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Thanks for the answers about pinching. I'm in the phase of slowing down with one of my arakawa's. The result was okay last year but since it's a smaller tree I have to be careful...

This tree is a great source of inspiration for me, so I’ve gone through the thread again. However, I couldn’t find a post about pinching. Do you use pinching, or do you mainly work with scissors? Since Arakawa has coarser growth than regular maples, its first push tends to produce larger internodes.

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They grow slow once they are in small pots. Some buds produce just a cluster of leaves, others produce shoots. Depending on what you want you can select growth, prune back and reduce leaves. Difficulty is to predict where the new shoots will appear. Mine lost his top, the rear bench of the car...

I'll be there on Saturday I think.

Great progression on this tree. I wouldn't pinch at this stage. Let it grow, wire, cut back. Great find under the soil and nice to see this one will have great bark.

Filling in nicely.

Not the best attempt, will wire in future.

First goal is to fix the primary branches. They take a bit longer, so let the wire dig in the first few times. Baccata has a more natural and curvey tertiary growth, but I've seen nice results on bigger trees. I've got one, but I style is as a flame... Long way to go.

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Hi, I don't consider myself as a pine expert. First step is getting the tree more vigorous by repotting. The strong roots will be at the outside of the rootball. Leave the core intact during the first repot and focus on the bottom. First dig and expose the nebari, then remove the mat at the...

Early spring

This is a photo in dormancy.

Looking back at these old photo's i think it's time for an update. I hope to make some pictures this weekend.

really nice base...

Some i put in small containers. Little root disturbance makes pines happy... Or in small pots but a lot of them are yellow (overwatering and fungal issue) Details of old needles I suspect it is needle cast so i'll try to find some daconil or other stuff. In the beginning i tought it where...

3 year update. I'm not happy with the growth, not happy with the color of most... Since i had best results with the peat - perlite mixture the second year and the akadama - bims micture was behind schedule i swapped all to a 30% peat based mix. I lost 30% of the trees to a combination of several...

Stil growing. I update soon (i hope)

The tree is happy, the black tips where from the chilly wind we had. Make sure you have a design in your head, so you can interact when certain branches are too thick or straight. For te rest, let it grow as you are doing. Not all people can wait long enough to cut. Good job.

Nice bones...

Draining is one thing, evaporation trough needles is the other one. Don't mess with it for at least 1 year. If the plastic pot is somewhat floppy, don't move it. With a very draining mix it is sometimes difficult to keep the right part of the rootmass damp. Sylvestris is strong so let's hope...

Ready for the spring leaves... don't let us wait...

Nice evolution.

When the goal is to thicken the trunk i would leave as much needles as possible. It is always choosing between growth and preserving backbudding or small branches. For this reason pines are often developed with sacrifice branches. You can find more info about this on the site of Jonas...

Sorry, I do not own a hemlock. This material is young so let is grow and cut back with some escape branches from time to time. It's not easy material, but the foliage is lovely. Have fun...