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What you need:
  • Healthy unblemished avocado seed
  • Sharp clean knife
  • Bowl for soaking the seed
  • 4" pot
  • Potting soil
  • Propagator
Soak the avocado seeds in hot water for about 30 minutes. This will inhibit avocado root rot.
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Prepare the seeds for planting by cutting ½ inch off the tip of the pointed end.
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Plant each seed in a pot of moist, sandy seedling mix so that the top of the seed is just above the surface.
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Place the pots in a propagation tray. It should take several weeks for the seeds to germinate.