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What do I do now??? Any advice would be much appreciated.

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Yup! Let 'er grow. Keep the watering perfect and don't over fertilize. Start thinking of final size. Wait until spring to wire. Leave wire on no more than a year on pines.
 
Ininaatigoons said:
Yup! Let 'er grow. Keep the watering perfect and don't over fertilize. Start thinking of final size. Wait until spring to wire. Leave wire on no more than a year on pines.
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It’s spring here in Australia, should I wait till next spring to ‘form’ or good to go now?
 
Please add climate zone, location to profile. Great help to tell species and age of tree. Vlsion for size of tree, size of trunk, style of tree also important. Wire stays on long as needed to "Set" bend🤔. No wire over needles, only bare wood.
 
Well it's spring so wire. You get to wire with the future design in mind and nothing bends easier than a young tree.
 
There's rarely just one correct way to grow bonsai.
I've used a number of different strategies with young pines and all work.
Cut around 5 cm tall to promote more really low branches. Some will become sacrifice branches to thicken the lower trunk. One will make the new trunk and one may be a low first branch. The bit you chop off can be rooted as a cutting.
Wire the trunk and add a bend or 2 while the trunk is really pliable. While wire over needles does not look attractive you are not intending to show it and I've never seen any adverse response to wiring over needles.
Let it grow as is for another year. You'll get best thickening from just letting it grow but sometimes not the best trunk to work with later. Pines are quite flexible for several years so it can still be wired and bent next year.
 
Shibui said:
There's rarely just one correct way to grow bonsai.
I've used a number of different strategies with young pines and all work.
Cut around 5 cm tall to promote more really low branches. Some will become sacrifice branches to thicken the lower trunk. One will make the new trunk and one may be a low first branch. The bit you chop off can be rooted as a cutting.
Wire the trunk and add a bend or 2 while the trunk is really pliable. While wire over needles does not look attractive you are not intending to show it and I've never seen any adverse response to wiring over needles.
Let it grow as is for another year. You'll get best thickening from just letting it grow but sometimes not the best trunk to work with later. Pines are quite flexible for several years so it can still be wired and bent next year.
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Amazing, thank you for the help, I will take on your advice.
 
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