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silverwolfhowl in gardening

TROUBLE!

Mar 13, 2009 14:54

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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plant health, plants and pets, fruit: avocado, garden update

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txtriffidranch March 13 2009, 20:08:58 UTC

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 March 13 2009, 20:20:53 UTC

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

txtriffidranch March 13 2009, 20:25:05 UTC

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

faerieboy March 14 2009, 00:30:59 UTC

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.

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how's your bird? magicalmehendi March 14 2009, 00:36:54 UTC

I believe avocado leaves/stems/pits are poisonous to birds?

Re: how's your bird? silverwolfhowl March 14 2009, 00:50:59 UTC

REALLY!!
Well I just went to see him, and he seems fine. Though do you know of any method that might help him just in case?
Though he is quite small so if it was poisoning the effects should had happen by now, he's a small blue silver love bird and he ate everything this morning

Re: how's your bird? silverwolfhowl March 15 2009, 22:10:55 UTC

second day since my bird ate the avocado plant and he still hasn't drop dead, either he has a high tolerance (and a tough little bugger) or avocado might end up not been poisonous to birds.

Re: how's your bird? magicalmehendi March 16 2009, 08:09:10 UTC

that's good. Google up on it, it is poisonous to birds. BUT in my experience a lot of thing that are very bad for birds don't seem to do much harm.
but when a bird gets sick, they go fast so it's always a concern.

ladyapple27 March 15 2009, 20:25:39 UTC

My maternal grandmother used to grow avocado plants, but I have no idea how.