LeftHandLuke
Mame
Would very much appreciate advice on choosing a leader for this recently grown air-layered red maple. I'm new to the art and chose this odd branch back in April because of the odd twisting fork. I didn't know any better (and probably still don't ) so I figured it would be interesting in some way or other down the line. So, the air-layer took wonderfully and here I am late in the growing season with suckers popping up wondering where I should go next. I hope the pictures show accurately but the tree has a sacrifice branch at soil level (with a brand-new sucker next to it), then the trunk forks about three inches higher. There's clearly a primary leader but the other branch seems more interesting. I suspect I need to choose one or the other... and wonder if I should do that soon to initiate healing sooner rather than later.
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