Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 7/26/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!drutx!eac From: eac@drutx.UUCP (CveticEA) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Growing Avacados from Pits Message-ID: <2178@drutx.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 09:26:47 EST Article-I.D.: drutx.2178 Posted: Thu Mar 7 09:26:47 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Mar-85 04:48:21 EST References: <777@homxa.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 10 If you do manage to get a plan started (either the water or the potting soil method), and it is growing nicely in a pot, you can keep it from getting tall and gangly by pinching it back periodically. Wait until it has several good sized leaves and the stalk is 6" or more. Pinch out the growing buds on top. This should result in it forming two new branches. You can get a fairly bushy plant by doing this to the growing ends every so often. Betsy Cvetic ihnp4!drutx!eac