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Mar 17, 2014 5:51 PM CST
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RickCorey said:>> What do you call that ? ... the point where the nurseryman took out the leader ?

"The point of decapitation"?
There might actually be a name, but don't know it.

It's a little hard to be sure, Lyn, but it looks like the three heftiest top branches are still there? I copied and drew on your original pic again. The red, blue and green arrows are the hefty ones, and one of them needs to be completely removed (preferred) or at least cut to half to squelch its lust for dominance. If you have already done that (and I can't see it), they you're good to go. The yellow, orange and white are inconsequential. They will continue to grow as normal good branches.

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