Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site iwu1c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!iwu1c!jgpo From: jgpo@iwu1c.UUCP (John, KA9MNK) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Avocados Message-ID: <204@iwu1c.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 11:00:50 EST Article-I.D.: iwu1c.204 Posted: Thu Feb 23 11:00:50 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 00:41:55 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 18 [bug-blitz] The less pointy end of the avocado seed is placed in the water for germination. That's where the embryo lives. Germination time? That's up to the avocado. I've had seeds that sprouted in five days, seeds that took three months, and seeds that never sprouted at all. Remember to pinch the plant back every now and then, otherwise you get this silly looking stick with a hat of leaves on top. Good luck! PS: If your avocado seed is unusually symmetrical, the embryo end of the seed also has a distinctive disc-shaped marking (and probably a fiber or two sticking out of it).