Author Topic: What's the earliest anyone's gotten fruit from an avocado tree grown from seed?  (Read 2148 times)

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Somebody here told me they planted an avocado seed and got fruit in five years. Is that a possibility? I have several cado trees I planted from seeds that are over 7 years old now. Very large trees now but no fruit yet. I've always understood it can take 10 to 15 years.
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IIRC, my seedling Hass fruited in about 5 years.

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When I moved in my house the PO had planted the seeds of a "watercado" side by side and they were 3 feet tall when I moved in. Within 4 years they had both fruited and on the 5th year the fruit was so heavy they both snapped from the weight even though I was continually culling fruit. They broke some really prime trees and even though I LOVED the fruit I chopped them down.
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my neighbor has one planted in his front yard planted the SEED 4 years ago it had blooms this year, i have not checked it again to see if it is setting fruit . i do know of a few other trees planted from seed that have set fruit in the 5 year range.              Patrick

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Somebody here told me they planted an avocado seed and got fruit in five years. Is that a possibility? I have several cado trees I planted from seeds that are over 7 years old now. Very large trees now but no fruit yet. I've always understood it can take 10 to 15 years.

Good chance they will never fruit.  If they're healthy, you might look at getting some scions and grafting something you know will fruit onto them.
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Sometimes stressing the tree out (by topping it or girdling it) is a good way to force it to fruit, and then you can see if the fruit is worthwhile, and if not, you can stump it and graft new shoots.  Avocados sometimes suffer badly from girdling, so topping the tree might be something to try first -- I've gotten a seedling avocado that was ~10 years old to fruit by topping it.  (The fruit wasn't any good.)

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4 years for a hass seedling 7 for a reed, grown in albany western australia.

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(The fruit wasn't any good.)

Someone gave me a mango seedling once, nurtured it for over 10 years, fruited twice about 5 years apart.  I'd graft onto it now, then he could decide later if it's worthwhile keeping the original tree.  Just my opinion.
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Friend has one here in San Diego had a single fruit from a three year old seedling.
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Good chance they will never fruit.  If they're healthy, you might look at getting some scions and grafting something you know will fruit onto them.

See:

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=2097.0

Lots of people get fruit from seedlings.
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That's exactly what I (my folk) did to my avocado tree. It is pushing new leaves and branches like hell. Hopefully, it will fuit next year.

Sometimes stressing the tree out (by topping it or girdling it) is a good way to force it to fruit, and then you can see if the fruit is worthwhile, and if not, you can stump it and graft new shoots.  Avocados sometimes suffer badly from girdling, so topping the tree might be something to try first -- I've gotten a seedling avocado that was ~10 years old to fruit by topping it.  (The fruit wasn't any good.)