How To Grow An Avocado Tree From Seed - EASY AND FAST!

Today I am going to show you another method that is just as easy to do and gives fantastic results. I also show you the results of last years video where I showed you how to grow an avocado from seeing by using the toothpick method.

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[debbiehenri]

Yes, I have had a few Avocado plants over the years.
My son used to like Avocado fruit a lot and not wanting to waste such a large seed, I just planted a lot of them straight outdoors in the ground (this is in Scotland) mainly during the summer.
They would take about a month to 6 weeks to grow, would make some nice leaves among the borders and die off when the frosts hit hard.

I do have one plant that I grow indoors, but even though I have a lot of window space I don't want any one plant to dominate (because these windowsills need to house a lot of overwintering plants and room is at a premium for 6 months of the year).
What I do is prune hard the indoor one, taking it back to about 8-10 inches in height. They don't mind pruning from my experience, no rotting or anything like that. So it seems to be perfectly safe to keep your plant in bounds if you want to do so.
I intend to let this plant reach an age of about 9 years, pruning hard each year, and then allowing it to grow a little more (space pending of course), just to see if it will flower?

I did have a very unexpected find just a few weeks ago. I did say my son 'used to like' avocados, this was up to the time he fell sick in August of last year. It must have been about then that I threw out the last uneaten ones into what should have been a new compost heap. I stopped adding to the heap when the debris was just a couple of inches thick - and only a few weeks ago I found an avocado growing there.
I don't know 'how' this seed managed to survive a Scottish winter. Yes, our winters are much milder of late, but we did still have some frosts, some quite hard, a little snow, and a huge amount of rain. Yet this seed toughed it out in two inches of compost and suddenly grew this summer. Needless to say, it's potted up and sitting on the windowsill now. I think it deserves to live!

[michelletrujillo]

I did this and 2 months ago and my trees are already 2’ tall.
Three years ago you posted this video and people are still learning from it.
Thank you for this excellent video! ❣️

[steelarms]

Thank you for sharing your technique, quite simple, more in touch with nature and natural method. I do have a tip to share, i have grown several avocado trees from seed, and found that putting the seeds in Heavy Clay pots, putting them in the window seal of a Sun Facing window helped accelerate the growth of the seed and plant. The clay pot absorbs the heat of the sun and regulates the temperature of the soil. When the plants grew to about 6 to 12 inches I planted them in a larger Clay Pot and put them outdoors to get acclimated to the weather. I let them go outdoors through a winter where there where several days below 30 Degrees, and watched them. Several times i wanted to bring them in doors, but I let nature takes it's course and let them go. To my amazement they survived through the winter and thrived the next spring. I believe the clay pots had a lot to do with absorbing heat and energy from the sun and regulating the temperature of the soil.

[grandadsallotmentgarden]

I grew one as a kid years ago it got to about eight foot tall and ir out grew the conservatory it is now in the orangery at the freeman hospital in Newcastle and about 20 foot high

[laurahiggins]

It's like you are reading my mind every time that you upload a new video just in time for what I am trying to do!

[richardwilliams]

Kia ora.
I live in NZ as you may have guessed by the greetings.
I have 4, 30 year old grafted Avocado Trees that give my friends and myself more than our fair share of foods.
The trees were grown as at first for pricey way back before the carmichael inty in these trees became well known.
The trees are obviously to close together now but they serve their purposes well giving us privacy as well as shade during our hot summer months given that they grow in pure black iron sand conditions.
Each tree is approximately 25 meters tall x 10 metres wide each growing into the other, each being planted approximately 8 metres from the base of its nabour.
At the bottom of each tree the branch sizes are at least 12/16 inches in diameter and they van out in all most exact formation to the four points of the compass.
These are great big strong branches that allow me to sit on when under the trees during harvesting which this year being between August 2019 and now its February 2020 the trees are still giving me their beautiful large creamy treasures and well do so by the looks well into April.
Above the first tear of branches are multiples of the same but slightly smaller branches.
Above this is an other that makes up the whole tree.
It's between these branches or where branches have snapped off in our strong winds small of shoots have been formed that will also grow into fruit bearing branches in time perhaps in the next 3 years.
A year or two back I started to prune a few of the original 2nd tear branches manly as I thought they were becoming overcrowded, but stopped as I realized that these larger branches were landed with the next generations fruit..
As like now Avocados are ready for the picking but also the following years Avocados are also forming in between.
The trees have their own way of self pruning many of the young offshoots and some 2 year old woods just dry up for no reason, but the two year old wood will trow multiple of shoots with in a year sometimes two.
I guess it's a matter of just taking the bull by the horns and doing right for the tree regardless of numbers of fruit to be lost as in the long run it will be good for all in the long run ah.
Every year my trees drop approximately 2000 unripe baby Avos blown from their roost by the strong winds we experience from the 4 points of mother earth, but every year we still receives loaded trees of fruit, perhaps having nabours that are apry farmers do play a big part in pollinating my trees too.
I just tripped onto your page, saw what you were doing ands thought I'd share a little of what I have at my doorstep.
Hare ra from a Kiwi living his dream with all the avos one can possibly expect..

[judyg]

I love how you admit to being lazy at times and having life issues needing your attention. I criticize myself for these reasons and maybe I shouldn’t. I really enjoy your channel; I’m a new subscriber. I live in upstate New York USA but have visited the UK with my husband and children and feel connected to you all there. Having old roots from your lands and coming from an old farming family I appreciate your knowledge and enjoy your sharing your experience with all of us. Thank you. Blessings. 😊🧡☀️🌱

[robertgoode]

I remember my mom growing avocados by the toothpick method and a few months ago I started one. First time for me and I just did it but I didn't peel the seed or cut the top. Got riots fairly quickly but it took a long time to sprout. I live in Tucson Arizona in the US, the desert southwest, down or country. It's about 16 inches tall now and still in water but after watching you video it's being potted as soon as I finish typing this. Thank you for the great information.

[synappticuser]

Strange to say on Monday evening my wife, who loves Avocado's gave me the seeds from 2 she had just scoffed and challenged me to grow 'em. They shall be in the pots today. Cheers Tony. McIntyre

[davesmith]

Hi Tony - love your videos - keep em coming, learnt so much. I used to work in Advocado orchards on a kibbutz in northern Israel, and came to love them. They can take up to 10 years before you get fruit, and grow very large. This is why they are expensive in the shops, hard to pick (by hand using a cherry picker), they hide on the inside of the tall trees, and not many per tree (relative to other fruits). They don't tolerate cold very well at all.

[terimiller]

I grew 2 using the toothpick method. After planting them, and putting them in a sunny window they took off! I was so happy🌱. I gifted them to a dear friend when the plants were a couple of feet high. She later told me she had some problems (not with the plants) and they died. I'm now doing the toothpick method again but will keep these for myself. Thanks for this video, you've inspired me to try again💝

[truthbetold]

I've grown it from seed several times and am sprouting a few at this moment with success. The single stem with glossy leaves on my window sill is a joyful view. I love this free gift and hope to grow it long term indoors.

[MrBobthephilosopher]

Just seen this one. I started growing avocados last year, starting off as toothpicked then potting them. Bringing them in, all the leaves turned brown and dropped off (temperature difference). I clipped the tops off and put them down in the cellar. Within a couple of weeks they were sprouting new branches and leaves! Hopefully won't have to wait 10 years before the 1st fruit. Cheers Tony!

[Colinking]

Yet another great video. You keep inspiring me to try growing plants ive never grown before and thats not easy as im in my 66th year. Keep up the great work, you should be on tv.

[margaretparsons]

I just leave my pits on the sink for 2-3days, then drown them in a paper cup & keep them covered/ H2O till they start to get icky. Then I wash them & put 4 picks in & set bottom in glass of H2O. I’ve only planted them when they already had roots & started to grow the plant. Thank You for letting us know that you can cover them / soil❣️ My Mum taught me to leave the top 1/4 of pit not covered❣️ I’m sure that the next ones will grow faster & bushier like yours❣️✌️🍀🙏💗🇺🇸

[MojoSun]

I'm living on the island of Guam and growing Avacado is very easy, although it's not true to seed, like the Mango. We have mostly Humid hot weather and a rainy season. I enjoyed your video very much, Thank You!

[bbbiker]

I have never tried the soil method but had loads of success with the toothpick method. What I am hoping for is a 2019 update to this video to show your plants after 2 years. Look forward to this. Great channel.

[cowboygeologist]

Nice video! I tried the water method. About 7 months later, the seed split and was still soft but nothing else was happening so I gave up. I have grown them in the past. One time, in Maryland, I even planted on in the soil next to my porch. Months later, nothing, so forgot about it. One day I saw a 1 foot tall "weed" and pulled it. When I saw the seed stuck to the "weed", I realized what I had done. LoL. I replanted it. It lost leaves but came back.

[jmoral]

I'm not a farmer, but help from texas sun I've grown avocados, tomatoes, chilies and watermelons just by spitting the seed out back. Keep up the great channel. J.

[jillybear]

I grew several avocado trees in South Africa, on the Garden Route! I planted a clump of three seeds straight in the garden in about three different places, they all grew and became sturdy little trees. As they take at least seven years to fruit I gave them to various friends as an interesting tree! I managed to grow one here in England and it outgrew the conservatory so is now in Hampshire with my daughter, sadly it couldn't be taken in during the winter and has suffered, but it is happier now its summer and is still alive. They are fascinating to grow!