Thanks for the replies.I have had a couple of different avocados in large pots for a couple years now hoping to move to a warmer area. I finally had to give up and plat them. They were getting very root-bound. A few set avocados, but the squirrels got them before I could... Hate those furry little @#%^&*(* Anyway no problems keeping them alive, just tented them and ran flood lights inside the tents during hard freezes. It will be a challenge to keep them pruned and covered going on now that there in the ground.