Young Collected Virginia Pine/Wiring Practice

[W3rk]

I collected this young Virginia Pine last Spring. All of the soil fell off of the roots on removal - I tossed it in a bag with some of its' native soil. When I got it home I mixed some DE with the original soil and basically stuck in in the yard and left it alone. It's remained healthy, I moved it to more full sun and it's continued to grow. I had wired it up some but did a poor job of it. This morning I redid the wiring and continued to push some extreme bends to take advantage of its' age.

Side/front:


Overhead to see the wiring and bend:

 

[garywood]

W, congratulations on a successful collect! Is this spring of '18 or '17? Regarding the "extreme bends" they are not extreme but subtle. I know it's a question of perspective ;-) but keep in mind an eventual finished trunk line. At this stage it's only a question of line.

 

[GGB]

Looks healthy. Mine keep getting attacked by mites

 

[CWTurner]

Interesting soil. Is that a top dressing, or is the soil composed of the black stone chips?
CW

 

[my nellie]

Nice little tree to work with and train!

Interesting soil. Is that a top dressing, or is the soil composed of the black stone chips?
CW

Horticultural charcoal maybe?
@W3rk or anyone, how old do you estimate this tree to be? 4 - 5 years old?

 

[GGB]

It looks to be 4 years old...maybe 5

 

[GGB]

This one is six years old from seed, as a size comparison

 

[W3rk]

Interesting soil. Is that a top dressing, or is the soil composed of the black stone chips?
CW

It's actually just wet DE that you see for the surface soil. It's much more grey when it dries out. The soil is a mix of DE and the native soil the tree was in when I collected it - oh, and some pine bark.

Regarding the age of the tree, my guess is in the range of others - pretty young, maybe 3-4 years.

 

[my nellie]

Thank you for answering about age... I am trying to estimate the age of my own young pine which is about the same size/dimensions
So, 4 to 6 years old is presumably its age.