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Old 21-Aug-2005   #7
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Originally Posted by Alasdair
The branch that tuckerg removed doesn't sit right to me either, its too straight as it comes away from the main trunk, and a wee bit naked.
I think that lowering the foliage on the left at the top might help a bit.
I don't quite agree with the first part of your statement, I do like that branch as is, but I agree that it might need a bit more on the left to balance it out.
Pinching that right hand branch a more heavily, and letting the left side grow out a bit, should let me achieve this.
The Top of the tree is still mostly wired anyway, I'll try and move the top left branch down a bit on the morrow and I'll make a virt along the lines of your suggestion.

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Originally Posted by TreeBay
Hmm maybe plant it on a slab and wire the first branch upright as a sort of second trunk. better a high trunk than a low branch...
Something like this (see virt)? Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you are trying to tell me, but if I move the lower branches to a more upright pointing position, the angles in relation to the other branches seem to clash a bit. I realize it would need to grow out some more, but I don't really see those two branches ever achieving much girth, they are kind shaded out as it is at the moment.

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