crab apple
Shohin
Is there any salvaging this JBP other than maybe making a very large tree or a literati? Once the second internode gets long. I think I'm starting to figure out how to prevent that but for a few trees it's too late. The very lowest brances are ground level so I'm not counting them, then the first usable branches are about 4 inches up then a blank area of about 6 inches before any more branches, is this thing junk now? Also some branches on other JBPs don't have any growth till about 7 inches out, I know theres not much chanch of them backbudding. I thought you could forget about these for the first couple years but I guess you have to balance the energy from early on.![JBP long.jpg JBP long.jpg](https://www.bonsainut.com/data/attachments/550/550205-de6ee67a6f9349f008d51b1762caaa1f.jpg?hash=-fBaQpGkwx)
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