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20-Jun-2004	#1
D3rutat bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: Bucharest Country: Romania USDA Zone: Temperate AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 383	Decidous Conifers this question has been on my mind for a few days: Can you do a trunk chop on a Decidous Conifer __________________ Bonsai Club Romania

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20-Jun-2004

RonMartin(deceased)

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Re: Decidous Conifers

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Originally posted by D3rutat
this question has been on my mind for a few days:
Can you do a trunk chop on a Decidous Conifer

Two that come to mind are the Ginkgo and the cypress. And yes you can on both of them.

20-Jun-2004	#3
D3rutat bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: Bucharest Country: Romania USDA Zone: Temperate AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 383	i guess that the same thing applies to Larix decidua and Sequoia Gleptostroboides __________________ Bonsai Club Romania

20-Jun-2004

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Quote:

Originally posted by rowan57
I dont want to hijack the thread, so Ron if you could Pm me with a reply, but i dont think Ginkgo's are classified as confiers anymore, im pretty sure they are in a seperate classification altogether, the Ginkgocaes (not sure on spelling i will find out tomorrow) am i along the right lines?

Cheers
Rowan

I wouldn't be surprised. Specific names are changed so often that they are about as much use as the common name.
Even a juniper is not a juniperous anymore. It is now an X-media. Go figure.
Scary isn't it.
But for now I'll have to go with what is in most of the textbooks. I just cant keep up with those guys that have a DR. preceding their names ;o(

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20-Jun-2004	#5
rowan57 bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Nr Halifax Country: England USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 2-3? Posts: 857	I deleted my post because the book i got it from, i couldnt understand 100% what they meant :S __________________ In literary and art criticism there are two criteria, the political and the artistic.... Words and actions should help to unite, and not divide, the people of our various nationalities I often talk to myself because i am the only one who truly understands me.

20-Jun-2004	#6
clrosner bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Nov-2001 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA Country: USA USDA Zone: 6/7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,022	Ron: That forest is really a beauty to behold... You forgot to put your pack of cigarettes in the picture so people are not aware of the fact that this is a six man forest!!!! __________________ Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7 arteacher3725@yahoo.com CHECK OUT MY UPDATED WEBSITE AT[B]: www.carlrosner.com

20-Jun-2004

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Re: Re: Decidous Conifers

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Originally posted by Ron Martin

Two that come to mind are the Ginkgo and the cypress. And yes you can on both of them.

We should clarify this.

You can chop a swamp or bald cypress and perhaps also a pond cypress; I don't know about the latter. These Taxodium species are deciduous and not true cypresses (or even true false cypresses

).

Don't chop a true cypress Cupressus sempervirens (which, from its name, clearly is not deciduous) or a false cypress Chamaecyparis with the sort of abandon you would use on a maple or other deciduous tree.

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20-Jun-2004

RonMartin(deceased)

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Quote:

Originally posted by clrosner
Ron:
You forgot to put your pack of cigarettes in the picture so people are not aware of the fact that this is a six man forest!!!!

Here is an old picture for scale 'o)

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29-Jul-2004	#9
Mike_Westervelt bonsaiTALK Artisan Join Date: Mar-2002 Location: SW Washington Country: USA USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 3-4 Posts: 102	Larch Chop? So What about Larch, specifically Western.I collected a few about 10 years ago, and one of them has escaped its pot and is 12' tall with about a 3" trunk.What is the likelyhood of buds sprouting on the lower trunk where there appear to be none? Until I saw this thread I planned to set it free on our property. Thanks in advance, Mike

29-Jul-2004	#10
BonsaiMon bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Sep-2002 Location: Va Beach Country: USA USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 6,7 Posts: 674	Pond cypress reacts similiar to the Bald .. sometimes it doesn't seem as vigorous with as many new branches but in time they do.. Haven't lived long enough in a climate for Larch .. __________________ peace, tom stoute http://bonsaiinsights.spaces.live.com/

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