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Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo biloba)

Ginkgo

Pre-Bonsai

Acquired: Jun 4, 2024
Training since: Jun 10, 2024
Origin: Apr 1, 2020
Provenance: Sourced from Evergreen Gardenworks

Seasonal Care — Mid Spring

watering: Maintain steady watering during leaf expansion.
fertilization: Continue balanced feeding every 2–3 weeks.
pruning: Shoot pinching to guide structure and internode length.
bud shoot management: Manage new shoots to promote ramification.
development: Excellent period for growth shaping and refinement.

Care History4 entries

Prune — Leaf Prune

General cleanup, try to encourage branching.

This poor gingko has been sunburnt and eaten by the slugs or some pest. Despite all that it has been pushing a bunch of new growth on a number of new branches. Happy to see this for sure. I cut off the damaged parts of the leaves and pruned the end 1/3 off of the largest other leaves to let light through to the new growth. I also pruned the new shoots back to 3-4 leaves and applied cut paste. After all this work I put it back under my European smoketree to give it some shade. I'll keep it watered well and check on it daily.

Bench

Jul 19, 2025