u/Fregity_r

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Background:

I got this tree from my backyard a couple weeks ago and put it in a growing pot to thicken up and stabilize, I have no idea what species it is, I recently wired it to guide that sort of S shape it already has going for it, the reference for what I want it to look like is picture 3

A couple questions:

  1. Should I prune off the blue branch? Right now the tree is mostly branching off to the left and I want to make it look more like the third picture, there are basically no branches to the right atm

  2. If I prune off the blue branch should I wire the red branch down to the yellow zone to try and broaden it? I don't want to do too much at once because I think this one has some potential and I don't want to kill it

  3. What should I do with the green branch? If things clear out I might wire it to the left but I'm unsure if I should keep it or not

  4. How do I create more branches? This is probably a beginner question but ​I have no idea how to get branches to form near the top and right instead of the left

Thanks for any help!

u/Fregity_r — 9 days ago