My Gingko

I also have one:

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I just realized I haven't taken a picture of my ginko in over a year 0.0 guess I'll have to after work lol
 
You seem to have succeeded in reducing the size of the Gingko leaves, where I (and Colin Fraser) have failed.
In my case, no branches = no ramification = no leaf reduction. No real mystery there.
Edit: here's what it looked like less than a month ago:
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Yay!
The Gingko arrived this morning and I could not be happier:)
Looks even better in person when I got it on the grow bench.
Lovely tree BTW. Though tall and lean, it manages to avoid the stick-in-pot look that so many of these have. Congrats on your acquisition.
 
In my case, no branches = no ramification = no leaf reduction. No real mystery there.
Edit: here's what it looked like less than a month ago:
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Why did you chop it so low? Couldn't you have trained one of those branches above the cut in an up-right "leader" position instead ...... or do you have another plan in mind?
NEVER MIND. I've had another look at your original photo. I understand.
 
In my case, no branches = no ramification = no leaf reduction. No real mystery there.
Edit: here's what it looked like less than a month ago:
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Colin, keep us posted on the progress of this one. I have found that Ginkgo tend to not callus over / heal like maples and other species do and haven't made as aggressive a chop as you have....yet.

Ginkgo's are truly a one of a kind tree.
 
Colin, keep us posted on the progress of this one. I have found that Ginkgo tend to not callus over / heal like maples and other species do and haven't made as aggressive a chop as you have....yet.
I have read the same thing and was curious to find out for myself. If you look at the chop photo again, you can see where a large sucker/branch was removed near the base. Look closely, and you can clearly see callus tissue rolling over . . . so perhaps there's a chance.
If this chop doesn't heal or look good, the plan is to cut even lower (near a bunch of new shoots) and just turn it into a pretty basketball of foliage ;)
 
On smaller cuts, branch trimming etc. I have found mine to heal okay. Just haven't done any severe "chops" on a Ginkgo like I have on maples.
 
..... I have found that Ginkgo tend to not callus over / heal like maples and other species do .......

I just read your post and dashed outside to take a quick pic of my Gingko in the failing light. I guess you're right. I chopped this one about 3 years ago and it hasn't yet begun to swell enough for the sealing paste to start cracking:

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