Dale Cochoy

I just noticed this post.
Randy, it looks like you pulled off a good "save".
With that great rootbase I think I would make that small branch coming up in front of the "sacrafice" branch my new leader. You don't really NEED to beef up the rootbase anymore.
What height above soil is that branch starting?
Also, from your repot pics I thinkI would have opted for a shallow training pot. You could make it very wide if wanted but It looked to me from root pics like you should have kept it shallow like the one it was in originally. If it hasn't rooted a lot to lower part of your nursery can since repotting I think you could still do this without removing any roots? just lay them out horizontally. This will save you from having to chop them again in the future to get it back into a lower pot. Unless I'm looking at the pic wrong.
D.

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Dale Cochoy
Wild Things Bonsai Studio
Yakimono no Kokoro Bonsai Pottery
Hartville, Ohio