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Elizabeth

Hello! I’m very new to plants and have started growing an avocado from seed. It seemed to be doing well, but recently while repotting my mango, I decided to check and repot the avocado as well. Looking back, I think I may have repotted the avocado too early before it developed a stronger root system, and I also didn’t think to cut it back to encourage better growth. Here in Australia we’re about to enter winter, so I was wondering if there’s anything I should do now or if it would be better to just wait until spring? Also, my mango has a healthy stem and leaves but a small/weak root system. I’d heard that better-draining soil is better for them, so I changed it from a moisture-retaining seed starter mix to a blend of: the original seed starter mix all-purpose potting soil a small amount of cactus soil for drainage I also moved it into a slightly larger pot. Was that the right thing to do, or is there anything else I could do to help it? (Sorry for the bad root photos, I was repotting in the dark 😅) Thank you in advance. :)

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  1. plantgeek

    advocado needs to be put into a much smaller pot, more like 4". pot size is decided by the size of the root system, not the size of the plant itself. that soil is also still retaining far too much moisture. with advocado trees you want 30% of the substrate to be actual soil, and mix in equal parts of perlite and cactus sand. your advocado looks to have the beginning stages of root rot. mango looks okay but could also benefit from some perlite mixed in.

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