Does anyone have growing experience with advocado plants? Advice needed please?

Question

My advocado, grown from the stone or pip, is about 15 inch high now. I've checked google and all I can find is the prompt to pinch out the growing tip every 6 inch or so...which I've done.

Now this is supposed to encourage side growth in the hope to turn the "tree" into a indoor "bush".

However, no side shoots develop .. the growing tip comes back and I'm fearing I'll end up with a sinewy stem that at some point will collapse due to the enormous size of the leaves.

What can I do?

Answer 1

I think you are not completely removing the growing tip.  Take the top pair of leaves along with it.

Answer 2

Ok you have to pinch out the lower leaves, so the nutrients of growth are redirected.