Will this help Nebari
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SFDrake
Shohin
I would, it might help thicken that trunk up a little bit
bonsaichile
Omono
Tryng to thicken a juniper trunk is an endeavor for a couple lifetimes. i would take it out, as it would fulfill no purpose and it is not a good location for a jin
SFDrake
Shohin
True, but anything can help with that reverse taper
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Not really. This is not easily collectible and not really worth the time.
Chalk it up to learning about stock selection. If it were a deciduous tree you could air layer above the inverse (BUT the top would have to be worth air layering- same for conifers but air layering them takes longer -
And the top of this one is pretty vanilla with its own set of problems.
Ruddigger
Omono
Nope. I’d remove it and make a literati. Embrace the trunk you have.
Attmos
Chumono
....or you could do a hard chop and start over from the base.
bonsaichile
Omono
That would not work on a juniper. It would kill it
Attmos
Chumono
Good to know. Is that an evergreen thing or a specific species thing?
Conifer thing. Take all the 'green' off of junipers, pines, cypress, cedars, firs, etc, and they die. They can't grow foliage back before their roots run out of energy and starve to death. Their metabolism/vascular system isn't built for it.
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
Probably more a species thing.
Many broad leaf evergreens can shoot from bare wood - banksia, azalea, Buxus, (most) melaleucas, Syzigium, Acmena, Eugenia, Luma and other Myrtacea all regrow after hard pruning.
Evergreen conifers seem to be far less likely to sprout when cut back below green foliage - many (but not all) Pines, cedars, junipers and others listed above usually can't sprout new shoots after really hard pruning but some of the deciduous conifers can be chopped down to sprout again on bare wood.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
in this case irrelevant, as the tree has a sprout at the base to cut back to. Probably wait till next year and get that srout into a branch first though
Attmos
Chumono
Yew?
Thanks for the feedback. I have grown quite fond of some of the first trees I bought a little over a year ago. I understand that some have and or want perfect trees. I am getting old and just getting into the hobby for something I love (Plants) to do in retirement. I will never spend thousands on something that can't be fixed if it stops working, just my nature. Don't get me wrong I absolutely love these beautiful trees you guys show and would love to have them. I joined because of your kind ways and willingness to share. Same tree pics.
I believe Yew is also a conifer, but I have no personal experience with them. If you can't find any threads about trunk-chopping yews, then they probably can't take it either.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
yew is a conifer. You can cut a yew back to bare wood and it will respond with an explosion of buds.
I believe @Attmos intendet to make the case that blanket statements are risky.
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Yews can be cut back hard, even to bare wood, with the reasonable expectation that'll bud back nicely, which is one of the reasons they make nice hedge material. With that being said, I wouldn't trunk chop an old landscape yew with the severity that I might with a Japanese maple. The yew stump will likely sprout, but it will also be significantly weaker and take years to build back its vigor, and the new branches will be very slow to thicken.
Attmos
Chumono
I was honestly curious. But blanket statements ARE a trap most of the time. lol
