I had recommended to
@Crissy earlier in this thread to prune down the etiolated stem. Now I am having second thoughts about it. I was doing an experiment on my red obesum seedlings...I did not nip off any stems. Some trees ramified on their own, some did not ramify. Here is a picture of those trees that did not ramify and I allowed the stem to grow out...I was planning to use the trees as root stock for grafting and didn't want lateral branches.
Sep. 21, 2015
Well, lateral branches did eventually pop up on the caudex while the main stem was preparing to bud.
Jan. 9, 2016
These will not be root stock plants any more...I plan to cut the main stem out and keep the lateral branches.
