LanceMac10
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Please?!?!
11th floor JWPs
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Please?!?!
LanceMac10
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my nellie
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Let's all welcome the trees of a happy husband who is the reason for the happiness of his wife
Do you mind me asking details of the e-shop...?
Yes, no problem. When I buy something I cannot find in my country I know I can rely on some German bonsai nurseries. My best experiences are with bonsaischule.de, bonsai.de, they have a wide range of species, trees and young starter material. These come and were picked from among hundred trees from here https://www.bonsai-shop.com/en/bonsai/outdoor/pines-pinus/. ...delivered in two days. And I am a cheap guy. I hope this will help. More pictures tomorrow, waiting for daylight.
my nellie
Masterpiece
Thank you for your response.
I have purchased form both bonsaischule.de and bonsai.de
Looking forward to see more pictures!
I have purchased form both bonsaischule.de and bonsai.de
Looking forward to see more pictures!
You're welcome.
So what was in the box. The smaller one has a good and well placed graft. It came wired, wires can be left there for few months. The tree will need some softening of the top part. The plan for this season:
-adjustment to new environment
-sun, careful watering, feeding after new growth has hardened
- fall-yellow needles removing, bud selection and reduction to two...if pruning I'll deal only with "forks"
-over wintering with my JBPs
-spring-1st HBR repot.
Here's the second one. What told me "take me" was more upright trunk and really lovely tight foliage. I was looking at that graft trying to trust japanese gardeners and I think didn't go wrong. In person and from different views the graft looks quite acceptable, just JBP bark is cracking... But one flaw is present, reverse taper in the middle of trunk hight caused probably by wires left for too long time. It should not be a problem to have it obscured by foliage. Same for next steps.
Here they're side by side to show some differences in foliage. It can be origin, soil, fertilizer, or care-related or simply two different cultivars. One is planted in black nursery soil and the second in akadama-like substrate. They were treated well, well established in pots and I can see a lot of white stuff through drainage holes.
So what was in the box. The smaller one has a good and well placed graft. It came wired, wires can be left there for few months. The tree will need some softening of the top part. The plan for this season:
-adjustment to new environment
-sun, careful watering, feeding after new growth has hardened
- fall-yellow needles removing, bud selection and reduction to two...if pruning I'll deal only with "forks"
-over wintering with my JBPs
-spring-1st HBR repot.
Here's the second one. What told me "take me" was more upright trunk and really lovely tight foliage. I was looking at that graft trying to trust japanese gardeners and I think didn't go wrong. In person and from different views the graft looks quite acceptable, just JBP bark is cracking... But one flaw is present, reverse taper in the middle of trunk hight caused probably by wires left for too long time. It should not be a problem to have it obscured by foliage. Same for next steps.
Here they're side by side to show some differences in foliage. It can be origin, soil, fertilizer, or care-related or simply two different cultivars. One is planted in black nursery soil and the second in akadama-like substrate. They were treated well, well established in pots and I can see a lot of white stuff through drainage holes.
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Curious to see White Pine in blue glazed pot
. Nice healthy looking trees and grafts pretty neat but very low and will take some creativity to disguise difference in bark and diameters as growth happens. Reverse taper area in upper trunk would tempt this one to shorten tree just below that area. Difference is so much may take many years to grow out or may never happen at all. HOWEVER is your tree so your decision. Think long, cut later if at all. Great tree pics but where is picture of happy wife?
. Nice healthy looking trees and grafts pretty neat but very low and will take some creativity to disguise difference in bark and diameters as growth happens. Reverse taper area in upper trunk would tempt this one to shorten tree just below that area. Difference is so much may take many years to grow out or may never happen at all. HOWEVER is your tree so your decision. Think long, cut later if at all. Great tree pics but where is picture of happy wife?Curious to see White Pine in blue glazed pot
Hah, I'm too mean to share that picture!
Thanks for your reaction. Well, the blue pots are maybe marketing tricks. I will think twice what to do with the bulged area, the tree is not supposed to be a champion. I'll be very happy if I keep them happy for now. ...not good experiences with them, 4 years and a pupil mistake killed it.
LanceMac10
Imperial Masterpiece
I like them both, though I'm particular to the smaller one.
Once you can get some wire on the taller one, perhaps some considered pruning could reduce the bulky crown and reduce the image somewhat. And the base could use a bit of sorting.
Unless your a high roller, grafted JWP is just something we'll have to deal with.
Have fun, they look like they enjoy a "good" time...however much fun a tree can have?!?!
Once you can get some wire on the taller one, perhaps some considered pruning could reduce the bulky crown and reduce the image somewhat. And the base could use a bit of sorting.
Unless your a high roller, grafted JWP is just something we'll have to deal with.
Have fun, they look like they enjoy a "good" time...however much fun a tree can have?!?!
my nellie
Masterpiece
They are lovely, Peter!
The grafts are pretty well done.
P.S. I checked the site, no P. sylvestris for the moment...
The grafts are pretty well done.
P.S. I checked the site, no P. sylvestris for the moment...
Thank you, Alexandra. I didn't get you were looking for scots pines. Some are available from Enger https://bonsaischule.de/en/search.html and some from this reputable Czech BC. https://www.e-bonsai.cz/index.php?c...ur=1&&&listtype=search&searchparam=sylvestris
I go collecting some every summer. Are there any present in your mountains?
I go collecting some every summer. Are there any present in your mountains?
my nellie
Masterpiece
Thank you for the link to the Czech BC!
Yes there is P. sylvestris here, too.
I want to give this variety of Pine a try because it is known to be easier than mugo Pines.
I have tried mugo with no success in the climate conditions of Athens.
The best for us Greeks is P. halepensis although the needles are big. They can get smaller with appropriate techniques, though.
You collect them in summer?!?!
Yes there is P. sylvestris here, too.
I want to give this variety of Pine a try because it is known to be easier than mugo Pines.
I have tried mugo with no success in the climate conditions of Athens.
The best for us Greeks is P. halepensis although the needles are big. They can get smaller with appropriate techniques, though.
Yes I do, many do it here too. Here's one of my threads:
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/11th-floor-scots-pines.24158/#post-372959
...if you have any Qs, I'll try to respond.
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/11th-floor-scots-pines.24158/#post-372959
...if you have any Qs, I'll try to respond.
my nellie
Masterpiece
Over here pines are collected by enthusiasts either in autumn or late winter.
Thank you very much for your offer. I will take advantage as soon as I spot an interesting scots
Thank you very much for your offer. I will take advantage as soon as I spot an interesting scots
Played with the lil' one, now she's wearing some copper... The tree was styled and bent slightly, just a few bar branches removed. The older needles are getting some light yellow tint, the fall is really behind the door. There's still one thick branch at the top, but many young branches to replace it. I'll deal with it after old needles are gone, with bud selection.
The first picture with a pot I chose for HBR transition...
45°CW
Right
Back
Left (45°)
The first picture with a pot I chose for HBR transition...
45°CW
Right
Back
Left (45°)
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
They're beautiful!
Thank you, just humble beginnings, only revealing and opening what's already there.
