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Originally Posted by lorax
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Avocado in a pot won't fruit for you. The tree needs to be at least 13 years old, in the ground, and generally grafted from a producing tree onto other rootstock if you want it to produce edible fruits. Nice foliage trees, though, if you can keep them alive.
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A good Avocado cultivar like Holiday grafted on appropriate rootstock and grown in 40-gallon or larger pot will start producing fruit in the 2nd or 3rd year after grafting. Even unsold nursery stock in 7 to 15 gallon pots will start producing the 2nd year in the nursery.