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bonsaiTALK Artisan
Join Date: Feb-2008
Location: Lafayette, Indiana
Posts: 138
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Proper way to pluck JBP needles?
From most sources, it says to pull it straight out with tweezers.
Came across the pine article on The Knowledge of Bonsai and it is a little confusing.
First says
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Old green needles are cut about one millimetre above the sheet where the needles have their base. If removed by plucking, the sleeping bud will be removed and their will be no new growth.
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Then later it says
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Use your fingers to gently break and pull of the needles, one by one. With this method the sleeping bud that is placed at the bottom of the sheet, between the needle pair, will awake and grow. This sleeping bud will have shorter needles and shorter internodes that are acquired for a dense grow.
If both needles are pulled of in one go, it is very likely that the sleeping bud will be pulled of as well.
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Which way is safer? |