building ramification

[benw3790]

Thanks for all the advice and replies!! Truly appreciated! Idk why it was so confusing to me at first, but I think I finally got it! I know long internodes are no good. I will cut them back to the first intetrnode of the right lenghth. Some of the leaves are starting to fall and I can finally see a bit clearly. Thanks again! I just couldn't grasp how deciduous trees actually grew and how buds worked and stuff like that but I'm getting the hang of it just trying to move away from conifers a little.

 

[Tieball]

Bonsai Today article helpful

There is an article in a past issue of Bonsai Today: issue number 76...shows as date 2001-6. The article is focused on Beeches. Covers transplanting, pinching back, defoliating and pruning methods. The article is loaded with photography and is 13 pages long. 9 of the 13 pages are focused on ramification development and proper pruning of the right buds and branches to achieve results. It's a well done article. The focus again is on a Beech, however, the principles could be followed for many deciduous trees. I translated the practice shown in the article to an Elm with very successful results.

 

[benw3790]

There is an article in a past issue of Bonsai Today: issue number 76...shows as date 2001-6. The article is focused on Beeches. Covers transplanting, pinching back, defoliating and pruning methods. The article is loaded with photography and is 13 pages long. 9 of the 13 pages are focused on ramification development and proper pruning of the right buds and branches to achieve results. It's a well done article. The focus again is on a Beech, however, the principles could be followed for many deciduous trees. I translated the practice shown in the article to an Elm with very successful results.

Thanks man, I'd love to check out! Have no idea on how to go about that, tho.

 

[markyscott]

Thanks man, I'd love to check out! Have no idea on how to go about that, tho.

http://www.stonelantern.com/Bonsai_Today_Magazine_Bonsai_Tree_How_to_Care_p/btb.htm

Scott

 

[rollwithak]

Thanks for all the advice and replies!! Truly appreciated! Idk why it was so confusing to me at first, but I think I finally got it! I know long internodes are no good. I will cut them back to the first intetrnode of the right lenghth. Some of the leaves are starting to fall and I can finally see a bit clearly. Thanks again! I just couldn't grasp how deciduous trees actually grew and how buds worked and stuff like that but I'm getting the hang of it just trying to move away from conifers a little.

Curious to hear after all these years how your ramification journey has gone......

 

[Benny w]

Curious to hear after all these years how your ramification journey has gone......

I am wondering the same thing

 

[Deleted member 47471]

I know this is many years later, but I was studying ramifications this morning and came across your post. As I understand it, you observe the end of a branch and identify two buds a short distance away from the tip of the branch. Cut the node so only those two buds are now at the end of the branch or node. As time passes, the two buds left at the branch's tip will grow (1 becomes 2). As the two buds grow and elongate, new buds will grow along them (2 becomes 4). So, now you have two branches growing (from the first two buds left at the end of the initial branching). Identify two buds growing near the end of each branch and cut the node so only two buds remain at the tip (two buds per branch = 4 new buds). As those four buds grow and elongate, you will now have 4 ramified branch tips from which to make a pad... If you cut back to two nodes at the end of each branch, you will now have 8 ramified tips with growth.

On one branch, 1 cut leaves two buds... so:

1 cut = 2 (buds to grow), the next cut = 4 (buds to grow), the next cut = 8 (buds to grow) = ramification of 8 fine tips at the end of a branch

Each cut leaves two buds (1 cut - next is 2 cuts - next is 4 cuts)