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Overview of years 3 to 4

Make small to moderate changes in the existing structure in the third year. Large adjustments typically mean that you are waiting too long between prunings, or you did not remove enough last time the tree was pruned, or you removed the wrong branches.

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illustration year 1 to 3

illustrated year 1-3

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illustration year 3 to 4

year 3-4

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make the correction illustration

make the correction

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minor adjustment illustration

minor adjustments