rlominski

Hi Zube,

It is hard to tell, but the branching does not seem that bad. They are very tough to wire. I have had good luck with using guy wires. Just be sure that you use a piece of rubber or plastic tubing where it goes over the branch. I only use this for larger branches. The small ones, I just use clip and grow. It would take forever to wire the whole thing. The hardest part about these trees is thinning them out! Also keeping them from burning in the summer. The apexes are weak, but if you cut back slowly you can work them. It is very good advice to leave plenty of room on the branch when cutting back for die back (my teacher calls it "dry back"). Plus as you see from the other photos the crowns tend to be very rounded on these trees.

Rob