Japanese Larch paper lanterns
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HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Hmmm...
Any chance you could get it to an unheated garage-type environment? I would still strongly recommend trying to 2-step it.. over the course of 6 days.. spend the days in the “cold” of the cool garage...(30-40F) and get a TAD more protection at night.. (40-50F).. then AFTER six days.. he could live in that “garage-climate” or even COLDER (assuming you did not recently disturb the rootmass) until spring.
this would be IDEAL.
As far as your question...
...well.. yes.. the plant is seemingly wasting resources on these tips, because in an indoor “space”, plants like this simply cannot internally “manufacture” the amount of “sugars/carbs
“ they need... buuut I’m not EXAAAACTLY sure what to recommend as far as cutting them back..
..because, now here’s MY thinking, I would be worried that If I pruned anything back, the tree MAY not have the “resources” to “react” in the most desirable fashion...
That’s why I think there are so many views... and so FEW answers to your inquiry...
‘Cause...we’re not really sure...
Someone will know, just not I, nor any here before I.
My recommendation stands (Find a way to “step it” into “cold-frame/garage” conditions)... I like this tree, and want it to do well.
Any chance you could get it to an unheated garage-type environment? I would still strongly recommend trying to 2-step it.. over the course of 6 days.. spend the days in the “cold” of the cool garage...(30-40F) and get a TAD more protection at night.. (40-50F).. then AFTER six days.. he could live in that “garage-climate” or even COLDER (assuming you did not recently disturb the rootmass) until spring.
this would be IDEAL.As far as your question...
...well.. yes.. the plant is seemingly wasting resources on these tips, because in an indoor “space”, plants like this simply cannot internally “manufacture” the amount of “sugars/carbs
“ they need... buuut I’m not EXAAAACTLY sure what to recommend as far as cutting them back....because, now here’s MY thinking, I would be worried that If I pruned anything back, the tree MAY not have the “resources” to “react” in the most desirable fashion...
That’s why I think there are so many views... and so FEW answers to your inquiry...
‘Cause...we’re not really sure...
Someone will know, just not I, nor any here before I.
My recommendation stands (Find a way to “step it” into “cold-frame/garage” conditions)... I like this tree, and want it to do well.
LittleDingus
Omono
Those all look like male flowers. I think by the time male flowers have opened, the energy is spent. There's not much energy in pollen itself. There was energy spent to build the flower and to split genetic material into pollen but, by the time the flowers have opened...that energy has been spent.
Female flowers...and especially fruit/seed...is where the tree will continue to stash energy until the fruits are ripe. Probably more worth it to pluck any cones that may appear.
Of course, there are other reasons to prune them. If someone is allergic...or I don't know about larch specifically, but a lot of conifers can drop insane amounts of pollen that can be quite messy if the tree is inside. One of my favorite sights is to sit in my buddy's back yard and watch for his pine tree to drop a branch of pollen all at once...quite amazing to suddenly see a green cloud of dust fall in the general shape of a tree branch!
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
If this is a Larix larcina it is hardy up to the Arctic Circle. They grow in/on tundra. The mistake has been made and there's no turning back, but this tree is going to be exhausted by June. This is a full sun, cool & wet root, short season tree.
