Avocado frost damage! My mexicola avocado got quite heavily damaged by frost as it has been very cold here recently. I decided to put some frost vlies over it. I hope it will survive this winter and grow again next year. I am trying to find out when young mexicola seedlings might start to flower and if there is any techniques to speed up flowering and fruit production.


mexicola tree damaged by frost.

The young tree is about 1.2 meters high.



















a close up of the top of the tree

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  1. Craig Hepworth14 February 2021 at 12:02

    In my experience grafted avocado trees usually flower every year, even when the plant is only 30 cm tall. So there's not really any technique needed to make that happen. Sometimes they can even set a few fruits as a small tree, which can keep the tree from getting much bigger that year, because it's putting most of its energy into developing a few fruits. I usually pick off any fruits that set until an avocado tree is at least 2-3 meters tall. It's about delayed gratification - sacrificing a few fruits this year, so that the tree can get bigger and make many more fruits in the future.

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  2. PERMABREED14 February 2021 at 21:39

    That seems to make sense Craig. Unfortunately all my avocadoes are grown from seed so flowering and possible fruit production will take longer. From reading your article on frost-hardy avocadoes i understand that seed-grown trees start flowering when they are about 4 meters (13 to 14 feet) tall.

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