Avocados have grown in popularity as a trendy breakfast food over the past decade, and many have found joy in growing a new avocado plant from the seed of an existing one. With hydroponics, it’s easy to start an avocado tree this way. However, these plants need certain growing conditions to produce avocado fruit.

if you to grow an avocado tree in your yard, but you struggle to collect delicious green fruit from it, it could be an indication that something in its growing environment is wrong. Of course, it is easier to adjust the growing conditions of the avocado if you grow it as an avocado fruit tree in a pot. However, an avocado tree in a more permanent position can also be encouraged to produce fruit.

Here, we’ve compiled everything you need to know about the optimal conditions for an avocado tree and how to get it to fruit if you’re unlucky.

3 ways to make an avocado tree bear fruit