Yup, daygan is right. But be careful, to pick a placement that doesn't give you reverse taper....
You could go beneath the crook in the first shot, but it's sorta not super interesting....
I see,
one more question please, I got this tree back from my dad's house last spring it was totally neglected for about 10 years or so in its pot. All I did last year was to fertilize it and now it is flowering (I don't remember ever seeing flowers on it before).
I was wondering if it would be ok to layer it this year or better to repot it this year and then layer it next spring. The thing is that it is so tall now that repotting it now wouldn't be easy at all, I'd probably have to cut it off anyway before.
I would layer it about a hands width below the bottom branch in the second picture, then I would chop it and keep the bottom foot, I think there is 3 feet in a meter?, the way it has all those shoots of new growth coming near the base says it will back bud well and it has a great thick base there with some nice movement in it. Have you ever layered one of these trees before, I was wondering the time length for it to develop enough roots to cut it off.
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Thank you Ed for your input, that sounds indeed the best thing to do.
There is indeed a bit more than a meter between the base and the top you are talking about.
I have layered about 10 times in my life but never one of these trees and never so thick.
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The thickest I've done was a pyracantha about 7 cm thick last spring, it was ready to be cut in the fall but I preferred to wait till spring. I just cut the layer a week ago or so and the bag was full of roots. I hope this one will response as well.