Save a Branch or Cut It?
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Shohin
You should be able to cut back the sub further. For a cut that large you may need to use some cut paste to seal it though.
jimlau
Shohin
Sorry, not sure what you mean by cutting back the sub further.
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
I think there's a typo. Should read 'cut the stub further' meaning remove the thick branch altogether. That can work well. You'll usually get some more buds from the trunk nearby that you can grow a new branch.
In this case there are already some existing side shoots in good position so the cut you've proposed could just work. I haven't done it but theory is sound I think. Maybe try it out and see what happens. You can always fall back to total removal if it doesn't look good in a year or 2 and the lower part of the final chop will already be healed.
I'm guessing from the short internodes and graft line this is a dwarf form of JM?
In this case there are already some existing side shoots in good position so the cut you've proposed could just work. I haven't done it but theory is sound I think. Maybe try it out and see what happens. You can always fall back to total removal if it doesn't look good in a year or 2 and the lower part of the final chop will already be healed.
I'm guessing from the short internodes and graft line this is a dwarf form of JM?
jimlau
Shohin
Not sure on the maple variety. I was thinking of trying. The only issue i have a large possible fee3der on the other side that I could use to thread graft. But I guess I could use it for a thread graft as 1 of the lower branches, or in the back where there is minimal btanching.
