Are There Any Fruit That You Can Use The Seed To Grow An Indoor Fruit Tree? And How Do You Start It?
Posted by admin on February 26, 2010
Yes! You can grow an avacado tree from the pit. Clean the pit by rinsing it under running warm water. Rub gently. Suspend the pit, pointed end down into water in a glass. Use 3 tooth picks gently inserted into the pit to hold it halfway into the water. It will take plenty of patience at this point, as it may take weeks for it to develope a root.
After the root is at least a couple inches long, you can plant it into good potting soil and watch it grow into a beautiful avacado tree.
It does well with a little nitrogen fertilizer from time to time, but only after it has been activly growing for awhile.
Good Luck!
Most fruits can be started indoors from the seed of your typical fruits. The only problem with that is, when the fruit appears (after aprox. 3-4 years, depending on the type of fruit and conditions it is in), that fruit is generally not going to have the same characteristics as the fruit that you have just eaten and obtained seed from. Usually the taste, color, texture etc. are different somehow. Another problem is that most of your fruit trees have to go through a dormancy cycle. They must go through a drop in temperature to complete their cycle for the year. With most indoor types of fruiting trees most people choose citrus, such as, oranges, lemons, and limes. These types of trees are warm climate trees and do not need the cold to go through.