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bonsaiTALK Artisan
Join Date: Sep-2005
Location: New Jersey
Country: United States
Posts: 106
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Question about trident chop
I got this short and fat guy last summer, and let it grow out for teh season. The bottom half is real nice. It is fat and shows some character, but he top half half sucks. It lack taper and movement. A trunk chop would be the best option, but I am having trouble deciding what leader to choose. Can I just chop where the taper and movement end, and hope a leader will shoot up from the chop? The first pic shows the tree in the selected front view. The second shows what could happen if i choose to chop that low and use the branch with the arrow as the new leader. The third pic shows a higher chop, and I jsut hope a new leader sprouts from the chop. And the last is what what I would like this tree to become. Would what you guys do?
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