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The Italian Stone Pine Thread
- Thread starter Ruddigger
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Dogestoevsky
Mame
@Ruddigger it really does look like a larch! Beautiful work, you’ve a great eye for design across all the posts of yours I see.
Orange County
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These are my stone pines, I paid $10 each, both are still in process since 2,019, one with juvenile needles and the other with adult needles. I think it is another 5 or 6 years to get something decent. Waiting until July to trim and organize branches. The small one is 4.5" in diameter at the base and the older one is 5.5".
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Wulfskaar
Omono
I'm taking a much different approach on mine, going for the natural umbrella style. I just updated my post.
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/pinus-pinea-for-a-beginner.47215/
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/pinus-pinea-for-a-beginner.47215/
Ruddigger
Omono
Nice trunks
I went to a party this summer where the host had one she's been keeping as a houseplant for 3 years. I was blown away, never knew you could keep any pine indoors. It sat by a window, no special care. Granted it didn't look amazing but it was alive.
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Deleted member 47471
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Really cool Pine. I have not seen any in my area, even around the holidays. I wonder if I would nee to special order one online. Plentiful firs and spruces but not this type of pine. The first one I ever saw was Ruddigger's Christmas contest. Still tremendously inspiring. Best of luck on this, it's a really cool species from what I can tell.
That's exactly how I got mine, they go on sale in December as holiday pine here in NYC. They sell out surprisingly quick so I ended up buying it online.
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Yamadori
bonsaiwood
Mame
Went to my local HD store to pick up lumber and noticed ISP’s marked down 50%, along with DAS and some other Xmas conifers. Brought home a half dozen to plant in the grow beds. They seem to grow up fast in my environment.
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
OK you guys got me interested enough to try a post-Christmas special too. Straight trunk with some inverse taper. They all must look pretty much the same after the first work - butt ugly.
Ruddigger
Omono
yup, they sure are. Keep working it and they improve quickly.
bonsaiwood
Mame
I'll snap and share some photos tomorrow of two that I've been growing out since Jan. 2022. They were also sold as HD Xmas trees on clearance. Drip irrigated and fed Miracle-gro, quadrupled in size and the trunks have thickened considerably.
bonsaiwood
Mame
In the ground they seem to readily back bud in all places. I've kept mine in a (mas o menos) manageable shape with no specific image for bonsai, yet. Maybe this will be a good year to do some selective branch pruning and general clean up.
Bought 3 Stone Pines today from the orange store @50% off. 2 reg size and one smaller one. Gonna put one in the ground. Just made a new ground growing spot on the back side of garden. Perfect place. Will get afternoon dappled shade.
I love this thread. Gonna save it and try to contribute, from NE Tx. Happy New Year!
I love this thread. Gonna save it and try to contribute, from NE Tx. Happy New Year!
Kbazz
Sapling
I bought a stone pine in December and gave it a light trimming
Then today I decided to hack up half its roots and place it into a training pot. Here’s to hoping it recovers
Then today I decided to hack up half its roots and place it into a training pot. Here’s to hoping it recovers
Ruddigger
Omono
You’re in SoCal. You should cut it back harder to the most interior buds or branches.
Kbazz
Sapling
Understood! Thank you! Is it safe to say I should wait a couple weeks to see that it survives the repot before I cut back?
Ruddigger
Omono
If you want to be safe I’d wait until you see the new growth, but I’d just do it now.
