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I recently learnt that mango seeds are edible. I had no idea! It also turns out the hard part in the middle of the fruit is not the seed, it's a pocket that holds a large seed. I've experimented with germinating a few random seeds including
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I experimented with growing avocado stones last year and three out of the five grew into decent sized plants. Two went to new homes and I kept the third. I'm still amazed this plant has grown out of an avocado stone from a supermarket shelf. And here it
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My earliest avocado related memory is my Dad trying to grow one of the stones. It lay covered in compost on the kitchen windowsill until we noticed a horrible smell wafting around. The stone had gone rotten. Needless to say, we never did get any avocados. I'd forgotten
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