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Posted 2 years 9 months ago #77272
Hello everyone,

Today I pruned my itoigawa juniper. I have spent some months thinking about the design and today, since the tree is healthy I decided to go ahead.

I would like to know your opinion about the changes I made and maybe hear some recommendations for the future design.

Thank you in advance!

Regards!
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Posted 2 years 9 months ago #77274
It is much better, congrats!
Now you should concentrate on bringing the foliar mass inside. The lower branches are way too leggy.
To be honest, I don't think you need that first right branch at all, but since the plant is small, leave it for now, and make the juniper grow for a couple of years.
Then you decide which branch should go.
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Posted 2 years 9 months ago #77275
Well done. To me it looks like you missed an opportunity to get a more delicate branch with better taper and more movement to the right that would suit the tree better. I am talking about the first secondary branch in your before photo.

But as allways, it’s not my tree, it’s yours. I second every thing else Clicio is saying.
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