How to: Grow your own Avocado Tree at Home

Lately I've found myself (yet another) new hobby; growing avocado plants from avocado seeds.! It is actually very simple, all you need is an avocado, an empty jar or something else you can use as a flowerpot and three toothpicks.

Avocado seed ready to be removed

First you remove the avocado seed from the cut avocado. The avocado seed is shaped like an egg, so it is relatively easy to figure out where the top is. Stick the three toothpicks into the avocado seed so that the toothpicks can hold the upper part of the avocado seed above water (see the picture). 

Avocado seed that has started to sprout

In order to make the seed grow faster you could remove the peel from its bottom half. This will make it easier for the seed to absorb water. 

The roots of this avocado tree is getting quite long

For more information about transplanting your new avocado tree you can have a look at the following youtube video by Wisconsin Garden:

Some of my current avocado seeds. Only one of them has gotten really big though.

Thanks for reading this blogpost, and good luck with growing your own avocado plants!

About Anette
Anette came to Japan as an exchange student in 2010, met the love of her life and got stuck. From her base in Tokyo she writes about her experiences as a full-time worker in Tokyo and about her travels in Japan and abroad. She's a free-spirited adventurer who enjoys both the great outdoors and her urban lifestyle.