yenling

Few newbie questions about JBP:

1. Does letting a low sacrafice branch grow out near the bottom of the trunk, leave a large lump on the trunk, where the sacrafice branch was? Or does the girth of the lower trunk expanded evenly? Is this a good technique for improving taper?

2. Assuming you have a field grown JBP around 1 1/2 inches in girth and it has been trunk chopped. Over the years is there a good way to increase the girth of the trunk significantly? I realize it would be much better not to trunk chop, but can you let all the branches grow out or something like this?


Thanks for helping out a begginner!

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