Quince Bonsai Pruning
Spring pruning of flower canes will eliminate the chance of producing fruit so delay pruning until after the fall harvest if fruit production is your goal.
Quince bonsai pruning. If there are branches at odd angles prune those off until the shrub takes the desired shape. Prune back the longest branches to lateral buds. Older branches are stiff and brittle better use guy wires for shaping them but younger twigs are flexible and can be shaped quite easily. With your longer growing season you could probably prune more often maybe 3 times a year.
Never should all of the new growth be removed. Remove these completely and close to the trunk. Prune branches that are too long back to two internodes. Most cultivars will also set fruit which is yet another pleasing quality for bonsai.
Pinch and trim back the new growth to the farthest safe point. If you like how it looks stop. While you are pruning a flowering quince trim off all dead damaged or crowded branches. This bonus bonsai u episode features the repotting of a chojubai japanese flowering quince chaenomeles japonica from a modern canton chinese container into a kowatari antique chinese pot circa pre 1800 ce.
Tropical and sub tropical trees used for bonsai will require periodic pinching and trimming throughout the year. Maintenance pruning is all about keeping the design of your bonsai tree and distributing the foliage in a healthy way. It also includes twig pruning leaf pruning and pinching. Of course in a bonsai situation they are always being pruned so that they flower on and off all summer and especially in the fall.
Another remarkable quality of quince is its ability to repeat bloom after heavy pruning. Third year styling and pruning prune the japanese flowering quince for overall styling in late march. Walk around your flowering quince. If there is a bud on the branch you are pruning that you wish to allow to grow trim the branch just below the next bud.
Prune off lanky stems with few branches and awkwardly positioned branches. Look at the shape and the position of the branches. Trees are naturally heavier in foliage at the top so keep the top of your tree cleanly pruned. Young shoots can be wired in summer.
A little should be left to sustain the health of the tree. But if you are trying to increase caliper of your trunk i would let it grow out and prune no more than once a year or even every other year until you had the trunk diameter you needed.