ABCarve
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Hmmmm......that is a good question!! And for the life of me I don't know what the hell I was thinking. "That constant pinch is important in that far fewer buds develop." I'm old and that was 2 years ago. I think if that sentence were removed everything would be less ambiguous.Hi @ABCarve Fantastic tree! I love it!
Could you help me understand what you're saying in posts 55 and 58 about
both constant pinching and allowing it to grow, producing fewer buds.
To me, the outcome sounds the same for constant pinching and for allowing it to grow on,
so before I leave the thread for the day, I would like to get a grasp on this. Sorry I am confused with that aspect.
I just pre-ordered a couple dwarfs, 'hussi' and 'Jervis' and doing some Wintertime research.
It is possible I will want more buds initially, but being dwarfs I doubt it. Have to see what I get 1st.
On nursery material that is 1-2 years old (sight unseen) would it be a good idea to get directly into
bonsai soil this Spring 1st thing as buds move? I am considering an element of organic potting soil
to compliment a mostly inorganic mixture at a 15-20% rate (organic) given the species, and age.
Again I love your tree and thanks for sharing it.
As for your question on soil, I'm not a fan of organics in the soil, although the 1-2 years material might accept it, so for an answer, "I don't know". All my hemlocks have been collected from my woods.
I have tried a Jervis. Keyword is "tried". It produced a tremendous amount of buds that were in very tight swirls. Most of them would have to be removed in the spring as they would choke each other out. They were difficult to remove without damaging the adjacent buds. This may be a condition that is caused by bonsai culture. This variety seemed to actually bud back on old wood. I've seen them in the ground and they're quite nice, albeit very, very slow growing. Mine was in this rock pot to the far right. It's no longer there, as it just didn't want to develope in this mame size.
It is a witches broom (mutant growth) from a parent tree. It is still a Tsuga canadensis.