u/Brypocalypse-

Eastern Ontario zone 5b

It might not be an ideal specimen (nursery stock), but it's hard to even find Dawn Redwoods in my region.

The tree is currently about 6' tall with about a 1" trunk at its base.

The secondary leader starts very low on the trunk and is pretty vertical. Due to the secondary leader, there are a lot of crossing branches between the main and secondary leaders.

Early fall is apparently the next best window to plant this.

Should I do anything with this tree before planting or wait until next spring after it's had a chance to root.

Is there any scenario where I should keep the second leader (to help thicken the trunk)?

I can provide additional information or pictures if needed.

Thanks

Towards the end of last summer I dug up some maples that grew from seed on my property.

I planted it this spring.

Obviously it needs to be left alone until next spring to let the roots establish, but I figured it couldn't hurt to plan what my next steps would be.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Right after Google shut down Google Fit, and forced us to use Health Connect my exercise calories are WAY OFF.

I did walk a bit over +15km today at a decent pace, but there's absolutely no way I burned anywhere near that amount.

Health Connect reported that I walked for 3hrs 45mins and I burned 1698 for the entire walk. That itself is high by about 400 calories, but even if I did burn 1698 on my walk the exercise total is more than double that number and I didn't exercise at all beyond that other than quick light chores.

Anyone else having this issue?

Any known fixes?