BEECH

[August44]

I have several mid-sized European Beech and would like to know the pruning/pinching technique that works the best on them. Help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Jester217300]

Fall defoliation of a Japanese Beech

Beech grow a bit like black pines. They are apically- and distally-dominant, they issue one flush of growth per year (unless intervention, such as pruning, causes another flush), and require differ…

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[BobbyLane]

Harry harrington also has an article on this bonsai4me. Walter just hedges and defoliates his.

 

[RKatzin]

The article talks about fall work on beech. What about spring flush? I have been pinching out the new leaves as soon as I can indentify enough to grab all but the last two leaves and remove but those two leaves.