AVOCADO UPDATE: 2 Avocado plants left

I am more than upset with the results of Avacado, but I feel like it wasn't a good start for her anyway.

Her life wasn't going so well from the start. I raised her in a cup, gave her too much water and space to grow, and little to no sunlight at all. Now that I'm reflecting I feel like I tortured the poor creature. During Avacado's last moments, I pruned all her leaves off, repotted her and left her outside for nature to take its course. The next day, a heavy storm came through town and absolutely destroyed the plant. It was practically a ball of roots at that point. It continues to sit out there today and a little part of me hopes that it will spring back to life after being baptized from the past thunderstorms.

If it wasn't for Avacado, I wouldn't have started this plant journey. I don't know I mentioned this earlier, but I literally did not try to be careful when Avacado first germinated. I felt like it was a miracle when it happened, and thus started my seed-growing high. I'm trying extra careful to meet my avocado plants' needs right now, even if they're not in good shape right now. Basically, all of the leaves except a few fell off all of my plants, BUT THEY'RE RECOVERING! They are still healthy enough to have some new growth, which is a very good sign. The only problem I have is that it's taking forever. But that's a good sign too!

The more I grow plants, the more I'm patient with myself

Here are some recent photos:

These all were taken on 7/2/19

THAT BIG O LEAF FELL RIGHT OFF!

Maybe this will grow as big as the old one

Still my favorite plant ❤️💚

This is my Uncle's peace lily plant her got a long time ago. We're taking care of it for the summer while they're on vacation.

Egg

Egg

I pruned avocadee

AVOCADO UPDATE

Avacado and Avocadee chilling

Avocadoes new growth is sprouting very quickly. Almost just as fast as my 3rd plant, Egg.

Avacado is still looking limp and petite. That lower leaf is continuing to wither away and brown. There are no signs of browning on the other leaves, so that's good. I heard this is a deconstruction thing avocado plants do when they're getting rid of old leaves.

I have a feeling Avocadees height with soar once those new leaves grow. Still thinking about pruning.

Egg

More of Egg. IT'S SO TALL! Almost taller than Avocadee!

AVOCADO UPDATE

DEC 31 2018

Avocadee is growing new leaves! This plant is growing so much faster and healthier than my first one, Avacado. According to my research, you're supposed to prune your plant when it looks like this so it can branch out and look bushy and petite. I didn't know I was supposed to prune my plants until after they grew 6 inches. I feel like puning the plants this early is too harsh anyway, so I'm not going to do any serious pruning until the end of winter.

With all of this avocado knowledge, I'm thinking of writing an E-book about growing them. I did a quick search to see if anyone has published a book like that already, but I didn't find anything. I need to dedicate some of my own time ot do this, and it looks like the next time I'll get some free time will be when I'm done with Winterguard and SAT prep. However, I'll still make time to make monthly updates with my plants.

 I am so passionate about my avocado plants and I want to their progress as much as I can. In order for me to do that, I need a better camera, and more time and motivation. Right now I have neither, so I appreciate your patience.

AVOCADO UPDATE

This is Avocadee and its leaves are getting BIGGER!

Avacado's leaves are still petite, but they've hardened and have that mature-leaf-feel to them. I'm still thinking of pruning it to 6 inches ....

This is Egg, the youngest but largest seed of the Avocado bundle. Its leaves are just beginning to split!

I think Egg is going to have 3 dominant leaves like its big sister, Avacado. You can also see the white fuzzy hairs covering the plant. All of my avocado plants had this fuzz at this stage of their lives, so this is completely normal. They probably won't lose this fuzz until they grow their first true green leaves.

Introducing, my Avocado plants!

WINTER BREAK IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER WOOT WOOT!!

Since I haven't been keeping up with my crocheting, I figured I should post about what I've been growing in the past 5 months (wow, it's been that long).

This year in late August, I decided I was going to grow an avocado pit because why not. I looked up on the internet for tips and tricks on how to grow these things, and by the next day, I kinda felt like I was ready to be an avocado parent. On my first try, I used a seed from a really....really.......reeeaaaaaallllllyyyy old avocado from my fridge and hoped for the best. I did everything from peeling the brown skin off of it to changing the water every week and hoped I would see something exciting too. Then I waited. And waited. And waited until, OH LOOK! Nothing happened. A few weeks after I planted my first seed, I decided to plant another one but this time I didn't peel the skin or anything. I just stuck 3 toothpicks in the side and set it in some water, thinking nothing would happen anyway. A few more weeks go by, and I finally see something happen. My second planted avocado began to germinate, or split open!!!

It was such a big deal at the time. Avocado tree's don't grow the same way smaller seeds do like pinto beans or other fruiting seeds. It takes a lot longer for these seeds to germinate and they will only do so if they feel like they're in the right growing conditions. At least that's what I've learned from having my first 2. 

After about a month, my germinated seed began to grow a small stub of a root, and I couldn't help but feel proud of my accident. I threw out the first one because, by the time the germinated one grew roots, it was still a crack-less pit.

There's something about watching plants grow that makes you want to look forward to the next day just so you can see how much they've grown. After about a few more weeks, my avocado plant, of which I named Avacado, grew taller and taller and even grew a few leaves. They were so soft and fragile. I remember waking up every morning early enough to catch Avacado perking up in the morning sun. Avacado was just a month old and small and fragile. Now she's over 5 months old and still pushing through the chilly winter.

Between those 5 months, I've grown 3 more avocado seeds. On my 3rd avocado, I let it grow in a bag to promote faster germination. This one came from my friend when she gave it to me on the bus. I said I would take care of it for her unless she wants it back, and ever since then, I've been updating her about Avocadee, what she named it, and how much he's been growing. After about a month and a half, it grew a stem bright green stem and 5 big beautiful leaves. It's thriving a lot more than Avacado that's for sure.

So, enough about what happened and let's look at some pictures. I will post some pictures of my plants from the beginning of Avacado to now, and that's that.

So here they are now!

I apologize in advance for not having an HD 1000 DOUBLE FEATURE camera that takes Internet worthy pictures the internet loves so much.

Avacado (left) and Avocadee (right)

See how big Avocadee's (right) leaves are compared to Avacado (left)?

These are all photos that were taken this evening. There are more on the way. Eventually, I will post a whole album of my avocado's plant's growth soon!