Sephiro
Seedling
Hey guys,
first time posting!
I am quite confident in caring for my carmona, serissa, BRT and maple, but recently received a japanese black pine as a gift from my mom (thanks Mom!).
I had a chance to talk to the vendor, and he recomended cutting all the new growth on june 15th and then plucking needles along trunk in autumn. I have done quite a bit of reading, forum stalking and youtubing and understand that it will have a 2nd flush, which will help with ramification. My hesitation is as follows:
In the videos or posts that I have seen, the trees seemed to have clear candles growing from the tips, whereas mine seem to be somewhere between branches and candles. First conifer? yup! If I remember what the gentleman said, I remove all green growth back to the brown essentially, It just seems dramatic to me. Again, this is my first conifer. Ill attach some pictures with what I believe to be the right course of action. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
-Jay
first time posting!
I am quite confident in caring for my carmona, serissa, BRT and maple, but recently received a japanese black pine as a gift from my mom (thanks Mom!).
I had a chance to talk to the vendor, and he recomended cutting all the new growth on june 15th and then plucking needles along trunk in autumn. I have done quite a bit of reading, forum stalking and youtubing and understand that it will have a 2nd flush, which will help with ramification. My hesitation is as follows:
In the videos or posts that I have seen, the trees seemed to have clear candles growing from the tips, whereas mine seem to be somewhere between branches and candles. First conifer? yup! If I remember what the gentleman said, I remove all green growth back to the brown essentially, It just seems dramatic to me. Again, this is my first conifer. Ill attach some pictures with what I believe to be the right course of action. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
-Jay