My Telperion Farms Japanese White Pine

[badatusernames]

Lovely. Such a shame what happened to Telperion, I have regret that I got serious after it was too late to get material from them.

 

[Dav4]

I finished the latest wiring a week or so ago... organized scruffiness. I really do need to clean up the bottom of the pads and will do so before this one gets put away for the winter in 6 weeks or so.

 

[Dav4]

Quick late spring update, soaking in the sun this afternoon.

 

[Dav4]

Repotted in a new pot a few months ago and growing well. I was very aggressive breaking candles this spring but you really can’t tell. In my experience, healthy JWP actually grow more vigorously the spring following a repot with aggressive root work and soil change.

 

[vancehanna]

Looks great! Keep it in the 'cool' north country cuz, I brought mine to the valley 8 yrs ago after 35yrs of spectacular growth etc it collapsed in the heat....so sad, but a learning experience.

 

[Dav4]

Looks great! Keep it in the 'cool' north country cuz, I brought mine to the valley 8 yrs ago after 35yrs of spectacular growth etc it collapsed in the heat....so sad, but a learning experience.

JWP do great down in the metro Atlanta area, which is where I lived when started keeping them. Apparently, it’s at the same latitude and has a similar climate to that of Japan… long, hot summers with brief but cold winters will work just fine. I suspect lack of winter chill +/- water quality issues may have been contributing factors to your tree’s decline, along with the ridiculous summer heat you experience there.

 

[tanlu]

Great work on this tree Dave, especially considering it’s starting point only a few years ago. I’ve been very gingerly pruning my JWP’s roots at each repot, removing about 25% max of the roots incrementally since I potted it from the field. It’s responded pretty well to this treatment. Do you think I could get away with a 30% reduction in root mass if paired with foliage reduction, which I’ve also been doing. I started a post on the progress of that tree a few days ago.

 

[Dav4]

Great work on this tree Dave, especially considering it’s starting point only a few years ago. I’ve been very gingerly pruning my JWP’s roots at each repot, removing about 25% max of the roots incrementally since I potted it from the field. It’s responded pretty well to this treatment. Do you think I could get away with a 30% reduction in root mass if paired with foliage reduction, which I’ve also been doing. I started a post on the progress of that tree a few days ago.

If your pine is healthy, you can safely remove 30% or more. I’m pretty sure I removed close to 50% of the root mass with this most recent repot. Granted, the roots were very healthy with loads of ramification and mycorrhiza within the block of APL based soil that came out of the pot.