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. 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. LYCHEE and MANGO respond to the same treatment, but take longer to germinate. 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. 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.