BeebsBonsai
Shohin
Hello fellow Nuts,
I performed a trunk chop on a small trident over the weekend. I know it is late in the season for this work, but we are having a cooler spell, with cloud cover for the remainder of the work week before we blast back into summer temps. I didn't get around to this trunk chop in the craze of moving, and I have read some conflicting information about whether to chop at bud break or after tree's leaves have hardened, so I figured the best way to test is to try the post-harden method.
My question is this, with the post-harden method, is it also important to defoliate the tree near the cut site to spur new growth around the cut? My instincts tell me yes, because it will help guide new growth to the area cut, but I also know the tree is healing at the moment and doing this might harm the trees ability to heal the wound. It is a young tree, no more than two years old. I left about 8 inches of leafed trunk below the cut site just in case the codit response killed off a few inches below the cut. I made the cut Saturday and have yet to see bud push or break in the surrounding area. How long before I should be alarmed?
Questions Summary:
1.) Do I defoilate the area to guide the tree into pushing new growth?
2.) How long until I should see new growth?
3.) Should I be worried
(Note: I am protecting the tree from wind and giving it full morning sun and then shade in the afternoon currently. In a week or so, I plan to gradually introduce it back to full sun.
I performed a trunk chop on a small trident over the weekend. I know it is late in the season for this work, but we are having a cooler spell, with cloud cover for the remainder of the work week before we blast back into summer temps. I didn't get around to this trunk chop in the craze of moving, and I have read some conflicting information about whether to chop at bud break or after tree's leaves have hardened, so I figured the best way to test is to try the post-harden method.
My question is this, with the post-harden method, is it also important to defoliate the tree near the cut site to spur new growth around the cut? My instincts tell me yes, because it will help guide new growth to the area cut, but I also know the tree is healing at the moment and doing this might harm the trees ability to heal the wound. It is a young tree, no more than two years old. I left about 8 inches of leafed trunk below the cut site just in case the codit response killed off a few inches below the cut. I made the cut Saturday and have yet to see bud push or break in the surrounding area. How long before I should be alarmed?
Questions Summary:
1.) Do I defoilate the area to guide the tree into pushing new growth?
2.) How long until I should see new growth?
3.) Should I be worried
(Note: I am protecting the tree from wind and giving it full morning sun and then shade in the afternoon currently. In a week or so, I plan to gradually introduce it back to full sun.