Before Avocados From Mexico become your famous Big Game guacamole, they grow in our orchards down in MichoacΓ‘n. Thanks to the areaβs tropical climate, natural irrigation, and rich volcanic soil, the hardworking farmers have been cultivating MichoacΓ‘nβs avocado trees for generations to keep producing the delicious, #AlwaysGood avocados we love today.
But if avocado farming is YOUR dream (itβs definitely ours), why not try to grow your own avocados at home? Itβs not the easiest job, but with the right steps, it can be a fruitful challenge. (Get it?!). You can keep an avocado tree indoors as a houseplant, or if the temperature never goes below freezing where you live, plant it in your yard. (Avocado trees thrive at temperatures between 60 and 85Β°F).
Hereβs how to grow an avocado tree just by using the pit!
Select an avocado at the store. Remember to look for a dark green to black fruit with a bumpy texture that gives a bit when you squeeze it gently. This video will show you how.
With the perfectly ripe avo picked, prepare your favorite avocado recipe and set aside the pit. After youβve enjoyed the snack, youβre ready to set up the seed to sprout. The beginning of the process is probably the toughest phase of growing an avocado tree, but if you can get through these steps, youβre on your way to a beautiful homegrown tree.
If your thumb is more of an arts-and-crafts kind of green, thereβs plenty more to do with an avocado pit. You can make jewelry, a foot scrub, or even Christmas ornaments β which would look just lovely dangling from the branches of your avocado tree. π
Choose a pot thatβs about 10 inches in diameter and use rich humus soil. Leave the top half of the seed exposed. Once in soil, place your avocado plant in direct sunlight. (We love the sun. π) Water it a few times a week. If the tips of the leaves turn yellow, you may be overwatering your plant, so let it dry out for a few days. If it starts to turn brown, it may be because of an accumulation of salt in the soil. Let water run into the pot and drain it.
It will probably take several years for your avocado tree to bear avocados, but donβt get discouraged. If you made it this far, youβre doing great! Be patient while you dream of the day when youβll be able to enjoy guacamole made with avocados from your very own tree.
In the meantime, thereβs no need to deny yourself of the tasty fruit β Avocados From Mexico are delicious and available year-round. And if you canβt tear yourself away from your little plant, you can even have avocados delivered right to your door. When your avocado tree sees the delicious guacamole youβre making, it will feel even more encouraged to grow up and produce its own for you to enjoy! (Well, maybe not. But avocado trees are pretty magical, so who knows?)
Before you know it, youβll wake up one day and see an avocado growing from your little friendβs branches. Youβll be so proud that you might shed a tear and feel the impulse to hug your avocado tree and tell it how proud you are. You two have come a long way!
Now that you know how to grow an avocado tree, the first avocado deserves the perfect recipe. Here are a few options:
These recipes are just the beginning of a long, happy life for you and your avocado tree. Dig into our recipe archive to discover hundreds of new ways to prep avocados. Happy gardening!
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