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Mame
Hi,
This is an American elm raft with five trunks. The tree grew like crazy during the first part of the summer. I then reduced most of the new growth back to just two shoots. I kept the long branch emerging from the top as a sacrificial branch (trying to thicken the biggest of the five trunks). Any advice on what to do now? The tree is starting to put on a lot of new growth, but it's already getting "leggy" again. I was hoping for more back-budding to increase the ramification, but it seems to want to run.
Thanks for any help!
This is an American elm raft with five trunks. The tree grew like crazy during the first part of the summer. I then reduced most of the new growth back to just two shoots. I kept the long branch emerging from the top as a sacrificial branch (trying to thicken the biggest of the five trunks). Any advice on what to do now? The tree is starting to put on a lot of new growth, but it's already getting "leggy" again. I was hoping for more back-budding to increase the ramification, but it seems to want to run.
Thanks for any help!