How to pinch scale junipers!

[MichaelS]

He's been around too long not to know how.
He's a closet pincher.

Just a matter of time before he ''goes wild'' and drops the ''pyramid'' styling..

 

[Adair M]

I usually take a little more off when I cut back. It thins the foliage. I don’t just try to get the outline smooth. So, the growth is a little more lignified than the terminal shoot, so I use scissors rather than fingers.

A pyramid would be symmetrical. I don’t do that. It also assumes no negative space. I don’t do that either. The Egyptian pyramids have chambers inside. I strive to have interior foliage, not a void under the exterior canopy.

 

[MichaelS]

A pyramid would be symmetrical. I don’t do that. It also assumes no negative space. I don’t do that either. The Egyptian pyramids have chambers inside. I strive to have interior foliage, not a void under the exterior canopy.

But....you see...the....
Oh never mind.

 

[MrBeto]

The key when “Pinching” is to remove whatever you’re removing back to a crotch. Don’t leave a needle cut (or pinched) back 1/2 it’s length. Take the whole thing.

Excuse my ignorance. English is not my first language, but I’m getting there. What do you mean by removing back to a crotch ? All the way to the branch ?

 

[Lazylightningny]

Waiting for the nukes to land...

 

[Adair M]

Excuse my ignorance. English is not my first language, but I’m getting there. What do you mean by removing back to a crotch ? All the way to the branch ?

Remove whatever you are going to remove completely. Don’t leave a stub.