Grown from seed. The three individual trees then planted together. About 4 years old. Next year going to fertilize heavily, prune in summer, and wire some structure. In a few years, I may try cutting the bark back a little to get them to fuse together at the base.
Yeah, I was going to cut into them slighlty and try letting them fuse that way. I think it should work alright. Maybe youre right though and they wont fuse that way.