Updated my JBP PDF

[Brian Van Fleet]

Well I never got around to working on it last fall, or this spring, so it’s basically had 2 full years to grow unchecked, which is not bad considering how hard it’s been pushed the last 15 years. It has gotten strong, and it is definitely ready to be pruned and wired this fall.

 

[Maiden69]

That's a testament to the work you have put into it when it's gone through 2 years of unchecked growth and the foliage looks as balanced as if it was worked. There may be more, but I can only spot one strong branch on the middle right side of the foliage...

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

That's a testament to the work you have put into it when it's gone through 2 years of unchecked growth and the foliage looks as balanced as if it was worked. There may be more, but I can only spot one strong branch on the middle right side of the foliage...

Thanks, it is pretty balanced, and will probably look pretty sparse by the time I get done pruning and wiring.

 

[jindog]

Do you have an updated link to the PDF?

 

[Srt8madness]

It's a book you can buy now.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Here is an update on this pine.

Before any work 2/24:


After pruning back pretty hard, and wiring about half of the branches:


Repotted in March:


Growing in May:

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Great shot of it in the sunshine.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Close to candle-cutting time…eager to get this one back into show-shape after a few years off.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Candle-cut today:

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

And today after some needle-pulling. This winter I’ll add a little wire in a few places and it should continue to tighten up next year.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Did just a little wiring on the pine yesterday. Here is the result after this year…February and December:

Cool how it can be brought back into shape in less than a year.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

And a year later, prepping it for the Spring show just for fun…haven’t decided if I’m going to shorten the 4 candles popping up in the top or not. It is the spring show, and this is what pines look like in the spring. Probably why Kokufu-ten is in February.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Back to show-shape in under 2 years, though mid-May is not the best time to show black pines around here.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Fat and happy yet again…

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Candle-cut today.

 

[CapeCodBonsai]

Candle-cut today.
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Upon my initial glance, I get a bit of an Andy Warhol vibe whenever you post a multi-picture progression of your work on this tree.

 

[99 Mile Creek]

Excellent tree!

I purchased your PDF a week or so ago. Amazing seeing the transformation and the detailed information on its journey.

I noticed you changed your approach on decandling. Did you stick with decandling all at once, or did you revert back to the original method?

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Excellent tree!

I purchased your PDF a week or so ago. Amazing seeing the transformation and the detailed information on its journey.

I noticed you changed your approach on decandling. Did you stick with decandling all at once, or did you revert back to the original method?

Thanks for your purchase, appreciate it! I have been cutting all at once over the last few years now because the tree is very well balanced.