Avocado Plants
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
Atlanta, Georgia
June 6, 2016 11:52am CST
I carried avocado plants to my sister and nephew yesterday when we went to the reunion. I've planted avocado seed in pots for the last several months. I was curious to know it they would actually sprout and they did.
They have grown as large as I think they can in pots. So, I want to see if the plants will grow in garden soil. My sister who lives in Alabama is taking hers to plant in her Alabama garden, and my nephew will plant his in his garden In Georgia.
I had already given my sister in Georgia one avocado plant but I don't think it's thriving in her yard. What do you guys know about avocados? I still have several in pots on my deck, where they get little sun and they are very spindly. Do any of you grow avocados?
I looked up avocados on the net and found they grow mostly in Mexico and Florida.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
9 Jun 16
@LadyDuck I had forgotten that I gave a plant to my better half's daughter when I wrote this article, She saw the article on facebook and says her plant is growing and looking well in her Atlanta garden.We'll see if it lasts through next winter.
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@allknowing (138414)
• India
7 Jun 16
I have many fruit trees in my garden but somehow the avocado tree has refused to yield for reasons unknown. I am sad.
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@allknowing (138414)
• India
9 Jun 16
@RubyHawk I have seen them in my friend's garden. Yes. They do well here.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
9 Jun 16
@allknowing I'm glad to know that, how big are the full grown trees?
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
7 Jun 16
i've started many'n pots, they'll not survive the winters outdoors though'n i've ne'er'd the room to bring 'em indoors. they need lots'f sun 'n lots'f water.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
9 Jun 16
@RubyHawk i did fer a few years, faced the same troubles without a grow light. i'd thought'f keepin' 'em, see if'n they'd e'er turn into a tree'n produce, but that takes 't least 5 years'f growth 'n lots'f water. i dunno if'n ya mulched 'em well if'n they'd survive the cold'r not??
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
10 Jun 16
@crazyhorseladycx I will multch mine and see if they last through the winter.
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@3acres (748)
• Singapore
11 Jun 16
As most have mentioned, Avocados are not for winter but also not for tropical weather. Although there are avocados from tropical countries, the fruits does not seem to be good as there are sometimes veins like or roots in the meat. I would say so far the best avocado that I have seen and eat are from New Zealand. Once I have my own farm I will get those seeds and plant them in farm.
I like avocados with milk :-)
@thelme55 (77162)
• Germany
12 Jun 16
I have planted avocado 2 years ago in my tropical garden but I don't know if it's growing as I left my home country. I have avocado tree though in one of my small land where my sister and her family live and they are harvesting every year. If I am there I get to eat them as well.