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How to prune my grape bonsai ?

12 years ago

It's not technically a bonsai but I want to grow it as small as one and maybe in a bonsai pot later on. It's 17 inch tall from the soil to the highest point.

How do I prune the grape vine into a bonsai size tree ? If I cut it at the red line, will it regrow the branches ? There are no buds below the branches.

Thanks,

Ty

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wizzard419
12 years ago
If the old growth ones they sell are any indicator, you can cut it there without issue.
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
12 years ago
Yes, new buds should appear at various places along the trunk.

Josh
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mike423
12 years ago
I agree a chop should raise any issues, one word to the wise though you might want to let it grow wild for a few years to gain some trunk caliper and then chop once the trunk girth is sufficient to what you would want wen the tree is 'finished'.

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