What kind of variety do you have and was it grown from a seed or a grafted tree from a nursery ?

I am sorry that was not clear, I have a grafted Joey Avocado currently growing in ground.

Get a Mexicola or Stewart / Stuart. Both type A and real cold hardy.

I just bought a Mexicola Grande as well. I am in 9b, so I opted to pair with a Fuerte, both with Bacon root stock. They should be good to 26--28F. They will be spending the first winter in a sheltered space. It is indoors but unheated, with very big windows on East, South and West. I think they were just grafted this year. Still had the parafilm on them. They were about 18 inches tall a month ago. The Fuerte is already almost three feet!! I will be repotting them into 5 gallon fabric planters in October.

@berryphile just remember the fabric pots need watering more frequently.

I'll keep that in mind. I haven't used fabric pots before. I just like the concept. I wonder if they would benefit from a drip tray for wicking. Avocados would either love that or hate it.

I have recently watched two YouTube videos that say fabric pots are very bad for any perennial plant. The roots fuse with the fabric and are destroyed when you try to repot. I will use my fabric pots for annual vegetables instead. Back to plastic, I guess.

The 24 inch wood planter boxes at nurseries are good as well. Or the 1/2 wood wine barrels if you do not want to use plastic works too. I have a few avocado trees in them as permanent containers. See here in my video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdItGKiVDb4

I love your trees! I took the leader off of my Fuerte, and now it is branching all over the place. I am tipping the branches as well. My Mexicola Grande is only growing up, but I did the second growth pinching just today. I love your wooden planters. Very attractive.

My mexicola in the raised bed is loaded with fruit this year. I'm hoping to have all of them fruiting next year with the exception of my two smaller tress i have planted next to each other they are 2-3 years from fruiting.

How old before the Mexicola bore fruit? I am under the impression that the Mexicans are a bit faster.

3 years