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It is very difficult to see what is going on in there. One thing you could do is to pick one of the long whips and wire it or stake it in an upright position then let to grow like crazy (to set the trunk). This would get some height to the tree. These trees can make a good bunjin style over time. The advice to clean out the downward growing stuff and stuff growing from the junction of branch to trunk will help greatly in seeing what to keep and what to get rid of.


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