A Japanese White Pine

[iant]

Hi Dave,
Great looking tree!
Question. The branches on the daughter trunk are not as downsloping as the main trunk. Is that on purpose? The reason I ask is that I was confused when I first looked at the images if it was a branch or another trunk. Of course when I looked closer I could tell it was a 2nd trunk. Are you not following the angles of the main trunk with the branches of the daughter trunk because it's younger? or is there no rush in adjusting them? Also, there looks to be a few branches exiting the same position at the 2nd whorl on the daughter. I assume you're watching there and will ultimately remove one or two of those?
I don't mean to be annoying, just curious.
I killed my 1st JWP and haven't tried again so I can't say too much!
Best,
Ian

 

[Dav4]

Hi Dave,
Great looking tree!
Question. The branches on the daughter trunk are not as downsloping as the main trunk. Is that on purpose? The reason I ask is that I was confused when I first looked at the images if it was a branch or another trunk. Of course when I looked closer I could tell it was a 2nd trunk. Are you not following the angles of the main trunk with the branches of the daughter trunk because it's younger? or is there no rush in adjusting them? Also, there looks to be a few branches exiting the same position at the 2nd whorl on the daughter. I assume you're watching there and will ultimately remove one or two of those?
I don't mean to be annoying, just curious.
I killed my 1st JWP and haven't tried again so I can't say too much!
Best,
Ian

I honestly never really was bothered by the slope on the branches in that smaller trunk. It's such a small part of the tree, it really doesn't have more volume than any of the larger branches, and I suspect much of what is bothering you visually is related to that plus the 2 dimensional limits of a photo... that tree is 40 + inches tall, and there's more slope there than you realize. I think as that trunk develops and carries more visual weight, the branching will become more defined and may develop more slope. There probably are several branches exiting at the same level, but they're needed right now. It'll be dealt with if needed as the trunk gets bigger.