Last Years Second Flush becomes this Years First Flush

 Confused.??  So was I until I realized that if you remove the first flush so late that the attempted second flush results in only bud formation that:

• you can skip one years growth, and
• the following years first flush is actually last years second flush..... shorter branching and smaller needles.!!!!!!!!

 Still confused.??..... So was I, STILL, so some years ago I started experimenting with this idea of a late first flush cut on my old Black Pines ( every second year) and realized that:

• I could maintain the current design longer by effectively skipping a years growth, and
• only have to deal with a single growth flush the following year.!!!

The bonsai in the following image is a great example of this technique.  What you are looking at is 'last years second flush buds opening as this years first flush needles'.  

It should be noted that this technique, logically, can only be applied every second year.