‘tis the season...

[Ryceman3]

...for decandling my multi flush pines, because we’re all upside down here. Love this time of year... love pines really, so thought I might post a few pics of what I’ve been doing with them. If you’re south of the equator feel free to post whatever you’ve been up to with your pines here too.

JBP before...
... and after ...


Japanese Red Pine, a slightly unusual cultivar before...


and after...


Another JBP... before...

... and after...


A few more still to come.

 

[just.wing.it]

Pretty!
A hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer.....

 

[Ryceman3]

Here's another JBP that got a gig yesterday ...
Before ...

... and after ...

Needs a bit of wire to refine that silhouette, but it's gonna be 34deg today (94F or so I think?) so I might leave that until things cool down a tad (more for my benefit than the pine).

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Nice work

 

[Firstflush]

The last pic....very nice dense branch divisions.

 

[Ryceman3]

The last pic....very nice dense branch divisions.

This is the third season it has been decandled, it is starting to tighten up which is cool to watch. Here’s a pic from above which gives a nice view of it.

 

[Gustavo Martins]

Nice pines.
Not that I am en expert, but I believe we’re supposed to remove fertiliser after decandling. Maybe you did after taking the pictures. Just making sure you did not forget

 

[Ryceman3]

Nice pines.
Not that I am en expert, but I believe we’re supposed to remove fertiliser after decandling. Maybe you did after taking the pictures. Just making sure you did not forget

Good pick up and it's true, the general practice is to remove the bags.
Nitrogen remains active and available in the fertiliser for around 30 days I believe, and this is the element we want to limit while the new buds develop so they don't extend too long both in terms of internodal length and needles. Other things that don't effect the length of growth may still be actively being released from the fert and benefiting the tree. I'm not completely over the exact science, but this is my basic understanding given what I read and have heard. Therefore, if the bags are over a month old they shouldn't really be impacting the goal of decandling because all nitrogen is exhausted.
Having said all that - you are also right on the second count ... I did in fact remove the fertiliser when I finished up for the day!

 

[Firstflush]

Have a cool Japanese gardener neighbor. His JBP yard tree with years and years of work has perfect “Z”s in the secondaries coming off the primaries. Meticulous dude.

 

[Ryceman3]

... and another one...
Before...


... and after...


@Gustavo Martins , I remembered the fert this time!

 

[Ryceman3]

One year later for the pine above…

 

[Shibui]

Nice work and nice trees Ryan.
I managed to find enough time to get through all my black and red pines earlier this week too.

 

[Ryceman3]

One more…

 

[Ryceman3]

OK… so a couple of other ones I did before the others I just posted…

 

[hinmo24t]

your trees always seem top notch - well done