Yamadori pine - test-specimen

[RobC]

That is great news.

So early spring, I take a bunch of pine seedlings (I happen to have 5 of them standing around doing nothing). Cut narrow channels down to the wood, debark the seedlings on 2 sides, slide them in, tie down ensuring pressure on the seedling and wait for a year? Is that pretty much it?

did you get to do the root grafts?

 

[Adamski77]

afterall, maybe those inclinations could be nice with the right branch to balance the tree on the right & hiding the straight part of the trunk ->
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with 5 degrees more tilted to the right ->
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Question… how do you generate this virts? What kind of software? Looking cool and seems you can tilt/rotate few degrees here and there.

 

[clem]

Question… how do you generate this virts? What kind of software? Looking cool and seems you can tilt/rotate few degrees here and there.

I use Paint, because it is free & very simple to use

 

[Adamski77]

I use Paint, because it is free & very simple to use

Wow… quite a set of skills…
So for rotation you just make new one… I don’t think there is option to rotate in 3D?

 

[clem]

no "paint" is too simple for that, but it is easy to make Bonsai virtuals

 

[leatherback]

did you get to do the root grafts?

yes, I am hoping some took. I have removed the bark on 50% of the connection to the main trunk in fall, hopefully strengthening the gragted roots