Today is a very important day for my little avocado plant. My bailiff brought in some potting soil and my gym trainee was just in here a few minutes ago to take the plant, cute pot she got a couple weeks ago, and the soil to do some messy combination of all three. So today, my little plant is going to be weaned off liquid and be fed solids. How exciting! The growth spurt slowed down a lot, so it must not be getting the nutrients it needs from just water in the little plastic cup anymore. Soon (in like 7 years, I hear), my little fledgling will be giving me delicious plump grandchildren to eat!

I don’t care if I sound sick and wrong.

HEY, the little avocado tree just came back! “Just keep it moist, there’s a drainage hole down at the bottom so it’ll keep it from getting too wet, but if you start seeing water in the plate down there you know you gotta stop watering,” my trainee said before she hurried back out to do her work.

young tree & pal, Bamboo