Comments on: Procrastination Nation

By: plantsondeck

plantsondeck — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:43:18 +0000

True confessions: I think my avocado is dead. I planted the thing soon after the “Just like Christopher Walken” post but nothing’s happened since. I’m not giving up, though. I’m determined to make this experiment work. I think that I killed this particular seed when trying to remove the bamboo sticks as it split cleanly into two halves. Which would be normal, if the green shoot had been ready to emerge. Which it wasn’t. Next time I’ll be a little more gentle about sticking the sticks in and taking sticks out.

I didn’t get too worried about the white stuff. It didn’t appear to be a mold or fungus so I was able to pretend it wasn’t there. Sorry I can’t be of more use to you. Good luck, though. Please let me know if you were successful!

By: JNut

JNut — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:46:33 +0000

I just started growing my own avocado. I recognize the there is some white stuff on various parts of the pit. It looks just like the one you have in your photograph. Its it normal?

By: plantsondeck

plantsondeck — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:08:39 +0000

Thanks for the info! Don’t worry, no downing here — I wasn’t banking on POD-grown guacamole anyway. Honestly? It’s just something to keep me occupied through the cooooooold winter months. I’m just jealous of your Cali clime right now.

By: Fern @ Life on the Balcony

Fern @ Life on the Balcony — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:37:08 +0000

Be prepared for the avocados you’re growing to bear fruit that does not resemble what you ate in the cobb salad. And also, most avocados are grafted onto healthier, more disease-resistent root stock. I don’t want to be a downer, but it is really hard to grow good fruit trees from seed.