# Pruning or pinching single flush pine in development?

**URL:** <https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/pruning-or-pinching-single-flush-pine-in-development/6095>\
**Category:** Horticulture\
**Created:** [May 25, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/pruning-or-pinching-single-flush-pine-in-development/6095 "2020-05-25T12:19:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geir\_Norway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@Geir\_Norway](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Geir_Norway)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/pruning-or-pinching-single-flush-pine-in-development/6095/1 "2020-05-25T12:19:49Z")

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Hi!  
I have problems finding back to the video with this information. I remember Ryan has had some good explanations, but can’t seem to find it again (or remember the info:-).

I have a pinus sylvestris that is in development. It has some long leggy branches that hopefully will backbud as I have feed it heavy in autumn and early spring.

The plan is to cut back to make it more compact, thickening is not a goal in itself but acceptable. Problem is I dont have anything to cut back to at the moment. It will start push new growth soon (hopefully) and the question is, to maximize chances for backbudding and get it as strong as possible, should I pinch to push energy into interior or post flush prune for same reason?

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**Author:** ![SkeiL](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/skeil/32/2166_2.png) [@SkeiL](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/SkeiL)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/pruning-or-pinching-single-flush-pine-in-development/6095/2 "2020-05-25T13:18:58Z")

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If the tree is in development and you want backbudding you don’t do anything. Just let it explode and wait for the backbudding and then you cut back. Pinching is only a strategy for refinement so no use for it at the moment.

If you are interested i collected all the critical information from the short-needle-single-flush streams and wrote them down:

> [@Short-Needle Single-Flush Pines notes](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/short-needle-single-flush-pines-notes/5771):
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> Hi there, i watched a lot of the streams on short-needle single-flush pines in the last few days and made some notes on it. I wanted to share these with you for those who are interested in using notes for memorizing all the input. Bonsai on

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**Author:** ![Geir\_Norway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@Geir\_Norway](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Geir_Norway)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/pruning-or-pinching-single-flush-pine-in-development/6095/3 "2020-05-26T06:29:21Z")

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Thank you very much! Your notes are superb! When reading the notes I can more easily remember the stream as well, very good! Even got the “into the acute and out: boom-boom” 😂