I read somewhere that an avocado tree will not flower or produce fruit until the third year. That has been in the back of my mind for a very good reason. Three years ago (as of 9/22/25) I made a post, my first post on this platform. The post was about an avocado seed that I had planted. I had seen it sprout, then wither, so I put the pot in the corner with pots that I can clean out and use again at some point.
A year later, in September of 2022, I went to use that pot and found crispy, dry roots in the dried up soil. They were so dry, they snapped like toothpicks. I had decided to put the partially open avocado seed and all the roots it had attached to it into soil and water it. After a week or two, green shoots came up.
This was a simple house plant and it grew to be healthy. The above is a shot of it when it was 15 inches tall. See that post and then compare it to this one.
the same tree today
When I moved here to this apartment, I put the avocado tree in a tree-size pot. You can see the raised dirt around the trunk of the tree. When I repot established plants, I slice the pot that they are in from the rim to the bottom, then cut off the bottom of the pot. I tape the pot where it is cut, then I put the plant, in the old pot, into a new pot and fill it with dirt. Months later, I can cut the tape and pull out the walls of the old, smaller pot out. That keeps the roots from being disturbed.
The three-year-old tree also has a little brother shown above. But this post is not about that one.
Here is a photo of the miracle avocado tree. Yes, this is the same one that came back to life after its dried roots were found in a dry pot in a shed.
As I said at the beginning of this post, I had read that avocado trees will not produce fruit until three years after planted. Well, this one was technically planted 4 years ago. It has been continually green for three years now. Will it flower?
I have never had an avocado tree, so I am not sure what the flowers look like. But these buds have never appeared during the first two years of its life.
The leaves are lighter green and they start in a flower-like array. This is new territory for me. I will be patiently waiting to see if any kind of flower opens.
I think this pot is something the tree can grow into. I had high hopes when I transplanted it. Some times I use the outskirts of the pot to start plants. There is plenty of room in it.
Yo may have noticed two wooden sticks seen in the pot (full view of tree photo - above), well that marks where I planted some Jalapeno plants. Here is one of those that is only days old. If the seedling survives, I am planning to put it in a new tower structure or maybe let it grow upside-down out the bottom of another experimental potting.
I have grown hot peppers before, and they always need to be tied up when the peppers are growing. If I plant peppers upside-down, there would be no need to tie them. What do you think?
This post could be considered to be an update to my very first post on this platform. I have wanted to post about this miracle tree since that first post. I hope you enjoyed it.