In article <Jy8_b.376539$xy6.1947157@attbi_s02>,
"Rick & Cyndi" > wrote:

> "Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
> ...
> : 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.

Could be salt poisoning... Too much mineral buildup in the soil from the
minerals in the water.

Try gently changing the soil and see if that helps?

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