I have grown 2 avocados from seed and one in particular is now about 8 inches high. I read somewhere that I should cut off this lead shoot but don't really want to do it as the lower leaves are really tiny. Has anyone else grown them and can give me advice, please?
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A pic would help, but it sounds like you're considering removing the sole growing tip of the plant without there being any true leaf joints beneath it. If you do, It'll die. I may have read your post wrong though..
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
We're moving to southern Spain shortly to an area where they grow them commercially outdoors, so hope mine will end up fruiting!
Can you tell me when you potted them on - the taller one has plenty of small roots as well as the main one, and it keeps falling over from it's glass of water?
Time it was on solid food. It can't live on water for long
In the sticks near Peterborough
Will it be ok if I plant it in compost I've made or do I need fertiliser as well?
Thank you Phiippa and Nutcutlet
Mine is coming up to a year old and I nipped off the tip after a few months when around 6 inch tall.
Couldn't be happier with it at the mo.
Pic not uploading. Will try again later
Last edited: 17 June 2017 18:20:07