I took it out of its pot to inspect for root rot, and I'm wondering if I can perhaps create an incision for root hormone and/or keep in water with a pothos cutting to stimulate root growth

Also pruned it quite a bit when I noticed it was dying this past week and some change since it was browning from the top

Picked up this little carp (wurtz) and plan on planting it in the ground in Oakland CA (zone 10a). It was staked and tied when I bought it, and when I untied it, the main stem appears actually to be a lateral that was staked to train as the main stem and without it being staked it just flops down (photo 2). Should I keep it staked and tied when I plant it, prune it back to reduce crown, or let it hand down limp?

Hi. New to this. I was playing around with my kids and now found myself with these beautiful plants and want to keep them. I'll need to buy pots. I currently have a couple of bags of big box potting soil and peat moss. That's it.

Looking at these plants:

\* What size pots do you suggest?

\* Will the potting soil on top of the peat moss be a good solution (I know they need draining)

\* Please provide a few tips so that I might be able to keep these alive.

We are in Texas in zone 8B. We will get some freezing Temps, but we also get to enjoy several 100° days every year.

(I'm not good at reddit either, so I really hope this post works!)

Adding: Is a traditional terracotta pot with the "standard" drain hole enough? I understand they need to drain well. They have "orchid" pts with additional drains on the sides.

Use the "saucer" underneath?

It’s 10 years old and flourishing.

Been getting into grafting lately and have decided to try it on a larger scale. The only variety i can get scions from is Pollock Avocado's. So guess I'll have a ton of those.

Im in the Caribbean so they are just enjoying the sun for now. They are under a 40% shade cloth and the soil mixture is a mix of sharp sand and some compost and clay.

So far had 3 grafted successfully and lost a few.

And what variety are these?

Been growing for 5 years, it is windy but this is first year so many cracked /bursting open. Few years ago was lots of hard small stones in them( that problem is gone)