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young larch, when is it ok to major prune?

Posted by newtothis123 ca (My Page) on
Mon, Apr 30, 12 at 18:04

I recently purchased a young japanese larch to bonsai. I'm aiming for informal upright. It has some nice lower branches but towards the top the tree just straightens out. Is it ok to make a cut at about halfway up the tree?


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RE: young larch, when is it ok to major prune?

hmm, too me this sounds a little drastic. having said that if you do cut the tree back to the trunk, you should get some new growth appearing...just have to think whether it will look good or not.

Here is a link that might be useful: Bonsai Ginseng Blog


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