Colorado’s Literati Piñon Pine

[Hartinez]

Well, I am going to find out this year … We got about a foot of snow last night and it’s still coming down!

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Hopefully I don’t eat crow come spring.

 

[vancehanna]

Nice start all the way around. Needs a 'literati' style pot.

 

[Colorado]

Nice start all the way around. Needs a 'literati' style pot.

Thanks, Vance! What kind/shape of literati pot would you recommend?

 

[Hartinez]

Thanks, Vance! What kind/shape of literati pot would you recommend?

So can I assume the tree pushed through winter without incident TJ?

 

[Colorado]

So can I assume the tree pushed through winter without incident TJ?

Yeah man! I left it outside all winter with my other Rocky Mountain natives and it didn’t seem to skip a beat. It has candles extending now

 

[just.wing.it]

That's a cool tree, love some bunjin.

 

[Hartinez]

Yeah man! I left it outside all winter with my other Rocky Mountain natives and it didn’t seem to skip a beat. It has candles extending now

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Noice! Pinch that middle candle in favor of 2 !

 

[Colorado]

Noice! Pinch that middle candle in favor of 2 !

Thanks for the reminder! I need to do that all over the tree.

Once the candles extend more I am also going to cut all the candles to about the same length to try to balance the energy across the whole tree. Although it’s already pretty well balanced as it is.

 

[vancehanna]

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