A Japanese White Pine

[Dav4]

Wind sucks…. Repotted into a very big Ist generation yamaaki. Unfortunately the new pot's an inch or two too wide but it’ll have to do for the next few years. Fwiw, the roots were very healthy… no pre work pics because I was working solo and am working later today so needed to be on point.

 

[JudyB]

yikes! That was some wind to take a tree that big and heavy. Glad you had a pot that was workable, the worst is having to tub them and hunt for a new pot...And glad there was no damage to the tree itself.

 

[Hartinez]

Wind sucks…. Repotted into a very big Ist generation yamaaki. Unfortunately the new pot's an inch or two too wide but it’ll have to do for the next few years. Fwiw, the roots were very healthy… no pre work pics because I was working solo and am working later today so needed to be on point.
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Man. Glad it wasn’t a disaster, as that is a nice tree. Though I don’t know any wind disaster dodge, is as miraculous as when @Brian Van Fleet s quince did a backflip off its bench and stuck the landing.

Wasn’t it wind that knocked down that tree in GA and crushed several of your trees Dave?

 

[Dav4]

Man. Glad it wasn’t a disaster, as that is a nice tree. Though I don’t know any wind disaster dodge, is as miraculous as when @Brian Van Fleet s quince did a backflip off its bench and stuck the landing.

Wasn’t it wind that knocked down that tree in GA and crushed several of your trees Dave?

No… a foot of wet snow took out an oak that subsequently took out most of my benches and a few of my trees back in 12/17. Luckily, this tree wasn’t in my collection then.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Bummer

 

[Dav4]

Bummer

I'm lucky that the pot was the only thing that broke. The new pot is a nice one but a bit too big... but it'll just be that much less likely to get blown off the bench now .

 

[Dav4]

Well, I did lose part of one branch in the back after it was blown off the bench this past spring… You can barely tell . It continues to fill out and is looking more at home in the larger pot now. A few more inches in height, and a slightly fuller canopy and it will almost be a good fit.

 

[GeorgeAlexander]

@Dav4. Do you prune new buds back after they harden? Or do you prune when they are candles in the spring?

 

[GeorgeAlexander]

With scots and mugo I’ve always waited till summer, wasn’t sure about white pine..

 

[Dav4]

I pinch back overlong candles as they extend in the spring. Once the new foliage has hardened off, I'll reduce buds from 3 to 2 as needed and cut back to interior shoots... I did this this past weekend.

 

[GeorgeAlexander]

I pinch back overlong candles as they extend in the spring. Once the new foliage has hardened off, I'll reduce buds from 3 to 2 as needed and cut back to interior shoots... I did this this past weekend.

Thanks, so don’t prune back new hardened buds in hopes of it producing 2 next season?

 

[Dav4]

Thanks, so don’t prune back new hardened buds in hopes of it producing 2 next season?

I’m not sure I understand your question. I’d suggest posting it under a new thread here.

 

[Dav4]

I pinch back overlong candles as they extend in the spring. Once the new foliage has hardened off, I'll reduce buds from 3 to 2 as needed and cut back to interior shoots... I did this this past weekend.

Maybe I misspoke… after the foliage has hardened off, I reduced newly extended candles from 3 to 2 as needed…

 

[MaciekA]

I believe @GeorgeAlexander is asking whether you shorten shoots back to a needle bud after hardening, as opposed to pinching them when they’re supple.

 

[Dav4]

I believe @GeorgeAlexander is asking whether you shorten shoots back to a needle bud after hardening, as opposed to pinching them when they’re supple.

I’ll pinch overlong shoots just when needles are beginning to push. I’ll also cut back overlong shoots after the foliage has hardened, but haven’t needed to do that extensively with this one.

 

[GeorgeAlexander]

I believe @GeorgeAlexander is asking whether you shorten shoots back to a needle bud after hardening, as opposed to pinching them when they’re supple.

After hardening do you leave a few needles when you cut back? Or cut back just beyond where the new needles started?

 

[Dav4]

After hardening do you leave a few needles when you cut back? Or cut back just beyond where the new needles started?

I typically only fully decandle JBP. Unless I'm cutting back to another interior shoot on a single flush pine, I'll leave the whole candle if possible. I'll always leave needles- and more than a couple on an older JWP like this- if I'm wanting the shoot to hopefully remain viable.

 

[roberthu]

It's on it's own roots, so likely to be a random seedling verses a named cultivar. The color is good but needles can be a bit "twisty". We'll see how it looks after six months in MI. I'll bet bluer with shorter needles.

What? You moved to MI? I just moved back to GA from FL…. That was not a good place for non-tropical species…

 

[Nybonsai12]

nice work Dave. Looking back you have brought this one along really well in a short time, especially for white pine.

 

[Dav4]

For good or for bad, I am removing Tyler‘s wire job from a few years ago… And I am reapplying the wire, myself .