Haha, well until I see evidence to the contrary 😉 lol 😂. I’m sure there will be someone with one in the ground in Scotland or maybe on the coast of Norway or something lol 😂😂 But in all seriousness, I’m just trying this as a bit of fun, and I didn’t really have enough space to store it in the greenhouse and it will likely die indoors. I doubt much will come from it in the long term, but you never know if you don’t try haha 😂
@@PeterEntwistle given the fact that you'll be building a shelter around it I can't see why it wouldn't work. I'd say up to 3 layers of fleece and incandescent lights will be required 😁
Looking good Peter. I will be watching your progress quite keenly. I too have 2 P4P avocados that I have replanted in containers, and they have been living out in my garden and growing quite nicely. I have also recently grafted reed avocado scions to both plants and awaiting the outcome. One plant will be overwintered out in the garden, probably in one of my grow tent.
Thanks, Mike! Yeah, I figured it would probably do better outside than indoors over winter, as long as I can prevent it from freezing, which I'm confident I can after the experiment with the Clementine last year 🤞 I hope your grafts are successful and I can't wait to see how you get on with overwintering yours too 👍
Let's hope it pulls through the winter. What is the drainage like in that location? If we get a mild winter it will inevitably come with increased rainfall. I thought I'd share this: when I got my Faustrime I noticed that the tip of a minor branch had broken. Rather than discard it, I thought to myself that I'd have nothing to lose if I treated the broken branch tip as a cutting. So, I trimmed it back a little, removed excess leaves from it and then inserted into moist seed-grade (small particle size) perlite. No rootinghormonetreatments whatsoever. Today I pulled the cutting out of the perlite, not expecting to see any development. Well, I was pleasantly surprised by the sight of several well-formed roots, which were growing out of the very base of the cutting. Funny thing is, the cuttings I took from other citrus species, with the intention of propagating new plants, still have not done anything. They're in the same perlite, inches away from the rooted 'accidental' Faustrime cutting. I imagine that some citrus species root more readily than others.
Hey Gary, it’s great to hear from you, feels like a while since I’ve seen you post a comment. Hope everything is well. Yeah, the drainage in that location is pretty good. I did plant it on a mound so hopefully, that also helps 🤞 That’s great that you were able to root your Faustrime! Yeah, I think some citrus are definitely easier to root than others. I’ve found Poncirus roots very easily and Yuzu seems to root very well too. I’ve had lots of failed clementine and satsuma cuttings, but the odd few root eventually.
@@PeterEntwistle Thanks, Peter. I've been experiencing unusual fatigue and loss of motivation (a low 'energy state') of late. I've been barely able to focus on watching youtube videos. I've started taking iron and B vitamins. Not sure if will make any difference. Both the Faustrime and Arcobol are still in the original substrate they arrived in. I have not yet got round to barerooting and repotting in my aggregate mix. However, I probably will leave them in their original substrate for a while, considering that the Faustrime is loaded with a second flush of unopened flower buds, the the Arcobal has two golfball-sized developing fruits and lots of new leaf growth. I don't want to shock the plants. By the way: I will list the Opuntia for you in the next few days. For £1. The new pad on it is developing well.
@@garycard1456 I'm sorry to hear that Gary, I hope you get better soon. I also haven't repotted any of my new citrus this year. I agree though, it's probably best not to repot them now, you don't want to shock them going into winter. Cool! Email me once you've got it set up and I'll get on it. I will also arrange the sunrise lime cuttings for you too.
I think it'll be just fine there, Peter. Those Mexican avo's are a lot hardier than many think. I'm gutted that my large seedling blew over in the high winds last week. One branch broke off, and that branch happened to be where I had grafted the julienne scion to. DOH! Anyways, I look to seeing how your tree foes in -grounf.
Thanks, Dom! Yeah, I hope it turns out to be a hardy one, it's promising that it has the liquorice/aniseed scent in the leaves. I should have planted it a couple of months ago really, I'm just hoping I didn't leave it too late... Oh no! And it's typical that it had to be that branch you grafted as well 😭. Maybe you could attempt to re-graft it back on? That storm last week was really bad. I was quite lucky really. I had lots of plant pots blow over, but thankfully no major damage. I did lose a couple of branches from my new persimmon trees as they got knocked over 🙄. My next-door neighbour had some ridge tiles come off on his side 😱
Lol, yeah, even in the South of England there are only a few known locations of avocados growing in very sheltered spots. I’m hoping this one does prove to be a hardier seedling 🤞. But of course, I will do my best to protect it from the worst of the cold. Going by how bad the summer has been, who knows what this winter has in store for us lol 😂
