Avocadocumentary Supplemental

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Heard enough from me yet? ^_^;;

Okay, deciding that Avobaby would probably need a couple of weeks for adjustment, which I'd rather not have happening while we're away, I bit the bullet and repotted Avobaby. I went and found the biggest pot I have that isn't occupied, washed it out, and plopped Avobaby into it. I have to tell you, there were some very tense moments, the worst I think was when I was inverting Avobaby to get it out of its pot, and then righting it upwards again for insertion into the new pot. Talk about nerve-wracking. The whole time I was going "Don't snap don't snap don't snap don't snaaaaap. ;_;"

Luckily, there was no snappage. Although, I'm a little worried about Avobaby's roots. While loosening the root ball, pretty much the lower half of the soil attached to it broke away, and I think it took a large part of the roots with it. I'm not sure yet. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

But, for now, it's done. Avobaby is now in a nice big pot with lots of room, and for an added luxury, mulch! I figure it'll help with water conservation, not to mention it'll keep the soil from moving all over the place like it's wont to do. It is, however, listing pretty badly. Hopefully Avobaby will right itself out over time. At the moment it looks like it had a weee bit too much to drink.

"I schwear I'm not drunk! Look, I'm rock as a schteady!"

Comments

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

Have you thought about staking it? I know I was able to find some stakes that fit into large pots at the nursery here. That might prevent any accidental breakage.

[peppermintberry.livejournal.com]

Hm, I had considered that. Although, I suppose the risk of snapping really only becomes a problem when I try to significantly move Avobaby (like inverting it for repotting). Although, if Avobaby puts out many more leaves without compensating stem-wise, I think I may do just that.