Every person familiar with avocado fruit is a must drew attention to the huge boneinside
Fans of home plants will have a question: is it possible to use it as a planting material, and how difficult is it to grow an adult tree?
Let's talk about how you can grow avocados with bones.
Is it possible to grow avocados from the bone at home? Avocado plant is a tropical crop belonging to family of laurel. Its homeland is Central America and India. For indoor breeding is more suitable American, related to the Mexican race. Ready-made seedlings are almost never found in stores, but it is quite possible to get a tree from the bones of a ripe fruit.
Is it possible to grow independently?
Home conditions allow you to grow avocados, although in nature the tree is very large, and therefore poorly adapted for growing in a pot. If the tree does not form a crown in a certain way - it will turn out weakly leafy shrub without a decorative look, which does not even bloom.
But this does not stop the lovers of exotic plants, since seed reproduction is easy, and the result is an evergreen tree that has a lush crown and height up to 2.5 m. This will require compliance with certain rules and the maintenance of optimal environmental conditions.
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How to plant and grow avocados from a bone in a pot at home: photos of the stages of germination, planting and plant growth.
Germination
How to sprout avocado? To grow an avocado from a bone at home, its need to choose from ripe fruit, immature for this will not work.
The brown skin is removed, after which germination is carried out in the following order:
- The stone is placed in a large pot so that above the surface of the soil is its wide edge. It can also be placed 2/3 in water, suspended in a vessel with a wide neck with the help of toothpicks with a narrow edge down.
- As it evaporates, the water is constantly added to the "tail" was constantly drowned.
- After a time, the stone will burst and will actively absorb moisture.
- After 4-6 weeks, roots will appear on the part lowered into the water, and a sprout with leaves will appear on the opposite side, after which the plant can be transplanted into the ground.
For landing big bone is being picked up, because it has more growth energy. For soaking water defend. Wood or activated charcoal can be added to the vessel, but this measure is not mandatory, as the stone germinates well without special additives.
If germination is carried out on the ground, which is used as vermiculite, it is kept moist until the seed is strong. The stone is not allowed to fall asleep with the substrate, as it will rot under these conditions.
Below is a video showing two ways to grow avocados at home.
Planting bones
How to plant avocados? Before planting seed germ cook pot.
To do this, choose a vessel with many holes or make additional, as watering will be carried out often. At the bottom is laid drainage, on top of which the soil mix or ready-made composition is poured. The bone is planted so that only one third of it is in the ground, and the rest is above the surface.
Growth Conditions
How to grow avocados from the bones at home? For plants will need warm room with high humidity. In a pot, they are sure to arrange good drainage with pebbles or expanded clay.
Waterlogging is unacceptable, and the water in the pot tray should not remain. Avocados are placed where there is good lighting, but there are no direct sun rays, which cause burns to the leaves.
Potted soil keep loose and wet, avoiding caking and compaction. Her environment should be closer to neutral, but in no case acidic. For this, a mixture of equal parts of garden soil, humus and coarse sand is prepared. If necessary, add peat and a little lime.
Lower ambient temperature up to 16 ° C and below is unacceptable. Watering is done with warm water, the plant also likes spraying. For normal growth and development, feeding is carried out periodically, which are carried out at least twice a month in spring and summer. For this purpose, use mineral fertilizers for feeding citrus.
To avoid avocado growth, you need timely pinching the top shoot. Transplantation is carried out once a year in spring. During this period, the tree survives better after planting in another pot. Resetting the leaves once a year is considered normal - it looks like it goes into a resting stage.
How does growing up at home?
How does growing at home? Avocados in nature grows in the tropics with high humidity. Frequent spraying helping him stay in an apartment is relatively comfortable.
Too dry air immediately affects the leaves, which begin to dry. Direct sunlight is also harmful, causing redness and burns.
For the first 3 months sprout reaches a height of 50 cm, but in order to grow a big tree, annual transfer to a new pot with new soil is necessary, while with each new transplant, its size should increase.
When growing a tree can lose foliage, but with proper care after a while the green will grow again.
And another video on how to grow avocados from the bones at home.
Open ground
How to plant avocados outdoors? Avocado is an exotic plant that grows wild in countries with a stable warm climate, and temperature dropping not lower than 15 ° Ctherefore, the open ground of temperate latitudes does not suit him.
But in the greenhouse cultivation is quite possible. To do this, sprouted seed is planted in a small pot, and when the sprout becomes a tree, and the roots occupy the whole space, it is transplanted into the ground.
Landing carried to fertilized land. After reaching the size of a tree half a meter, it is cut around the middle. This procedure is necessary, because after it the plant is more branched and strong. The growing process itself is quite long. In a few years the size of an avocado will reach 2 meters.
With proper watering, regular fertilizer, good lighting and year-round t ° not lower than 20 ° С, fruits appear by the year 5.
Avocados to grow from the stone at home is a simple process, but creating the conditions for fruiting is much more difficult. Even proper care, pinching and grafting do not guarantee the appearance of flowers and fruits. But as a hand-grown decorative culture, a plant sure to be the pride of room flora.
