Thank you, red. It's probably because of lack of rain. The fruit on it now is about 4 inches long. I'll find the UF website and see if I can get more info.

orchidrain, a picture would help for the yellowing leaves. It is normal for the tree to shed some leaves but not a lot. How old is your tree? is it full with leaves and fruit? where it is planted? We had a lot of wind in my area so I think I am one of the few with avocados this season, few friends had asked me about it because their tree did not fruit this year, the same variety like I have the Brogdon and they said it fruited last year fine. The only thing that I can think off is that mine is like in a sheltered spot and theirs are open to the wind so they lost the flowers, theirs are shedding the leaves also and we are in the same area with the same amount of heat and rain.

I had a Lula avocado to sample, they can get big anywhere from 8-16 oz. The way that I know that my avocados are ready is when one or two start to get a black spot at the end, they are fully grown then and I can start picking them to ripen indoors. I usually harvest only what I need and leave the rest in the tree because they will last longer that way. My avocados are all different sizes in the same tree....

Silvia

Oh, Silvia, I think it's worse than I thought. I went out to take some pictures and found 3 on the ground. I'm afraid they have been falling for a few days. The tree is about 3 or 4 yrs. old. This is the first year I've had fruit. As I walked around the tree, the grass on the back side of it is so dried up. The tree is very close to the property line, and our neighbors sprinkler system has not been working for a few weeks. I'm thinking that it was happy with her sprinklers and now it's probably in shock. I was so excited to share my bounty when it came in, but I may have to wait another year.

Here are a couple of pictures:

orchidrain, your tree looks good! and still has a lot of green leaves. One of the first reasons that avocado trees die is because of over water or not a draining spot where there are planted, Besides the rains if we get them my tree gets the sprinkles twice a week in the summer, so if you have under water yours, you can start on schedule. The fruit on the top right looks for sure ready to begin ripen indoors, I put mine in the shade in a bowl and watch for ripeness...

On the left side of the tree, is that another tree? avocados get huge but you can always keep them shorter if you want.

Here is my tree just now after the rain

The fruit makes wonderful gifts and mine is mature enough so last week I already mail some boxes, avocado season is great, enjoy your avocados and take care of your tree, you will be happy with the harvest.

Silvia

You've reassured me. I will start watering.....our neighbors sprinklers were just like yours...twice a week. I gave it a drink of water and brought in the fruit. The are so small, but I'm going to see if they ripen.

Your tree looks fantastic! With so much fruit on it. How often and when do you fertilize. Mine is so young, I haven't fertilized it yet.

Yes, there is a huge palm tree on the left. It towers over everything.

Thank you, my tree is about 10 years old, it was planted as soon as we moved here and fruits every year no matter what. I fertilize early spring with the citrus, avocado granular fertilizer.

When I took the fruit tour at Echo, they were topping their avocados for easier harvests but I have no problem with mine being tall, I just get more fruit to share.:) Using a picking tool is a breeze.

Silvia