My Gingko

[JoeR]

I love it! Can't wait for fall color.

Gingko is next on my list to get. But, I don't know how well leaves reduce so I am thinking about buying a dwarf one from Mr.gingko. The darn grafts, though!

How well do they layer?

 

[cmeg1]

@thumblessprimate1 .Thanks,I really enjoyed taking the photo.Autumn is some of the charm with these trees,for sure!
I will be looking at pots for next spring also.Thanks


@Joe R. Thanks,really nice to hear.
I have never seen a dwarf Gingko.Would have to be persuaded with a photo.
The seedling Gingko are quite forgiving and strong growers.An air-layered dwarf on its own roots may grow incredibly slow,no experience though.
I would just have patience and keep an eye out for some larger ready made bonsai Gingko,they are real gems!

 

[cmeg1]

First trim of the year.

Went ahead and trimmed everything to 2-3 nodes.Also reduced the cluster leaves to 2-3 leaves with the top-most leaf pointing out.Let some light in.

Before and after.

 

[ColinFraser]

Colin, keep us posted on the progress of this one.

Finally got around to starting a progression thread: Fun Little Ginkgo Progression

 

[Cadillactaste]

First trim of the year.

Went ahead and trimmed everything to 2-3 nodes.Also reduced the cluster leaves to 2-3 leaves with the top-most leaf pointing out.Let some light in.

Before and after.

@Brian Van Fleet ...maybe @cmeg1 can enlighten me on reducing cluster leaves. It sounds so simple...that I feel I surely am not grasping the concept.

 

[cmeg1]

@Brian Van Fleet ...maybe @cmeg1 can enlighten me on reducing cluster leaves. It sounds so simple...that I feel I surely am not grasping the concept.

Yes,although I donated my Gingko because I temporarily abandoned bonsai,I did employ that technique that I found in this link https://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/bonsai.htm
Was the author of the technique doing this for aesthetic or was it a technique to get a bud to form in the proper direction in the cluster leaf parts.I am really not sure as I did not have the bonsai long enough to find out.

So,in this photo.......if the topmost leaf pointed out in the canopy it would certainly look nicer......no crowded conflicting leaves.Less leaves and more light also,clusters could get crowded in the canopy.
Or if this is actually technique that makes remaining bud that forms in autumn point in the right direction.......that would be cool too.
I say try it....... seems a win win.
But,yea.......let the topmost of the remaining 2-3 leaves point outward.
If you look closely,the 5 leaves are all pointing in different directions,and does seem to be a conflicting mess.....especially if on the interior of the tree.



I have to get another Gingko now to find out how this technique works out.

 

[Random Usr]

Reduce leaf size and foliage? It just gets worse and worse. I must stop procrastinating and get my thumb out.