ginko question

mfp1028

hi,
i have a ginko twig which has five or six "shoots" coming from its "trunk". Each shoot has five or six leaves, although i am not sure if they are called shoots cause it isn't like the leaves haven't left the trunk or formed a branch, which leads to my question. Will cutting back each shoot to two or three leaves encourage (or make it more likely) the tree to form a branch or will just letting the shoots do what they want increase my chances? Thanx for the help, whomever my give it.
bye
mike

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TreeBay

Sorry I had to blast the mating ladybugs and associated text. We have some COPPA members and AOL spiders spending a lot of time here at bonsaiTALK and I wouldn't want this to get the AOL seal of condemnation before the URL even propagates. Hope you understand.


Ginkgo are very patient trees. Those buds on the trunk would probably push out one to two nodes next year, unless the apex is growing actively, then they might be content to do nothing.

So if you have an apex that has pushed 3 or five nodes, you can trim it back and with the next "flush" of growth if we can call it that, the existing buds should move a bit more.

Hope that helps.

Regards,

Matt.

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mfp1028

in time i think i can find it in my heart to forgive you. It was there for cheap laughs and entertainment and i surprise myself with how much i mentally despise cheap laughs and entertainment yet actively practice them in reality.
alright that was enough time. i forgive you.
i am not sure if i am interpreting what you wrote correctly. instead of pushing out an "entire" branch which hardens off that same season, ginkos will slowly push a nub of a branch until it starts to resemble and eventually becomes a "typical" branch, meaning more than one season, sort of like a slow motion of the trunk?
hey maybe we could start a mating bug thread, i'll wait for you to start it though.
looks like the yardstick is working well.
bye
mike

TreeBay

Yes you will often get just a pregnant bud the first year.

Might consist of a few leaves in a cluster. The tree decides whether or not to invest in it. Ginkgo has been around for about a million years and there is nothing else on earth quite like it.

"The leaves grow alternate on the long branches during spring. On the ends of short, lateral shoots they grow very slowly in clusters and produce a long shoot with scattered leaves after a number of years. "

You can check out the ginkgo pages for more info, including nice pics like This one of leaf buds

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