No guts to shorten crabapple.

Mike Corazzi

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Torn on yes or no.

I am...thinking... of shortening this crabapple.

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Taking off the long one.

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It blooms cool as is.

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When I repot this spring, I have a nice pot picked out. That blue one was too tall and narrow and didn't do well.
But...when I repot, I plan to tilt it up on that long end.

????
 

rockm

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No reason to at this point...Next spring at repotting...
 

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Chop it No future in that extension branch...The entire thing should come off and start with the trunk. Alternatively, you could use those first two branches near the trunk on the extension to begin a new apex. They're really not in a great place though.
 

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Will consider. I kinda like the "ikebana-ish" look when it blooms.
:)
 

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I like the long branch. Lower the branch and make it a long primary branch, lean the tree more to the right, hang the branch lower and make a semi-cascade for full cascade tree. Don't see too many "ringo no han-kengai)
 

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I would change the planting angle to make it more upright. Right now the curve looks a little weird to me.
 

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Go traditional and chop back to the first branch
Go daring, keep everything and make it a windswept
Go boring and just reduce the branch to halfwey to the trunk

There are enough traditional or boring trees around. If you have space for an experiment, I would be tempted to go daring. Nice wiring of all the branches to get a uniform unidirectional canopy going. Extend the already chopped branch and make a shari along the bare side of the trunk. Then let it grow for a year years, every year wiring the vericals back into the rythm.
 

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Go traditional and chop back to the first branch
Go daring, keep everything and make it a windswept
Go boring and just reduce the branch to halfwey to the trunk

There are enough traditional or boring trees around. If you have space for an experiment, I would be tempted to go daring. Nice wiring of all the branches to get a uniform unidirectional canopy going. Extend the already chopped branch and make a shari along the bare side of the trunk. Then let it grow for a year years, every year wiring the vericals back into the rythm.
🤚 DARING
 
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