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Noa is so excited to

celebrate Tu BiShvat!
Can you help her find the

Shivat HaMinim to bring to

the Tu BiShvat Seder?

How to sprout an avocado tree:

Remove the avocado pit from the avocado and soak it in a cup Over the next four weeks you should see a root grow from
of water for an hour. the bottom and then a stem will start coming out of the top!
After an hour take it out of the cup of water and remove the When the stem grows to 6 or 7 inches tall, cut it down by half
brown layer from the pit. The pointy part is the top and the to encourage more growth from the tree.
flat part is the bottom. Then place 3 or 4 toothpicks in the
seed around the sides of the avocado pit (not the bottom or Once your seed has a few
top). leaves and thicker roots, you
can plant the pit in potting
Place the pit over water with the bottom end down in a glass soil, leaving the top half
where almost half of the pit is in the water. Leave the top of of the seed out of the soil.
the pit open to the air. Put the glass somewhere warm but not Continue to water your plant
in sunlight. Every 4 to 5 days completely change the water and watch it grow!
to keep it fresh.

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