"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
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: Sheryl Rosen wrote:
:
: > There's always so much flesh left on the pit, no matter how
carefully I try
: > to make those cuts. I hate throwing all that mango-goodness
away!
: >
: > What do other people do?
:
: Gnaw it like a dog on a bone. Not too elegant, but it works.
:
: Then cut the hard covering off the pit and plant it. I've
gotten a few
: trees this way. Few germinated, but that's ok. The ones that
did
: provided free houseplants. Gave them as gifts. Along with the
avocado
: plants.
:
: Pastorio
: ======

Hey Bob,

I'm having a bit of a problem with my little avocado plant that I
started about a year ago... it starts growing fine... gets up to
about 8" tall and had 4 beautiful leaves... then the tip of the
leaves gets black and then starts spreading towards the beginning
of the leaf and then falls off. Then the stalk (too young to
call it a trunk <G>) starts getting black and that too starts
creeping downward; meanwhile, at the base, it looks like the
beginnings of new leaves starting... ?!

Help, please? Is it asking for a transplant, food? I'm so
confused.

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Cyndi
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