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Hi, Any new tips on making a Bristlecone Pine into a bonsai??? Just got one and need some help. My last one died (looks real bad anyway) after about 6 months. I don't think it was in the correct mix for my daily watering in 105 heat in the summer. Came potted and was afraid to mess with the...

Brian, Thanks!! I think it was one of those Walmart Christmas Trees and was stuck in too much shade. I do think it is an Italian stone Pine. It looks like the trees that Mike108 (Xmas tree bonsai) wrote about in Nov. 2011 JudyB, Thanks, I will refrain from pruning but when I do I want to...

Hi, I have been a reader only up to this point. The other day I found a nice little pine tree in a pot at a garage sale for $3.00 that had a nice trunk but the foliage was immature and straggly. I had to save it. Now I want to work on getting rid of the immature foliage. After I took the...

Posting Thanks Bob, I got it!!!! Nancy

Posting Thanks Judy!! I can't figure out how to post a new subject. Nancy

Pruning immature foliage on an X Christmas pine I bought an X Christmas pine at a garage sale and want to make it into a Bonsai. It has straggly long branches of immature needles and a nice fat trunk. Don't know what variety it is. Where, when and how far back should I prune these...