Last year I bought one of these at a garden center. It has a great root
base and gently curving trunk. I cut it back to what I thought might be
a new apex, down to a height of a little under three feet. The cut is
pretty significant, and the tree has grown numerous clusters of new
shoots around the site of the cut, and a few other places around the
trunk. I'm thinking that instead of using what I originally thought
would be the apex, I would cut off the top completely and develop new
branches, making for a thicker trunk and more compact growth. How large
should the shoots be before I trust them to carry the tree? The main
trunk before the present apex is about 18", the base is about 3" just
above the roots, and the trunk is about 2" in diameter.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a sunset 37

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