How to grow... AN AVOCADO TREE FROM SEED

YOU WILL NEED:

+ The seed from an avocado + Large tooth picks or skewers + A glass or jar you can see through + Water 1 Carefully remove the seed from the avocado and wash it, taking care not to remove its brown skin (the seed cover). 2 Poke three or four toothpicks firmly into the avocado seed. Get an adult to help with this. 3 Fill your glass with water, and place it on a windowsill. Place your avocado seed so that its bottom half is sitting in the water. 4 Change the water every few days to keep it fresh. 5 Watch and wait. Depending on how warm the weather is, you might see the first sprout in just two weeks. Or it might take two months, so be patient! 6 First you will notice the top of the seed dry out and crack and it's brown outer skin will fall off. Soon after that you will see the first root. This is called the taproot and it should never be left to dry out. After the tap root has grown longer, a small sprout will peep though the top of the seed and start growing. 7 Once your tree has roots and leaves you can keep it growing in a pot of potting mix. Plant it so that you can still see the top half of the seed and keep it in a sunny place. Keep it indoors over winter if you live in a cold climate and water just enough to keep the potting mix just moist as you watch it grow.