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Summer buds

July 25, 2014 by Jonas Dupuich

When decandling pines throughout decandling season – late spring and early summer where I live – at any given time one can find summer buds at many different stages of development. The most recently decandled trees in my garden are barely showing signs of summer growth, while some of the first trees I decandled now have quite large shoots.

Some of these shoots sprang from adventitious buds, others from needle buds. I typically decandle pines to stimulate adventitious buds – the buds that emerge from the stub left behind after making the cut.

Adventitious buds

Adventitious buds

Needle buds usually show up after decandling when pines are extra vigorous. Needle buds are new shoots that emerge between needles.

Needle buds

Needle bud

Needle buds

Needle buds flanking an apical bud

Removing the most vigorous spring shoots can yield a profusion of buds.

Summer buds

Profusion of buds

Rather than thin the buds at this stage, I’ll leave them alone and consider removing the entire branch in fall to slow down growth.

Summer buds

Lots of summer growth

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  1. andysshohin says

    July 25, 2014 at 4:19 am

    Hi Jonas
    I have a few black pines which have had spring candles cut, at what point do I thin the buds where I have clusters. Should I remove them as soon as I can or let them grow to remove stronger ones later.
    Thank you for the help
    Andy

  2. Jonas Dupuich says

    July 25, 2014 at 8:36 am

    Hi Andy – good question. I usually wait until fall to thin out extra buds.

  3. andysshohin says

    July 25, 2014 at 9:23 am

    Thanks I will leave them alone for now then.

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