TROUBLE!

[silverwolfhowl]

My bird just ate most of my avocado plant, it had finally started to grown and the leafs where finally opening until today the little bugger =. =  ate it all. What remains know is this:

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[txtriffidranch]

You may be in luck. Many avocado growers recommend snipping the first stem and letting a new one grow, so your bird may have done you a favor. It all depends upon whether or not your avocado has enough in the way of energy reserves to go through a new round of growth.

[silverwolfhowl]

really? why is that? I mean why do they recommend it to snip it?

[txtriffidranch]

Apparently, it stabilizes root growth, from what I understand. I haven't had a chance to try it to find out for sure.

[faerieboy]

do you have any sources on that? I've been working on small scale production of avocado houseplants and would be willing to try it out if I had a bit more info on it. I'm a bit hesitant to do so simply because I recently lost 15+ germinating seeds due to a heating accident. Currently building a germination tray with circulating water pump to keep down the awful funk they let off in standing water. Figure I'll grow the plants for two years or so till the attain a decent look and then sell them to a few local nurseries.

[txtriffidranch]

Upon recollection, my reference was a book on growing avocados for indoor houseplants that was published in the very early Seventies, so a lot of information may be available since then. If I find more, I'll let you know.

[nature_nymph]

just wanted to let you know that my plant recovered, I posted an entry on the community for an actual picture XD

[silverwolfhowl]

ohh you might be right!
I post a entry on the community to show my plant, and how it recover XD

[txtriffidranch]

That's great to know. Thanks for giving us all a followup: I had a feeling that it was going to work, but I've never grown an avocado to make sure.

[nature_nymph]

where was it again that you found your sources? I'll like to take a look at it