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pollengarden wrote:
A different look at branch angles:
This is a picture of the same little tree taken from above.
There are too many branches starting from too small an area. As the tree gets larger, some of the branches won't have enough room to develop a sturdy union with the trunk. This tree needs to have its branches thinned to allow for correct spacing when the tree is older.

This message was edited Mar 27, 2010 2:39 PM