JBP Nishiki styling

[kez]

Hey all,

I really need to stay away from Bonsai south,

Went up there today and came away with my first cork bark black pine. I have looked at this tree a number of times and for some reason today I finally saw something in it they I was missing before.

I am yet to do any work on this but it will make a very powerful shorter tree I hope.

Here's a shot of the whole tree

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The base

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And the movement

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I'll post up some clearer shots, and some fro scale once it's thinned

Kez

[CraigM]

Nice tree, like the movement. Will be interesting to see once thinned.

[Boics]

Looks like great stock to me.

I too look forward to seeing what you do with this one!

Cheers,

[kez]

Alright thinned out, also some excess branches and smaller crowded buds removed, now to wire and then decide on the apex and final trunk line. Also unsure of whether to keep the first left branch

Thoughts?

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[kez]

OK,

initial wiring is mostly done, apex selected etc. My questions are whether to keep the first left branch, and what to do with the 2 branches at the rear of the top of the tree that aren't wired. I don't think they will move into a more suitable place convincingly but I feel like they will leave a big hole if removed.

Here's the tree as it is now, and If anybody has any thoughts re. the remaining branches, let em rip

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Cheers,

Kez

[Scott Roxburgh]

Nice looking stock and styling.

I'd leave all the remaining branches to keep it growing strongly. I think the first left branch may go in the end but keeping it will keep the others in check. Same goes for the top two.

Feed it up and decandle in summer and then see where you are up to.

Its good to Nishiki getting used more, I know some people dislike them but everyone should have one.

[Neli]

Nice litlle pine...almost the same as the one I posted recently. Check your branches...you are at ramification building stage...If you see branches with no back buds, cut back to last or before last year's needles... I have a feeling this pine was not decandled last year. See what I did on my pine.
It is a shohin...and you need very tight ramification.

[kez]

Just thought I'd update this one with a bit of a spring growth pic

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This tree is doing really well,

I'll feed it a few times once it all hardens off, then remove the few branches I don't want and candle cut after Christmas and then it should be well on it's way for further refinement next year

Kerrin

[Neli]

MMMMMMMMMMMMM! Clever boy!

[bouquet]

Hi Kez

Gret looking pine and coming along great. I am looking at growing some pine seedlings on myself and I was wondering what you are using as a soil medium. Any adivce would be great.

Cheers

[kez]

Just a little update on this tree

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Cheers,

Kerrin

[kez]

first flush is very strong this year on this tree

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Kerrin

[kez]

well, 3 years since i touched this trree

In those 3 years i have learnt a few things

nishiki growth, while very vigorous in terms of numbers of buds/candles, is also very temperamental. This tree has never really responded well to candle cutting, often producing many but week buds as a second flush. These areas also tend to stay week over another season or 2 before gaining vigour.

They also produce masses of buds very very close together, which means that if left unchecked you can end up with literally 10-15 buds over a 3cm2 area and this is a good way to get into trouble down the line

If i'm honest with this tree it has kind of been relegated to being kept alive for the last 3 years as I pretty well wrote it off as an example of my very early styling attempts and figured it was not really going to become anything too special. That along with its often recalcitrant response to summer work meant I didnt really give it the consideration it deserved

Another way of looking at this would be that it has had 3 years to grow, rammify and in general mature and 3 years does alot! This has inspired me to return to this tree and clean it up a bit

Anyway after some thinning, a 180 rotation and a full rewire here it is

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It's come along way in 4 years, and certainly further than I thought it would, but funnily enough despite my thoughts on my initial skill and direction, its pretty well bang on the initial direction laid out for it

cheers
kez

[kez]

well another year and a bit on with this one,

another angle change back to the original front, and another pot. Not the final pot, but a bit better maybe than the drum

Anyway, from the first styling to now I'm pretty stoked with this one

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Cheers

Kerrin

[MJL]

If i'm honest with this tree it has kind of been relegated to being kept alive for the last 3 years as I pretty well wrote it off as an example of my very early styling attempts and figured it was not really going to become anything too special.
cheers
kez

Lovely tree... I wish my early examples turned out like this.