Help me prune this lockdown avocado plant please

[Coffeeonadrip]

Hiya! This is my avocado plant, grown from a pit in the first lockdown so just over a year old. It grows like mad but only upwards. I tried pruning it once but apart from having a tiny side shoot it just kept going up and up. I no longer have space to let it get bigger, now I need it to get bushier! Any tips??

Wow! It's big. No advice on pruning I'm afraid, but how did you grow it please. Did you just plant the avocado stone in compost or did you get it to root it somehow first. I'd quite like one!

www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/avocado/why-is-my-avocado-leggy.htm

Basically chop it drastically

I grew a lockdown avocado plant too, although it didn't get anyway nearly as big as yours. Anything I read about them said they really prefer living outdoors in a warm climate and indoors they just tend to grow as yours has done.

I’ve tried and tried to grow one without success. What is your secret?

@ValenciaOrange Yes, left the pit on the windowsill to dry for a few days and then potted in compost but with about a quarter of the pit sticking out of the compost. To be fair this was my 2nd attempt and only 1 out of the 2 I planted this time round has germinated. It took about two months for it to germinate too!!!

Thanks for the tips everyone.

If you live somewhere with a mild climate and little frost (such as the south west of England, the south coast, or in London itself), you could plant it in your garden. Some species of avocado are surprisingly hardy and can grow outside in these conditions. They're evergreen, and frost will damage the leaves (but not necessarily the plant itself, which will grow back the following spring if it hasn't been too cold). There have even been rare instances of avocado trees growing in sheltered courtyard gardens in London and bearing fruit! I think, if you plant it outside, it will probably branch more and be less leggy.

Thank you @Coffeeonadrip , I am going to have a go.

@ValenciaOrange go fo it! This is what it looked like when it came out

I get about 3 a year out of the compost heap, but we eat a lot of avocados. Bear in mind the site whose url poorfanjo gave appears to be US, so if they're having trouble giving the avocado enough light, it's going to be even more difficult for us.