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Old 1-Apr-2008   #8
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Originally Posted by jeremy_norbury
Chris

It's de-lovely.

You didn't feel the urge to more significantly reduce the length of the branches at this point?
Jeremy,
I decided to wait even though there was still a significant amount of root tip left on the tree. If the tree responds with a lot of branch growth, we might cut back more significantly. However, if we wait, removing all but the bases of the branches next year will result in a huge amount of new growth with which to build our branches.

It's the old story about working your own tree versus someone else's.
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