# Needle Plucking

**URL:** <https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/needle-plucking/7158>\
**Category:** Horticulture\
**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/needle-plucking/7158 "2020-10-14T16:06:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![x-x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/77aa72/32.png) [@x-x](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/x-x)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/needle-plucking/7158/1 "2020-10-14T16:06:58Z")

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Its now fall , [Oct-Nov] Is it the right time to pluck back the older needles to eight to ten pair on a mature tree – as the 1st yrs needles from decandling still grow. I have not fertilized still june. – for shorter needle growth?

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**Author:** ![Bonsai\_bob](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bob/32/35621_2.png) [@Bonsai\_bob](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_bob)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/needle-plucking/7158/2 "2020-10-14T16:39:56Z")

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JBP? Or Red pine? adding words to make 20.