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Young maple tree where nursery pruned leader? Will it recover a natural shape?
I purchased a young Autumn Blaze Maple about 3 weeks ago from a local garden center. I picked this tree because it was the tallest but recently noticed that one of the two leaders that has branched out from the main trunk has been pruned. Will this pruned leader destroy the natural shape of the tree forever (like topping) or can I expect a young tree (about 6ft) to recover and grow into a natural shape? The other leader is about 8 inches taller and has not been pruned.
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- michaelLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
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A tree needs only one leader and that is why the nursery has taken out one of them .If it had left it as it was one of the stems would have become dominant eventually as a leader but the shape of the tree would not have looked right by the time it had.
- ?Lv 79 years ago
I'd be incline to remove the 2nd pruned leader completely...all the way back to the trunk.
