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I gotta go one back since.....
That original thing didn't mean I believe defoliation makes for full new ramification.
What I meant meant was in some situation...in a far away land like Australia, there may be a well fed tree that will push a full new set of ram, but only if you cut the tips...
Agreed and I would go further and say you should always cut off the terminal bud on any defoliated branch."
MichaelS
Agreed! Super Agreed!
But this is where my confusion lies, and I've had this gripe before with folks who say only leaves can be produced.....
When they are removed the plant will issue a new leaf by forming a bud at the base of the petiole near the twig or branch
For me that bud is already formed, that is what I am referring to as "new ramification".
But also, I have never ONLY defoliated, I always cut terminals so I never get only a leaf.
But my confusion is there..."a bud forms"..
And I have seen that happen on a maple recently...where the big original fattie bud is there, but new little secondary buds also form, seemingly when it is healthy enough to self fork. Is that new little bud the "leaf only" that we speak of?
Because for me, it is always just that one bud already there that makes a leaf, which inevitably becomes a branch..or ramification.
But I am beginning to think a healthier tree will actually throw this leaf alone.
Truth truth....
I suck balls at D trees.
Since you've had me on ignore bout all some 30 elms died, amurs, blah blah...
Until this past summer when I had to hook up an autowater, watered twice as often and for 15 minutes and top and bottom growth exploded.
Nice to hear from you OG triple SOB non SOB triple triple trident flower OG!
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