Plants and Flowers

Avocado is rather unpretentious plant, but requires high air humidity. Therefore the pot should be put on a tray with damp pebble, only make sure that the pot stands on gravel, instead of the water. The place should be light; it grows well at the windows looking southwest and southeast.

The plant is heat-loving, winters at temperature not below 16С. The ground should be equally damp within the whole year. In spring and summer the plant needs mineral fertilizer each two weeks.
Avocado should be transplanted annually; to strengthening branchiness – nip the ends of stalks.

The soil should be friable and in no event become caked sclerosed. Besides, the avocado does not stand sour soils. For cultivation you should use a mix of the garden ground, humus or crude peat, large-grained sand (1:1:1) with addition of lime. To improve aeration of the soil, add sand, haydite, moss or peat.
The avocado is frequently affected with powdery mildew.

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