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I have seen some people on ficus use a graft through the middle of the chop to help healing. Have you thought of that? Might it work with tridents?
Like this?I have seen some people on ficus use a graft through the middle of the chop to help healing. Have you thought of that? Might it work with tridents?
Yeah, could be that. You should email the guy.Like this?
https://bonsainut.com/threads/graft...r…from-kathy-shaner-workshop.6657/#post-84040
Yeah, I’ve heard of it...?
Since it’s so small, letting it grow too wild will make the branches thicken up too much. This was a tip from Al: when a new shoot starts to grow, pinch it back to one pair of leaves, early so the internodes are short. Then when the resulting pair of shoots extend, let one run longer (as in 3-4” long at most), and pinch the other back to 1-2 nodes. I’ll do this 3-4 times a season, and then prune it back like this in the fall.SWEET little tree!!!
Quick few questions. Do you cut it back like that every fall? Do you sometimes let it grow and get a little "wild" and then do a big cut back to keep it's small size?
GREAT!!! Thanks @Brian Van FleetSince it’s so small, letting it grow too wild will make the branches thicken up too much. This was a tip from Al: when a new shoot starts to grow, pinch it back to one pair of leaves, early so the internodes are short. Then when the resulting pair of shoots extend, let one run longer (as in 3-4” long at most), and pinch the other back to 1-2 nodes. I’ll do this 3-4 times a season, and then prune it back like this in the fall.
All the areas I have marked in red are places that for the most part will not bud. This is internodal growth and is pretty much useless for chps because it will just eventually dry out without budding if chopped in this area.
Nice tree and nice pot. What are those white specks on the trunk. It is some kind a scale? The tiny ones?No repot for this one. Leaves really started moving over the last couple days.
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