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Shohin
I did something I haven't done in a long time. Crawled a nursery. I've been in grad school for two years after working for 3. Now that I'm back in the workforce I thought it was time to add something to the benches. I found two dwarf variety JBP with pretty decent trunks. One has a very easy to use trunk line. I believe my first order of business will be to get the tree out of the nursery soil and into bonsai soil (I use Boon's mix, but sometimes substitute turface for akadama based on availability). I plan on bare rooting 1/2 of the root ball next spring, and then the other half the next year. The trouble is, the trees are rather bushy at the moment, and I don't want to lose what interior growth there is. Since I'm still pretty new to pines, can I remove some un-wanted branches this fall and still repot in the spring? Would fall be the best time, or should I do it sooner? What's the best plan of attack for a nursery pine? I would attach a pic, but they look like any other 5 gallon nursery pine right now.
Thanks,
Thanks,