I picked up this 3 gallon elm about a month ago. I really liked the potential on this tree with good taper and movement. The buds are just starting to swell a bit and want to start thinking about what I'm going to do with it. I am planning on root pruning it for the first time and replanting it in a growing pot.
Since I will probably be taking off quite a bit of root mass, I'm going to have to prune the top. Any suggestions on how I should start shaping it? Any would be appreciated!
It has nice taper already but I want the trunk to get thicker so I'm going to leave some sacrifice branches at the bottom. Does anyone see an obvious new leader for a trunk chop?
I put the cigarette lighter in the photo to show some perspective of size of course.
Thanks in advance,
Ben