If there is a gap, the braiding is fixed due to the good flexibility of the trunk.
As a rule, at the age of three, the avocado begins to bloom. Green-yellowish flowers bloom on the tree. For pollination of flowers, you will need at least 2 plants, as it must be cross.
In warmer months, it is recommended to take the avocado outside, and it is better to place it in the garden under the shade of tall trees. In this case, it should definitely bear fruit already in the 3rd year of life.
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