Quince Bonsai Pruning

Remove these completely and close to the trunk.
Quince bonsai pruning. Maintenance pruning is all about keeping the design of your bonsai tree and distributing the foliage in a healthy way. A little should be left to sustain the health of the tree. Quince is a member of the rose family and the odd fruits bear a sweet apple rose flavor used by chefs to complement upland game bird dishes. If you like how it looks stop.
While you are pruning a flowering quince trim off all dead damaged or crowded branches. Of course in a bonsai situation they are always being pruned so that they flower on and off all summer and especially in the fall. Most cultivars will also set fruit which is yet another pleasing quality for bonsai. Older branches are stiff and brittle better use guy wires for shaping them but younger twigs are flexible and can be shaped quite easily.
Prune off lanky stems with few branches and awkwardly positioned branches. Another remarkable quality of quince is its ability to repeat bloom after heavy pruning. Spring pruning of flower canes will eliminate the chance of producing fruit so delay pruning until after the fall harvest if fruit production is your goal. Trees are naturally heavier in foliage at the top so keep the top of your tree cleanly pruned.
It also includes twig pruning leaf pruning and pinching. With your longer growing season you could probably prune more often maybe 3 times a year. Prune branches that are too long back to two internodes. Walk around your flowering quince.
Third year styling and pruning prune the japanese flowering quince for overall styling in late march. Tropical and sub tropical trees used for bonsai will require periodic pinching and trimming throughout the year. Don t wire the chinese quince in spring because the tender new buds break off at the lightest touch. If there is a bud on the branch you are pruning that you wish to allow to grow trim the branch just below the next bud.
Look at the shape and the position of the branches. Never should all of the new growth be removed. Young shoots can be wired in summer. If there are branches at odd angles prune those off until the shrub takes the desired shape.
Pinch and trim back the new growth to the farthest safe point. Prune out up to one quarter of the oldest branches that are close to the ground.