@DonovanC I have to clip it every week it grows like crazy. So… I am thinking it would respond well to an air layer. The only reason I posted tonight because I noticed those two new back buds lower down on the main trunk that popped and grew without me even noticing just last week... I’m wondering if those will help take care of the problem in a year?
PS I saw your Dunkin tea in another post that’s my go to every morning LOL
That Strawberry Dragonfruit Refresher
I spend too much money there lol
But if those two new shoots take off, you could use them as sacrifice branches and thicken the trunk that way. Who knows you might even end up including one of them in the design of the tree.
The inverse taper isn’t bad, so I don’t think it would take much - but I have to say ive never attempted to fix this issue so all of my thoughts are mere speculation.
Taking a break from pruning will help too. Letting the tree grow wild for a season will do a lot for the tree. Radial root pruning will also aid in thickening the base. I’ve seen some pretty impressive base thicken in one season on some of my ficus trees just from this technique.
But then again, airlayering gives you two trees
...the lower half of the tree could make a really nice shohin
