CptnGlyn
Yamadori
Hi guys, I recently acquired a yamadori Scots pine, and have been researching into development strategies for them.
From what I can see Ryan Neil seems to advocate a year of free growth, pruning back in the following year to encourage the resulting back budding to grow. Very slightly differently, Harry Harrington chooses to prune back in the autumn of the same year following an unpruned growth season, in order to trigger backbudding come spring.
My tree has the foliage a fair distance from the trunk (as you might expect) so obviously encouraging backbudding and chasing back the foliage is the order of the day (decade?) prior to resorting to grafting and wild bends but interested to hear who has tried what, and who has the results to back it up…?
From what I can see Ryan Neil seems to advocate a year of free growth, pruning back in the following year to encourage the resulting back budding to grow. Very slightly differently, Harry Harrington chooses to prune back in the autumn of the same year following an unpruned growth season, in order to trigger backbudding come spring.
My tree has the foliage a fair distance from the trunk (as you might expect) so obviously encouraging backbudding and chasing back the foliage is the order of the day (decade?) prior to resorting to grafting and wild bends but interested to hear who has tried what, and who has the results to back it up…?