Pinus jeffreyi seedling cuttings

[rollwithak]

Good Afternoon All.

I am currently growing some Jeffery Pine from seed and was wondering if anyone could assist with a curiosity I had. I want to get a good start on the roots and was wondering if I can use the same seedling cutting technique that so many use on the JBP, where the tap root is trimmed back and hormone rooting is used to create lateral roots. Thank you in advance for any help offered.

RK

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I do not know from experience. I speculate that you can indeed do the same seedling cutting procedure on virtually all pines, including P. jeffryii. Experiment, cut half of the seedlings.

 

[casun]

I’m curious to know the result. Please try it and let us know.

 

[casun]

@rollwithak did you test the cutting technique? What was the result?

 

[cmeg1]

How they doin’?
I be using seedling cutting on lots of stuff( well only tried two so far).
Was successful with Cryptomeria Japonica.
Will attempt Hinoki,zelkova,JWP, and Korean hornbeam....all stratifying or planted now....exciting to see how deciduous react to this.I belive I can pull it off.
The real allure of seedling cuttings instead of convention cutting from a specific motherplant is the roll of the dice of genetic variability.Have much more fun constantly on the lookout for superior selections to choose......never gets boring for me with seedling variability.
Here are the cryptomeria....they ended up pretty awesome!!!
Also it seems seedling cutting technique increases odds of rooting very substantially for species that only very rarely root.Pines never root for me after the green central shoot leader starts to extend...just callous bigtime.

 

[rollwithak]

Here’s a little update on these buggers. Now I’m trying to plan what I want to do from here. I reckon I’ll try some root over rocks and maybe a couple other things. Suggestions always welcome. In the wild most of these Jeffrey Pines are just massive sticks in the air with not a lot of contorted features. The most famous Jeffrey Pine was Sentinel Dome at the top of Yosemite (pictured below) sadly it’s since died due to tourist and human involvement. Shocking I know.

Will definitely experiment with some, so interested to hear your thoughts. This tree is closely related to ponderosa pine, and I think that’s one that Ryan Neil enjoys messing with. I wonder if there is a reason Jeffrey’s aren’t used more often???

 

[rollwithak]

In comparison, here are some of the trees I didn’t do cutting method on…. Much less compact, fewer buds and shoots.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

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Th same Pine right?

 

[rollwithak]

Th same Pine right?
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Lol yup…… most impressive thing about Ansel Adams was that he carried a camera and gear that weighed around 100 lbs. to get a lot of his shots.

 

[Potawatomi13]

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AAAK! Get that false moss out of your trees. Worst most insidious invasive weed known to western civilization! Master John Nakas Bonsai Techniques II has 1 or 2 Jeffrey in it. Personally have one developing because of this inspiration. Lack of famous Jeffery pine Bonsai somewhat puzzling. Perhaps not many good Yamadori to be found? None of yours bad trees at all. Most low low branches not much use on long needled tree anyway.

 

[rollwithak]

AAAK! Get that false moss out of your trees.

Haha will do!

 

[Crazy Diamond]

hahah yes that Irish moss is a pain in the butt