We really are lovin the winter after bein in florida for three and half years.... when i miss the dirt i go muck about in my greenhouse a bit. Even though right now it is pittiful.... we had a bad windstorm a few months ago and it took the plastic off it. So right now i jus have tarps coverin...
I am startin to get the masses of seed catalogs.... this is BAD! Very BAD for wishin the sun to be on my back and my hands in the dirt and the smellllll of fresh turned earth in me nose holes. :hit
Three or two toothpicks (Enough to hold it up) pushed in the pit to keep it at the top of the jar and just keep water at least hittin the bottom of the pit. I wait until there is a LOT of roots before addin any soil. It should have at least one good “tap root” and a bunch of smaller feeders...
I did an experiment in ky with my two peaches one year. One i thinned and the other not. While the not tree had tons of tinny fruit they were still very sweet and good. The thinned one had huge fruit but the taste was the same. So it just kinda depends on what size fruits you are wantin really.
I have done both.
The avocados do best when they are organic ones to start with to me at least. Some people say if they arent organic you wont get fruit.. i dunno. I just know those grew better for me. But man it takes a looooooomg time. When we went to florida nearly four years ago i had a...