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i once thought the same now ive regretted cutting lower branches on many trees for 2 important reasons. 1 a lower branch can become a sacrifice to fatten the base of a tree or/and 2 it can be the new leader so to trunk chop and create good taper. the question is do you still want to develop this tree or are you ready to style. either one have fun!
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Good point. I'm sure it could use some more development. I'd really like to work on the trunk first, I think.
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Originally Posted by ElGringo
As for the third photo, it looks as though the tree would make a good semi or full cascade; from the pic it looks as though those 2 lower branches don't have much potential, and as they are lower down on the tree will not be very vigorous anway unless the top is pruned hard. But you could keep them now and make jins in the future, which is pretty common practice on these sorts of trees. How big is this juni?
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I'm not sure how you mesure it, but it's only 6" high from top of the pot. The pot itself is maybe 3 or 4 inches ( 10 cm tops) deep. I was thinking a semi cascade too. I haven't done much in the way of pruning other than to thin the interior a little because it needed to be repotted when I purchased it and a couple weeks later was thrust out onto my cold porch.