I’ve wanted one for years, finally picked this up mail order from Corin Tomlinson / Greenwood.
I think it’s a bit weak (one dead lower branch, one probably past saving), I dropped it out the pot and it appears to be in mostly pure grit with some old Akadama or fertiliser near the trunk, the thin white roots are from weeds and most pine roots look old/black and there’s no visible mycorrhiza. There are a handful of new pine growing tips though!
So I scraped the top layer back, chopped up some donor mycorrhiza and mixed into some fresh mix and basically potted it up, 1-2cm bigger bottom and sides. Will keep it out of excessive UK rain, feed it and get to know it for at least a year!
before:
Biggest buds
Gritty stuff, bit sticky near trunk
Good size, bad colour! Before final fill...I will have to watch my watering til the tree’s strong enough for a proper repot
I think it’s a bit weak (one dead lower branch, one probably past saving), I dropped it out the pot and it appears to be in mostly pure grit with some old Akadama or fertiliser near the trunk, the thin white roots are from weeds and most pine roots look old/black and there’s no visible mycorrhiza. There are a handful of new pine growing tips though!
So I scraped the top layer back, chopped up some donor mycorrhiza and mixed into some fresh mix and basically potted it up, 1-2cm bigger bottom and sides. Will keep it out of excessive UK rain, feed it and get to know it for at least a year!
before:
Biggest buds
Gritty stuff, bit sticky near trunk
Good size, bad colour! Before final fill...I will have to watch my watering til the tree’s strong enough for a proper repot