For avocado trees, Di Lallo recommends a typical houseplant potting soil with some added perlite or pumice to promote aeration. When it comes to the perfect container, an unglazed terracotta pot will ...

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In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how by the ...

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