I have a question for you Avocado experts. Earlier this year (early Spring I believe it was), I transplanted three Avocado trees in my front yard in "raised beds." These trees had been growing in large ~50-gal food grade barrel makeshift pots for 7 years or so. They were heavily root bound, so the transplant was shocking and they dropped all flowers fruit through the process. They seem to have recovered through the Summer, and we've had a very long summer here in the Sacramento valley. Right now we're nearing middle of November with daily temps in the high 70's low 80's. There's been little winter chill yet -- an extremely warm/mild Winter start to say the least.
The reason for my post and my question has to do with the first of three transplants, a Fuerte tree. You can see it in the pics below. I noticed this morning that the tree had started to set blooms on nearly all of its terminal buds, and this has me worried. The tree has never bloomed in the Fall/Winter like this before. I wonder if it is confused from the transplant and/or this inordinately warm Winter weather. Does the tree think it's already Spring? We did have a bit of a cooling trend a few weeks to a month back.
Whatever the case may be, ought I to pinch off these flowers, since the Winter will surely come sooner or later? Is this common elsewhere in the state? I was really looking forward to maybe getting a crop this next season (Starting with the flower in Spring '20). I'm worried that the tree will confuse itself with this early flowering and fail to set more in 4-5 months after Winter ends. The trees are getting full/100% southern exposure where they're at BTW. Looking forward to some good advice. Oh, the other two trees have yet to show any signs of premature flowering. Thanks!