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To: Hugin

Where do they get their Avacados from? California? If so, no global warming involved, just man-made drought choking off the farmers.


9 posted on 03/04/2014 2:52:47 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

While not particularly popular, the avocado tree can be grown domestically and used as a (decorative) houseplant. The pit germinates in normal soil conditions or partially submerged in a container of water. In the latter method, the pit sprouts in four to six weeks, at which time it is planted in fertile soil such as potting soil. The plant normally grows large enough to be prunable; however, it does not bear fruit unless it has ample sunlight. Home gardeners can graft a branch from a fruit-bearing plant to speed maturity, which typically takes four to six years to bear fruit. To obtain fresh avocado produce, however, more than one tree must be cultivated for crosspollination.

Hmm.... Meaning you could grow these in green houses in salt mines as they are warm and provided with enough artificial light


12 posted on 03/04/2014 3:01:10 PM PST by GraceG
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; caver; rightwingintelligentsia

yep, Chiplote ought to say “we helped save the snail darter at the cost of killing the avocado.”


20 posted on 03/04/2014 3:17:39 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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