TD.Wright
Seedling
Hey all!
Im looking for some advice on proper timing to carry out work on a pitch pine i bought this year. I picked it up from a nursery in the spring, its about 5 years old from seed with about a 2inch trunk. Its in a big nursery can in typical nursery soil and from the bottom of the pot to the apex its about 5 feet. The health and vigor have been good since ive owned it, about 6 months.
So the first two things id like to do with it to get it going on its bonsai journey is to chop the trunk down by 50% - 75% and repot the tree into some better soil and a more manageable pot and let it grow out a few more years. Im in CT, Zone 6A, and its just about to hit fall. Im not equipped with a greenhouse, my trees live on the ground under my bench which is covered with greenhouse film over the winter and get heeled in with mulch.
Should I chop the trunk this fall and repot this coming spring? Should I just repot in spring and chop the trunk later that year or the next year? The chop will take a good bit of the foliage, but there are still an ok amount of low branches and a good candidate for a new leader present. Any advice would be helpful and i’d be happy to provide any more information anyone might need. This is my first pine and im trying to use it as a learning experience.
Thanks in advance,
Thomas
Im looking for some advice on proper timing to carry out work on a pitch pine i bought this year. I picked it up from a nursery in the spring, its about 5 years old from seed with about a 2inch trunk. Its in a big nursery can in typical nursery soil and from the bottom of the pot to the apex its about 5 feet. The health and vigor have been good since ive owned it, about 6 months.
So the first two things id like to do with it to get it going on its bonsai journey is to chop the trunk down by 50% - 75% and repot the tree into some better soil and a more manageable pot and let it grow out a few more years. Im in CT, Zone 6A, and its just about to hit fall. Im not equipped with a greenhouse, my trees live on the ground under my bench which is covered with greenhouse film over the winter and get heeled in with mulch.
Should I chop the trunk this fall and repot this coming spring? Should I just repot in spring and chop the trunk later that year or the next year? The chop will take a good bit of the foliage, but there are still an ok amount of low branches and a good candidate for a new leader present. Any advice would be helpful and i’d be happy to provide any more information anyone might need. This is my first pine and im trying to use it as a learning experience.
Thanks in advance,
Thomas