Hack Yeah!
Omono
You guys should meet up and arm wrestle to choose a winner, Over the Top!
What's the recommended way to increase juniper pad density?
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M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
I would say I'm interested. But as you know I already know how.
I'll bet others do it too but won't admit it.
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Haven't we been through this arguement/discussion at least 5 times before?
After much arguing back and forth and some persuasion, Vance described his techniques in detail. Adair and/or BVF commented.
IF I recall correctly, it was a matter of simantics. That what Vance calls pinching was not exactly the same as what Adair and BVF call pinching (?)
After much arguing back and forth and some persuasion, Vance described his techniques in detail. Adair and/or BVF commented.
IF I recall correctly, it was a matter of simantics. That what Vance calls pinching was not exactly the same as what Adair and BVF call pinching (?)
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JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Hey at least it's a momentary respite from the turface wars...
0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
Yah.Hey at least it's a momentary respite from the turface wars...
Thanks for nipping that in the bud
chicago1980
Omono
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What species of juniper?Most of my club Juniperistas are repotting from now through November.
I'm ready to do a fairly large one (species unknown) and the pads are a bit sparsish.
They're healthy but just not "filled out" yet.
I'm not going to mess much with roots but will put in the new pot with a bit of ....er....akadama... this year.
I've been pinching a lot of uppy and downy growth but not completely sure if I'm doing enough.
Any "tricks" I should know?
coh
Imperial Masterpiece
I only pinch junipers that are growing in turface.Hey at least it's a momentary respite from the turface wars...
Hi Mike! Every one say hi to Mike!
I used to be a closet pincher but now I'm out and proud.
Velodog2
Chumono
Imma forming a new religion that states as it’s only belief that the path to heaven is open only to those who refrain from pinching their junipers. All others are unclean heathens who must be killed for their own good and to prevent the contamination of the righteous. We will elect enough legislators to enact laws imposing our will upon all thereby making this a pure and holy country so that we can win wars with God’s support, and further impose our beliefs on more and more people. Did I get that right?
Victorim
Omono
You guys.. see now I'm going to have to pinch one side, and cut the other.. and shear the back as a control..
Lazylightningny
Masterpiece
When you say, "mow" the foliage, what exactly do you mean?
You sound like David Suzuki, Al Gore and other high priests of the Church for Repenting Anthropomorphic Problems ( CRAP for short)
0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
I mean wide-spread (massive?) removal of foliage tips. With procumbens it can be very much like literally mowing the grass - cutting all the tips off. With other varieties, maybe not so much.
Ramification will not occur without decapitating some apical meristems, just like omelets cannot be made without breaking a few eggs.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
I'm trying to figure which one you are in the picture.
Wait a minute. You took the picture.
Lazylightningny
Masterpiece
Are you talking about shearing it, like Walter Pall using garden shears?
0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
Not necessarily, but it could be if you have a large juniper in mind. I use pruning scissors for the most part, but the 'mowing' idea is the same.
Paulpash
Masterpiece
music~maker
Shohin
Uh ... that's not entirely true.
Procumbens naturally grow like fractals, and they back-bud like crazy. If you let them grow strongly, then prune back the strongly growing branch back to a node, they will pop new buds below that, and those buds will extend into branches if you let them grow. Mowing is not required.
Like everything in bonsai, there is more than one way to skin a cat.
I have one I have been growing since 2010 from a very early stage, and I hardly pruned it at all along the way. Every so often, I'd just shorten whatever was the most dominant branch that didn't suit my purposes for the design, then I'd just let everything keep growing again. It took a while, but it's a very full little tree now, and I definitely have ramified branches.
Now to be fair, I was focused on trunk/major branch development, and I may adjust my strategy a bit now that I'm getting to a more detailed phase of the project. But the point is, it's not quite as black & white as it's often made out to be. Just different tools in the toolbox.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
A whole bunch of pincers there. I bet no one tells them it's wrong to pinch.
Ry2Tree2
Yamadori
I would love to see this. Only be sure the 3 areas are equivalent in branch position, size, and light availability. If i were you, I would also add a negative control with no work done on it.
