Put your hibiscus plants in a spot in the yard that gets full sun so that they'll thrive. If you can, place them somewhere where they get sunlight in the morning or late afternoon but are protected in the shade during the hottest, sunniest hours of the day (noon to 4 p.m.). If you plant the hibiscus in pots, you can move them to shadier or sunnier areas if you notice that they're getting too much or too little sun. Each time you touch the soil and it feels dry, water your hibiscus. These plants do best with slightly moist soil, but it's necessary to provide drainage so that the soil doesn't become too saturated. If you're growing your hibiscus in a pot, make sure there are drainage holes in the bottom so that the soil doesn't get too wet and lead to root rot. Each year from March to October, you'll need to fertilize your hibiscus plants weekly to ensure that they get the proper nutrients. Purchase a water soluble fertilizer, mix it with water, and pour or spray it onto the soil. Make sure to get a fertilizer that's low in phosphorous, such as 20-5-20, as high amounts of phosphorous may lead to smaller blooms. During the winter, use pruning shears to cut off all of the sub-branches that are smaller and branch off from the main framework of the plant. This may make multiple flowers pop up where each previous sub-branch was located once the weather gets warmer.

Summary: Keep the hibiscus in a location that gets 6 hours of sunlight each day. Keep the soil moist, but not saturated. Fertilize the hibiscus weekly during the spring, summer, and fall. Prune during winter to encourage flowering.

Flirting is just like having a regular conversation, but more fun. Go into expecting that you're going to laugh and you're going to have a good time, not like you're going to get a date with someone, or make them fall in love with you. That's too weird. Just chat like you would with a new friend. Take advantage of the Internet as a resource. Just read a funny article or saw a funny .gif or a cute video? Pass it on. Something to share and talk about. Different people like to talk about different things. To one person, it might be flirty to tell long stories and talk about serious subjects, while to another it might be dull. To one person, it might be flirty to talk about partying, while to others it could be a turn-off. Read each person and adjust. Online flirting is a marathon, not a sprint. There's no reason to rush right into talking about what you want, or planning a date, or figuring out where you're going to move in with all the children you're going to have. Whoa there. Just focus on having a few laughs and seeing if you like someone. Don't go right for the crude sexual references. Some innuendo can be flirty with the right person, but only once you've gotten to know someone. If if feels pornographic, it's not flirting. Avoid blurting out "I love you" on the basis of five minutes of chat and one profile photo. That will be an immediate relationship killer. It's okay to tell the other person that you think they're lovely, fascinating and gorgeous, but leave out love language until you both seem to know each other quite a lot better. If you wouldn't say it flirting in real life, don't say it online. If you're in class with someone you're chatting with, talk about class. If you're in the same town, talk about what neighborhoods you like. Talk about the best hang-outs. Talk about something that you have in common with each other to help make a connection. If you don't have anything in common, or can't figure out what you've got in common, ask questions until you find something. Even if the questions are silly, like, "What's the best month and why?" or "What's your sign?" you'll be able to start talking about something. Everybody you talk to online has been fed the same lines at some point, and been asked the same dull questions. "What do you like to do for fun?" and "What are your hobbies?" are sort of dull flirtation questions. But, if you tell a story about how your neighbors are fighting about how the one's dog peed on the other's stoop, you'll have something funny to jump off from. "What do you think of dogs? And ridiculous neighbors?" Don't ramble about your own life too much. Talking about your whole history and backstory is a good way to make someone think you're self-obsessed. Share smart details. Someone doesn't need all the intimate details of your entire life story, your problems, and your innermost thoughts and desires. Save it for later. That's not flirting, it's blurting. Don't be a sad-sack if you're trying to flirt. If you've been striking out a lot lately, it won't sound flirtatious to say so. It'll sound desperate. Be very, very careful about talking about serious things like marriage, monogamy and having children, especially if you don't know the person. These are all flirt-killing words. Wait until you're in person to talk about these things. If you really can't think of anything to talk about, but really want to be flirtatious, you can always just start playing the random question game and talking about silly things. Talk about your best meals, your favorite animals, whether or not Katy Perry's a genius or more boring than white toast. Good silly questions or prompts to show your funny side: "Tell me the story of the best sandwich you ever ate." "Which member of the Wu-Tang Clan or One Direction or the Beatles best represents you as a person?" "If you could go to any country, what would it be?" "What's better, naps or hot-tubs? Or Netflix? Or...hiking? I say hiking, I'm not lazy I swear. Go on, I'm sorry." Good compliments can be a way to get the door open and have more to talk about. Pick something that you like about the person, or have noticed, and use it as a compliment, then turn that compliment into something you can talk about. Compliments are nice, but they're also hard to respond to. Try to turn it into a conversation: "That picture of you at the waterfall is so pretty! You look great. What happened that day?" One compliment per conversation is appropriate. If you start to seem overly complimentary, it can seem obsessive or creepy. If you think someone is attractive, that's nice to hear, but it's not necessary to say five times every minute.

Summary: Keep it light. Take it slow. Talk about common ground. Talk about something funny that happened to you today. Don't overshare. Play a silly associative game. Compliment the other person, sometimes.

Cut into the avocado carefully, so as not to injure the pit, which is in the fruit's center. You can do this by scoring the skin/fruit about an inch (1.3 cm) deep all the way around the outside, and then twisting the two halves in opposite directions to open it. Carefully remove the pit and set it aside. So that you don't waste the fruit, use the avocado meat to create the tasty dip/topping known as guacamole.
Summary: Remove the pit.