sorce
Nonsense Rascal
All that tape.....
Cat still knows where his litter box went!
Nice friggin container!
Ha!
Pond basket...? Ground?
Lololol!
You want to know what to put your tree in?
That right there!
Nice!
Sorce
A Barrel of Scots Scotch (Pines that is)
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All that tape.....
Cat still knows where his litter box went!
Nice friggin container!
Ha!
Pond basket...? Ground?
Lololol!
You want to know what to put your tree in?
That right there!
Nice!
Sorce
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I hope the container has drain holes? A box would be better.
Mihai
Shohin
@sorce: 
))) good one. I feel like this needs some explaining. The container used to house two habanero peppers grown in the kratky method suspended in nutrient sollution. As i couldn't find an opaque container at that time I applied tape to stop direct sunlight on the roots of the peppers in order to discourage algae. The peppers have since been planted in the ground and the plastic box was all I had on hand when I brought the tree home. But you are right... the poor tree is peobably dying of shame right now.
@Vance Wood: yupp. Drilled holes in the bottom of it. I'll move it to something more dignified as soon as I het the chance.
@M. Frary thank you.
))) good one. I feel like this needs some explaining. The container used to house two habanero peppers grown in the kratky method suspended in nutrient sollution. As i couldn't find an opaque container at that time I applied tape to stop direct sunlight on the roots of the peppers in order to discourage algae. The peppers have since been planted in the ground and the plastic box was all I had on hand when I brought the tree home. But you are right... the poor tree is peobably dying of shame right now.@Vance Wood: yupp. Drilled holes in the bottom of it. I'll move it to something more dignified as soon as I het the chance.
@M. Frary thank you
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twisted trees
Omono
Doable. I did the same with this larch. The top was incredibly ugly. The bark was incredibly cool. So...
twisted trees
Omono
Carving added the taper. There's more dead wood under that coil bark eventually it will be exposed which means there are changes in the future.
Your pine will take time to extend down that far. Larch are much quit let. Took me about 6 years. Maybe three more to go before I feel it's long enough.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
No no...do not misunderstand!
I love that container..
It's like Vance says (elsewhere).
If you put stuff off or worry about harming the tree etc, you're never going to make it any better!
You have a tree!
F how it got there!
F a colander f a pot!
Get tree!
Love that!
Sorce
Yeah, it was the first thing that came to my mind, but I'm ready to wait and who knows, some other possibility may appear.
Victorim
Omono
While shopping for my Xmas gift tree, I saw this guy and couldn't leave it behind.
A dwarf cultivar called 'Avondean'. Apparently quite rare. Too good a project to pass on
A dwarf cultivar called 'Avondean'. Apparently quite rare. Too good a project to pass on
Mihai
Shohin
Nothing like climbing rock faces in the rain to collect sylvestris pines.
New tree I adopted today:
New tree I adopted today:
J. Adrian
Mame
Here's my 2.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
It's almost Fathers Day.
Time to cut back shoots and do rootwork in the next few weeks.
Are you people ready?
Time to cut back shoots and do rootwork in the next few weeks.
Are you people ready?
Wilson
Masterpiece
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
They're great trees.
Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
This is my first scots pine year.
I have read that candles should be cut in fall.
But it's summer right now. What do you guys know that I don't? Can somebody point me in the right direction?
Candles have extended here, but they aren't solidified/hardened; the needles come off with the slightest pull.
I'm kind of in the dark here, any help would be appreciated!
I have read that candles should be cut in fall.
But it's summer right now. What do you guys know that I don't? Can somebody point me in the right direction?
Candles have extended here, but they aren't solidified/hardened; the needles come off with the slightest pull.
I'm kind of in the dark here, any help would be appreciated!
Ruben Bouwmeester
Chumono
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Not in fall.
Cut the shoots just after the needles have extended out of the candle and the needles mature.
For me that time will be in a couple weeks. For people further south it can be sooner.
Also note I didn't say candle. We don't cut candles. It's a term that JBP owners use because it's translated wrong somehow from Japanese. They're also cutting shoots off but tend to use the wrong terminology.
The candle is the thing that extends out of the bud. Once it reaches maximum length the needles start to emerge forming the shoot.
Once the needles mature you cut the shoot back to a couple needles or right off on strong limbs.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I had an earlier and very healthy spring....but it seems the quick hot weather really stalled full needle opening...
Candles here are just beginning to move again and fully spread needles after 3-4 days of rain going into the waxing moon phase.
Stuff got going later last year but hardened off much sooner.
My Preffered Waning repot period is between the 25th and 30th of both June and July.
I'm leaving the slower Scots Cousins till July.
But I'm going to remove some ground layers and repot some Box and Juniper in June.
Adjust.
Sorce
Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
Alright, thanks guys! This helps a lot.
I'll be cutting shoots today then! They seem to be near the ideal stage.
Repotting is being saved for next year. All trees were collected this spring, so they're acclimatizing still. But growth is vigorous in most of them, a little shoot cutting wouldn't do much harm i guess. Weaker looking ones will be left alone.
I'll be cutting shoots today then! They seem to be near the ideal stage.
Repotting is being saved for next year. All trees were collected this spring, so they're acclimatizing still. But growth is vigorous in most of them, a little shoot cutting wouldn't do much harm i guess. Weaker looking ones will be left alone.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Just did my 2 parsons last weekend.
Pulled from the pot,bare rooted with the hose,roots cut back and plopped into their homes for the next 2 years.
In a few weeks they get wire again. I may bring them to the show for something to work on though so I might wait till then.
My optimum date to cut shoots off and repot my Scots and Mugo pines will be sometime in a few weeks. It will be a Saturday or Sunday and it will be around noon.
The moon will be in retrograde to Uranus.
