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Why would an Avocado Pit turn water Orange?? Pics..

Posted by iluvbotany4life Zone 5 (My Page) on
Tue, Dec 29, 09 at 17:09

I've been trying the toothpick/water method to germinate avocado seeds, and yesterday I used this method for a large avocado pit from one of those big smooth skinned avocados from puerto rico. Well the next day I checked the pit and it looked like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17398687@N02/4226633152/

Does anyone know what happened? I'm going to replace the water and see what happens but I'm pretty baffled as to why the color changed and in such a short amount of time..


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RE: Why would an Avocado Pit turn water Orange?? Pics..

Your link says the photo has been deleted so no luck seeing it. Best guess was some bacterial fermentation took place in the gel/slime coating on the seed and discolored the water. Happens now and then with many different seeds but no real harm.

Dave


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