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I bought a mugho pine over a month ago. I kept it quiet as I have killed two pines already and this would have been the 3rd strike and my last pine if it died. I got it in a gallon nursery container and it has a nice trunk for its size. It had about 12 branches coming off one side, so I removed ten of them and just cut off the bottom of the root mass by half, just a straight cut with a saw across the bottom of the pot shaped mass of roots. I removed the candles it had growing as I thought it may help it to save its energy for surviving. Its budding with new candles now
I have read about needle pulling to promote regrowth of new needles, I want to know if anyone has experience and would care to share it with a mugho pine and this method. When pulling needles do you pull all both needles in one group or just one, this is something I have never seen addressed. Also is there any way of shortening back the branches, this had lots of long branches for such a short pine. I know with my tropicals I can just cut them back and they will resprout, gotta love tropicals for that reason alone. I assume that a pine is not that easy, at least from my experience. I have yet to attempt sorting out the roots anymore, I now know enough to wait until its dormant, although I do not know if this winter would be too soon. any advice would be appreciated.
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I have read about needle pulling to promote regrowth of new needles, I want to know if anyone has experience and would care to share it with a mugho pine and this method. When pulling needles do you pull all both needles in one group or just one, this is something I have never seen addressed. Also is there any way of shortening back the branches, this had lots of long branches for such a short pine. I know with my tropicals I can just cut them back and they will resprout, gotta love tropicals for that reason alone. I assume that a pine is not that easy, at least from my experience. I have yet to attempt sorting out the roots anymore, I now know enough to wait until its dormant, although I do not know if this winter would be too soon. any advice would be appreciated.
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