dustin

Well here I go again with JBP questions...

This is an easy one I hope. Ive researched information on doing a trunk chop on a JBP. It basically says to chop and leave a good 8-10 inches on the trunk because the sap loss will kill a good portion of the trunk. Ive done several trunk chops, in the spring of this year, on maples and elms and have had great success in the new shoots being strong and the trees being very healthy.

So Ive found a few nice sized but young JBP's at a local nursery for cheap, and all have gangly but present branches all the way down to the stump. When I say gangly I mean that they have strong branches high up, but the really low ones look like baby branches, but are high in numbers all the way down to the soil. Can I follow the normal technique for chopping or will the sap loss on such a large gash kill the tree? Should I wait until winter when sap wont flow as easily? Should I chop now and seal the wound?

Thanks for any advice on this. Im still planning on getting an established pine, but found these yesterday and would like to attempt to get them in training.

Dustin

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