Michael Jamieson Bristow 
TROPICAL FRUIT PLANTS - SEEDS OF PROMISE
Eat more fruit........and make yourself an indoor garden
The chief requirement in growing plants from fruit stones is patience.
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AVOCADO seeds, for example, can be germinated by suspending them in a glass of water, so that the bottom of the stone just touches the water. Keep in a warm and dimly lit place with the water level topped up. After three to eight weeks the root and shoot should emerge. Then move into a stronger light, wait for several roots to grow and transfer to a good sandy potting mixture in a six-inch pot. Leave a little of the stone sticking out.
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LYCHEE and MANGO respond to the same treatment, but take longer to germinate.
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An ORANGE or LEMON tree can be grown from a pip planted half an inch deep in a damp potting mixture. It will grow to six feet tall, but needs winter shelter.
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POMEGRANATE seeds grow into attractive bushes for a sun lounge or sheltered garden, and produce scarlet flowers up to two inches long. Sow the dried seeds in spring at a temperature of around 16 deg. C. - plant seedlings in four-inch pots.
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