Scot pine progression

[Alain BERTRAND]

I had a batch of several Scot pines. My father had collected the seeds from trees whose needles were very bleuish and my mother had sown them in 2004. I got the fruit of their work in 2004.
The pics are from the same batch but maybe not exactly this tree.


I put it in the ground in 2006. Now, I would say it was too early. I should have build its nebari before. Small trees like that grows as fast if not faster in a pot as they do in the ground. The only time I would have lost would have to the slowing down due to one or two more repot.
I pulled if from the ground in spring 2011.
Ugly canopy, ugly nebari on one face, good one on the other face.

 

[Alain BERTRAND]

From 2011 to 2018, all I have done is let grow, cut the shoots in september (naka-mekiri) to get it to back bud to build the canopy. Unfortunately, I don't have pics. Repotted it once.
Winter 2018

From summer 2019, I have changed a little my trimming routine : I trim the top in June, but a little to long, to get light for the bottom, and then in September I trim the bottom and re-trim the top.
The result was a very thick canopy.



A few days ago, I trimmed the shoots and put a little wire though it is not the best season to do it.

On this face, nebari is nice.


The needles are still too long. My other trees of the same batch have far shorter needles but they grow less probably because they have been in the same clogged pot for a long time. I should buy a pot for this tree, but still procrastinating.

 

[Alain BERTRAND]

Thanks for watching.

 

[PA_Penjing]

Another awesome one! It's great to see these trees come so far.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

I'm jealous. I think mine is a goner. You obviously have the weather it likes.

 

[DonovanC]

Well done

 

[Alain BERTRAND]

I'm jealous. I think mine is a goner. You obviously have the weather it likes.

Yes, Brittany has a friendly climate for most plants: no extreme frost, no extreme heat, few thunderstorms. Sun lacks a little (similar to London).

 

[leatherback]

Sun lacks a little

Hm.. I am wondering what you would think of our weather; We get about half the sunhours of Brittany!

 

[meushi]

Brittany also has high humidity, which helps.

 

[roberthu]

It is on the way of becoming a master piece!

 

[cmeg1]

Lookin’ very nice! Great work actually