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Making Avocado Bacon Sandwiches
15A. Fun with the Seed
Place the glass in a bright windowsill. In about three to six weeks the top of
the avocado pit will begin to split and a stem sprout will emerge from the top
and roots will begin to grow at the base.
When the stem grows to about five or six inches pinch out the top set of
leaves. In another two or three weeks new leaves will sprout and their will be
more roots.
It's now time to plant the young avocado tree. Place enriched potting soil in a
large flowerpot (maybe 8" to 10" across). Fill the soil to about an inch from
the top of the pot. Make a small depression in the center of the soil and place
the pit, root-side down into the depression. Don't put it too deep...you want
to have the upper half of the pit above the soil line. Add some more soil
around the pit to fill in any air holes by the roots and then firm it into the
soil by gently pushing the soil around the base of the pit. The tree's stem and
leaves should be straight and pointing up (like a flagpole).
Give the soil a drink to water the pit. Water it generously so that the soil is
thoroughly moist. Water the soil slowly and gently so that when it's poured in
it doesn't gouge out holes in the soil. Keep your tree watered but don't let
the soil be so moist that it ever looks like mud.
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