Searching for info on Y cutting with no search feature.

As you know, the search feature has been temporarily disabled. As a brug newbie, I'm looking for info on cuttings above the "Y." This has been referred to in several posts, but I can't seem to find out what this is and why it makes a difference.

Does someone have the link to a good discussion of this?
Jo-Ann

Jo-Ann, right now, it's easier to tell you. I've been putting off getting my cuttings into pots or I would help you look.

Brugs have two types of growth: vegetative and flowering. Seedlings or growth from cuttings taken below this "Y" undergo a certain amount (length) of vegetative growth. The amount depends on the cultivar and can vary from about 2-1/2' to over 7'. When the plant switches from vegetative growth to flowering growth, it does so by producing two stems at the growing tip, thereby producing what looks like a "Y". There are also changes in the look of the leaf attachment where the leaf meets the petiole. The leaves on the vegetative growth section are even on both sides of the petiole. Leaves from above the "Y" are uneven.
http://www.abads.net/Anatomy/
Scroll down to Leaves to see the differences.
Blooms are produced on new growth produced above the "Y". Cuttings taken from wood above the "Y" will continue to produce more "Y"s and therefore more blooms. These cuttings will produce blooms sooner because the new plant behaves as if it is still attached to the mother plant and continues to produce more "Y"s. Over time, new shoots will develop close to the ground or will emerge from the ground. This growth will have to grow vegetatively before it produces a "Y" and blooms.

Plants grown from cuttings from above the "Y" will tend to be bushy and the growth has a slight zigzag look. You can trim these plants into a one stem or trunk standard, but it will have a zigzag appearance throughout its lifetime.

Plants grown from seedlings or from shoots coming out of the ground or low on the trunk will grow straight up and produce the best looking standards.

I hope this helps. If you have any more questions, please ask them.
Veronica

This is a Y as the plant divides into a Y shape ...usually two (in this case three) ...this "Y" comes from a single stem then divides.

The website has just the info I needed. Now I know why the "Y" is so important.
Jo-Ann

Thanks Veronica for the link!