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mistermoyogi
Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Northern West Virginia
Country: USA
Posts: 641
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Hi, Carmen:
I certainly do appreciate your interest and input regarding the composition. You have been most kind. Please refer once again to #58965. I am trying to create a natural look of two trees growing in the midst of a forest (not at the forest edge); hence I brought the angle of the trunks closer together and in the process created more of an equilateral canopy.
I don't think it would be as natural if the smaller trunk remained at more of an angle in this situation because in a forest environment there would be groups of trees growing close together. Ideally I realize there should be many more trees of various sizes in this composition to make it more effective.
My inspiration comes from the deciduous forests around us here in northern West Virginia...they are very beautiful during all seasons.
You make a very good point about regrowing the canopy at some point to better the ramification. The composition began as a five-tree grove, and obviously has necessarily changed over the years. In retrospect I should have devoted more time to initial training during the first few years. At the time I feel I was not as familiar with the species as I should have been, and the unfortunate result was the growth of some out of proportion apical branching.
Again, my thanks for your thought-provoking input.
Best regards,
Tom
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