Ginkgophiles of the world unite!

[jaco94]

Thanks for the virtual .

It's true that the top is a bit too messy, but it's not that hard to arrange with a branch cutter .
I think I will remove the jin and some top branches ...



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[SeanS]

Hopefully these root!

 

[Forsoothe!]

Thanks for the virtual .

It's true that the top is a bit too messy, but it's not that hard to arrange with a branch cutter .
I think I will remove the jin and some top branches ...

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It'll be bare now and it's wire time. Can we see?

 

[jaco94]

It'll be bare now and it's wire time. Can we see?

I put him back in a corner of the garden, and he got acquainted with some mushrooms, it gives him a break.




I like this advice which says: "when you don't know what to do with a tree, forget it in a corner of the garden, and may be one day he will tell you what to do" .

Sorry for the photo, but today the conditions are not ideal (storm crossing the country).

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Advice I received for rooting ginkgo cuttings.

Take cuttings in late autumn after leaf drop. Wrap entire bundle of cuttings in long fiber sphagnum. Place this bundle in a plastic bag, does not need to seal, some air is good. Place bundle in refrigerator. After 90 days, remove from fridge. Unwrap bundle, stick cuttings in pots or flats. Put outside to sprout in spring. Morning sun, afternoon shade. Only a few leaves will open in spring. Roots may begin middle or end of summer. If you see actual new stems grow, then you have roots. A small few will root immediately, most root 6 to 10 months after being taken. A fair amount won't actually root until the second year.

 

[Louisinass]

How about this ?

It's easy tree?
Does the tree recover bad after a cut or a trim?
How about it's need of water

 

[KiwiPlantGuy]

How about this ?

It's easy tree?
Does the tree recover bad after a cut or a trim?
How about it's need of water

Ginkgo - hmmm, here’s a few pointers to help somewhat.
Great Autumn(fall) colour - nothing like it.
One flush per year - slow, lol very slow
Heals well and doesn’t blink to pruning - all types - drastic to trimming growth back.
Happy in most soil types but prefers Alkaline. pH range between 6-8 etc.
Seems happy in restricted pots - weird fleshy roots.
Doesn’t seem to be mega thirsty but I have only grown mine in a quite high water retentive mix.
That might help somewhat.
Charles

 

[Louisinass]

Ginkgo - hmmm, here’s a few pointers to help somewhat.
Great Autumn(fall) colour - nothing like it.
One flush per year - slow, lol very slow
Heals well and doesn’t blink to pruning - all types - drastic to trimming growth back.
Happy in most soil types but prefers Alkaline. pH range between 6-8 etc.
Seems happy in restricted pots - weird fleshy roots.
Doesn’t seem to be mega thirsty but I have only grown mine in a quite high water retentive mix.
That might help somewhat.
Charles

So the fact Ginkgo hate be trimmed and doesn't recover it's fake? I had reading everywhere we need avoid big trim or trunk chop.

I was really interesting about gingkos but it seem be a non grateful tree as a bonsai (slow growing)

 

[jaco94]

Hello, my little feedback is as follows.
The Ginkgo are undoubtedly among the most resistant trees (no diseases, insensitive to insects ...), a little internet research on the Ginkgo which survived Hiroshima is interesting, on the other hand they often have a somewhat crude appearance, atypical which pleases or not ...
I like this aspect a little "primitive".
The branching develop very slowly, the cut wounds remain visible for a very long time, it is better to avoid them on the front side if they are too large.

They are simple trees to maintain, but you should not expect major changes in their structure over the years, such as with a maple or a juniper for example, so the ideal in my opinion is to find a tree that you like when buying with already a good diameter of the trunk, high enough because the leaves will remain rather large, and a lot of branches, unless you are very, very, very patient!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Raised from seed started in 1998, field-grown for 10-12 years, and in a pot since 2012/3. Height is about 18” and the trunk is 5” wide at the soil level. Grown completely by pruning, never once wired...not because it couldn’t benefit from it, just because I wanted to grow it this way.

 

[AlainK]

'Saratoga' : pruning all the branches to 2-3 buds could be fun, couldn't it?...

 

[rustygarden]

I have 4 different ginkgo I am growing . This one was from a five dollar cutting . If I get ambitious I will post some more photos . This one is about 2 ft tall , 2 inches at the base and 1 and a half inch trunk .

 

[penumbra]

My Ginkgo were all hit by a late freeze. They are re-growing new leaves now so I'll be back.

 

[Clicio]

One of mine today, after a windy night and many leaves gone.

 

[Fishsauce]

Does anyone know what could cause ginko leaves to curl up like these? Not sure if it's a moisture, nutrients or sun related problem. TIA

 

[dbonsaiw]

Here's my little fatso. Took off about 8 feet from the top last year and trying to get the nebari going. Clueless as to next steps and just letting it grow. Now if I could only get this to ramify like BVF's.

 

[GGB]

Collected these in fall, so far 9 sprouted. Long road ahead, collecting many anecdotal findings and going to be running some experiments as they grow

 

[LittleDingus]

Collected these in fall, so far 9 sprouted. Long road ahead, collecting many anecdotal findings and going to be running some experiments as they grow

One of those things is not like the others

I've got a couple dozen seeds I picked off a couple of trees on my daughter's college campus. I've germinated 3 of them su far that will probably live their entire lives in a tiny pot.

The rest I put into grow bags over the weekend. We'll see what germinates. Depending on how those do they will either go in the ground in the fall or next spring.

I have a lot of interest in this one that I just picked up a couple of weeks ago:



It was budding out when I got it...then we got some freezes. The leaves are burnt and stunted But it's supposed to have smaller leaves than normal. It's from a witches broom:



The amount of branching is incredible for a ginkgo this size! If the leaves are small enough, this could be a nice cultivar for bonsai.

 

[GGB]

Wow @LittleDingus that’s as good a ginkgo as I’ve seen (at that stage of development). The species definitely doesn’t appreciate the cold, once it’s actively growing. My seeds germinate sporadically on the freak warm days and won’t grow a hair when we cool back down. I expect all but one of my seeds to germinate by late may. And yes, good eye. I guess there was an Amur maple seed in my soil mix, going to let fate tell me what happens to that guy

 

[MaxChavez]

Recently repotted these two nursery "Troll" Gingko. The goal is to get them ready to plant onto either side of a rocky outcropping and use their quirky branch leanings to my advantage.