# Juvenile needles

**URL:** <https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/juvenile-needles/4119>\
**Category:** Horticulture\
**Created:** [September 12, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/juvenile-needles/4119 "2019-09-12T18:39:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rolly.Mirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@Rolly.Mirai](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Rolly.Mirai)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/juvenile-needles/4119/1 "2019-09-12T18:39:26Z")

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![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/1/1283a4d9bd11203bacfcf01af361a82e00cd7244.jpeg) Hi all

My mugo pine has made quite abit of juvenile foliage (it was not repotting this year only candle pruned at the time that Mirai say - June ) do you think I should remove this/cut off now or should I leave it or cut off later ??? Thank you

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/f/f777330f537a047572b5da314e70b75322c272a3.jpeg) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/5/52b9641544c85462e4cd031b5f74c7f31d8086f8.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![AndyK](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/andyk/32/2330_2.png) [@AndyK](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/AndyK)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/juvenile-needles/4119/2 "2019-09-12T19:48:40Z")

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Hi @Rolly.Mirai,  
Looks like you may have used a multi flush technique on a single flush pine, hence the juvenile foliage. I would leave it alone to let it recover.

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**Author:** ![Rolly.Mirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@Rolly.Mirai](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Rolly.Mirai)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/juvenile-needles/4119/3 "2019-09-12T20:15:15Z")

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Thanks for the reply Andyk, I thought the multi technique was remove all candle I left some potion of new growth but maybe I did not leave enough new growth

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**Author:** ![AndyK](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/andyk/32/2330_2.png) [@AndyK](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/AndyK)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/juvenile-needles/4119/4 "2019-09-12T21:07:52Z")

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Hi @Rolly.Mirai  
I can’t really tell from the photos, but if pines are not obnoxiously strong, it’s usually best to leave them to build strength before reducing them.