Well, given the go-ahead, I did the dastardly deed (cut off the
trunk). The
result is, well....different. Plenty of zigzags, but it will
take a couple of
years for the side shoots to become branches. I used the extra
branch to make
it a two-track cascade. There is nothing really at present to
make a jin out
of, although otherwise it looks as though it was run over by a
truck falling
down the mountain. I tried to leave the core of the rootball
intact. My last
Shimpaku died for no good reason, after it was carefully
supervised in a workshop.
If this one doesn't croak, it will be a miracle. If it will
live & be well, &
I ever get my act together, I will post it in the Gallery.
Iris

We can't wait -- literally! Good luck with it, Iris.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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