Pigskin Pete
Yamadori
I chopped this one from about 7 ft on June 5 after buying it from a big box store.
Saw one bud two days ago and now I see several emerging.
![20240616_153127.jpg 20240616_153127.jpg](https://www.bonsainut.com/data/attachments/541/541941-4dd73f72909f5bef2dac295c4c04cd87.jpg?hash=Tdc_cpCfW-)
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This is only my 3rd chop (a bc, a loblolly pine, and this elm) but each time the tree has responded similarly. I can see it begin to heal or respond to its wound. Nothing else really happens. Then 10-14 days post-chop, buds start popping.
Is this a typical timeline for most trees or just coincidence? Seems like the tree needs time to "realize" or respond (chemically? hormonally?) that it's top got lopped off. I wonder if it varies by genus or is fairly uniform since I've noticed the same pattern over three different types of tree.
I guess it goes without saying that the response would be different for trees that don't respond to hard chops with back budding of any sort...
Saw one bud two days ago and now I see several emerging.
![20240616_153127.jpg 20240616_153127.jpg](https://www.bonsainut.com/data/attachments/541/541941-4dd73f72909f5bef2dac295c4c04cd87.jpg?hash=Tdc_cpCfW-)
![20240616_153041.jpg 20240616_153041.jpg](https://www.bonsainut.com/data/attachments/541/541942-047ce6178722ebe2c6fff3255293ca6c.jpg?hash=BHzmF4ci6-)
This is only my 3rd chop (a bc, a loblolly pine, and this elm) but each time the tree has responded similarly. I can see it begin to heal or respond to its wound. Nothing else really happens. Then 10-14 days post-chop, buds start popping.
Is this a typical timeline for most trees or just coincidence? Seems like the tree needs time to "realize" or respond (chemically? hormonally?) that it's top got lopped off. I wonder if it varies by genus or is fairly uniform since I've noticed the same pattern over three different types of tree.
I guess it goes without saying that the response would be different for trees that don't respond to hard chops with back budding of any sort...