Growing An Avocado Plant From Seed Plus Some Nutrition Notes

How tall will a tree grow?

HOW TALL WILL A TREE GROW? AS TALL AS IT CAN!

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Growing a plant from seed ourselves gives such a satisfying feeling. Growing a more exotic or unusual plant, like an avocado, is even more satisfying. When watching something so tiny develop into something so much larger in comparison, I still ponder at how...

Growing an avocado plant from seed is obviously more involved than just burying a seed in a pot and leaving the rest to Ma Nature. or is it? The current status of my avocado plant is just that, a seed buried in a pot, only the seed was germinated and nurtured for a year in an adapted plastic bottle, to get it 'started off' before being potted up. It was left for a year to enable a casual study of the root structure and development. The root system is the part of a plant that absorbs water and nutrients from the soil to feed the plant.

 Pictured below is the basic technique used to germinate the avocado seed.

SOAKING AVOCADO SEEDS

SCRAPING WAY THE SKIN FROM THE HAIRLINE CRACK

After soaking the cleaned seeds for a few days in water, some develop a hairline crack in the outer shell indicating that something inside is expanding. Hopefully, it's the tiny seedling germinating in the centre of the great nut. To relieve a bit of tension from the constriction by the hunky shell, the brown skin of the nut is scraped off along the split line before being sat in water and placed in a warm area.

SEED GERMINATING

SEED IN WATER POT

AVOCADO SEED GERMINATION TRIAL IN A PLASTIC EGG BOX. 15th February 2018

 
The avocado shown in the images below from 15th February 2018, was germinated and has been growing in this pot since 14th February 2017. Twelve months is long enough. Time for potting up.

AVOCADO SEED AFTER TWELVE MONTHS ON THE WINDOWSILL. 15th February 2018

ROOT STRUCTURE OF AVOCADO AFTER ONE YEAR IN WATER. 15th February 2018

The roots appear to have a deep penetrating tap root with a strong developing root structure. Happy Days.

After potting on, the plant appeared non the wiser come the following day. No death!

AVOCADO PLANT POTTED ON 15th FEBRUARY 2018. Image taken 16th February 2018

The video below demonstrates how I potted on the rooted avocado seed and its' current state.

The two images above, taken on 25th February 2018, show how the avocado plant has adapted to potted life after ten days. The pair of top leaves, the newest growth, have flourished and increasing their size quite noticeably. It currently sits on a sunny windowsill indoors as avocados love the sun. Young plants should be protected from the cold during winter although the more established plant can survive outdoors.

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MY GENERAL NOTES on AVOCADO GOODNESS

Avocados are generally accepted as a 'wonder', 'super' or 'marvelous' food based on their highly positive nutritional and dietary values and health benefits, obviously. The benefits of eating avocados are numerous, too many for me to mention and non of which are the results of my own deduction. I will urge people to research more thoroughly and with more interest and concern about what they eat, particularly as 'reliable' information is readily and freely available to many. With the agenda complicit corporates dominating the global food chain and showing signs of skullduggery between the ever developing cracks in the rind, knowing where food comes from should also be of suspicion raising interest.

Are We What We Eat?

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The information detailed below has been compiled from a number of different sources from both online and hard copy publications and gives average values based on variations found in the different varieties and sources analysed. Whilst the information is, to my understanding and acceptance, accurate at the time of publishing, it is intended for my own personal use only and should not be totally relied upon to be accurate for your own personal acceptance or use. This is obviously a disclaimer of responsibility, written in to protect myself from negative retribution. The information should only be used as a general, non binding guide for furthering interest .
NOTE: I am not a nutritionist, a herbalist or a medical practitioner, so please do your own research.

The two website links printed in the above nutrition chart are informative portals for food nutrition and personal health advice and links to these sites have been included below. I am in no way affiliated with either website or company and am merely sharing their sites to enable a reader to access the information I frequently browse.

The George Mateljan Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation with no commercial interests or advertising. Their mission is to help us eat and cook the healthiest way for optimal health.

~ What's  New & Beneficial About Avocados? ~

~ whfoods.com ~

&

Self Nutrition Data use the motto "Know What You Eat" and is a mine source
of interesting and valuable information regarding food nutrition and personal health.

 ~ Avocados, Raw, All Commercial Varities, Nutrition Facts and Calories ~
~ nutritiondata.self.com ~

"Have A CaCado"

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5th~18th February 2018. Digging Race To The Great North Boundary Edge

MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2018

I arrived on the allotment at 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon, adamant that the week would see me achieve the first major aim, digging up to the planting area boundary at the far end to establish the base line from which I can begin setting up the area for planting.

THE PLOT AT 2 O'CLOCK ON MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY LOOKS 'DORMANTLY ACTIVE'

As this boundary is at the north of the plot I've decided to plant the tallest growing vegetable along this line so as to not block out any direct sunlight to other crops and to give a nice backdrop to future photographs. The obvious contender is the runner bean, so, although it's a little early to plant out, I will at least aim to get the supporting framework set up soon. This will make a change, visually and motivationally, from just digging. I'm aware of crop rotation and intend moving next years runner bean planting to the rear of the area of 'scrubland' which is visible to the right. This will be cleared and prepared at some point in the future in readiness for the 2019 season.

THE NORTH END OF THE PLOT ON MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY AT 14:00hrs. MY 'DOGLEG DIGGING' SHOWN IN ITS' EXTREME.

The image above, taken at 2 o'clockish, shows the string line set out on the boundary of the growing area and the amount of digging still left to do to before I reach the great northern edge.

5 O'CLOCKISH ON THE RUN UP TO THE GREAT NORTHERN EDGE 01.

At 5 o'clockish, with the light dimming and the temperature dropping, I decided to call it a day.

5 O'CLOCKISH ON THE RUN UP TO THE GREAT NORTHERN EDGE 02.

 
TUESDAY 6th FEBRUARY 2018

A 12:24 ARRIVAL ON THE PLOT SAW LITTLE, IF, NO CHANGE FROM THE LAST 'PLOT SHOT' FROM VIEWPOINT 01.

With the recent action mainly taking place at the far end of the plot at The Great North Boundary, noticing any differences between 'PLOT SHOT' images taken of the allotment upon arrival from Viewpoint 01 is much akinned to looking in a mirror every morning to watch ones' hair grow or weighing oneself every hour, when on a weight control diet, and expecting to see dramatic results every time...

I will, however, persevere with this routine and formulate a montage on the twelve month anniversary of the very first plot shot.

SCREENSHOT TAKEN FROM 'THE RACE TO THE BOUNDARY EDGE' VIDEO BEFORE ANY DIGGING TAKES PLACE

The race to reach the Great North Boundary edge, highlighted above with a string~line, would mark a milestone in my digging plan. I began tilling from the centre of the plot working outwards as, from a psychological perspective, it would visually reduced the distance to a boundary improving morale and increasing the number of 'milestones' and of celebrations for goals achieved.
The video below was taken spread over two days, the 6th and 7th of February, and is a compilation of a number of individual videos. It is hoped to serve several purposes:
Firstly, to demonstrate trench digging and leaf litter distribution.
Secondly, to entertain those who enjoy watching and who benefit from other people working hard or 'grafting', politicians, bankers, the tax man and weirdos as examples.
Finally, this video is an attempt to win the coveted 'YouTube Award For The Most Unwatchable All The Way Through To The End At Normal Speed And With No Fast Forwards Video Excluding Paint Drying Demonstrations 2018'. It really is a duel of tolerance.

The video below is the shortened version, the main purpose of this recording being

to make the footage available to those with more sense than time.

 

WEDNESDAY 7th FEBRUARY 2018
 

Below are a few images taken on the 7th of February, beginning with some views of the trench as left at the close of 'play' from the previous day and ending with the final celebratory result.

MY VIEW OF THE GREAT NORTH BOUNDARY LINE 'CUT IN' WITH TRENCH AWAITING BACKFILLING

RATS EYE VIEW OF THE GREAT NORTH BOUNDARY LINE 'CUT IN' WITH TRENCH AWAITING BACKFILLING

DOGS EYE VIEW OF THE GREAT NORTH BOUNDARY LINE 'CUT IN' WITH TRENCH AWAITING BACKFILLING

 

By ten past five in the dimly lit afternoon, the trench had been back~filled and the area completed.

 

THE GREAT NORTHERN BOUNDARY COMPLETED AND READY FOR PLANTING 01.

There was nothing more to add as an update to the week as I had developed an excruciating back injury, no doubt brought on by the poor raking technique of over stretching when pulling heavy soil.

I did return to the site, for a plot update and inspection, on Friday 9th and Sunday 18th Feb., only since then have been unable to dig so have very little to report.

THE GREAT NORTHERN BOUNDARY COMPLETED AND READY FOR PLANTING 02.

THE GREAT NORTHERN BOUNDARY COMPLETED AND READY FOR PLANTING 03.

Away from the plot I did manage to pot up an avocado plant that I'd grown from a seed germinated twelve months ago and this will be the next post, so if you want to be informed of future posts as they appear subscribe for post updates using the app. in the right hand sidebar menu.

This article was posted on 23rd February 2018. Despite a vast improvement to my back, I have still been unable to toil, although things are looking promising for some of the lighter duties next week

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"So long for now friends"

"Thanks for stopping by"