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Originally Posted by Salvelinus
Another option is to chop the trunk back to a side branch which will become a new leader. This will create taper more rapidly.
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I actually contemplated more drastic action as you suggest, using that thick lower branch and air layering the rest, along the lines shown in the attachments. But I'm not convinced I want to lose so much of the tree even if I get two out of it.
Would air layering slow the tree's progress down a lot? I must confess I'm not a patient person, which probably isn't a good thing where bonsai is concerned.