Avocadocumentary--Part 4
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ruAvobaby continues to grow, and is now finally putting signficant effort into leaves. I hope this means lots more growing is in store!
It's definitely getting big. I'm starting to get a little concerned though, as it wobbles considerably when I take it down from the windowsill to take pictures. I'm afraid it's going to become top-heavy, which would be bad. It's largely because the leaves have gotten so big, I think, as opposed to how many there are. I took a measurement, and they're ranging somewhere between 2.5 and 3 inches long, which is where I think they're mature. I have noticed, though, that Avobaby's starting to get some rough patches at its base, which makes me wonder if it's beginning to grow some woodiness. That would help with its wobbliness, I think. So I'll watch this development.
The leaves at the bottom have matured a lot, having lost their glossiness and darkened up significantly. I've noticed that some of the leaves have a tendency to curl downwards, which is interesting. I'm not sure if it's supposed to do that or not. I find it interesting to watch how the nodes are growing--particularly how they've shortened and they've got that sort of zig-zag look going on. Some of the more developed leaves look like they have some pretty big, juicy looking axillary buds. I'm hoping we might get some branching action soon.
I've crawled around on the web to try and get some sort of sense over what to do about pruning Avobaby. Unfortunately, I've been getting a lot of mixed messages--some say you should never prune it, some say you should prune it on a regular basis, some say you should prune it only when it's young to help beef up the stem and to give it some branches. So, I don't know. Mom made a good point though--if I'm getting conflicting recommendations, it might be better to just let it grow and see what happens. I just hope that it won't get spindly and not very well branched, though.
It's definitely getting big. I'm starting to get a little concerned though, as it wobbles considerably when I take it down from the windowsill to take pictures. I'm afraid it's going to become top-heavy, which would be bad. It's largely because the leaves have gotten so big, I think, as opposed to how many there are. I took a measurement, and they're ranging somewhere between 2.5 and 3 inches long, which is where I think they're mature. I have noticed, though, that Avobaby's starting to get some rough patches at its base, which makes me wonder if it's beginning to grow some woodiness. That would help with its wobbliness, I think. So I'll watch this development.
The leaves at the bottom have matured a lot, having lost their glossiness and darkened up significantly. I've noticed that some of the leaves have a tendency to curl downwards, which is interesting. I'm not sure if it's supposed to do that or not. I find it interesting to watch how the nodes are growing--particularly how they've shortened and they've got that sort of zig-zag look going on. Some of the more developed leaves look like they have some pretty big, juicy looking axillary buds. I'm hoping we might get some branching action soon.
I've crawled around on the web to try and get some sort of sense over what to do about pruning Avobaby. Unfortunately, I've been getting a lot of mixed messages--some say you should never prune it, some say you should prune it on a regular basis, some say you should prune it only when it's young to help beef up the stem and to give it some branches. So, I don't know. Mom made a good point though--if I'm getting conflicting recommendations, it might be better to just let it grow and see what happens. I just hope that it won't get spindly and not very well branched, though.
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