JBP forest question

[gfreak]

I apologize if this is a dumb question, but I can find hardly any images or information on anyone using JBP's for forest compositions.

Is there a reason for this that I'm missing? is it just not really done much?
i found a post here about a clump style but that was really it

any info or resources y'all could point me to would be amazing! (I have 2 dozen seedlings growing atm and wast hinking 'bout the future with em)

 

[Gabler]

I'm not sure I understand the problem. While I can't claim to own any Japanese black pine myself, I'm not aware of any reason they can't be used in a forest composition like any other tree. There's not going to he a special guide for every species in every style. Look to resources for forests. Look to resources for Japanese black pine. Synthesize what you learn and make something unique.

 

[gfreak]

I'm not sure I understand the problem. While I can't claim to own any Japanese black pine myself, I'm not aware of any reason they can't be used in a forest composition like any other tree. There's not going to he a special guide for every species in every style. Look to resources for forests. Look to resources for Japanese black pine. Synthesize what you learn and make something unique.

Didn't mean that it was a problem. Just that i found it odd that i couldn't find any pictures online of forests for a tree as popular as the JBP.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Yep, they are fairly hard to find. Not saying it can’t be done. It’s most likely because black pines have always considered to be more as show pines… single or twin. Not saying their aren’t any just not the general genre. (Others may have different opinions)

One can find lots of Red Pine forests as folks take advantage of their often thin, quirky, flexible nature and White Pine forests partly due to the thick foliage (often pejing style).

My inclination is to think about pine forests as a separate beast, Gnarly full of character rather than a mass of trunks and conjoined foliage. Check this JWP forest image out.



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[gfreak]

Yep, they are fairly hard to find. Not saying it can’t be done. It’s most likely because black pines have always considered to be more as show pines… single or twin. Not saying their aren’t any just not the general genre. (Others may have different opinions)

One can find lots of Red Pine forests as folks take advantage of their often thin, quirky, flexible nature and White Pine forests partly due to the thick foliage (often pejing style).

My inclination is to think about pine forests as a separate beast, Gnarly full of character rather than a mass of trunks and conjoined foliage. Check this JWP forest image out.

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exactly what i was looking for!
Is there a search method you used for finding stuff like this? Or did you happen to have it saved.

thanks again!!

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Nah, one gets pretty good at various bonsai keyword combinations after awhile.

Use multiple derivations, engines and old school Boolean search tactics on the new engines. Also one accumulates sites with nested knowledge like Bonsai Tonight, Bonsai4me, YouTube bonsai subscriptions etc. Also foreign sites. Sooner or later something will pop up if it exists.

Just be like water drops dripping on a flat rock!

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[gfreak]

Nah, one gets pretty good at various bonsai keyword combinations after awhile.

Use multiple derivations, engines and old school Boolean search tactics on the new engines. Also one accumulates sites with nested knowledge like Bonsai Tonight, Bonsai4me, YouTube bonsai subscriptions etc. Also foreign sites. Sooner or later something will pop up if it exists.

Just be like water drops dripping on a flat rock!

cheers
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Ahh gotcha, time to brush up on my google skills then haha.

Thanks again!

 

[BrightsideB]

I’ve seen several black pine forests. I like them. I have some growing thinking of trying one myself in the future but it will be straight trunks.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

I’ve seen several black pine forests. I like them. I have some growing thinking of trying one myself in the future but it will be straight trunks.

Every person to themselves!

If it were me for a straight trunked conifer forest it would be more like an Ezo Spruce, Sub Alpine Fir, Western Larch or Mountain Hemlock. (Since we already did an Ezo, guess that one doesn’t count!)

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[BrightsideB]

Every person to themselves!

If it were me for a straight trunked conifer forest it would be more like an Ezo Spruce, Sub Alpine Fir, Western Larch or Mountain Hemlock. (Since we already did an Ezo, guess that one doesn’t count!)

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True, I wish I could grow larch here and fir but they don’t do well. I saw a straight trunk black pine forest before and it looked like most pine forests I’ve seen in nature.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Yep, for sure.

We’re all live in a time 3-4 centuries well past natural, so we gotta do the best we can!

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