DougDT

Ginkgo are very, very, slow to cover wounds, so make sure when you do the deed that you inspect the roots and pick a front. That way you can hide the wound in the back. I would chop now if the tree has branches below the chop site. Because yours has no low branches, I would wait a week or two after the new growth hardens off to chop it. I might trim back the upper branches to a node or two now hoping that it would encorage budding lower down on the trunk.

I chopped mine, oh 4 years ago, and it has started to cover the wound but still has a long, long, way to go. This one has two chops one in the back and one on the front

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