Comments on: G is for Grow: 31 Days of ABCs https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/ Mom Smarter! Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/#comment-57858 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11627#comment-57858 In reply to Sterling.

I will definitely try again! And honestly, the fail was as much a learning experience for the boys. So in the end it was a win-win 🙂

]]> By: Sterling https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/#comment-57761 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11627#comment-57761 It looks like you didn’t cut open the avocado and put the seed in water. We got our avocado seed to sprout. We put the seed in potting soil in a pot and put it on the back lanai. It took a while but it finally sprouted. Right now it’s just a stem, but we are looking forward to the day we have fresh avocados.
Hopefully you’ll try again.

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/#comment-57215 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11627#comment-57215 In reply to Emma Edwards (Adventures of Adam).

Ha! It’s true. And it was good for the boys to see the fail 🙂

]]> By: Emma Edwards (Adventures of Adam) https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/#comment-57207 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11627#comment-57207 Love the pin fail. Definitely memorable and we learn more from our mistakes. Always a lesson to learn.

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/#comment-57051 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11627#comment-57051 In reply to Haley.

At least it was a great learning experience 🙂

]]> By: Haley https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/#comment-57041 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11627#comment-57041 This kind of made me chuckle. Reminds me of something I would do lol! You are supposed to do this with an avocado pit, not the whole avocado. I did this with my kids. The root came out first, then the plant. I planted it after it was a few inches all. Then, it got up to 12 inches and then one of my sons killed it. It did take a long time to grow though. Several weeks in our case.

]]> By: Emma @ P is for Preschooler https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/#comment-56567 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11627#comment-56567 Sometimes we learn more from the “fails”! I love the colorful leaf rubbings too!

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/#comment-56558 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11627#comment-56558 In reply to Sally from Little Hiccups.

I actually had to look up what a loquat is! Some people have told me that we should have tried just the seed but really I think my kids learned a lot just from the fail.

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/#comment-56556 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11627#comment-56556 In reply to Leanna @ Alldonemonkey.

Kids definitely learn from fails! I think sometimes they learn even more.

]]> By: Sally from Little Hiccups https://mommyevolution.com/g-is-for-grow-abcs/#comment-56513 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11627#comment-56513 I tried growing an avocado with my kids without much luck either! We did it a little differently though and just placed the seed in the water (with the toothpicks as pictured). The first one we tried did nothing. The second we tried started to grow but then went nowhere. The seed started to split and a root poked out the bottom but after weeks and weeks it progressed no further. Oh well.
At the same time we also planted loquat seeds in soil in a cut off milk carton and we were surprised at how quickly they sprouted. Unlike our attempts at growing an avocado tree they have gone really well and we have three little trees (about 4 inches tall after a few months).

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