Japanese Red & Black Pine Projects

[Shogun610]

I wanted to restart sacrificial branch and redirect on this black pine. But it’s got threat root flare. These lower buds will be the branches of the pine

 

[Shogun610]

Set some primary structure on this red pine

 

[Shogun610]

Set some directional wiring on this black pine clump

 

[Shogun610]

Switched up after I took that last picture of this clump ..

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Nice!

It would be great to see if the tallest tree could get more movement. As low as possible and follow it up.

Cheers
DSD sends

 

[Shogun610]

Not at the right angle but I love the nebari

 

[Shogun610]

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Not at the right angle but I love the nebari

I’m going to grow sacrificial branch at the top again, to get more taper and to beef up the trunk

 

[Shogun610]

Got another Japanese black pine for further growth and development, I wanna make this a chunky shohin gonna pot it into a grow pot this spring.. even though I will always focus on native pines and deciduous.. there’s just something about developing the steak and potato species too like JBP and Japanese maples

 

[pandacular]

How chunky is chunky? If you imagine trunk twice as thick, then the two parts from that low bend will be touching/fusing together, which may present some challenges.

 

[Shogun610]

How chunky is chunky? If you imagine trunk twice as thick, then the two parts from that low bend will be touching/fusing together, which may present some challenges.

Yeah that’s what I want .. that bend fusing together isn’t a issue if it happens, if you see further developed pines you want those tight bends to add interest to the trunk

 

[Shogun610]

One last domestic black pine project acquired.. now back to getting ready to hunt for natives

 

[Shogun610]

How chunky is chunky? If you imagine trunk twice as thick, then the two parts from that low bend will be touching/fusing together, which may present some challenges.

Thinking back to your comment.The key is also growing that small branch out to keep that base thicker as it moves up but the trunk will be thicker but not to the point that it will look like inverse taper

 

[Shogun610]

Very pot bound .. rooots are active , time to repot into grow pot

 

[Shogun610]

Should get good growth for a few growing seasons

 

[Dabbler]

Very nice! i'm on the war path to try and find some pine material

 

[Shogun610]

Repotted these into bigger / deeper grow pots

 

[Shogun610]

Candles and pollen cones pushing big time