The avocado is a fruit native to Central America, but in Spain it is already being harvested in large quantities. Its taste is delicious and many of us have tasted it when we eat tacos with guacamole. This Mexican dish has traveled all over the world with its flavor, bringing many Spaniards captive by that traditional recipe.
Avocados besides being very tasty have special characteristics since they are rich in vitamins A, D, C. Also, they contain a large amount of natural fatty acids, which help lower bad cholesterol and improve blood circulation.
In this article we explain how to plant an avocado
In the same way, they have a great use in the cosmetic market, since if you put a little avocado in the hair and leave it for several minutes. This rehabilitates and strengthens the hair and scalp in a surprising and natural way. Also, for people who have very dry complexion and skin, avocado masks are placed for several hours and their skin improves impressively.
It should be noted that the salads that are made with chopped avocado in squares, are exquisite and very nutritional, since you will be directly ingesting all its vitamins and fatty acids.
To harvest them at home is very simple, you just have to go to the market and choose the largest and most beautiful avocados you get; The seed is carefully extracted. Later we will give you several secrets, so you have a tree full of avocados and enjoy all its benefits.
The avocado shells can be chopped as small as you can and mixed with sand or vegetal layer to have a good compost or fertilizer. You can also add the waste of vegetables, which are used daily and cambur shells and finely chopped bananas. Of course, this has to last, 3 to 5 months mixed with sand so that it becomes organic matter and is a lot of vitamins for the growth of the avocado tree.
Avocado reproduction is not very easy, but it is not impossible either; You just have to be at the time of year that is not very cold and all the environmental conditions that this plant needs. You can have a large and leafy tree in the yard of your house, which will give you its fruits and plenty of shade that helps keep the environment cool.
Also, you can grow it in large pots if you do not have much space, the tree will grow and bear fruit. But in a slightly narrower place if it were your case, although if you have eaten avocado and you like it a lot, you will surely like to have this tree and give it the best care.
In many parts of the world, they also use it when they go for a walk to the beach, they make it puree, with a fork. And they spread it all over the body, it is one of the most effective sunscreens and special for young children who are delicate-skinned, so if you put chemical sunscreens. They can cause serious allergies and skin diseases, so that later you will spend more on medications than the chemical sunscreen cost you.
Therefore, the best is natural, and avocado offers us many uses and home remedies that no industrialized medicine offers you. Having and harvesting avocados will allow you to save many euros, making many natural products with it, and why not, you can also sell these products and start a small family business.
It should be noted that if you have not been able to have children, avocado helps the production of sperm in men and also naturally cleans the ovaries of women. So, if you have not yet been able to have children, start consuming avocados in salads and also as guacamole that can be added to grills and tortillas.
If you are cardiac and have problems with tension and heart, avocado will help you in a great way to stabilize your cholesterol and return the vitality that your circulatory system needs, so encourage yourself to plant and harvest avocados at home and in any nearby land.
Instructions for and when to plant Avocado
- The first step is to get the avocado seed, which you can locate in the supermarket, buying the largest and brightest avocado you get.
This article on how to graft an avocado can be useful.
- After you have the largest avocado, carefully remove the shell and then the flesh of the avocado, without mistreating the seed.
- When you have the seed in your hand, wash it with water to remove the remains of avocado meat.
- After the seed is well cleaned, you will visualize it and you will observe that it has a thinner part and a wider part, similar to a chicken egg.
- The thinnest part is the upper part where the stem of the plant will be born.
- The other part is the thickest part where the roots will grow, which is where they will absorb all the nutrients necessary for the growth of the stem of the plant.
- Take an empty plastic soda bottle and cut it in half; Then the part where the lid goes, you are also going to make a cut so that you make a pedestal or base to the avocado seed.
- The part of the bottle that you cut, which was like a glass, bone the part of the base of the bottle, you are going to place the seed with its pedestal and with the thin part of the seed towards the top.
- Then, you drink water and add it to the container with the seed inside, but that the water level only covers half of the avocado seed, and that there is enough water left for its germination.
- Subsequently, place your transparent soda container with the avocado seed in a warm place, but that the rays of the sun do not stick directly, it can be near a window.
- When the rays of the sun begin to give the seed, but very gently, then you will begin to see how at 4 weeks the roots of the seed begin to come out and at 6 weeks the stem will begin to grow.
- More or less when it is about 9 weeks old the stem will have a few leaves and the roots will be more or less 6 centimeters.
- When the plant has these characteristics, you must have a pot with compost or organic fertilizer and wet soil ready to place your plant.
- You cannot bury the seed much, only that the stem remains with a little seed poking out at the top.
- And all the roots that extend to the bottom of the pot, eye you must be very careful when you are placing the root in the pot not to break or damage the seed. And the sand must be very loose.
- The pot has to be more or less 50 centimeters deep and with a diameter of 30 centimeters, it also has to have some holes, at the bottom so that the excess water comes out.
- Also, you can plant it in the ground, but remember to be very careful with the roots and that you cannot bury the plant much.
- The rest is to give it a lot of love and attention so that it grows healthy and beautiful giving the best avocados in Spain.
What do you need for and when to plant Avocado?
- An avocado seed.
- Earth and sand with fertilizer.
- Transparent plastic soda bottle.
- Scissors.
- Water.
- Be very careful.
- Pots for planting plants
Tips for and when to plant Avocado
- The sand where the seed is going to be sown should be kept moist all day, not wet, because excess water will rot your roots and the plant dies.
- When you have the plant planted in the pot, the first months do not let it give you direct sunlight, because it will burn the leaves and dry the plant.