AusBonsai

Hi all, I defoliated a small Ginkgo about 6 weeks ago and it came back into leaf about 2 weeks ago. It increased ramification by 20% , it started with 5 buds and came back with 6 buds of roughly equal vigour. Leaves are a bit smaller and somewhat finer.

Anyone else had experience with Ginkgo defoliation, good or bad?

Grant

Interesting information Grant.
I am waiting inquisitively for all the responses.

Just going out to defoliate my ginkgo now.

Any pics, before/after???

Full defoliation or partial?

I’ve always removed the unnecessarily large leaves, but never fully defoliated Ginkgo before

I would also love to see a picture of some refined ginkgo leaves!

It was a full defoliation and will post photo when I get home.

Here is the Ginkgo after defoliation and the middle bud on the left is new. This tree is 33 yrs old from tube stock. I bought 100 and 1 had low twists.

Grant

And back in leaf

I had similar results a few years ago when I defoliated the entire tree.
This year, I only cut off all the larger leafs. Surprisingly, all the new leafs that came back were smaller (about half the original size).
I also got a few extra buds. I have been considering a 2nd defoliation, but worried it might weaken the tree too much if I do it this late.

Got my Ginkgo out from where I can't see it easily, only to discover I had done a cut on all the big leaves already, must have been in October-ish. I couldn't see any new buds anywhere, so this time I removed all the leaves....