I know this is a little late, but, I saw this post and I had to reply because I have an avocado tree in my backyard that wasn't producing good fruit (not very tasty at all). So we had the gardener level it down to what looked like a stump. It was probably about 3 feet tall. We forgot about the tree, until last week when we were playing with our nephews in the yard and he was near what looked like a tall bush. It was the avocado tree growing again! The leaves are very green, and they look very healthy. We are seeing if the tree will fruit again, but right now it seems like the tree is just growing back. Hopefully I can post some pictures of the avocados... perhaps next year. Anyways, I hope things went well for you!