Collected Doug Fir

[minkes]

At the end it is your decision, but from my artistic subjective opinion it is better with it for now. To remove branch is always easy 1 second job.. You could also consider grafting if it will not produce back buds.

 

[Hartinez]

Planted this in a homemade slab. Buds have popped and are awfully robust. The drop branch remains. For now.

 

[just.wing.it]

The back.
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By "the back," do you mean future front?
I like the Jin idea, btw.

 

[Hartinez]

By "the back," do you mean future front?
I like the Jin idea, btw.

Possibly. I’ll snap a pic of this other side also. I think it looks good from both.

 

[Wulfskaar]

I love that homemade slab!