parhamr
Omono
Today I bought a 3" trunk diameter Dwarf Blue Scots Pine nursery tree. This will be a long term project and it is my first Scots.
I suspect this is grafted but I have yet to see an obvious union mark. I did a tiny bit of digging around the trunk and found field soil with some fine feeder roots. During the next repotting (likely this July) I will be doing some heavy root work and digging down to check for basal flare.
Before I thinned the canopy of dead, weak, and crossing growths:
After: (some bark flakes were lost while removing dead needles from crotches)
I think the above photo will be the backside of the tree. The trunk is leaning away from the camera in this position. About 10" above the soil the tree forks into two trunks. I think that will be a workable design.
The newly thinned canopy, ready for vigorous growth so I get back buds:
I'm expecting to need to regrow most of the foliage except for the canopy. The lower primary branches have good starts but they're far too leggy before reaching foliage.
Updates to come when relevant.
I suspect this is grafted but I have yet to see an obvious union mark. I did a tiny bit of digging around the trunk and found field soil with some fine feeder roots. During the next repotting (likely this July) I will be doing some heavy root work and digging down to check for basal flare.
Before I thinned the canopy of dead, weak, and crossing growths:
After: (some bark flakes were lost while removing dead needles from crotches)
I think the above photo will be the backside of the tree. The trunk is leaning away from the camera in this position. About 10" above the soil the tree forks into two trunks. I think that will be a workable design.
The newly thinned canopy, ready for vigorous growth so I get back buds:
I'm expecting to need to regrow most of the foliage except for the canopy. The lower primary branches have good starts but they're far too leggy before reaching foliage.
Updates to come when relevant.