avocado brown leaves

Please help, avocado trouble!?

I set up an avocado pit a couple months ago in water and now it has a very elaborate root system. I left for a few days, and I guess the water level dropped by a lot! Now the roots near the avocado pit’s bottom look very dry and fragile. I instantly added more water. The edges of the leaves are turning brown. Should I move it to a spot with less sunlight? What should I do!

The reason the leaves may be browning is that there is no nutrition for them to grow on from the water or the seed—and the roots getting a bit dry may have had a small part in this also.

I have rooted many avocados from seeds. Once they have leaves, it’s time to put them in a pot. You need a pot with at least a 12 inch depth and a hole in the bottom. Put a coffee filter over the hole in the bottom. Fill the pot with potting soil and wet it thoroughly. Press a hole into the soil with a trowel the size of the root system. Put the plant into the soil so that the top of the seed is just below the edge of the soil.

Spoon more soil around the seed and GENTLY press down–you don’t want to break the roots but you do want the soil to be packed firmly around them because roots will not grow into air pockets. Wet again–and leave it alone for awhile. DO NOT fertilize yet. Water when the soil feels dry when you put your finger into the soil about 2 inches. Place the pot where the plant will get partial sun during part of the day

In about two weeks, water with a solution made from Neptune Fish Emulsion. Repeat once a month with the fertilizer. It will develop a good root system so that it will thrive when it’s time to put it in the ground. Give it about 6 months–plant in the Spring.

A Nourishing Skin Care Routine is essential for smooth, healthy and blemish-free skin.  Cosmetic skin care products contain various chemical perfumes, thickeners and preservatives which can damage your skin. In addition to this, they contain harsh surfactants that not only cleanse your skin but also leave it completely dry and flaky.

You can make your own nourishing products and follow a regular skin care routine to keep your skin nourished and healthy. If you have dry or normal skin, you should use a face wash twice a day, a face scrub once a week and a face pack once a week.  If you have oily skin, you will need to use a face wash thrice a day, a face scrub twice a week and a face pack once a week.

Some easy-to-make nourishing skin care products are listed below.

If you have dry skin, you will need: avocados, walnuts/almonds, brown rice, pineapples, black /Bengal gram flour.

•    Face wash: Soak a cotton ball in fresh pineapple juice and gently rub your entire face with it. Pineapple juice is mildly acidic and will cleanse your skin without leaving it dry.

•    Face scrub: Lightly grind a little brown rice to obtain a coarse flour.  Soak about 1 tablespoon of the nuts in a little water overnight and then grind it into a thin paste. Add one teaspoon of rice flour to this paste and use the mixture to cleanse and moisturize your skin.

•    Face pack: Blend an avocado to obtain a thin paste. Mix this paste along with 2 teaspoons of gram flour to form a smooth paste. This face pack will help to nourish and moisturize your skin.

If you have oily skin, you will need: Lemons, oranges, strawberries, Bengal gram flour, Fuller’s earth

•    Face wash: Soak a cotton ball in a little fresh Lemon juice, gently rub your entire face with it and then rinse it off. Lemon juice is a relatively strong natural acid and will dissolve the excess oil on the surface of your skin as well as unclog blocked pores.

•    Face scrub: Crush 3 to 4 berries and mix the juice with a teaspoon spoon of sugar and half a teaspoon of flour. Use this paste to exfoliate your skin and even out your complexion. Berries have astringent properties and are also rich in antioxidants and vitamin A which helps to nourish and fortify the skin.

•    Face pack: Mix about 3 tablespoons of fresh orange juice and 1 ½ tablespoons of Fuller’s earth and use the paste as a nourishing and cleansing face pack.

If you have normal skin, you will need: grapefruit, watermelon, cucumber, honey, banana, brown rice, Fuller’s earth.

•    Face wash: Dip a cotton ball in a mixture of fresh grapefruit juice and watermelon juice and massage your face with it. Grapefruit juice helps to cleanse the skin while watermelon juice helps to nourish and moisturize it.

•    Face scrub: Mash or blend ½ a banana and mix in a few spoons of coarse brown rice flour to obtain a gentle, nourishing exfoliating scrub.

•    Face pack: Mix fresh cucumber juice, honey and Fuller’s earth so that you have a smooth paste.  Use this paste as a face pack to cleanse, nourish and soothe your skin.

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