Why do some foods become fashionable?

My neighbour here in the UK grew some in pots but I don't know if they ever fruited.

May I ask anyone who has successfully grown a plant from an avocado stone what type of soil they have and what aspect they plant it in. Have thought of doing so in the past but never got round to it

I just bury a stone in a pot on the window sill. Pot plant soil? I currently have 2 avocado trees about 3ft tall and don't know what to do with them.

I use any old soil- some in potting compost, some just in the clay garden soil. They don’t like frost and extreme dryness but survive cold .

Do you crack the stone slightly before planting it, or just put it in the soil?

I grow rhubarb and gooseberries in my garden still
Love both

for growing from avocado stone I used to use the stick 3 cocktail sticks in the stone near the base (for support) and put it over a jar of water, water up to about threequarters of an inch on the base. Once germinated pot up.

I grew a few avocados this way years ago but the resulting plants weren't particularly interesting as house plants. Straggly and boring

Oh, perhaps I won't bother!

I remember growing runner beans in a jar with blotting paper.

Allira

Oh, perhaps I won't bother!

I remember growing runner beans in a jar with blotting paper.

Classic science experiment in both junior and comprehensive schools. IIRC we did irradiated seeds in Science 101 at the OU summer school.

I love avocado and kiwi fruit but they need to be ripe. Avocado has good fats, kiwis are high in fibre and vitamin K but low in calories and I eat both regularly for breakfast.