If it is a rootstock sucker, consider using it to topwork (graft) a different variety before you cut it off and discard it. An established, healthy in-the-ground rootstock is a valuable resource and can get you a couple years headstart on having the tree you want there. It would be interesting to have one of the more expert here ID what variety the sucker is. It is not trifoliate or sour orange. Looks a bit like grapefruit leaves ? I live in Tucson, and I think the winters here are generally similar to slightly warmer than San Antonio ? Here the conventional wisdom is that limes Grafting citrus is pretty easy to do successfully. There are lots of videos on Youtube and lots of tutorials on the web. The same techniques used on stone fruit and apples are used on citrus and citrus is generally easier to succeed with. It is now the ideal time of year to graft, there should be available choices for scion (the variety being grafted) at both local nurseries (buy a liner), or maybe neighbors. All you want is a couple sticks about pencil sized with a few buds on them of the desired variety(s). If you don't want to attempt it yourself (but it is very easy), there should be a local fruit fanatic, arborist or extension agent that could do it in 10 minutes. Search "cleft graft" and "bark graft" on youtube to see how easy it is. I am just a hobby grower so I don't have extensive experience, but I have done about half-a-dozen rootstock topworks here for friends and neighbors with the same issue you seem to have. Invariably it is a lime or lemon that was winter killed and the rootstock came up. The owners usually don't know what's happened for a couple years until they get some oddly horrible fruit.

Thisisme in my opinion is very correct in saying it depends on conatianer size, fertilizer used, tree size in container. Some of my larger ones are grown in i would say 30 gallon containers i come to realize, i say this because i was at Menards yesterday and saw what was advertised as 23 gallon containers for 5.98 in black and blue color almost bought a few , there the kind with the rope handles but im thinking of keeping my new plants in smaller ones for space in garage. Soory to vear off here. Anyhoot,when i kept count 2 years back i had 150 from el.sals hardy chiago was near 100 and my unknown was at 30 figs and 75% never ripened because its a late riper in my climate. Since then i stopped counting. This year bad year cause of bad weather. Martin

I have grown several peach trees to fruiting age from pits. I have rarely had growing conditions that would allow the trees to set that heavily (late frosts, etc). I do thin on any tree that appears to need it, but this was not the case when I first got started. To weigh in on your particular questions I would say: Yes, peach trees grown from pits fruit quite soon (year three or four in my case) Yes, peach trees do tend to overbear. BUT, in my opinion a seedling tree "left alone" for 10 years is highly unlikely to end up disfigured from overproduction, unless "left alone" means given the utmost in growing conditions and the best climate. There are dozens of such trees that I can think of where I live (both seedling and grafted), and none of them seem to have this trouble. In fact, of those that even produce crops of peaches, none have ever grossly overproduced. I guess the bottom line is, nature figures it out. Oh, and peaches are a very ancient fruit, but it was recently discovered that they have been modified exceedingly little from their wild state! In other words, no major genetic differences were discovered in the remains of pre-domestication peaches compared with modern ones. This cannot be said for the majority of other commonly grown domesticates.

I'm in Cottonwood, AZ, about 17 miles south of Sedona. Some consider this Northern Arizona. My fig is in the ground, it is not potted. It is on a drip irrigation system. Our town does have a watering restriction. It gets watered 4 times a week. Maybe it wasn't getting enough water. Most of my flowers weren't blooming most of the summer and some roses that I planted last year were dying. I asked my yard guy to increase the amount they were watered and he said he increased it by 30%. Now my water bills are the same as last year. They had gotten to be lower than last year. I have not fed it at all. Does it need it? I'm going out of town tomorrow, so I won't post a picture until Friday or so. I won't replace it this year. Maybe it wasn't getting enough water. The new leaves do look kind of small.