Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Here’s the bottom line. I don’t need to understand how it works, nor what it’s called. I let the fruits of my labors speak for themselves. I’ve said a hundred times around here. Pick a person whose trees and work you admire and learn all you can from that person. I’m telling you that waiting for this mystical hardening off is a waste of valuable time when it comes to making branches and building a tree. You can look at my work which I have posted in progressions and in very short amounts of time, like my avatar. Or you can argue with someone that obviously could help you make better bonsai cause it feels good to allow the tail to wag the dog.Also, you allow the tree to get more "traffic" on the branches, which will give you better backbudding once exposed to light.
Do we now need a whole new thread on the definition of "traffic"....
Not the band....
Not the cars and trucks on the road....
It's the movement of carbohydrates and sugars in the vascular system of the tree.
The difference is when the conversation is done I go back to beautiful bonsai and you go back to your numerous projects with no future and no plan. The choice is yours. Have a good day.