Things are growing this time of year, so much that we need to begin managing growth of our new foliage. In our area, it is time to decandle pines (black and red pines mainly). We decandle in order to balance apical dominance with lower growth on the tree, to shorten needles, to create ramification, and to shorten the length of shoots. You can find good information on decandling on Jonas Dupuich’s blog on Bonsai Tonight. Search “decandling”…
