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Look carefully at the trunk and branch structure of the tree below. See the text below suggested to improve structure.

Tree architecture is terrible. Three main stems about five feet from the ground dominate the crown and are growing parallel to one another which makes correction very difficult. The center stem should be removed now all the way back to the trunk making about a five-inch-diameter removal cut. The stem on the left can be reduced back to a lateral branch pointed away from the trunk. Pruning needed home | Back

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