this is my Pakistani i got about 6 months ago.
i used some string to pull down the branches
in the position i want them.
I plan on keeping it a lot shorter than 40ft width
i can get 20ft tall with no problem
its there mainly to shade the house in summer afternoons.
I shake my red when the fruit is ripe
and put a tarp down to collect the fruit.
My red is about 10yrs, the trunk is like my waist.
i severely cut it back several times.
its like a weed though. i plan on grafting 2 or 3 varieties to it,
and cutting back (eventually) all of the "red" itself.
i got this from a trade. i think its dwarf everbearing.
it just put out a ton of flowers this week.
i will try to keep it 10 to 12ft, but only 6ft wide or so
since i want to plant a tree 6ft behind it.
i actually have plans for a wild red (volunteer)
that i cut down twice, and is popping back up.
i want to train it about 3ft tall and 10ft wide. but with Nigra and Pakistani grafted to it.
i am wondering if that will work as a ground cover, but with fruit
a couple of feet above the soil line...
this is an 8in tall cutting i rooted
with several fruit.
this is the large red a few years ago
weighted down to make 1 branch reachable.