06-09-2004, 06:21 PM
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"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.
Try a pomegranate.
There's one (at least) growing outdoors in London, and is a mature tree.
It might be worth allowing it to touch the ceiling, then planting it out
in a sheltered spot.
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Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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