Prunus Mume
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Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Yeah, I still have the other one. I tried grafting this one and had zero luck. Growth was getting pretty far out, and a guy in Chicago made me an offer I couldn’t refuse so I let it fly. Sadly half the cost was packing and shipping.
badatusernames
Omono
Yeah, I still have the other one. I tried grafting this one and had zero luck. Growth was getting pretty far out, and a guy in Chicago made me an offer I couldn’t refuse so I let it fly. Sadly half the cost was packing and shipping.
I guess 22 years is a pretty long time, but I'm curious to know if there's anything you would have done different to delay it getting to the point of needing grafts?
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Not really, it just kind of happens with Ume over time. The technique that is supposed to help encourage vegetative buds is to cut shoots to 5 nodes in May, then remove the 2 proximal leaves. This is supposed to get the tree to form viable vegetative buds at those nodes. I think timing is important, but I never quite dialed it in.
