Igor. T. Ljubek
Yamadori
I can't find it anywhere: a thread about wound healing on conifers. I guess wounds don't heal over on most conifers? Is that a reason why I almost can't find a picture of a mature looking yew or juniper without jin and/or shari?
I dislike dead wood (jin and shari) in most cases. (I like holes on deciduous trees btw.) Sorry for my bad taste I would like to cut off some thicker branches on my European yew and Chinese juniper (blaauw) but i am not sure if wounds will heal over? I am talking about small wounds, something like 2 - 3 cm (1 inch up to 1.5 inches).
I am also interested about healing larger wounds on these two species. I can let the tree to grow freely for 4 or 5 years, if that would help healing the wounds: more foliage, faster healing, right? At least that method works on deciduous trees.
In nature i can see that wounds (even larger wounds up to 3 inches) can completely heal over on older conifer trees that we have in our garden: Taxus baccata, cedrus deodara and thuja occidentalis smaragd.
Any experience with wound healing on conifers bonsai? I am especially interested about jew, juniper, Scot's pine and Japanese white pine.
I dislike dead wood (jin and shari) in most cases. (I like holes on deciduous trees btw.) Sorry for my bad taste I would like to cut off some thicker branches on my European yew and Chinese juniper (blaauw) but i am not sure if wounds will heal over? I am talking about small wounds, something like 2 - 3 cm (1 inch up to 1.5 inches).
I am also interested about healing larger wounds on these two species. I can let the tree to grow freely for 4 or 5 years, if that would help healing the wounds: more foliage, faster healing, right? At least that method works on deciduous trees.
In nature i can see that wounds (even larger wounds up to 3 inches) can completely heal over on older conifer trees that we have in our garden: Taxus baccata, cedrus deodara and thuja occidentalis smaragd.
Any experience with wound healing on conifers bonsai? I am especially interested about jew, juniper, Scot's pine and Japanese white pine.