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Looks like a regular meeting of branches atop that central tree!
You didn’t say what your design goal(s) and ultimate height are, so I’ll assume you are doing the common route of growing out the central trunk to get girth…. In this case it’s a bit too early for Jin’s…. but you can go ahead and do it if you want to get practice and remove it later as necessary.
Basically the goal is to get only one leader, narrower then the trunk at the top junction and remove all the rest nearby to create taper along the trunk. That includes removing the thicker side branches up top as these will only get thicker and create a swelling at the junction area.
The goal is to grow a trunk, with as much taper as possible…. not an easy task with any redwood……so keep branches that are not on the same level along the trunk and remove the rest.
As the remaining side branches thicken too much cut back each, leaving a 1-2” stub. Almost invariably other branches will form at the base of the stub. Choose one to be your new side branch and eventually remove the stubs.
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Cheers
DSD sends
