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Comments (8)It's a lovely tree, whether or not it blooms. I have an avacado I planted from a pit on March 20, 1975, the day we had a major, major ice storm here in Michigan, and I've been waiting 34 years for it to bloom, I've concluded it NEVER will under household conditions, but it makes a lovely foliage plant and is like an old friend. So, it makes the annual trek outdoors for the summer, and back indoors for the winter, gets repotted in fresh soil every few years, cut back to keep its size manageable ever four or five years, etc. Just the way it goes. Hey, if I were you, I'd go to a craft store and get a whole bunch of those realistic looking styrofoam based artificial lemons, and wire them all over it, and then tell people what a nice crop you've got. 99% of them would never know they're not real. Just stick a couple of real ones on there, too, and pluck one of those in front of their faces. If your tree has large thorns like many seedling citrus, you could just impale the lemons on the thorns with no trouble. But then, that's just me! I'm "different" or so I've been told....See MoreHave to relocate, so must move my trees
Comments (7)Hi James, I suppose you're back in Houston now? Hope everything looks OK. The small trees that I planted this year will be OK I believe, and I have enough 3-gallon root-maker pots to take care of them. The ones I'm concerned about are an LSU Gold about 4-5 years in the ground (bush, with several trunks 1-1/2 to 2") and a Kadota about 1-1/2" caliper planted this spring (tree form). I've ordered a bundle of 15-gallon root-trapper above ground containers and a case of 5-gallon grounders also, so I should have something adequate to handle the trees. The 15 gl containers are 18" diameter x 15" tall; 5 gl grounders are 12" diameter x 10" deep. I was planning to wait until they drop their leaves and go dormant before actually digging them. I have to transport them about 170 miles, but that shouldn't bother anything if they're dormant and the roots are kept moist in good potting mix. I'll probably keep them in pots for a while, at least until spring, depending on my progress in building sheds for my equipment and preparing an area for planting the trees. I have several other relatively young trees to move in addition to the figs, but don't really think they'll be a problem. About a dozen blueberries, 5-6 cryptomeria yoshino, a few chinkapin bushes, a cowcumber (big-leaf magnolia), and a few others that aren't easy to replace. I think that most of the young trees that I planted this spring will go into 3-gallon pots OK, and I have plenty of them, and if not should have enough 5-gallon on hand. My primary concern was in preparing them for the transplant. I've been using a mix of pine bark fines and turface, about 2:1, and it has worked well for everything I've tried so far. I found that if I added a shallow layer of turface to the surface it seemed to help with moisture retention (a day or two), and I've been painting all my pots white....See MoreIt may be too late, but what it happening to my Avocado tree?
Comments (1)If the blinds are always between the plant and the light, I would guess that it needs more sunlight. Probably more humidity too, as the air indoors usually is pretty dry during the winter. I would cut it back to just above one of the good buds and try moving it gradually into full sun. It may burn if you make that switch too abruptly...See MorePropagating a Fig Tree for the First Time
Comments (3)30F should have killed the green top growth. You want the brown branches with somewhat green/yellow terminal buds to root. Fully dormant works just as well. I use the wet paper towel method as I find it the easiest and takes up the least amount of room during winter. Max figs = max branching. You don't want a single stem growing 10' up. If you maximize the branching you get more of a bush / open vase growth. While this works great in-ground, it may be a PITA for pots i.e. you get a face full of branches while moving them and winter storage is difficult because of how wide they are....See MoreRoseMe SD
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