discusmike
Omono
Hi,this is a kotobuki i recieved not to long ago,it was in a very small shallow pot which was retaining to much water,i transferred the tree to this much larger pot a couple months ago that i had laying around for now(without messing with the roots to much),hopefully the roots will grow like crazy this summer,other then that i removed two branches,one was very small(T branches)i think this helped the look of the tree.As far as i know the tree is about ten years old,the bark is just begining to crack,its 13"tall,but eventually i think i can get it down to 12" if it backbuds well,one thing i noticed the candles are slower growing then my species pines,was wondering if its because of the tree being a dwarf?or because of the root situation earlier this year?I think i might not candle prune this year,just cut back in the fall,what do you guys think?I know its no show pine,but hopefully one day it will be much nicer.I'd atleast would like to get the tree into a presentable state.In the photo the branch on the right that was removed,there was a knuckle,not bad but i had to remove it,hopefully this will stop any further inverse taper,other then that,at the apex of the tree,the largest branch on the right is starting to cause inverse taper,i think in another season i might be able to fix this the best i can,there is alot of smaller branches around that area to work with,also i wanted to make this area more dense to cover this mistake.Is there anything else i can do to help this tree?Besides just letting it grow!LOL The darker base is because of watering before photo,the graft looks ok to me.Any suggestions would be appreciatted,alot of members on this board and the other have helped me in the past with trees,and i really appreciate it,im no expert.