I know that technically all broad-leafed trees have a petiole, but I had a
hard time finding it on my Zelkova. After carefully snipping a couple of
hundred leaves, I gave up and stripped the rest of the tree. This was last
year, and I don't see damage this year. However, I also did not notice
additional ramification or a significant reduction in leaf size last year or
this. Is there a secret to leaf pruning a Zeldova which has an almost
imperceptible petiole?
Wayne Greenleaf - New Orleans Z9

-----Original Message-----
From: Internet Bonsai Club ] On Behalf Of
Jim Lewis
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:59 AM
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Subject: [IBC] Leaf cutting

Sure. That's why you don't PULL the leaves off and why you
always leave at least a stub of the petiole (leaf stem) on.

[SNIP]

maybe I needed to just leave a tiny bit
of the leaf, but ever since I've just defoliated all deciduous,
broad-leafed trees, leaving a bit of petiole -- which ALL
broad-leaf leaves have.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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