Scots pine bud selection?

[Ply]

Growing out this scots pine, telperion style (long sacrifice leader). So focus lies on growth, specifically trunk growth, not ramification.

Wondering when/what should I do in terms of bud selection? Been meaning to ask earlier so perhaps I already missed the optimal window. But should I let the buds elongate more, or even let them push out needles? Or remove some of them now? In the end I'd say keep 3 buds per branch tip? Then reduce the leader from three to a single in late winter?

 

[Ply]

Picture didn't upload for some reason, see below.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

On the sacrifice branch I would leave everything and cut back to a central shoot in winter.
For all the rest I'd still select the buds to make pairs of two or three.
But as soon as they grow out to shoots, I would wait for them to harden off and cut around late august.

 

[Srt8madness]

My understanding is you leave as much growth on the leader as possible without shading out the lower growth.

 

[Ply]

On the sacrifice branch I would leave everything and cut back to a central shoot in winter.
For all the rest I'd still select the buds to make pairs of two or three.
But as soon as they grow out to shoots, I would wait for them to harden off and cut around late august.

What would've been the ideal moment to remove the buds?

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

I do bud removal in mid to late winter.

 

[Paradox]

In areas you are developing for future branches, I'd reduce to two buds per tip.

I also prefer to do this in winter. I'll usually do it in December.