Iris Cohen schreef
Oh, dear, and I thought I was making sense.
No, I have no intention of cutting the top off the Shimpaku. It is styled
the way I want it. What I meant was, can I treat the Shimpaku like a
subtropical, give it about 2 months of dormancy, and then put it under the
fluorescent lights until spring?

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This is still not entirely clear.
You applied your strategy for subtropical plants to your J.squamata (against
advice) with results that were so maddening you cut the top out. Now you
want to apply this to your 'Shimpaku' (also against advice), although it is
now doing what you want of it. Something is missing here.
PvR