Large, green-skinned and pear-shaped drupe fruit grown on the tree of the same name
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How to prevent avocado from drying out indoors?
I have an avocado plant that has grown indoors since it was a pit. It grew first in a badly insulated, north-facing, wet and cool house, where it grew splendidly. After i moved to a well insulated ...
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Advanced care of an indoor avocado plant
I have a 6-month-old indoor avocado plant that is growing nicely. I have cut it back a few times and it is now about 1 meter (3 feet) high:
How often and how much should I prune my avocado plant? ...
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Why are these white dots appearing on my citrus and avocado trees and the leaves getting pale?
My Orange and small avocado trees are becomming yellowish and have many dots on them, is this a deficiency of something or something else?
I checked the bottom of the leaves for any sort of plague ...
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Is it too late to pinch back my avocado plant?
I'm growing an avocado plant from the pit (started with the toothpicks and glass method). Unfortunately I was out of town when it hit its growth spurt and therefore was not there to pinch back the ...
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What is this brown, shell-like thing growing on the stalk of my avocado plant?
Could you please help identifying this brown shell-like thing growing on the stalk of my avocado plant?
There are several of these. It looks like a little shell (with the appearance of a ...