# Larch Structural/Hard Pruning Timing

**URL:** <https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/larch-structural-hard-pruning-timing/11411>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [February 18, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/larch-structural-hard-pruning-timing/11411 "2024-02-18T04:50:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![bonsaiguy28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bonsaiguy28](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/bonsaiguy28)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/larch-structural-hard-pruning-timing/11411/1 "2024-02-18T04:50:36Z")

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Hi all! I recently purchased two Japanese Larch from a nursery. They are probably around three years old and I want to reduce the height on them and prune back some of the whippy branches. When would be the best time of the year to do some harder prunes on a Japanese Larch? Can it be done at any time of the year?

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**Author:** ![NEBeech](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nebeech/32/37888_2.png) [@NEBeech](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/NEBeech)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/larch-structural-hard-pruning-timing/11411/2 "2024-02-18T11:46:02Z")

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Assuming you are in the northern hemisphere, you can do it in the spring as the buds begin to swell.

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**Author:** ![Grif](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/grif/32/20087_2.png) [@Grif](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Grif)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/larch-structural-hard-pruning-timing/11411/3 "2024-02-29T06:31:52Z")

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If you have the app it is in the calendar for elongating species. Similarly in the library there are several streams of spring pruning on larch.