During 93, I pruned out the new candles in mid May, unfortunately, the summer was very cold and the trees did not respond well. The top kept striving upwards and eventually I simply pruned away a large portion of the top that was reaching upwards and to the left.

During repotting in the spring of 94 I raised the soil surface a bit to expose more surface roots. I finally strung down the back tree al the way to the lid of the pot and now it takes the role of a very low first branch. The picture was taken on 01 April, but in spite of that it does not look funny. If one looks carefully one can see an abundance of new shots.