The Little Avocado Comes Back to Life

My little avocado plant dried out a bit last week.  I watered it and documented it's perking up process.

The trash can in the background is an aesthetic insult.  I used it to put  garden waste in.  Shortly after this photo sequence I repotted the  plant and gave her a bigger home for the winter.  Since it is starting to be frosty at night, I have her inside.  The plant in the background is a Lavender.  I have had it since I was in my apartment in 2005.  I decided to take it out of the pot and shake off the old dirt, and replace it with some fresh soil.  While doing that, I found an ant hill in the pot and many little red ants were scurrying around.  The lavender stays in the potting shed for the winter.  The fourth photo shows a little terra cotta pot in the background.  It has hens and chicks (a succulent plant) installed.  My father took that home to keep inside for the winter.

I grew this little avocado from a pit from an avocado fruit early in the spring of 2011.  My grand-daughter gave it a set back.  When it was about 7 inches high she yanked it out of the pot and snapped off the tip of the lead shoot, and pulled it out of the soil.  I tenderly replaced it and hoped it would not die.  The early cutting caused the seedling to shoot up two branches, where the one had been.  This plant is a survivor!