Preparing the Avocado Seed

My theory is that washing the seed with warm water helps it develop more rapidly than simply poking it with toothpicks and suspending it halfway in water.

I think that by washing the avocado seed with warm water after you eat it helps to wash away any of the avocado flesh still left on the seed. The surface of the seed is greasy or slippery and after washing it in warm water for about 5 minutes the slipperiness goes away. I think this helps to eliminate any nutrients for bacteria or molds that can grow on the surface of the seed. Molds can inhibit the growth of the avocado tree so it is a good idea to wash the seed or tree whenever you see anything fuzzy or something attached to the seed. Several times I've noticed a transparent goo that sticks to the seed and washed it off with water.
When I started my first tree I read through a website that said to wash with cold water, which is what I did. On my second tree I used warm water because that's what I randomly did. This second seed developed much faster than my first one. The first seed took about 3 months to grow. The second seed split in the first day (after warm water washing) and took only a few weeks to grow.

Two Trees Side by Side

The avocado tree on the right is about six months old. The one on the left is about two months.