Khaiba
Sapling
Hey guys,
I just bought several young JWP from an online Bonsai nursery with the goal of growing them in the fields and potentially ground-layering them at the graft (previous post discussing Brent Walstons' method: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/ground-layering-to-get-rid-of-grafts.48454/)
However, I am unfamiliar with the type of grafts of the pines I ordered and unsure where to apply the tourniquet/CD to ground layer in my case. Here are some pictures:
The roots of the understock start almost immediately below the CD/foil. The thing that confuses me is that the scions are growing inward (merging with the understock), and not outward away from it. Would it be possible to cut away the top part of the remaining understock that merged with the scion? Like this:
These are the two options I came up with. Which one do you guys think would have the best results?
Cheers,
Khai
I just bought several young JWP from an online Bonsai nursery with the goal of growing them in the fields and potentially ground-layering them at the graft (previous post discussing Brent Walstons' method: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/ground-layering-to-get-rid-of-grafts.48454/)
However, I am unfamiliar with the type of grafts of the pines I ordered and unsure where to apply the tourniquet/CD to ground layer in my case. Here are some pictures:
The roots of the understock start almost immediately below the CD/foil. The thing that confuses me is that the scions are growing inward (merging with the understock), and not outward away from it. Would it be possible to cut away the top part of the remaining understock that merged with the scion? Like this:
These are the two options I came up with. Which one do you guys think would have the best results?
Cheers,
Khai