Boise_Guy
Sapling
I recently bought my first legit bonsai tree (all my others are pre-bonsai), and I wanted to make sure I'm pruning it correctly.
I've let it get healthy after shipping and recently clipped off any bigger leaves for which I could clearly see a new bud coming out of the same node. I left on any leaves for which I couldn't see an immediate secondary bud forming at the same node.
I thought this would be safer than removing all/most of the leaves. Goal is just to decrease leaf size, ramify, etc. Is my methodology correct, or am I better off completely defoliating and clipping off all leaves at the same time, even if I don't see an immediate secondary bud from the same node as the leaf being clipped?
Also, I'm clipping the leaves along the stem near where the leaf forms and leaving some extra stem hanging off, is this correct or should I be clipping much closer to the node?
Any other advice is welcome.
I've let it get healthy after shipping and recently clipped off any bigger leaves for which I could clearly see a new bud coming out of the same node. I left on any leaves for which I couldn't see an immediate secondary bud forming at the same node.
I thought this would be safer than removing all/most of the leaves. Goal is just to decrease leaf size, ramify, etc. Is my methodology correct, or am I better off completely defoliating and clipping off all leaves at the same time, even if I don't see an immediate secondary bud from the same node as the leaf being clipped?
Also, I'm clipping the leaves along the stem near where the leaf forms and leaving some extra stem hanging off, is this correct or should I be clipping much closer to the node?
Any other advice is welcome.