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5-Jan-2008	#1
ingas bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: Jan-2008 Posts: 2	My korean Hornbeam "no buds on the top half" Hello all. Iam new in the art of bonsai. Been doing it since i went to the botanical garden in brooklyn and fell in love with their bonsai collection. I have about ten trees now and all are doing well. Excepted my korean hornbeam that i bought from E-bay from a fellow called "Sandman3760" This past november apparently he sold me a tree that the top half of the tree has no buds on it, but the buttom half does. I was E-mailed By someone on e-Bay telling me that the top half of the tree will never bud. Even thought the branches on top are well placed. My question is this. is there anything i can do to save the top of the tree and get it to rebud or do i have to go forward and chop the top off to hopefully regrow a new lead branch. Thank you for your responds. Ingas

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5-Jan-2008	#2
RedPine bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Jul-2004 Location: AR USDA Zone: 7a AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 2,897	You gotta be kidding, this sounds to much like the chefdave hornbeam. Small world. You can do a simple check to see what branches have life and which ones aren't. Simply scratch or trim the branches and check the cambium layer for a moist green appeal. Anything w/o a live cambium will be toast. Here is a pic exampling live green cambium. http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bio...m/treetrunk.jpg __________________ http://gongshi.freeforums.org/index.php Last edited by RedPine : 5-Jan-2008 at 02:01 PM.*

9-Jan-2008	#3
ingas bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: Jan-2008 Posts: 2	Thank you for that information. And yes i think its chefdave hornbeam tree. i'll try to save as much of the top as i can.. and thanks again Last edited by ingas : 9-Jan-2008 at 12:49 AM.

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