Pruning Chinese Elm
- whit45
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I recently added a Chinese Elm to my small 名媛直播 collection. Two things have happened in the month or so that I have had it: 1) it has grown exponentially, far faster than my junipers ever have; 2) the majority of the new-growth leaves are very large, approximately 2-3 times the size of the existing leaves.
My question is: should I be pruning all or most of this new growth?
My question is: should I be pruning all or most of this new growth?
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If it is the size and shape you wish to keep, Prune New shoots when they hardened leaving one to Three pair of leaves.
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There is no answer to this question without knowing what you want to achieve with the tree.
Can you share an image, and your idea for the future?
As an example, I am growing out new trunks on mine:
You would not allow this type of growth on a well developed bonsai where you are building the ramification. There you would trim new growth to the first 2 leaves as soon as you have 4 or 5 new leaves (or even sooner for some)
Can you share an image, and your idea for the future?
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You would not allow this type of growth on a well developed bonsai where you are building the ramification. There you would trim new growth to the first 2 leaves as soon as you have 4 or 5 new leaves (or even sooner for some)
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