since i have this inner urge to grow my own fruit trees, i figured now would be a great time to sprout an avocado seed - i did this once when i was in 3rd grade, and i successfully planted it outside and it grew there nicely, and i waited patiently for the first 5 years as it didn't blossom nor produce fruit. i was disappointed to learn that avocados take 5 years to mature before they have any fruit, but i know that when the 5th summer was approaching i got really excited! and then!! then my parents sold the house and we moved away before i could try my avocado fruit! i guess all the fruit trees we had put in our patio-sized yard made our condo the most desireable one in the complex, as our sold for $110k while others sat on the market at $80-90k. so my avocado did serve a purpose, but i still never got to enjoy the fruit.
at any rate, i figured now was the time i should grow my new avocado tree, because i think i'd move from this place and into a house with a bigger yard before its 5 years of maturing are over, and then i wouldn't have to wait another 5 years... it took FOREVER to grow that first root, the seed had been sitting in water for almost a month before the root started growing! but the seed cracked open and i'm noticing the leaves growing inside! it's exciting to me =) i come home and check it every day to see if there are any new leaves (yes, right now there's a tiny red one curled up at the top of all the green ones) and to see the development of the root (now there's two!!!)
during that month of waiting for the seed to sprout, i continued to look for plants to grow, and i ended up looking online for those tropical plants i wanted, and while i was doing my holiday shopping i came across wellspring gardens on ebay, and they were selling starter plants for pineapple guava for $4.99! i bought 3 pineapple guava starter plants and also got 2 loquat starter plants, but i gave one of each away to his mom for her birthday. they came smaller than i thought they would - in 3inch pots, to be exact. but i transplanted them to these larger ones and i stuck them in the room where they'd get some sun every day and i'm hoping they grow and flourish! since they're so young, it'll be at least 1-2 years before they produce fruit, but i have to make sure they get to that stage!here's what they look like right now - that's the loquat on the left and the 2 pineapple guava on the right:
and then here's a side view so i can monitor their height and growth:
so that means i have 4 plants to take care of... time to change my black thumb into a green thumb =)
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