Help with first mugo

[MattE]

So just wondering what you guys would do with this weird roof mass clumped high at the main nebari

 

[River's Edge]

I would gradually reduce the mass over time and develop a nebari at the lower level of the main trunk. My reasoning would be to open up more design options with lower branches as it is a short tree to work with.
Others might choose to go for an exposed root look!
Judgement call!

 

[MattE]

I would gradually reduce the mass over time and develop a nebari at the lower level of the main trunk. My reasoning would be to open up more design options with lower branches as it is a short tree to work with.
Others might choose to go for an exposed root look!
Judgement call!

yeah its just such a bulbous mass that protrudes up its to bad , part of me wants to cut it off nit i hjtink its the main root mass and i dont want to kill the tree but its hideous ..unless it can somehow grow into the tree and become one?

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

that root mass is weird & ugly, remove a third at a time every time you repot.

 

[sorce]

This could and should have been discovered at the store.

Is it connected at the top?

If so, I would just cut it there and continue.

If not better.
Can you insert a wedge and move the trunk away from the roots?

Pot it as so's, with the arrow pointing to earth.





Sorce