Bending birch

 
Hi,

I have a young polarbear(white) Birch,about 8ft,but last year when it
got all its leaves it bent right over and,as I had a nearby fence
handy,stabalised it at about 6ft up,stopping it from touching the ground
with all its leaves on.

Mid winter,I unleashed it from the fence and now it is still bending
low.

Do you think through the spring it will come up to its natural postion
and face the sky,as it gets leaves again? or will it touch the ground
again?

Must I support it again this year?put a splint on


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Young birch does tend to bend over, therefore saplings are
traditionally topped by about half and side growth pruned... this
gives a chance for the trunk to thicken... left to their own devises
birch will typically prune itself, but then they break where they
will.  I'd prune that tree rather than stake it.