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Re: Avocado Tip
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SueZ
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Date: April 30, 2014 01:31PM SueZ Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > CommonSenseRaw Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > And not falling far from the parent they will > all > > remain in the same family of trees. > > > Not really such a good idea even for fruits. And then there is this on the rite of passage of avocado seeds. "Why the Avocado Should Have Gone the Way of the Dodo" [www.smithsonianmag.com] Re: Avocado Tip
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CommonSenseRaw
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Date: April 30, 2014 01:42PM Very interesting article.
Avocados have been fighting for survival. I did know the meaning of the word avocado. "The Aztec word for avocado, ahuacatl means “testicle”. This is most likely because the avocado, growing in pairs, resembled the body part. After the arrival of Spanish conquistadors, Spanish speakers substituted the form avocado for the Aztec (Nahuatl) word because ahuacatl sounded like the early Spanish word avocado (now abogado), meaning “lawyer.” " Re: Avocado Tip
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SueZ
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Date: April 30, 2014 02:38PM CommonSenseRaw Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- After the arrival of Spanish conquistadors, > Spanish speakers substituted the form avocado for > the Aztec (Nahuatl) word because ahuacatl sounded > like the early Spanish word avocado (now abogado), > meaning “lawyer.” > " And now lawyers, although still ballsy, are called dicks.. . Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/2014 02:40PM by SueZ. Re: Avocado Tip
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SueZ
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Date: April 30, 2014 11:21PM I just started another avocado experiment. I am setting two of the tiny ones up to sprout. One is balanced on toothpicks over tap well water and the other over distilled water. Re: Avocado Tip
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SueZ
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Date: May 01, 2014 12:10AM I' think I'll have to try to make some experimental avocado ink...
"The seed yields a milky fluid with the odor and taste of almond. Because of its tannin content, it turns red on exposure, providing an indelible red-brown or blackish ink which was used to write many documents in the days of the Spanish Conquest. These are now preserved in the archives of Popayan." [www.hort.purdue.edu] Re: Avocado Tip
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vermontnl
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Date: May 02, 2014 02:00AM I sprout my avocado pits in a plastic bag (or glass bowl with top) with a little bit of water in a dark location. It's faster. Re: Avocado Tip
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SueZ
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Date: May 02, 2014 08:20AM vermontnl Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I sprout my avocado pits in a plastic bag (or > glass bowl with top) with a little bit of water in > a dark location. It's faster. Thanks! How many times a day do you have to change the water with that method? Is it just like with sprouting the smaller seeds? Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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