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I did an emergency repot, so to speak, by placing the plant, pot and all, into a larger grow pot. I kept watering it, and placed it into the shade. The plant continued to lose leaves, till every one had fallen off. I resolved myself to the fact that the plant had made a gallant effort to stay alive, but just didn't make it through the summer on the meager root system. I continued to care for the tree, like it was in a coma, and on life support. Somehow I just couldn't bare to pull the plug yet. After about 1 week, I started to see very small, almost the size of a pin prick buds on the tree. Hey.... this thing is going to pull through. The tree was loaded with buds by the end of the week. I decided that the tree should get a makeover. I decided to raise the crown and give the tree an apex. This is what I came up with.

Comments welcomed, Al Keppler