Growing An Avocado Plant Indoors
Cultivated avocados are grown from compatible rootstock.
Growing an avocado plant indoors. As a decorative houseplant growing avocado indoors makes a lot of sense. A plant produced from a seed is less likely to produce fruit but it will make a lovely tree. Put it somewhere that gets at least 6 hours sunlight and water it every 2nd day.
To grow an avocado tree indoors simply put a pit half in water until it sprouts. Use a nitrogen rich fertilizer 3 times per year and watch it grow. Fill a water glass with room temperature water until the water comes to within 1 inch of the rim of the glass.
Watch for leaf yellowing which. Avocado growing indoors can start with a pit but is most successful with a healthy grafted dwarf tree. An avocado houseplant looks beautiful indoors with its glossy and oval leaves.
How to grow an avocado tree indoors. Plant it in a 10 inch pot. Avocado plants should be kept continuously moist but adequate drainage is essential.
They will tolerate some shade but potted indoor plants generally need the brightest spot. Growing a dwarf variety such as holiday and wertz can allow you to grow it in a limited space not to mention the nutritious buttery fruits you ll get. Like bananas avocado plants thrive in full sun.
Nestle the seedlings into the soil so that the root crown where the trunk emerges from the roots is 1 2 inch. Remove an avocado seed from an avocado and wash off the remaining avocado fruit using room temperature water. Remove the pit from a ripe avocado and rinse off any excess flesh.
