Japanese Black Pine slant style.

[misfit11]

This tree looks great! I definitely like it better as an upright rather than the initial slant style. 10 years looks awesome on this tree.

 

[Dav4]

Looking great, Dave. Bark is really coming on, and foliage is well-balanced. Teach them folks up there somtin ’bout JBP.

I'm gonna try! Let's hope I know what I'm doing!!

 

[Carol 83]

I'm gonna try! Let's hope I know what I'm doing!!

Pretty sure you do, pink shorts or not.

 

[LanceMac10]

I'm gonna try! Let's hope I know what I'm doing!!

Any extending candles yet?

Cut needles?!?! Yeah, I think you might be able to help folks with that!

I know you work with Tyler a lot so I'm anxious to see how he addresses the different climate in your approach. Particularly since he's worked with you in both locations now.

.......ain't he from down south?.....careful, and I'm paraphrasing a bit...

.......bourbon breath and a southern drawl can be pretty damn convincing....don't rush the game!!

 

[Dav4]

Any extending candles yet?

Cut needles?!?! Yeah, I think you might be able to help folks with that!

I know you work with Tyler a lot so I'm anxious to see how he addresses the different climate in your approach. Particularly since he's worked with you in both locations now.

.......ain't he from down south?.....careful, and I'm paraphrasing a bit...

.......bourbon breath and a southern drawl can be pretty damn convincing....don't rush the game!!

Yeah, Tyler is from the foothills of the Appalachians in N. Carolina. He did his Apprenticeship in Nagano which is up in the mountains, so he knows how to grow in cooler and warmer climates. My plan is to assess each tree for vigor this spring and hopefully be cutting candles on the strong ones by mid June. Lots of candles pushing and even some needles beginning to show.

 

[Stweed]

Just read through this thread and so glad I did! What an amazing progression! For someone with no experience with JBP it was very informative. Really fantastic tree!

 

[Dav4]

We are still alive and kicking and apparently able to have two flushes of foliage way up here in the frozen tundra of SE Michigan

 

[Nybonsai12]

Awesome, love this one.

 

[discusmike]

Love the gnarly bark!

 

[clem]

What a beauty !

 

[Dav4]

Loving the heat!

 

[Dav4]

This one didn't get de-candled for the first time in more then 3-4 years, and it shows. I removed the wire this summer and started thinning it with some wire but stopped and have much left to do


Still alive!!!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Such a cool old tree.

 

[clem]

Beautifull with maturity

 

[tanlu]

The natural style you’ve gone with it suits the species well. I like very much that this ISN’T another fat-trunked JBP. Beautiful. Any 2025 photos?

 

[Dav4]

The natural style you’ve gone with it suits the species well. I like very much that this ISN’T another fat-trunked JBP. Beautiful. Any 2025 photos?

How about one from today? I just happened to be sitting on the patio with my wife when I read your post
Decandled almost 4 weeks ago.

 

[99 Mile Creek]

How about one from today? I just happened to be sitting on the patio with my wife when I read your post
Decandled almost 4 weeks ago.

That's come a long way! Certainly a centerpiece.

 

[tanlu]

That's come a long way! Certainly a centerpiece.

How about one from today? I just happened to be sitting on the patio with my wife when I read your post
Decandled almost 4 weeks ago.
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Thank you for sharing! This is a venerable tree. There is harmony in the spaces between the branches. How old is it at this point?

 

[Dav4]

Thank you for sharing! This is a venerable tree. There is harmony in the spaces between the branches. How old is it at this point?

I’ve probably owned it for 22 years or so, and the trunk was already developed and barked up to the apex, so probably between 10-12 years old back then…. So maybe 35 years old or older.