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[IBC] Fall Candle Pruning
I've got several black and a couple of red pines I have been learning how to
keep alive in our Dallas, Texas heat. They've been happy and healthy for a couple of seasons and now I'm ready to begin the long process of reducing them down to bonsai size. I've not successfully done this before and I am not working with a sensei. All I have are my books, magazines and friends on the IBC. Based on my understanding of what I've read, an autumn decandling of a healthy tree will encourage backbudding on old wood, which will make possible a more compact or shorter tree. As new growth emerges from the buds over a series of years, older, more leggy growth can be pruned away. My problem is this: all my references say to do this decandling in October, and only to remove those candles longer than 1". It all sounds so simple, but my pines' candles are still growing, and have been since coming out of summer dormancy. So... do I start decandling now and continue decandling as each grows to 1"? Or do I wait until all growth stops and then decandle them all at once? Or, am I misunderstanding what I'm supposed to be doing? Tim Ahlen, Zone 8, Dallas TX ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Fall Candle Pruning
Friends:
Many of you have contacted me about the problem with the emailed maintenance chart. Please refer to: · “Kuromatsu—Warlord of the Field.” Bonsai Today (1999): Vol. 62, for the chart. I am sorry that it did not come across intelligibly in the email. Cordially, Michael Persianohttp://members.aol.com/iasnob/index.html |
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