The Avocado is growing

Some time ago I had an avocado stone that started to grow. Here is a link to my blog all about it The Birth of an Avocado Tree showing a few photos of the beginning.

 After planting it in a hydroponic way (hydrokultur in German, I just do not know the english word), I was worried as the Spring weather was not ideal for growing. I left it in a warmer place outside but it did not seem to do a lot. At last the Summer is here, just the thing for an avocado that only knows sun, fun and nothing to do but grow and now it is growing. So three months later, this is my mini avocado tree. In Winter I will have to take it inside, as avocados have seen snow or lived in icy temperatures. What could possibly happen, it can only grow. In a few years, when I am still here, I hope to show a photo of the first harvest.

The Birth of an Avocado Tree

It all began with a special offer for avocado in the supermarket and a prawn cocktail. I made the cocktail myself with prawns and a self made cocktail sauce, and just to polish it up a bit I bought an avocado, cut it in small pieces, and mixed it with the prawns. Something I prepare as an entrée on high days and holidays.

The avocado had a stone, as usual. I had done this before a few years ago, but decided let’s try it again. I took the stone, put it in an egg cup full of water and put a cup over it to keep it in the dark and to encourage some roots. A couple of days later I had a sort of accident when I was watching the progress of my master experiment. Unfortunately the stone fell onto the stone floor and split into two halves. Undaunted I continued my experiment and put the two halves of the stone back into the water filled egg cup. I noticed that a strange structure had formed in the middle of the stone, but decided it could only get better.

Today, after two weeks of loving care and constant supply of fresh water, I discovered my stone had not only formed roots, but had started growing, not with one shoot but three. I decided it was time to plant my avocado tree. applying a “Hydrokultur” method of growth. I really do not know the english word for “Hydrokultur” as I could not find it in a dictionary anywhere. However, to explain, instead of planting the stone in earth, it is now growing in water, surrounded by foamed clay (another translation I found from the German “blahton”, but do not know if it makes sense).

Here is a photo of the growing tree, which has been given water containing special liquid fertiliser. In about ten years I hope to show a photo of the tree, complete with the first harvest of avocado pears.