Avocado Plant Care: Water, Light, Nutrients

How to care for Avocado

How often to water your Avocado

Avocado needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.

Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.

Water 0.5 cups every
9

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☀️ Light

Finding light for Avocado in your home

Avocado may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.

Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.

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🪴 Nutrients

How to fertilize Avocado

Nutrient, fertilizer, and repotting needs for Avocado: repot after 2X growth

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.

By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.

To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Avocado after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.

I decided to try again! I want to make sure this baby thrives, I have tried the toothpicks and water and had no success, but I got this one to crack in a closed tupperware with wet paper towel! I assume that I need to wait for little roots to sprout before transferring to a pot with soil, so should I keep it in the tupperware with water?