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Hi All,
I got this gorgeous Japanese Black Pine in an auction last July. At the time it had a rich dark green color and short needles.
I had continued to fertilize it using bonsai gold. By winter time, the needles were longer but still a rich dark green color. I had only just removed dead needles but otherwise no major work on it. Usually I try not to touch a new tree in the first year just to see how it acclimates. I did try cutting a few of the candles after I got it to see how it responds and it did sprout new short shoots no problem. But it was not a full decandle. I also did not needle pluck.
Then around the December time frame, I saw the needles started to turn a greenish yellow. First it was on the back lower side. I tried rotating the tree thinking that it was due to insufficient sun. Over the next month, the entire tree turned this greenish yellow color. Note that the needles do not pull out easily (like old needles that have turned totally yellow).
Note that I live in the bay area and this winter we had HEAVY rain. I'm thinking that has something to do with it. Other JBPs in my garden seem to be doing fine but I had recently repotted those with boon mix.
Starting in February/March, it started to put out new candles. These new candles seem healthy and green. I was waiting to see if the rest of the tree would change back to dark green but it hasn't. I've fertilized through the growing season.
Does anyone have any advice as to what could be going on? Also, should I consider needle plucking now (obviously there are too many needles now)? Or re-potting (out of root concern from too much rain)? I think I was too timid just letting it sit for the first year and now it's not quite the right time of year for either of those but maybe I should start need plucking and/or repotting? I was also thinking of holding off on de-candling out of concern this year.
I really appreciate any advice. This is the nicest tree that I have and I really worry about what to do next.
I got this gorgeous Japanese Black Pine in an auction last July. At the time it had a rich dark green color and short needles.
I had continued to fertilize it using bonsai gold. By winter time, the needles were longer but still a rich dark green color. I had only just removed dead needles but otherwise no major work on it. Usually I try not to touch a new tree in the first year just to see how it acclimates. I did try cutting a few of the candles after I got it to see how it responds and it did sprout new short shoots no problem. But it was not a full decandle. I also did not needle pluck.
Then around the December time frame, I saw the needles started to turn a greenish yellow. First it was on the back lower side. I tried rotating the tree thinking that it was due to insufficient sun. Over the next month, the entire tree turned this greenish yellow color. Note that the needles do not pull out easily (like old needles that have turned totally yellow).
Note that I live in the bay area and this winter we had HEAVY rain. I'm thinking that has something to do with it. Other JBPs in my garden seem to be doing fine but I had recently repotted those with boon mix.
Starting in February/March, it started to put out new candles. These new candles seem healthy and green. I was waiting to see if the rest of the tree would change back to dark green but it hasn't. I've fertilized through the growing season.
Does anyone have any advice as to what could be going on? Also, should I consider needle plucking now (obviously there are too many needles now)? Or re-potting (out of root concern from too much rain)? I think I was too timid just letting it sit for the first year and now it's not quite the right time of year for either of those but maybe I should start need plucking and/or repotting? I was also thinking of holding off on de-candling out of concern this year.
I really appreciate any advice. This is the nicest tree that I have and I really worry about what to do next.