How to prune my Taxis media?

Tntthunder

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Basically I have a nursery stock yew I worked on at the end of May in a workshop and we created deadwood and cut maybe 70% foliage off. Since then it seems to have grown really healthy (I think, this is my first yew). I want to encourage the lower growth, especially the buds lower on the trunk to push, I was told to do this I need to cut some of the long stronger growth.

I however have a few questions about this.

1. I remember seeing that with yews if you see a terminal bud it's too late to cut them. It seems to me that the new growth doesn't have them yet but I am unsure as I don't really know what I am looking for. Like a regular bud but on the end?

2. Like I said, when I got this we cut it hard, would trimming now weaken it before winter? It's seems to have grown nicely throughout the summer and has growth everywhere but I'm not sure. I live in a country with long winters. Zone 6a-5b ish. Would it be too late for my area? According the an interactive map of my nation I found, First frost is typically around Oct 21-31 if that helps.

3. How exactly would I trim it if I were to?

Any advice would be awesome.

P.S. Not sure if the pics are any good or in focus, going blind and can't really tell. So if they're not I will try and get better ones.
 

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In principle you can trim Yew whenever you want to. However, there are better moments. A good moment is mid spring, after the frist growth, as this will lead to lots of backbudding.

When you now have a is blank canvas. I would not prune this without wiring. Position the branches and then decide what needs to be wired. The branches that you on there now are all young, pliable and easy to position. Waiting another year will already have changed that a lot.
 
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