dont have to take it out, just top it a bit and over the next few years the central
trunk will thicken while that branch wont and it will become a stronger crotch. you
can always take the branch off later if it doesnt strengthen. taking out the two
main side branches would be overpruning. seriously, I did this to a ginko with a
double leader and it does have one hellatiously large branch now arching over a
walkway, but the crotch is getting more "ramified". Ingrid

"Travis" wrote:

wrote:
Thanks for the advice Ingrid.
Travis, if you think it's too late would you suggest I just
leave
it as is?

It doesn't have to be a quick fix, we aren't moving for at
least 10
years.

If you had pruned out the smaller of the branches when the tree
was very young the remaining branch would have become the central
leader.

As is the tree is prone to split at the "Y". I would still take
out the smaller branch and hope for the best.



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