When Peter Tea was at the club last week....

[Mike Corazzi]

He was discussing junipers. When he came to "pinching back" I asked if he meant literally PINCHING or...cutting.

He said if you cut them you will get brown ends.
But if you pinch or pull, you will get brown ends.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Surely he meant to say something else...I'm curious what he meant to say. Did anyone question him on that comment?

 

[sorce]

Told you them MKE boys got PT all Beer City Sloshed!

Somebody tell Peter I found a pot for him!


https://www.ikerbonsaipots.com/bonsai-pot-7-1-2-dia-16476/

Sorce

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Surely he meant to say something else...I'm curious what he meant to say. Did anyone question him on that comment?

I did.
He said he has done it both ways and both ways turned ends brown.

That's what HE said. I know I have pinch/pulled and the very end does turn brown. SMALL area, but brown nevertheless.

???????????

 

[Cadillactaste]

Doesn't @Adair M stress no pinching?

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Doesn't @Adair M stress no pinching?

Yes, Adair also does it correctly.
https://peterteabonsai.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/shimpaku-clean-up-and-styling/

 

[sorce]

I wonder if this wasn't an answer to a more specific question....

Where a the answer means.....

I already told you how to do this correctly.

I don't think you're always going to get "American" answers from Japanese trained professionals.

Sorce

 

[Adair M]

Alas...

"No pinching" means don't shorten the green growth. Cut it off where it attaches to a larger stem. Leave no stub. It doesn't matter if you use fingers or scissors. Shortening green growth is "pinching".

 

[Cadillactaste]

Alas...

"No pinching" means don't shorten the green growth. Cut it off where it attaches to a larger stem. Leave no stub. It doesn't matter if you use fingers or scissors. Shortening green growth is "pinching".

Ahhhh

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Alas...

"No pinching" means don't shorten the green growth. Cut it off where it attaches to a larger stem. Leave no stub. It doesn't matter if you use fingers or scissors. Shortening green growth is "pinching".

Now that's what I've always thought. The question pertained to nipping back the GREEN part of the foliage.

 

[just.wing.it]

This dead horse has been beaten so many times, even I understand it....
Thanks @Adair M