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Seedling
Tried my hand at decandling a Japanese Black Pine for the first time this morning. I acquired it last fall from Muranaka's. It was repotted in Feb but root work was minimal and the tree seemed to be showing lots of strength. I wasn't exactly sure about timing for here in AZ (later because of the long growing seasons, or earlier because of more intense summer dormancy?), so figured I'd start with Jonas Dupuich's recommendation (take all new shoots off on June 15, leave about 10 pairs of needles) and go from there.
Here's the tree before:
Here's what I took off:
Here it is after:
And with a bit of wire:
I accidentally knocked some needles off the upper branch on the right when wiring, hopefully it will be ok. Now it's back to its normal spot on the bench which gets direct sun from about sunrise till noon, then 50% shade.
Here's the tree before:
Here's what I took off:
Here it is after:
And with a bit of wire:
I accidentally knocked some needles off the upper branch on the right when wiring, hopefully it will be ok. Now it's back to its normal spot on the bench which gets direct sun from about sunrise till noon, then 50% shade.