misfit11
Omono
I guess I never started a thread on this tree. I originally collected it here in Sonoma County back in 2007 or so. After getting it established in a grow box I chopped it down to where you see the curve and the carving. I had intended to have it heal over as I grew out the new leader but as it grew I soon realized that the new section was almost as thick as the base and the scar hadn't even begun roll over the chop. Right around that time I was in a workshop with Kathy Shaner and she was talking about these plums and mentioned that chop scars will virtually never heal over and the tree will just sit there and "laugh at you". With that I decided that I had been waiting in vain and decided to do another chop and begin building the apex. It's been in this pot for a number of years now. I'm torn on whether to keep the branches on the right. What do you all think?