That Time of Year Again

[Thomas J.]

Started doing some wiring and needle pulling on these soon to be 6yr old JBPs. Three down and quite a few more to go.
The top 2 pics of each will be the before and the 3rd will be todays. Pay no attention to the pots as they are just temporary,
something to grow in for now until the root system can be shortened within a few years.

 

[Thomas J.]

As you can see from the last pic above this tree has no taper at all on the trunk and my plan is to cut it back in a year or two once the branch on the back side gets at least another bud making two buds on that small branch, right now there's only one.
I'm hoping for something like this.