To germinate an avocado pit from store-bought fruit, Martin said to "Wash the seed thoroughly, and let it completely air-dry overnight, then gently use a knife or your fingernails to peel the ...

Avocados are notoriously hard to grow particularly in heavy soil (clay). This video shows a great example of how to plant an ...

You have may have tried rooting avocado pits as an experiment, but can you actually grow a tree? And will that tree produce ...

The flat end is where the root emerges. Fill a glass of water, set it in a sunny window. And position the avocado seed over the top of the glass, with the bottom of the seed in the water.

"Let's grow the avocado seed into a plant," my 15-year-old daughter said one day as we prepared an avocado. We have tried this before without success, but sometimes persistence pays off.