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Midoritsumi, ‘green picking’ and Momiage ‘thinning’, combined

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      Due to my health status during 2014 (see: A forced recess: Infective or bacterial Endocarditis) for the first time ever, my wife (on here own initiative) had done Midoritsumi, the ‘green picking’ of our Pinus- densiflora. This must have been a hell of a job, because it was done with a [...]
May 9th, 2015 | Tags: , , , | Category: Garden activities, Pruning evergreens | Comments are closed

Book review: Niwaki by Jake Hobson

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Niwaki: Pruning, Training and Shaping Trees the Japanese Way by Jake Hobson, English language and published by Timber Press. In [12] you find a book reference to “Niwaki”, (niwa ki) clipped and pruned garden trees, a book that we should have had right from the beginning. Unfortunately at was not available at the time (1997/1998) we designed […]

May 10th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Book reviews, Flora, Garden activities, Other subjects, Pruning deciduous, Pruning evergreens | Comments are closed

Midoritsumi or ‘green picking’ the pine-trees: Continued

In Midoritsumi or ‘green picking’ the pine-trees I first wrote about this annual mandatory “bud pinching” activity. This year, with our first Frost damage due to minimum temperatures as low as -22,9 °C (-9.2F), growth of most plants, including the Pinus densiflora, Japanese Red Pine started a few weeks late. The photo to the left shows the […]

May 8th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Garden activities, Pruning evergreens | Comments are closed

Midoritsumi or ‘green picking’ the pine-trees

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This year we had an early and fabulous spring with summer-like temperatures and little, actually far too less, rainfall. After the autumn momiage, removing dead needles from pine, this is the next major activity related to pine. Where in the previous year and in May 2009 I applied midoritsumi or ‘green picking’ of the pine [...]
April 29th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Flora, Garden activities, Pruning evergreens | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Momiage, removing dead needles from pine

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The last maintenance attention we give the Pine in our garden (Pinus leucodermis, Abies procera, Pinus mugo, Pinus densiflora, etc.) in October/November is called momiage. This year the coloration, from green to brown, happened in just one or two weeks time, the first weeks in October. Momiage is about removal of old and dead […]

October 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Garden activities, Miscellaneous activities, Pruning evergreens | Comments are closed

Midoritsumi or ‘green picking’ Pinus densiflora

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So far we have had an unusual spring.  Most of the time cold northerly wind.  Not at all pleasant to work in the garden. On May 18th we finally had a ‘better day’ to do the special pruning of most of our pine-trees, in particular or Pinus densiflora, Japanese Red Pine akamatsu in the main […]

May 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Flora, Garden activities, Pruning evergreens | Comments are closed