Japanese Black Pine (JBP) development advice

[Dylisco]

Hi all,

Have had differing ideas on where to head with my JBP which has lead to a bit of confusion.

Initially I was thinking about developing it into a Semi-Cascade but now I have had second thoughts and am thinking an informal upright would be a good direction.

Considering the above, is any one able to provide advice on:

- The direction that I should head with the JBP.
- How I can propagate cuttings and/or is air layering more suitable (this would obviously depend on the direction I head with the style) &
- What is appropriate fertiliser to use throughout winter.

Any advice/ comments would be great!

Cheers

PS
Dont know why the photos are rotated when I uploaded them - sorry
Dylisco

[Keels]

Gday mate,

You have some nice looking material to start off with there. I believe its pretty tough to propagate pines from cuttings i would spend your time attempting airlayering if you wanted to go down that path. What i do with my pines in Canberra is i fertilise them 50/50 seasol and powerfeed mix every two weeks from April to Nov. You can also use Superthrive foliage spray every other week as well. I learnt this from the guys at NBPCA, if it works for them it will work for you Good Luck