Avocados have gained 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 plant. With hydroponics, it is easy to start an avocado tree this way. However, these plants need specific growing conditions to produce avocado fruit.

If you grow an avocado tree in your garden but are having trouble harvesting delicious green fruit from it, this could indicate that something is wrong in its growing environment. Of course, it’s easier to adjust your avocado’s growing conditions if you grow it as a fruit tree in 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 out of luck.

3 ways to make an avocado tree bear fruit