AusBonsai

Josh,

I am no good with virts, so I will try and explain.

If the pic you have shown of the trunk shows it's best side with nebari in mind, then the branch you have shortened would be a good line to keep. If you do that, then you would have a good first branch coming from the left of the trunk already.

I may be all wrong, kinda hard to tell with a 2 dimensional pic. Study the tree hard Josh, and pick the best view of the roots accompanied with a good line in the trunk. Dont worry - it will shoot back freely.

cheers,
Leigh.

Hi Josh, thanks for sharing the photo, it's aripper alright. I have to agree with Leigh on what I would do with it though, even though we are only looking at one side the three branches on the RH side are too close together for me. I think that I would wait till next spring and do a repot and see what roots you have under the surface and then make a decision as to front and direction to take this one but either way it sure has good taper and if you begin with new branches they will be in better proportion to the trunk.
Good luck with it.

Jon