Avocadocumentary--Part 5

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Avobaby's growth has slowed down significantly, though it still continues to move up. I was going to transplant it this weekend to give it a bit more stability on the bottom end, but, well, with all the craziness lately, I haven't been able to get around to it. Besides that, I'm a little afraid to transplant it now, as I do my potting outside, and it's so cold out that I don't want to risk shocking Avobaby, even if it'll be outside for only a few minutes. So, I dunno. We'll see.



I think Avobaby has officially graduated from seedling to sapling now. I wonder if this means it'll get sullen and lock itself in its room, telling me that I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT (*angstangst*). XD

Since it's getting so cold now, I've taken to putting Avobaby down from the windowsill and onto the counter before I go to bed, so that its leaves won't be touching the cold window all night. I'm trying to keep it warm without compensating how much light it gets, as I don't think it would be a good idea to expose Avobaby to copious amounts of cold.

I've also noticed that Avobaby seems to have a sleep pattern--at night, the leaves droop some, almost like it's wilting. The next day, though, they perk right back up for sun-soaking.


While Avobaby might not be getting as much height now, it does seem to still be putting effort into creating big leaves--the longest one measures five and a half inches currently. I'm not quite sure how long avocado leaves get, although I hope they don't get much bigger before Avobaby has a chance to grow up more. Speaking of which, there seems to be more signs of eventual woodiness along the base. I'm hoping this'll creep up the rest of the stem and help to keep it upright. Needless to say, until Avobaby is transplanted into a new pot and until that woodiness spreads sufficiently, I'll be very careful when moving it around.

Comments

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

I don’t think you have much to worry about…yet. Soon, though, you’ll see Avobaby sneaking around, not telling you where it’s been, you’ll hear strange music that you can’t stand at all, and one day it’ll be reading Ann Rice novels and you’ll find guacamole in the fridge. At that point, I recommend counseling.

Your plant looks a lot better then mine…I’m growing a pineapple from grocery store scraps. It’s about six years old now, but for some reason will not produce fruit. Meanwhile, my Aunt’s, the same age, has had two. I dunno…

[peppermintberry.livejournal.com]

If you don't talk to your plants about using guacamole, who will?

Hm, that's strange that your pineapple isn't fruiting. I don't think they come as individual male and female plants, though I can't find anything that specifically says one way or the other, and I'm too lazy right now to dig up my systematics book to see what it says about the family.

One site I found said that a lack of flowering could be due to getting not enough light. It also mentioned that it's possible to provoke a pineapple plant to flower, though depending on the state of the plant, it might not be as big as it could be. But anyway, it mentions using, among other things, apple chunks to encourage it to flower (the website is this one (http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/Citrus/pineapple.htm)). Hope that helps some. ^_^