trunk chopping

  1. bonsai_bingo

    Jacar - Flame - Silk: Ready to Trunk Chop?

    Howdy y'all, I've been growing these from seed for almost 5 years now (4 flame trees, 1 jacarda and 1 silk) and I'm curious to the community's opinion on whether or not they're ready for a trunk chop? One FLAME seems to be naturally back budding as is and one SILK I also let get waaaay too big...
    • bonsai_bingo
    • Thread
    • flame tree jacaranda pruning silk mimosa trunk chop trunk chopping
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: New to Bonsai
  2. X

    Maple trunk chop

    Not sure if this is feasible but... I found this tree in Facebook marketplace for free. It's a lace JM. Owner was going to cut it and grind down the roots and stub. I went to check it out and it was way too big to fit in my car. Through some research I found out you can trunk chop Japanese...
    • xaviguti
    • Thread
    • ideas maple trunk chopping trunk splitting
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Maples
  3. proninyaroslav

    What is the best season to chop the Elm trunk?

    This small-leaved Elm has an interesting history, the main part of the trunk died after air layering (I wanted to improve the nebari) and I had to grow the trunk continuation for several years. Now it has almost reached the thickness that I would like (diameter about 2.5-3 cm), but in the spring...
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