Hbhaska
Chumono
This small cork bark black pine was repotted in the spring of this year 2021. It’s pushed out lots of needles. Will wait till fall to wire down some of the branches. Planning on decandling next year.
Small cork bark black pine
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Nice, very nice. I really like cork barks.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Good luck. My corkers hate to be wired…and decandled for that matter. Nice bark on yours, any idea on the cultivar?
Hbhaska
Chumono
Hi Brian, not sure about the cultivar. What happens when you wire or decandle your cork bark? Thanks
Hbhaska
Chumono
It’s definitely grafted though.
Bu-Jetjet
Mame
Nice corker! I have a few myself and the few that I have decandled (treated like regular JBP), the branch ended up dying. I'll see if I can find some photos...
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Both weaken corkers, in my experience. I will carefully and lightly wire corkers…mostly guy wires on old branches, and wire on new shoots. Summer candle-cutting produces inconsistent and unbalanced results, from death of the shoot, setting buds only, or actually producing new candles.
Bu-Jetjet
Mame
These branches ended up dying after decandlingHbhaska
Chumono
Interesting. Perhaps it’s one of the weaker ones? I wonder what will happen if you only decandled the strong ones and let the weak ones push.
Bu-Jetjet
Mame
Perhaps. I'll probably never know.
Crazy Diamond
Omono
Those pines usually have a very strange and sparse ramification in Japan I dont know if is a treat of the cultivar
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
I find that cork bark JBP tend to be weak and do not respond well to de-candling. I have experienced similar die-back of lower / inner branches after de-candling strong candles - which I normally wouldn't expect with a standard JBP. It is very difficult to develop ramification and maintain short needles... at least compared with standard JBP.
LanceMac10
Imperial Masterpiece
....ain't too fond of re-pots, either.....
dead about two weeks later...looked pretty vigorous....then I pulled it out of it's grow-pot....almost no roots.....crappy graft, nature of the beast, oh well......
dead about two weeks later...looked pretty vigorous....then I pulled it out of it's grow-pot....almost no roots.....crappy graft, nature of the beast, oh well......
Bu-Jetjet
Mame
Oh man! Sorry to hear you lost this one. I was told by Dave DeWire that they usually prefer deeper pots compared to the shallower ones.....ain't too fond of re-pots, either.....
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dead about two weeks later...looked pretty vigorous....then I pulled it out of it's grow-pot....almost no roots.....crappy graft, nature of the beast, oh well......
LanceMac10
Imperial Masterpiece
Hbhaska
Chumono
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