Posted by Gus on 6/15/2009, 6:34 pm, in reply to "Re: question for Gus again"
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I think you could shorten the larger branches safely as long as:
1) You make sure you have some recent growing bud in the twigs below the cut, be it lateral (so a future lateral branchlet) arising from the joints of newerleaves, be it a resprout near one of the smaller dead branchlets from last year
2) You keep feeding the plant (water and nutrients)
3) Temperatures remain as they should be (+10ºC for as long as possible every day)
4) It receives as much sunlight as possible
Maybe it doesn't become as large as last year, but it will still grow fast. There are plenty of new growth points, so it won't die. The dilemma is "where growth dominance will be" after that 
Possibly, still in the more vigorous branches now, even if trimmed.
PS: Now I see the bamboo fixing!
PS2: No fear to cut the lower smaller branches with no sprouts to "collar level" (the joint with another branch), especially if they are dead
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