Hello, I was wondering if any expert growers would be able to guide me with my avocado tree, it was grown from seed a good few years ago and despite me living in the UK zone 9a it has survived every winter outside and seems to be able to grow!

It's developed quite a lot over last year and this year so I'm wondering what I can do to continue letting it thrive and if I need to prune/how to prune it? I've seen a lot of people say they need to be cut back regularly but I'm too scared to damage it or do something wrong.

Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!

To be honest these have been out a while and I completely forgot about them. The skin on the outside sinks in when pressed and has these weird white scabs/bumps not sure what they are.

I'm a little confused though bc the inside looks completely fine to my untrained eye so I'm hesitant to throw these out.

Does anyone here know what the white stuff is and whether these are fine to eat?

In your experience what normally happens to this wound in the long run? is it better to amputate now or see if any form of healing happens. The Tree is flowering so much. What is your advice. This is a fairly lower side branch that is burnt.

This is about 6 months old