Growing an Avocado plant
Posted: Thu 13 Aug 2020 5:02 pm
My next door neighbour has the greenest fingers I know and an extremely complicated watering system covering the whole garden. Last week she was getting into a taxi to go back to Ukraine for a few months, suddenly she let out a cry, ran back into garden and shoved an avocado plant at me, with instructions to keep it alive!! I've Googled the question and although there is masses of stuff, nothing seems to be at the stage this plant is at. Anyone here been successful.?
It's in quite a small pot, has grown to about 2ft6in tall, its staked and healthy looking. Google gives all sorts of information, but I need to know how much water a plant this size needs, and how often and should I keep it out of sun all the time or in full sun. We don't seem to have "partial sun" at our place. I suspect I'll need to repot it before long, but into what seems to vary, and so does type of compost.
I've little if any success with growing them in the past (I did once manage to grown one about 6ins in the top of a milk bottle) and would like to keep it alive for my neighbour.
It's in quite a small pot, has grown to about 2ft6in tall, its staked and healthy looking. Google gives all sorts of information, but I need to know how much water a plant this size needs, and how often and should I keep it out of sun all the time or in full sun. We don't seem to have "partial sun" at our place. I suspect I'll need to repot it before long, but into what seems to vary, and so does type of compost.
I've little if any success with growing them in the past (I did once manage to grown one about 6ins in the top of a milk bottle) and would like to keep it alive for my neighbour.