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In the process of digging an azalea from my mother's house a year ago, I noticed a very small volunteer tree within the root ball. Since it was fall, I! had no idea what it was. Stuck it in a garden bed for the winter and now I have a 2 foot tree, identified as a sugar maple by the local nursery. Transplanted beautifully about a week ago into it's permanent location.
Now I am wondering how to handle the multiple branching. Do I chose a leader as I have with other trees? Do I need to do any special cutting back at this point? This tree is in a lawn and I would like to minimize any splitting branches from our lakefront winds in the future if there are actions I can take now to prevent them.
Any advice would be much appreciated!
PS I'm in Ohio, zone 5
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