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Old 3-Feb-2006   #1
Neild
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Join Date: Oct-2005
Location: Westfield, Indiana
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Ginkgo and a trunk chop? what would you do?

Question on a ginkgo.

I have one around 7 ft tall, no branches below where I want to chop, all the branches start about 3-4 ft up. I want to chop to about 12" above the soil line.

If there are no branches below the chop, will these trees reliably send up new leaders to train

It is currently balled/burlapped. I will unwrap break up the outer ball and place in a larger pot surrounding the root ball with bonsai soil and let it grow for a year to recover from the chop. Year two I will reduce the root mass and plant in a training pot.

thoughts on if this is or is not correct??
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