Are avocado plant indoor or outdoor?

Avocado trees (Persea americana) are grown indoors in all USDA growing zones, making great houseplants, whether or not they bear fruit. They can be started from seed, or juvenile trees can be purchased from a retailer.
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Can I put my avocado plant outside?

Growing Avocado Trees Outdoors

If you live in a warm enough hardiness zone, you can plant outdoors. Avocados perform best in temperatures between 60 to 85°F. Place the plant in a spot where it gets at least 8 hours of sun per day.
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Is avocado an indoor plant?

Avocado trees (Persea americana) can grow indoors in any growing zone, making great low-maintenance houseplants. However, it can take up to 10 years for the tree to bear fruit in its natural growing conditions, and it can reach 40 feet tall or more when grown in the ground.
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Should my avocado plant be inside or outside?

Like banana trees, avocado plants thrive in full sun. They will tolerate some shade, but potted indoor plants generally need the brightest spot you can find. If you're starting from a seed, the seed can be kept on a bright windowsill until roots form, and the first leaves emerge.
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Can you keep an avocado tree indoors?

This fact leads to the question, “Can avocado trees grow indoors?” The simple answer to this question is yes. In fact, there are several dwarf varieties, which can help the cold and temperate season gardener produce the healthy fruits in their own home.
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Do avocados need direct sunlight?

Sun and shade

Hass avocado trees thrive in bright, direct, unfiltered sunlight. They need at least six hours of sunlight per day, but they can tolerate slight shade.
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Can avocado trees grow in pots?

Like many citrus trees, avocado trees grow very well grown indoors. Natural terra cotta is an excellent choice for pots because the porous clay allows air and moisture to move through soil easily. Start with a 6- to 8-inch-diameter pot, with good drainage holes.
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How do you care for a potted avocado tree?

Caring for avocados in containers is just as easy. Keep the plant soil consistently moist but not over watered. Overwatering will cause the leaves to curl and the stem to soften– not a desirable trait. Don't under water the avocado either or the foliage will wilt, dry and drop.
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How often should I water my avocado plant?

As a general rule, avocado trees do best when their soil is allowed to dry out between waterings. A potted avocado tree or a newly planted avocado tree should generally be watered every two to three days, while a mature planted tree can be watered once a week.
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Do avocado trees need a lot of water?

Avocados, like other types of fruit bearing trees, need ample water to thrive and produce fruit. Mature avocado trees need approximately 40 to 50 inches of rain per year. Young trees need more frequent watering than mature trees to establish a strong root system.
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Do avocados like grow lights?

No matter what type of grow lights you use, adding supplemental light to your avocado tree will help it thrive while it grows in your home. Full-spectrum lights will provide your avocado tree with the resources it needs to grow.
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How long do avocados take to grow?

If you have purchased and planted a tree, you can probably expect to see your first fruit three to four years after planting. If you are growing from a seed, it can take anywhere from five to 13 years before the tree is mature enough to set fruit.
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How fast do avocado trees grow?

An avocado tree grown from seed may take up to 13 years to grow. On average, healthy avocado trees can grow about 3 feet per year until they reach their maximum height of around 40 feet tall.
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Where does avocado grow best?

Avocados grow best in warm climates. The best growing zones for standard avocado varieties are between 9 and 11. Although, some may tolerate Zone 8 with extra protection.
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Where should I plant my avocado tree?

Choose a location where there is plenty of sun exposure and well-drained soil when planting avocado trees. A location on the southern side of the home or in a dip or valley will ensure protection from winds. Incorporate plenty of organic matter into the soil and check the soil for porosity.
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What temperature can avocado trees survive?

Being a tropical plant, an avocado tree hates growing in anything less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit, although mature trees can tolerate temperatures as low as 30 degrees Fahrenheit for a short period of time. In terms of humidity, the trees prefer a climate with a percentage around 60 to 80%.
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Why is my potted avocado tree dying?

And when the air is too dry, evapotranspiration (loss of water from leaf cells) increases. Soon, the large but thin leaves of the avocado begin to lose water more quickly than the plant can replace it and when that happens, the cells begin to die, leading to browning.
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How long do avocado trees live?

Avocado trees have a long life-span and keep on producing fruit for many decades after reaching maturity. A Hass avocado tree planted in 1926 is still fruiting, and avocado trees growing in the wild in Mexico have been known to live as long as 400 years.
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Why my avocado tree is dying?

One of the leading causes of Avocado tree death is root rot and fungal diseases. There are a number of varieties that affect Avocado trees, and if this is not addressed quickly it can take over the tree and kill it.
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Can you grow avocados on a balcony?

Avocados love the sun so place the pot in your balcony or near the window. Do not over-water it. Just keep the soil moist. If leaves start turning yellow, then that is a sign of overwatering.
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Are avocado trees easy to grow?

Avocados are not easy trees to grow for fruit in the vast majority of the country, but they are fun to have as houseplants when you start them from seed. It's a great science experiment for the kids as well as a conversation starter.
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Can you keep an avocado tree small?

With a small number of cuts done every year, and possibly some pinches, you can keep an avocado tree down to 15 feet (my Hass), 12 feet (my Reed), even 10 feet.
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Do avocados bear fruit in pots?

Fruiting an Avocado

As container plants, trees need to get to 6-8' tall with a trunk caliber of 1.5"- 2" before they will set fruit. This requires a large, 24" pot (15 to 25 gallon). It takes a few years for young grafted plants to reach this size.
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How tall do avocado trees get?

Typically, avocado trees can grow from anywhere between 50-70ft (15-21m) provided they are getting appropriate care. They have been known to grow upwards of 80ft in rare circumstances. However, their height can be smaller when grown in containers.
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Do avocados like wet soil?

Avocados need well drained soil, as the plant will not tolerate wet soggy soil, this is also important in the winter time when the ground is cold as well.
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