Saturday 23 February 2013

Come in number two

With most things, nothing has happened. However, there is action in the clementine pot. A second germination has appeared after all this time!

Saturday 16 February 2013

A continuation of not a lot

Due to a mixture of forgetfulness, trying out a new strategy and pure bone idleness, the 48 hour warm water soak to start off an avocado stone lasted a bit longer. I took Charlie and Ronnie out of the water today and suspended them with hair pins over the tops of jam jars full of water. Charlie has taken over Keith's old jam jar, and Ronnie is over a new little jam jar. There's no change in either Mick or Keith. I know plants take a long time to grow, but oh this is infuriating.

The clementine is growing... well, the leaves are probably a bit bigger but that's about all. Which is about all that can be said for the lemon babies as well.

I "pruned" my goji berry plants this morning. Goji berries didn't seem to be around when Keith Mossman was writing his book, so I have no advice on how to care for them. I am just muddling along.

Saturday 9 February 2013

More?!

Well, there's not a lot of action at the moment - nothing that was growing last week has died; but likewise nothing much of any description seems to have happened. I have grown tired of constantly topping up the water in Keith and Mick's jars with nothing happening (Mick has still not sprouted!), so I've left Mick where he is, and with Keith I've gone over to the soil and planting method of getting your avocado to grow - half the stone in, half the stone out. We'll see if this has much effect at all.

We ate avocados for dinner last night, so I thought I'd have a go with two new stones, so now there is Charlie and Ronnie. They are both in Keith's old jar soaking at the moment. Charlie is quite round and looks like Mick and Keith did when I first got them. Ronnie is much more egg shaped, and possibly the runt of the litter I fear. He may come to nothing. Time will tell.