Some of my saplings

This was going to be my Wordless Wednesday post, but I didn't take the photos soon enough. Never mind.

Mango seedling emerging from the earth on Monday morning.

Mango sapling on Thursday afternoon.

I actually half expected it to grow faster than this, but I guess it doesn't get as much sun and heat as it would in, say, India. Isn't it cute though? All those leaves were already there when it emerged from the earth, they've just opened up now.

My first avocado plant.

First of this batch, that is. I had one for several years as a child. The others are mostly at the sitting-in-water-doing-nothing stage. One has a root. One split open when I accidentally dropped it in getting it out of the fruit, so I've put it in water anyway but I don't know if it will grow.

Some sites for mango and avocado care:

Tropical permaculture (mangoes)
Avocados
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