I see our irmao Fred has taken interest in avacados, I am 'appy. And Mervyn too; its good a good fruit/veggie for the body after an evening of you-know-what. Like I said, I am experienced in such matters.
Seriously, the avacados available in the Mupca market (the man who sells unusual vegitables, herbs etc inside the market) are the Caribbean variety...large and green (when ripe as well) as compared to the Mexican/Chilean variety, which are small, usually black/dark when ripe. In order to seed avacados, scoop a seed float it in a glass/bottle with a large opening with water......the seed floats and let the 'de-ant' face up..the seed with germinate but I ain't sure the number of days. When germinate, transfer the seed to the ground....in a cool area...usually a shady area. My neighbor Albertin-maana had an avocado tree grown in the whitish sands of costal salcette.....and she had crops though unpredictable like her temper. In Salcette-Goa, we have a saying.........stolen fruit tastes sweeter; the 'boorkois' from her jardin were worth the afternoon (rather than the avacados) raid when the old duck was doing siestia'ing. The avacados were brought there by returning Afrikaars. Here is a link off the internet: http://www.nda.agric.za/docs/avocado/avocado.htm > > 2008/8/7 parnell belliappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> hi >> just saw yr mail.. >>