How to Grow Your Avocado from Seed, Follow These 3 Effective Steps!

TheIndonesia.id - There are several ways to grow avocados. One of them is growing avocados from seeds directly which anyone can try at home.

In a way, Planting this Mexico's-original fruit is difficult because the maintenance is quite tricky. An avocado tree will not grow perfectly in a planting medium that lacks water, but will also die quickly if watering is too excessive.

In order to take a perfect step, see the 3 steps below to grow avocados from seeds and their maintenance.

Choose an avocado seed

Choosing an avocado seed is the most important first step. To get the best quality avocados, use avocado seeds from a fruit that is sweet and has a soft texture.

After that, take an avocado seed whose shape is still intact without being split or sliced at all. Then, wash the avocado seeds with running water.

Growing avocado shoots

After washing the avocado seeds, place them in water to grow avocado shoots with the following steps:

• Peel off the outer skin of the avocado seed by hand after soaking it in water to make it easier to peel off.
• Wash the avocado seeds until they are completely clean from the outer skin
• Insert three toothpicks into the avocado seed in a circular line and slightly angled downwards.
• Place the more oblong side on the top position and the opposite side on the bottom or that is submerged in water.
• Make sure the container used is completely clean and then place it in a place exposed to direct sunlight
• Add water if it starts to shrink
• After an interval of 3 weeks, cracks will begin to appear on the avocado seeds and shoots will start to grow. In this condition, the root length has reached 5-7 cm.
• When the stem is visible, transfer the seeds to the planting medium.
• Transferring avocado shoots to soil media
• Before transplanting the shoots to the soil, make sure the location is well irrigated and exposed to sunlight
• Dig up the soil to the size of the avocado sprout and ensure that it is in direct sunlight.
• Let a little part of the shoot still sticking out to the ground (not all buried).
• Water regularly and in moderation to avoid rotting.
• Prune leaves and twigs when you can see the seeds starting to grow to a height of 15-20 cm to trigger shoot regeneration.

Take care of avocado plant seeds

Planting avocado seeds without caring for them is certainly a waste. Therefore, you always need to be prepared to provide adequate nutrition to maintain the growth of the avocado tree until it bears fruit.

• Place it at an air temperature of 13-28 degrees Celsius
• Reduce the intensity of watering when the leaves turn yellow
• Increase the intensity of watering when the leaves turn brown
• Prune plants regularly to promote regeneration
• Don't let there be standing water in the planting medium if you don't want the avocado tree to die.

Those were some steps on how to grow avocados from seeds. Hope it is useful!