Thank you. New as well and my eye went to that curve exactly. I was just wonder if that was wrong to get rid the trunk after the split.
Well we are either both right or both wrong haha
Here’s what I was thinking I’d do right now.....
I’d go ahead and remove that left trunk fork and get some putty on it.
Wire the trunk all the way up to what would become your new leader and then remove that stub and little branch to the right of the new leader.
Try to get some more leftward bend in the trunk at what would become your first branch.
The second branch from the bottom on the right would become your first branch. Just wire it down horizontal.
The lowest branch on the right you could leave as a sacrifice branch to add thickness to the trunk then remove it later.
You’d have a nice S curve in your trunk, your new leader established, some decent taper, and your first branch established.
Then just let it flush out with new growth this season and it’s well on it’s way!
...but again, don’t listen to me because I’m new. But that’s how I’d attack it, right or wrong.