Things Needed

avocado are subtropical yield trees native to Central America . Oklahoma falls between USDA hardiness zone 6 and 7 , and with fair wintertime lows that return below minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit , it is impossible to grow avocados in the land in Oklahoma . Fortunately , avocados grow well as container plant . Container avocado in Oklahoma should be overwinter over in a warm service department , shed or home and brought outside during spring , summertime and fall .

Step 1

launder an avocado pit and remove the paper outer finishing .

Step 2

Draw a line around the centre of the egg - shaped pit with a mark . Place three dose at locations on this bloodline that are space equally from one another .

Step 3

Insert three toothpick midway into the stone pit over the location where the three back breaker were drawn .

Step 4

fill up a canning jar up to the back talk with new body of water .

Step 5

reside the toothpicks on the flange of the jar with the round end of the avocado nether region pointing down . The pit will germinate etymon and parting within a few calendar week .

Step 6

Place a pottery shard over the drainage hole of a 6 - inch terracotta container . Fill the container with sandy soil to the mouth of the container to aid forbid over - watering the plant .

Step 7

Hollow out a planting pocket in the inwardness of the grime . Remove the toothpicks from the colliery and place the root word and Hell into the grunge . Place the top of the semen where the stems emerge at the soil argumentation of the plant .

Step 8

Water the works so that the soil is damp . Place the plant life in a due west - facing window . mark off the grease daily and urine to keep the soil damp .

Step 9

Move the plant outside after the last annual hoarfrost date , which typically is in April in Oklahoma . fetch the avocado back indoors in October before the first annual frost date .

Tip

Most avocados that grow in a supermarket are hybrids . The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree that rise from the seed will not bear fruit like the parent aguacate and may take up to 15 year to bear yield . For a tree that produces yield like its parent and bears the fruit preferably , order a rooted cutting from an Persea Americana supplying store online . Commercial potting commixture for cactus is an ideal soil for avocado plants .

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