Dan92119
Mame
I was wondering if anyone has tried this technique on other types of tree seedlings? Maybe oak seedlings to get rid of the tap root.
I did it with some trident seedlings at the same time I cut my JBP seedlings... the results are very promising.I was wondering if anyone has tried this technique on other types of tree seedlings? Maybe oak seedlings to get rid of the tap root.
Just this year I will try the technique with 30 seeds of oak (Quercus robur and pyrenaica). If I get good results, I'll let you know.I was wondering if anyone has tried this technique on other types of tree seedlings? Maybe oak seedlings to get rid of the tap root.
That article was first translated from Japanese to Spanish. Then from Spanish to English. Then published.
There are likely translation errors.
Maybe 16.Yeah, like he didn't say "six" years, he said "sixty"
Maybe 16.
When creating exposed root how much/fast can you expose them? I've understood to first let grow for a season bit haven't seen anything on the rest
Yeah I am just kidding. I think your estimate is more reasonable. Some of my black pines I've had for over 20 years and they aren't speed demons
I think what impressed me the most about Matsuo’s photo was not the trunk size, it was the refinement. That tree had already been decandled several times before that photograph was taken. I’d say at least twice, but perhaps as many as three times. I think I can get the thickness and movement he achieved in 6 years - perhaps even more. But I doubt that I can get the refinement at the same time.
Scott
This is one of the things that blows my mind about bonsai and bonsai people. I'm 40 and my whole life has been spent in the moment. The past is a memory and the future an illusion, there is only the ever present now. I read the above, said I know in jest, and it is true enough to blow my mind. Thanks all for a longer perspective. I'm working on itWe should have a 6-year black pine from seed contest
This is one of the things that blows my mind about bonsai and bonsai people. I'm 40 and my whole life has been spent in the moment. The past is a memory and the future an illusion, there is only the ever present now. I read the above, said I know in jest, and it is true enough to blow my mind. Thanks all for a longer perspective. I'm working on it
Here's a quote to start your day:
"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today."
And I wasn't jesting at all about the black pine seedling contest. I am seriously considering setting it up for fun. Last night I pulled out my old Bonsai Today to re-read that article and try to figure out which aspects were still applicable today - but I fell asleep too quickly I will check it out. A six year black pine contest needs to start around the first of the year.
Would the first of the year be the stratification start date or the planting date?
I think we would want to start with annual time-frames. So the contest would run January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2023. You can start as many seedlings as you like, and do whatever you want with them. The whole point is to see how far you can take the development of a JBP in 6 years. The focus would have to be on quality AND size... which tend to be conflicting goals with young JBP. Things that you do to increase trunk caliper, for example, tend to adversely impact (or at least slow down) fine ramification development. The only contest requirements would be an annual photo survey showing the tree's development at the end of each calendar year (six photos minimum). The goal would be for people to not only improve their JBP skills, but to share best practices with the broader community.
If you have the ability to start seeds early (say with a heated greenhouse) I am going to draw the arbitrary line that you can't start seed stratification until January 1, 2018. But in a general way we are looking for six full seasons of development.
We should have a 6-year black pine from seed contest