I agree
@sorce that’s why those shoots haven’t been plucked off. The way it sits on my bench now allows for them to get full sun. The wiring and positioning of everything above is just practice, being new, I need this.
I wired a few of my trees this weekend and while it was much better than last time I need to learn to plan ahead when placing wire, I can’t find my way out of crossing wires sometimes.
The tree, I believe, has been through enough for now but once those new shoots have a good amount of life in them that top part will be all gone. I don’t believe I will get a bud from that long segment. When bending it a few a couple months ago it cracked and instead of budding it’s trying to root. Id it buds my plan might change but if not it leaves the lowest shoot being the first branch and one of the two on top would be the new leader and the other a new branch.
This tree will also be going into something wider this spring so the roots can spread, they are something terrible.