Yesterday we finally decided to move our Avocado-plant-in-a-glass-of-water to a real pot, and removed the glass from the equation. We re-purposed this pot that we had some flowers in during the summer months, and now we'll see how it all fares in the basement. I considered removing the toothpicks from the Avocado pit, but after my first attempt I was afraid it would just pull the pit into two or more pieces, so I left them in. Maybe we'll end up with an Avocado tree that grows toothpicks!
Another few weeks go by and our Avocado tree is looking more and more like a tree! Notice in particular the little green stem growing out of the top of the pit. So exciting!
It also sort of resembles the final scene in a hypothetical Broadway musical about the life and times of magician Harry Houdini, in which the star of the show has just emerged from the water tank he was locked in moments before, singing the last solo number before the ensemble cast (played here by the shamrocks and lavender in the background) joins in for the grande finale.
Sounds like a winner to me. Does anyone have a contact in New York City to get this thing rolling? Let's get Andrew Lloyd Weber or Stephen Sondheim working on this!
Today's picture is a simple Avocado status update report. The root has continued to grow and fork in the past few weeks, and though you cannot see it in this picture, I believe the stalk is working its way towards the top, based on what I can see through the crack in the avocado pit. Maybe by Christmas we'll be seeing some foliage!
If you remember this post about our attempt to grow an avocado tree, you may have found yourself wondering about what has been happening on that front lately. Well, we recently had a major breakthrough, and it is presented here in all it's glory. The avocado pit has cracked itself open and a little root has started making its way out the bottom.
At least, I hope that's a root, and not part of a little space alien that was actually trapped inside the avocado pit. And if it is a little space alien, then I hope it is the good kind that is interested in learning about our Earthly culture and not the kind that wants to wipe out the human race.
Perhaps I'll start playing some good classic rock like Led Zeppelin near the plant as an example of what our species has to offer and hope the for the best...
We spent part of our Labor Day weekend Sunday getting some more landscaping work done outside, turning the soil over, mixing in some peat moss, and planting the latest batch of flowers and plants that have been donated to us. With that accomplishment out of the way, we spent the evening indoors, catching up on our Netflix subscription movie and feeding our craving for some late-night munchies. We fended off the urge to order some late night Jimmy John's or Pizza Pit sandwiches, and instead I whipped up a quick batch of one of our favorite meals, avocado and crab.
Once the movie and meal were finished, I decided to use the leftover avocado pit to try our hand at growing an avocado tree. Apparently it's fairly easy to get one started, and this picture shows our first attempt, started tonight. If things go according to plan, the roots will come out the bottom in the water, the stem will shoot up out the top, and eventually we can move to a pot. While we may never get a tree that produces edible avocado fruit, it'll still be neat if we can just get a tree that survives indoors and looks nice!
