I spent time again knocking opposite buds and setting this on a safe path for growth until reevaluated.
It worked so well last year, I easily found all the forks I left tridented last year with these spring cuts in mind.
Where No defined structure and path was set last year, a simple mindless cut back to last years summer dormancy nodes provided (as per the 3 silhouettes) the perfect area to cut to....
This will be the Only areas I will need to be mindfully observing till Dormancy this summer....
Bud knocking and proper nexts will be addressed as growth happens...watching for "it depends".
This is a disclaimer of sorts....
If you can't find the difference in these 2 pics...and can't say why this tiniest of details is superimportant..
You have to go back and read this whole thing if you really want to make this work.
If you are not willing to pay attention to these tiny details, I am uncertain you will find success with this method.
One leaf was removed to expose that horizontal bud, for light for strength, for a better visual for observation, to keep that SD area that has many buds from swelling, and to allow me to control where the bud grows, rather than letting it move into light created by the shade of that one leaf.
And entire paragraph of purpose ....
One leaf.
This is the kind of attention to details that builds good trees.
This is just the first year I found Life enough to make fruit.
I'll use my other Swepper to keep sweeping BS under the Blue Rug you may be sleeping on....
I made one decision in the low right apex to remove an UGLY.
I had to leave the bar branch that moves inward from the thick left one on the tall apex, to see if I get growth enough this year to not have an ugly gap if I remove it.
The trident there itself will be hidden with evergreen foliage....and growth will be slow enough to keep it from bulging uglier...
My one drawback is...the part I want to remove is in the way of a branch already growing well enough to replace it...
Thos must be observe carefully since the only thing left in the balance is my own confidence. Time is ticking on "perfect". Only I am standing in my way. FVG's on tune!
Boxwood want a to be a bonsai so bad.....
It even guides you where to clean up old cut to perfectly.
So easy to define the callous edge and where to recut.
Hard wood, but even my Kaneshin 4S B? Concave cutters work well....
Of course...there is that other ticking time bomb on perfect.
You MUST clean up cuts correctly ASAP before You can no longer get the right tool safely in there....
Let it guide you to that perfect outline...
It wants to have nice curves for you too!
And it Wants to heal over them!
But even if it doesn't....it will color change to almost invisible in one season anyway.
So it will accept your imperfect cuts too!
Of course this disclaimer.....
This shit only happens if you see how and why these small details build box faster than defoliation of any kind.
Sorce
Resorce.
