I think it's the cooler coastal climate I'm in that slows down the growth so the regular 3 month harvest period is spread across 9. It still only flowers once

I think it's the cooler coastal climate I'm in that slows down the growth so the regular 3 month harvest period is spread across 9. It still only flowers once a year in spring like a normal tree, but by that following winter (regular harvest time), only the clusters with few siblings would have grown large enough for harvest. Then it flowers again, and then bigger family clusters reach maturity in the summer/fall. My avocado tree when I lived in a much hotter climate would drop all the fruit as soon as it started getting hot (they would dry out and wither on the tree).