Persea americana 'Fuerte' is an Avocado cultivar derived from a Mexican form and is slightly more cold-tolerant than the Guatemalen cultivars like 'Hass'. Although tender in most parts of the UK and therefore best treated as a houseplant or grown in a conservatory, Persea americana 'Fuerte' can be experimented with outdoors in warmer parts of the country, in particular in inner-city London and its surrounding suburbs where the warm microclimate generated by the urban infrastructure creates a mild protective buffer zone. Elsewhere, it can be taken outside during the summer months and placed in a warm sheltered spot - in the shade at first to prevent its foliage burning in the sun. After a few weeks in the shade the leaves will harden off and it can be given more sun exposure. Water it well during the growing season and feed it with liquid seaweed or tomato feed. Bring it back inside in early October and reduce the watering over the winter.