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Seeing pictures of avocado trees growing in full sun made me think that growing seedlings would be straightforward. It turns out that seedlings of this species grow in the shade of the parent trees, which makes sense since no animal would carry a big round heavy useless seed with it for long distances for dispersal. I am in the processing of losing all 6 or 7 of my original leaves but the future looks promising based on how fast new growth has been occurring. Without full direct sunlight and only reflective light hitting at 20,000 lux for maybe 3 hours a day, my avocado seedling should prosper from here. Now that the pot in in full shade I wouldn't be surprised to see some mushrooms pop out, which would be great as the mycelia could form a mutualistic relationship with the roots. I never mastered the growing of shade plants, as you could see from my earlier ginger growing series. Leaves that are photobleached are more likely to get scorched. My Joshua tree and century plant seedlings are doing great in full sun in comparison.