Recently planted (by Charlie Noton of Tree Research) these box just got their first clip. They’ll need another year or two to get just right, but for now, they’ll do. All done with hand shears - my new best friend: the medium length, lightweight Okatsune shears http://www.niwaki.com/store/okatsune-shears/
What I decided, during this, was one simple thing - take care of the tropics and rest will look after itself. Cancer, in this case.