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Question is, if a japanese black pine is in the ground or training pot to thicken it up, are you suppose to work on the lower branches?

From the Bonsai Today pine book, looks like the first few years you don't touch it at all, no energy balancing, no pruning, pinching, trimming, or thinning. How will you get short internodes? Except for some cultivars, I imagine most will grow with long internodes.

Suppose you can use bonsai techniques on the lower branches to get short internodes, is that useful without working on the sacrifice leader? But if you work on the leader too, wouldn't growth be slowed significantly?

Some explanation would be great. Thanks.

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