Tall avacodo

[LiamB]

Hi

 

[LiamB]

How do i make this avocado more sturdy

 

[Chuck]

How do i make this avocado more sturdy

Give it MUCH MUCH more sunlight. They are a full sun, all day sun plant, that likes it very warm. After all, it is a tropical plant.

 

[LiamB]

Cheers Chuck
Would nipping off the top leaves help

 

[Chuck]

Cheers Chuck
Would nipping off the top leaves help

Absolutely NOT. This plant needs all of the photosynthesis/chlorophyll making capabilities it can possibly get and removing leaves will only further speed up the demise of this plant.

 

[LiamB]

Near miss thanks for that!
I'll have to hope for a good summer then

 

[Chuck]

Near miss thanks for that!
I'll have to hope for a good summer then

Even where I live in South Texas it is almost impossible to grow an avocado here because it always freezes in the winter. There are a few hybrid avocados that are more cold hardy but even they will either be severely damaged or killed each year. Avocados bought from a store and grown from a pit will not survive sub-freezing weather. They require full sun and keeping them indoors will be a futile experiment, at best. Moving them inside your house during the winter also will not work as there will be a lack of sunlight and humidity and the plant will go into shock and lose most or all of its leaves which may or may not resprout. It will also never be an attractive house plant with limited light.

 

[LiamB]

I started this last year and it has been indoors since october. It did stop growing but i didn't loose any leaves.i think i'll leave it alone, water when needed and see how it goes!

 

[LiamB]

My Avocados doing well and now needs a bigger pot any tips please

 

[charmyc4]

Hey Liam, how's your avocado doing? I have a nice little avocado tree going but its outdoors rn, will need to start bring it in soon.

 

[Marck]

As a foliage houseplant, Avocado (Persea americana) can do quite well indoors in bright indirect light, though flowers would be unlikely and fruit much more so. As with most woody plants, side-branching can be encouraged by removing the apical tip.

 

[Zenj]

Mine branched out quick when I pinched the top out.

 

[LiamB]

 

[LiamB]

This is the poorly plant

 

[LiamB]

Is there anything i can do