Hello all:
The tree on the photos is 3 years old. It’s Prairie dawn. On May 0, 2021 I decided to put it in ground. My luck: 2 weeks later the main leader decided to break apart:
So I decided to take the longest branch of this rather young tree and and make it its new main leader.
To my amazement the tree got a lot of flowers and made some fruitlets which I was certain it would drop quite rapidly. But no:
The newly branch/main leader did not grow a lot during the last 3 months but maybe the tree need a longer period of time to decide whether it would accept or refuse its new buddy.
I keep my finger crossed and will see what the next growing vegetative season will bring…
Marc