two trunk japanese lilac

On a 2-trunk 3-year-old Japanese lilac tree, does it matter which one is cut to make a single trunk? I planted two mail order root Japanese lilac trees. Two years later one has a single trunk the other 2 trunks. Does it matter which trunk is pruned (equal diameter) and how close to ground?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 07/30/2015 @ 3:03 am

I would wait until the tree is dormant to prune.
I would leave 1 to 2 inches of trunk. You may have sucker growth in the spring and would want to trim those away as soon as they grow.

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