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Upright growth/poor branching
Growth on trees spaced too close together is upright resulting in poor form. This occurs because stems are responding to sunlight. Since there is little sunlight reaching the lower portion of the tree due to canopy shading, stems grow up toward the light. It is difficult to train these trees into quality shade trees.
