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Recreating apex in young trees 1 year 6 months ago #77983

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I have a couple of nice little Bonsai starters (Dwarf Cherry, Dwarf Jade) I received from a garden center without any training. The plants are likely 2-3 year old cuttings about 6" in height. I looks like the suppliers cut the apexes so that there are were two equal sized apexes growing about 3" from the top.

I am trying to bring the trunk back into a single-tapered form so I have either removed or wired the second apex but now I am left with a thick knob/fork. Will these trunks eventually thicken up to hide some of this? I was planning on trying to shear these forks into a single cut once the tree has recovered a bit. Is there some better techniques for bringing trident-shaped forks back into single tapered trunks? Attached are some pictures.

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Recreating apex in young trees 1 year 6 months ago #77984

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Hello, try to attach pictures again...

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Recreating apex in young trees 1 year 6 months ago #77985

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Opps. Here are the attachments


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Recreating apex in young trees 1 year 6 months ago #77986

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The jade will drop that stump by itself given time.

On the cherry you need to go in an clean it up with a knob cutter the year after removing the branches.

Are you aware that cherry trees are teperate decidious trees that needs to be outdoor at all times?

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