Growing an Avocado
Avocados grow in south and middle america. The fruits are green and
have a leather-like skin. If you cut them in half, you can put salt,
pepper and lemon juice on top and have a nice appetizer (to be eaten
with a spoon directly from the skin).
Of course, the stone has to be removed first. Keep it! You can use
it to grow your own avocado plant. Put three matches in it, and place
it over a glass. Fill the glass with water, so that the lower half of
the stone is in the water (the pointed end is the upper one and must be above the water).
After six months (at the latest) you should see a white root
growing from the stone into the water. Now it's time to plant your
avocado. Take a pot, fill it with soil, and make a long hole in the
middle to accomodate the avocado root. Then place the stone on the
soil, such that the lower half is inside and only the top half sticks
out. You can remove the matches now.
After another week or two, you will see that the stone splits at the top, and a new avocado plant starts growing. Several years later, it will look like this:
But don't forget to water your plant regularly...
and sometimes, it requires a bigger pod.