plant them ... let them deal with winter ...

and let them get established.. next summer ...

and then.. next fall.. THEN lets remove half the canopy ...

since you have 5 to deal with ... i might .. on two of them.. reduce the extra leader by half .. ensuring dominance of the other ...

and on one.. i would remove the extra leader at the bottom ... and i would plant this one on the end ... lol .. in case it fails ...

its called experimenting.. and then... you can be the resident expert here on GW .. lol ... and spend endless years.. pontificating on the true way .. lol.... i am mocking myself.. should that not be clear ...

planting guide at the link .... ask about what confuses you ... no fert.. and no amending.. pay attention if clay soil ...

and do understand... that when doing volume ..... you are most likely.. going to have problems with a few ... if you dont.. do a small happy dance.. you won ...

since they were mail order.. i presume they are pot bound.. its hard to grow a two foot tree in a shippable pot ... ask if you want info in regard to root surgery ... but you are going to have to figure out how to post a pic.. if you want good info ...

these should be rather bulletproof ... if the stock is decent ... the planting is proper.. and the watering after is perfect ....

good luck

ken

ps: i might put them in full shade for a couple weeks ... we dont want to plant them.. and then get a week of 90 plus ... if you do.. do NOT let the black pots be in any sun ... dont care about the green tree above ....

pps: pruned at the right time... you might be able to root cuttings ... new post for that ... if interested

Here is a link that might be useful: link

Ok so I told you wrong Ken after further examination its only one multi leader from the rootball up. Luckily before I planted them i did do the root surgery just incase. There're already in the ground and i followed the planting instructions I found on one of your earlier post to someone else.

My new question is will these be ok without the burlap or twine this winter or no? I will post a pic in a few

Pic of multi leader and the rest

Pic of all the Green Splendor

Ken Adrian