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Adair M, post: see some candles weren’t cut. Why not?
Lol. Like I wrote, the spring shoots were either cut completely (complete decandling) or partially (incomplete or partial decandling). With partial decandling, some new needle groups are left untouched, and this is why you thought some candles were not cut!
When I decandle, I cut all the candles. Some places have only a single strong candle, and obviously, it gets cut. Other places will have the primary candle and some smaller ones, too. I cut them all. Even the smaller ones
I don’t know if you know this idiom: “All roads lead to Rome”. It means all the methods of doing something will achieve the same result in the end. In bonsai, the final result is a beautiful product. To get to that goal, there are so many ways to perform on the tree. If we only know one way to do, we may be faced with a difficult situation which we don’t know how to pass through that blockage! The artist has many colors to choose from to draw the picture. The smart surgeon will know what he/she has to do when he/she find out the unexpected situation in removing necrotic gallbladder. When we are training tree for bonsai, we are like the captain of the ship. We have to know well how to guide the ship through the sea to the seashore. Basing on the condition of the ship and the weather, the captain chooses the best way to go.
Now back to your statement. Yes, I cut all the candles (I call complete decandle) for my black pine, but only for the matured bonsai, not for the young pine. In this post, all my Korean pines are too young for me to do complete decandling. When these Korean pine are younger than 4 years old, I only used partial decandling. After 4 years old, I use both complete and partial decandling.
By the way, I also don’t decandle at all, depending on the condition of the branch.
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Lol. Like I wrote, the spring shoots were either cut completely (complete decandling) or partially (incomplete or partial decandling). With partial decandling, some new needle groups are left untouched, and this is why you thought some candles were not cut!
When I decandle, I cut all the candles. Some places have only a single strong candle, and obviously, it gets cut. Other places will have the primary candle and some smaller ones, too. I cut them all. Even the smaller ones
I don’t know if you know this idiom: “All roads lead to Rome”. It means all the methods of doing something will achieve the same result in the end. In bonsai, the final result is a beautiful product. To get to that goal, there are so many ways to perform on the tree. If we only know one way to do, we may be faced with a difficult situation which we don’t know how to pass through that blockage! The artist has many colors to choose from to draw the picture. The smart surgeon will know what he/she has to do when he/she find out the unexpected situation in removing necrotic gallbladder. When we are training tree for bonsai, we are like the captain of the ship. We have to know well how to guide the ship through the sea to the seashore. Basing on the condition of the ship and the weather, the captain chooses the best way to go.
Now back to your statement. Yes, I cut all the candles (I call complete decandle) for my black pine, but only for the matured bonsai, not for the young pine. In this post, all my Korean pines are too young for me to do complete decandling. When these Korean pine are younger than 4 years old, I only used partial decandling. After 4 years old, I use both complete and partial decandling.
By the way, I also don’t decandle at all, depending on the condition of the branch.
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