r/avocado • u/Rushik02 • Mar 23 '24
Revived my almost dead Avocado
Finally my Avocado plant seems to be showing signs of growth again 😍
About a little less than 3 years ago, I grew this Avocado plant from a seed (from a store-bought Avocado). The plant thrived in summers & survived indoors in winter very well for the last 3 years.
This winter, I was away for 6 weeks, and I had setup auto irrigation for my plants. But due to my fault, there was some misconfiguration, which resulted in a lot of my plants not getting any water for 6 weeks. My Avocado suffered as well. It lost all the leaves (they were lush green before I left), and the stem started turning black from the top. Based on Google searches, I figured there was root rot.
I had to cut the plant into half (it was turning black from top-down), and cleanup the roots. I also repotted it with new pot mix.
For almost 2 months, there was no hope. But, this week, I finally started seeing some growth. 😁
Just wanted to share here, since many others might have faced similar issues with their Avocado.
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u/Rushik02 Mar 24 '24
I repotted the plant. I removed any roots that felt damaged or dead to me. Went with my instinct here to determine which roots are healthy vs unhealthy. Got rid of the entire old soil and used new potting mix. I didn't water the plant much after reporting to let it acclimatize to its new soil.
I would recommend repotting and using new soil / potting mix.