# Pruning or pinching single flush pine in development?

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**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:** ![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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