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Mimosa
Training Decision
Sombrero Quad!!
Decided to go Sombrero Quad with this one, as she’s a perfect candidate for it. The idea behind Sombrero Quad is to get 4 equal sized towers, without further topping after the main topping at the 5th node. To get the 4 towers to be equal sized is a bit of a crap shoot. You are using the two tops from the main topping, and the two branches at the 4th node. I’ve found that it works best if you top the main wherever you’re going to but do it as soon as the node you’re cutting is up enough to cut. That makes it so that the 4th node branches can catch up to the main topping branches and not let them get ahead. The main topping branches when done this way will be super small at first. The difference in size you see here between the 4th node shoots and the main topping shoots is just about right to get the proper quad up top, then you use the branches at nodes 1,2 and 3 to make your lower ring. Any of those first three node branches can be topped too. I do it symmetrically, so there’s some semblance of balance.
In these pictures you can see the respective sizes of the 4th node and main topping branching, as well as both together to show the relationship in size between the two. This is what you want, approximately, to get four equal towers.
Training Decision
Sombrero Quad!!
Decided to go Sombrero Quad with this one, as she’s a perfect candidate for it. The idea behind Sombrero Quad is to get 4 equal sized towers, without further topping after the main topping at the 5th node. To get the 4 towers to be equal sized is a bit of a crap shoot. You are using the two tops from the main topping, and the two branches at the 4th node. I’ve found that it works best if you top the main wherever you’re going to but do it as soon as the node you’re cutting is up enough to cut. That makes it so that the 4th node branches can catch up to the main topping branches and not let them get ahead. The main topping branches when done this way will be super small at first. The difference in size you see here between the 4th node shoots and the main topping shoots is just about right to get the proper quad up top, then you use the branches at nodes 1,2 and 3 to make your lower ring. Any of those first three node branches can be topped too. I do it symmetrically, so there’s some semblance of balance.
In these pictures you can see the respective sizes of the 4th node and main topping branching, as well as both together to show the relationship in size between the two. This is what you want, approximately, to get four equal towers.
