If you do not leave in South Florida, you can still try to grow your own avocados, by planting a cold hardy variety.
Cold hardy avocados are more resilient to cold weather. Follow the simple steps below to increase your chances of succeeding growing your own cold hardy avocados.
- We recommend that you grow your avocado tree in containers, so you can bring indoors during the cold winter nights
- If you wish to plant your tree on the ground, consider growing your tree in containers for the first 2-3 years (the smaller the tree the more susceptible to cold weather damage)
- Once your tree is planted on the ground, have a plan to protect it with some type of covering when temperatures drop below the freezing point
- Consider planting cold-tolerant or cold-hardy varieties, like the ones listed below...
