{"id":114027,"date":"2020-02-02T15:15:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T08:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-right-back-to-the-70s-with-avocado-plants-james-wong\/"},"modified":"2020-02-02T17:03:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T10:03:31","slug":"its-right-back-to-the-70s-with-avocado-plants-james-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-right-back-to-the-70s-with-avocado-plants-james-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s right back to the 70s with avocado plants | James Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThey\u2019re selling for a premium in trendy shops, but you can easily grow your own. Here\u2019s how\u2026It\u2019s sad when you get to the age where you start seeing old trends coming around again, especially in the notoriously slow-moving world of horticulture. So when I walked into an achingly cool east London houseplant shop recently to see an enormous display of avocado seedlings, neatly potted up with avocado motif labels, I just had to crack a smile. Rather like buying old fashioned milk bottles to decant your supermarket-bought carton into for that added feeling of 1970s \u201cauthenticity\u201d, buying a plant that was famously trendy to grow from kitchen waste is, I guess, peak hipster.If any of you are keen on the look of their glossy, evergreen leaves, but frankly not the silliness of paying for something you can get for free, here\u2019s my guide to growing this retro houseplant from the large seeds you save from your supermarket fruit. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2020\/feb\/02\/its-back-to-the-70s-with-avocado-plants\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s right back to the 70s with avocado plants | James Wong<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; They\u2019re selling for a premium in trendy shops, but you can easily grow your own.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-tF9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54979,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/millionaire-says-millennials-should-stop-buying-avocado-if-they-want-a-dream-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":114027,"position":0},"title":"Millionaire says millennials should stop buying avocado if they want a dream home","date":"May 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A 35-year old property developer believes too many young people are getting their priorities wrong.\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...Millionaire says millennials should stop buying avocado if they want a dream home","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55017,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/multimillionaire-property-magnate-in-australia-says-millennials-should-stop-buying-avocado-in-order-to-buy-dream-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":114027,"position":1},"title":"Multimillionaire property magnate in Australia says millennials should stop buying avocado in order to buy dream home","date":"May 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Tim Gurner is a 35-year-old Australian property tycoon who has almost half a billion dollars in the bank\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...Multimillionaire property magnate in Australia says millennials should stop buying avocado in order to buy dream home","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":143153,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/houseplant-of-the-week-avocado-plant\/","url_meta":{"origin":114027,"position":2},"title":"Houseplant of the week: avocado plant","date":"March 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r After spreading it on toast, keep the stone and witness the magic of propagationWhy will I love it?What\u2019s not to like about a plant that can be grown from a millennial breakfast staple? 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