Shohin JBP
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Do you suggest your Half bare root method or more aggressive?
HBR is as aggressive as you should ever be with JBP. There’s no good reason to be more aggressive.
In two years, HBR the other half.
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Check out how many circling roots are at the bottom, I wasn’t expecting that. Probably an inch of pure matted roots.
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That’s typical. Cut the bottom off, flat.
Brian Van Fleet
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Unpotted...cleaned out old soil..pruned back...what was removed from the bottom...freshly potted.
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Brussel's soil works well for the way Brussel's does their watering and fertilizing. You can grow a tree in just about anything if you understand how and when to water in that media you chose. Also understand the nuances of your local water chemistry, and choose your fertilizer to work well with your water and the potting media you chose. May sound simple, but the nuances and refinements can get very complex. Brussel's has had many years to tweak the way their potting mix works for them.
Akadama is used by many, it appears in most of the books on bonsai, it has been proven to work well under a wide range of conditions, with various authors having written notes on how to use it in their specific climates. If you don't know what else to use as potting media, you can't go wrong with Akadama. Even as an import it is cheap compared to the cost of a finished tree. I do not use it for ''sticks in pots'' or other trees that are in the nurseryman's phase of bonsai. Anything that is not ready for its first serious styling is in a more typical nursery potting media. Or a pumice and fir bark based media. Akadama and Kanuma work, which for an expensive tree makes it worth using.
Akadama is used by many, it appears in most of the books on bonsai, it has been proven to work well under a wide range of conditions, with various authors having written notes on how to use it in their specific climates. If you don't know what else to use as potting media, you can't go wrong with Akadama. Even as an import it is cheap compared to the cost of a finished tree. I do not use it for ''sticks in pots'' or other trees that are in the nurseryman's phase of bonsai. Anything that is not ready for its first serious styling is in a more typical nursery potting media. Or a pumice and fir bark based media. Akadama and Kanuma work, which for an expensive tree makes it worth using.
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Spray with copper or daconil every few weeks as the needles are elongating...
Not too late.
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This JBP had so much root growth that its pushed itself out of the pot, despite me not planning a repot on it this year. Last year it had a half BR repot. Also, it looks like the candles are already beginning to grow? What does that mean as far as repot timing when we still have plenty winter left? I despise this weather, half my trees are waking up and are being repotted, while the other half show no signs of spring.
Check out the wicked mycorhizzae and root growth, impressive for a year. Maybe king pinus @Adair M has a suggestion?
Check out the wicked mycorhizzae and root growth, impressive for a year. Maybe king pinus @Adair M has a suggestion?
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I plan on repotting into a new 10x13" grow box, potentially.
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I’d say the soil mix is working out alright!
What type of fertilizer are you using?
What type of fertilizer are you using?
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Yeah... I'm actually horrible about fertilizing consistently. I had been using some box of miracle grow organic that you dissolve in water, watered in at irregular intervals. I like it but since I'm gone for long periods at a time, I just bought a new organic fertilizer that's only 4-4-4 but it had 4 bacterial, 4 mycorhizzal, and a protist species inoculated in it. Jobes organics all purpose granular plant food is the new stuff.
Also I though Adair was king pinus, not pinus envy haha
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I just might have to incorporate some of that into my fertilizing routine. To go along with my biogold.
I’ve heard the mychorrizal inoculents don’t “work,” but this makes me want to give it a try for myself...
I’ve heard the mychorrizal inoculents don’t “work,” but this makes me want to give it a try for myself...
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While my climate is probably quite different I'd say those roots and the buds are telling you it is time to repot. Down here we get some slow root growth all through winter. Perhaps you do too without knowing? I usually repot my pines toward the end of spring repotting. They don't seem to mind if the roots and shoots are active at the time.
It may just be your inconsistent fertiliser use that has triggered the mychorriza. Pines don't absolutely NEED mych. They form the association to help extract scarce nutrients from poor soils. When nutrients are readily available the mych is much less important. When things are tough the mych helps.
I find that mychorriza turns up in all my pines without me introducing it or encouraging it. If I sow pine seed in a tray of seed raising mix, by the time I transplant the seedlings there is already mych through the pot. It is fungi. spores float around in the air and settle everywhere. Any that settle in suitable places start to grow so it is relatively quick to colonize any pine roots. I understand there are many different species of mychorriza associated with pines. Some are more effective than others. The innoculants are really just a brew of several of the better strains and may help if you don't already have those types in your area. No amount of inoculation will help if conditions are not suitable for the fungi to grow.
It may just be your inconsistent fertiliser use that has triggered the mychorriza. Pines don't absolutely NEED mych. They form the association to help extract scarce nutrients from poor soils. When nutrients are readily available the mych is much less important. When things are tough the mych helps.
I find that mychorriza turns up in all my pines without me introducing it or encouraging it. If I sow pine seed in a tray of seed raising mix, by the time I transplant the seedlings there is already mych through the pot. It is fungi. spores float around in the air and settle everywhere. Any that settle in suitable places start to grow so it is relatively quick to colonize any pine roots. I understand there are many different species of mychorriza associated with pines. Some are more effective than others. The innoculants are really just a brew of several of the better strains and may help if you don't already have those types in your area. No amount of inoculation will help if conditions are not suitable for the fungi to grow.
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Escape branch candle thats about 16-18" id guesstimate, nice to see. Trying to determine best decandling timing- bonsai tonight recommends early to mid July for the south- whatcha think @Adair M ? Hard to say, since this one has been waking up in the spring much earlier than others and pushing growth sooner.
Its already filled rhe grow box with roots..
Its already filled rhe grow box with roots..
