Hello!
I bought this fairly cheap korean hornbeam (carpinus Koreana according to the store) in 2019, and quickly regretted buying it. I have since come to realize i'm more into shohin. This tree is very uniformly, sort of unnaturally, twisted. It is as thick at the current base as 2/3 up.
However, I do like the top 1/3 of this tree, and would like to attempt to air layer it, maybe next year. Before doing this, I Wonder if it would help creating a bit of taper to the base-to-be, by applying a Wire tourniquet this year.
Any reasons why not to do that?