Reckon this may just be a good piece of wiring practice for "the good one"!
Best be giving her a kiss too!
Seriously.....I don't see much interest coming from that tall trunk.....the first right branch however, that has a lot of potential IMO, to grow into something nice. Being in the land of eternal growth, shouldn't be impossible.
I don't know how well this will convey....
But I'll share my thought process on these.
For the next one.
Diminishing thicknesses of branching is crucial to me, a hard to break rule.
The first left branch, is not out of proportion, it is a good starting point.
With that beginning, it's a matter of finding smaller stuff to utilize going up.
The green being keepers, and you may have cut off some more.
Whatevs!
Now....the reds, (though "tbar" so one "should" go).....could be pruned and "froze" so the bottom could grow thicker, but that small one between will also have to get thicker which, for me, would take too long, making it unfeasible. The difference there is just a little too great to grow out.
There is a point, where so high up the trunk, and so thick, makes it an "offending" branch, something that with any amount of "freezing", it Will remain out of proportion.....those red branches are right on the brink of offending, and may have just went overboard.
Those offending branches should get put on a removal plan, and just wired out of the way, so you can utilize smaller growth in that area. I always find the worst offender, and cut it out right away, then the rest get put on a balancing removal plan.
Key things I think about during this process....
Besides diminishing branch thickness.
"Finer branching"
"Smaller branches make a trunk look bigger."
Once you get to the top half....consider utilizing only new green growth for future branching, it's easier to manipulate, and balance.
Leave the, "for health" large foilage masses as close to the base as possible.
Besides higher offenders, on a removal plan....since they are going to be removed, you can strip some necessary foliage off them and wire them so the small branches you are going to utilize don't get shaded out.
Lalalalalala....maybe it makes sense!
Sorce
