sfgwife
Crowing
I wondering if anyone was growing avacodo trees from the pits and pineapple tops inside as houseplants?
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 few just started plants. Gave it to a friend when we left that place this spring amd it was only bout five ft tall and no fruit yet. I used almost all compost in my avocados cause by trial and error they grow the best for me that way. And when i fed my orchids they got that also. Or when i made compost tea they got it. They love to be fed good stuff. And will tell you by gettin droopy when they need waterin.
Pineapples love heat. They need be watered in the middle cause that is how they get nutrients more than the roots. . I give mine orchid food when i feed my orchid every six to eight weeks. And i also dump either a lil compost or compost tea in the pot too. When they got huge and pokey i trimmed the long leaves to a manageable size. I planted ours by the water hose and we had use it a lot for the pool there. And i didnt like gettin poked lol. They did just fine with bein trimmed. They love a very light sandy soil with a bit of compost in there. But here i use probably 2/3 sandy loamy soil and compost in mine. If you dont have compost use a cold poop and potting soil. I planted three in my greenhouse in april of this year and just trimmed them to bring into the house cause the plastic on my greenhouse died a painful death after a bad storm a month ago. They were bout three ft across. It takes 18-24 months to get a fruit and it will most likely not be a huge fruit like you see in the grocery but omg so so much sweeter and juice will be runnin down your hand. The mother plant will not rebloom but makes slips on the side of the bloomin plant (you can see slips at the base of r2elk’s beautiful plant in his pic) and usually at the bottom as well. Replant those and they do fruit sooner than just a top. Some people can get theirs to root in water... mine just die that way. I pull a few inches off the bottom of the twisted off top and put em in their pot and they do wonerfully for me this way. @R2elk had luck with the water rootin with his.