Avocado seed not sprouting

[Bulbasaur]

I've been trying to get my avocado kernels to sprout with the help of the internet and it hasn't really been working for me...I already tried four times with kernels from various stages of the fruit's maturity and nothing.

The method I read was the following:

• You get a glass/small container with water.
• You slightly pierce the kernel at 4 sides with toothpicks to create something to prevent the kernel from submerging.
• You leave this bizzare contruction somewhere away from direct sunlight and wait 2-3 weeks.

Now, I'm either doing something wrong or all the seeds were duds...or the method itself isn't right.
PS: I used the kernel of avocados from supermarkets, I don't know if it's of any help to know.

Has this method ever worked for you, or do you have a different method to sprout the seed?

 

[Chuck]

If the avacodo was harvested before it was mature it will not be capable of reproduction. Kind of like those gas ripened tomatoes grocery stores are always selling. Their seeds won't sprout either simply because they were harvested too soon. Being ripe and being mature are two different things

 

[sillylucy]

Have you tried to keep them in a wet paper towel for a few days before putting them into a jar of water? I have tried in the past and my seed dried out and then it would not sprout at all.

 

[Bulbasaur]

If the avacodo was harvested before it was mature it will not be capable of reproduction. Kind of like those gas ripened tomatoes grocery stores are always selling. Their seeds won't sprout either simply because they were harvested too soon. Being ripe and being mature are two different things

I see what you mean, you're quite right. Now that I think about it, the supermarkets get immature avocados and leave them to ripen in the shelves. It makes sense now that my seeds wouldn't sprout.
I'll try to get a fruit that has been properly harvested, thanks for the advice!

Have you tried to keep them in a wet paper towel for a few days before putting them into a jar of water? I have tried in the past and my seed dried out and then it would not sprout at all.

Thanks for the tip, one of my seeds was so dry that the outer woody layer would peel off, I didn't think I could salvage it like that. I'll try that too!

 

[Sealpikachu]

What type of spil are you keeping it in? Maybe that has to do with the seeds drying off? We have an avocado tree in our backyard and the moment it gets too hot, the bark starts looking terrible. We usually have to water it a lot. We didn't plant it though so I don't know if that has to do with it.

 

[Bulbasaur]

"Spil"?? Do you mean soil? If so, my seeds didn't even make it to sprouting. The moment I got the seeds I put them in the water jar.

 

[Jaxstudios]

I've been trying to get my avocado kernels to sprout with the help of the internet and it hasn't really been working for me...I already tried four times with kernels from various stages of the fruit's maturity and nothing.

The method I read was the following:

• You get a glass/small container with water.
• You slightly pierce the kernel at 4 sides with toothpicks to create something to prevent the kernel from submerging.
• You leave this bizzare contruction somewhere away from direct sunlight and wait 2-3 weeks.

Now, I'm either doing something wrong or all the seeds were duds...or the method itself isn't right.
PS: I used the kernel of avocados from supermarkets, I don't know if it's of any help to know.

Has this method ever worked for you, or do you have a different method to sprout the seed?

Hi I have not had luck with the toothpick trick because the water level always drops and I don’t catch it on time but what I did have great luck with was a MINI GREENHOUSE.

1 take a tall shot glass or a glass that is as tall as a paper towel folded in half and half again. Then roll up the paper towel and put it in the glass so when viewed from the top looks like a spiral. Clean the seed and put it on top of the paper towel fat side down and fill the glass full of water until overfilling. The paper towel will expand and hold the water. Then make a mini greenhouse for it. First I used a ziplock baggie placed the glass with seed in the baggie zipped it and blew air into it and closed it tight like a little balloon around the entire glass and seed. Place it in a south or west facing window AND WAIT and wait and wait. I think it took close to 6 weeks before I saw a sprout. And remember you will get a root long before the sprout shows up but as you see it does work.

The mini greenhouse will keep the water and moisture in the glass. As you can see I have a decent seal on the bigger glass terrarium.

The seed may start to fuzz up depending on how clean you got it. Dont fret it won’t hurt the seed.

Allow it to grow as tall as possible in the mini greenhouse before planting in a pot covering the seed in well draining soil.

The whitish colored seed is because we didn’t get it cleaned off well enough and that is what molds but it did not interfere with my seed sprouting. It does have a root but hasn’t sprouted yet.

And above all. BE PATIENT.

 

[cpp gardener]

It can take month or more for them to sprout.