How to grow your own avocado plant! :)

Step 1: purchase an overripe avocado from your local grocery store.

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Step 2: cut open your avocado and careful remove the seed.

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Step 3: carefully peel off the dark layer around the seed.

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Step 4: insert toothpicks into the avocado seed at slight upward angles. Be careful not to put the toothpicks into the seem line of the seed, because that is where the seed will break open and sprout.

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Step 5: fill up a cup of water enough to where the bottom of the avocado seed will be submerged, but the top is still dry.

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Step 6: sit back and watch your avocado grow! :)

After a few weeks your avocado will start sprouting roots!

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Thanks for reading, and I'll give more updates as my avocado continues to grow! :)

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