Avocadocumentary--Part 3
Nov. 25th, 2006 01:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ruGrowth has slowed down at this point, perhaps because it's finally putting more effort into leaves. Which are rather pretty.
It's getting so big! *proud mommy sigh*
Right now, it's just shy of a foot high. According to what I've read, you're supposed to give it its first pruning after it has reached 12 inches in order to promote more leaf growth. This doesn't stop me from being very disturbed by the whole thing, though--it feels like it's just too early to be pruning it--there's so little leafage that I feel like cutting it will kill it--not to mention it feels too much like topping a tree, which, from what I learned in horticulture class, is something you should NEVER, EVER do. So I guess what I need to do is look for some more info on it so I can get a straight answer about when and how to prune it. And if it looks like I do indeed need to do some cutting, then next week is going to be avobaby's first haircut.
Hm, I think this thing needs a name. Avobaby might work, although if it continues to survive, it'll outgrow that name. Any suggestions?
In the meantime, though, leaf closeup!
Still obviously in the tender light-green leaf stage. Despite that, though, it appears to have been sneaking shampoo, or something. Lookit that shine! Looks like the younger leaves still have baby fuzz, though. <3 <3
And now, I'm going to put effort into not going loopy or turning into a raging hormone monster. As right now, I'm very ARGH. I don't like feeling ARGH. Feeling ARGH is not fun. ARGH.
It's getting so big! *proud mommy sigh*
Right now, it's just shy of a foot high. According to what I've read, you're supposed to give it its first pruning after it has reached 12 inches in order to promote more leaf growth. This doesn't stop me from being very disturbed by the whole thing, though--it feels like it's just too early to be pruning it--there's so little leafage that I feel like cutting it will kill it--not to mention it feels too much like topping a tree, which, from what I learned in horticulture class, is something you should NEVER, EVER do. So I guess what I need to do is look for some more info on it so I can get a straight answer about when and how to prune it. And if it looks like I do indeed need to do some cutting, then next week is going to be avobaby's first haircut.
Hm, I think this thing needs a name. Avobaby might work, although if it continues to survive, it'll outgrow that name. Any suggestions?
In the meantime, though, leaf closeup!
Still obviously in the tender light-green leaf stage. Despite that, though, it appears to have been sneaking shampoo, or something. Lookit that shine! Looks like the younger leaves still have baby fuzz, though. <3 <3
And now, I'm going to put effort into not going loopy or turning into a raging hormone monster. As right now, I'm very ARGH. I don't like feeling ARGH. Feeling ARGH is not fun. ARGH.
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Date: 2006-11-25 06:26 pm (UTC)often pruning has more to do with production rates than it does with just growth. i believe in letting things grow naturally...and my roses still get a lot of blooms on them! the only time i cut my roses is if it's either had a hard time filling out b/c it had been choked off by weeds and the bottom part is all scrawny, or if i want to cut a rose off to put in a vase on the table. pruning does help things bush out more, but i think, if I finally managed to get an avocado to grow, i would probably just leave it and see what the growth pattern was like naturally.
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Date: 2006-11-26 12:43 am (UTC)But yeah, if it's not going to make a difference, I'd rather just let it grow. It took so long for it to start growing, I'd hate to kill it.