My biggest challenge yet

[Ryceman3]

My only advice would be to stick this in a round pot... That way you don't need to settle for one "front" as it looks great from pretty much every angle by the looks! Superb...

[kez]

well, another 2 years give or take

This tree has actually had a lot of changes, last autumn it got a change of front and a new pot, and then it was unwired in October and left to grow over the summer as it was a little weak and a little yellow, a but too much work over the first 3 years realistcally

As it moved into autumn this year I lost a couple of the tertiary branches but overall the tree responded well to being left and fed, the growth is still short, and while not a huge flush of growth what it has produced is robust and healthy.

Depending on what it does in spring I may not candle cut again this year but we will see

Anyway over the last week I have been slowly re wiring this tree and tightening up the style in the current orientation, it still needs a bit in the apex but I am happy with the progress since the last update

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And the bark on this tree is starting to make its way down into the secondary branching which is very nice, but it makes wiring hard

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and the trunk is getting better and better

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You can really tell what being grown in a pot its whole life does, this tree is by far the oldest looking pine I have, even though I have older pines

anyway hope you all enjoy

Kerrin

[kez]

another 6 months on

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