"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Des Higgins" writes:
| House plant query about Avocado plants as house plants:
| I have 2 big ones and one small one. They germinated in the compost
heap
| from discarded stones, which turns out to be a handy way to get them
| started, even if it was by accident with us. The big ones are now 2
years
| old and 2.5 metres tall. Right now, they look great indoors but my
| question is, is it practical to keep them any longer as house plants?
If
| they stayed about this size and just went a big woddy, they would be
fine
| but will they just keep growing OR go pot bound and straggly if we try
to
| keep them? Has anyone here ever kept them any longer than a few
years?

Keep growing. You can prune back, but they are BIG trees.

Gulp. Define BIG. The way wrote it in big letters does not fill me with
optimism :-)

Des




Try a pomegranate.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.