Overhaul of a 59 year old Mugo Pine.

Jake · Post by **Jake** » August 15th, 2010, 9:20 am

thats one really nice looking tree! i love the jin. the trunk has great flow aswell!

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » August 20th, 2010, 2:24 pm

dayne wrote:looks real good guys reminds me of a dragon clinging on to the soil for some reason very nice

Yes the roots are very reminiscent of the hind legs of a dragon; coiled with lots of tension and ready to pounce.

I could call it "Leaping Dragon",

Grant

dayne · Post by **dayne** » August 20th, 2010, 5:21 pm

sounds like a good name to me

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » September 22nd, 2010, 3:16 pm

Hi all,

I did manage to get a moon pot for this tree when I was down in melbourne recently.

The tree is looking like it is starting to come out of dormancy and so far it has not turned a hair at all the work it has had done on it. Other than a small amount of "mechanical or handling damage" to a few needles it looks 100%.

Really looking forward to the spring growth fleshing it out a bit.

Grant

Levuccio · Post by **Levuccio** » September 22nd, 2010, 4:50 pm

This is a fantastic post. Wish there were more posts like that here. Good job!

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 30th, 2010, 4:52 pm

Hi all,

just letting you know that my Mugo has come through all its work without a hair out of place.

All the buds have opened nicely, been snapped back and not one branchlet or bud failed despite the huge manhandling it got over quite an extended period.

I am setting up for a photo now.

grant

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 30th, 2010, 5:11 pm

Here it is.

Mugo pine 30th October 2010.JPG

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » October 30th, 2010, 5:19 pm

Nice Grant, real nice

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 30th, 2010, 5:44 pm

Cresent pot for mugo pine.JPG

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » October 30th, 2010, 6:06 pm

grant

perfect! keen to see it in there

Taffy · Post by **Taffy** » October 30th, 2010, 11:52 pm

Grant, that pot is awesome! Where did it come from?

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 31st, 2010, 7:08 am

Tman wrote:Grant, that pot is awesome! Where did it come from?

I bought the pot second hand from John M in Melbourne.

It is made by a potter south of Melbourne.

Grant

Post by **kcpoole** » October 31st, 2010, 8:23 am

When are you going to repot? Next year?

Ken

Jarrod · Post by **Jarrod** » October 31st, 2010, 8:27 am

Looking good Grant. Nice and healthy. I gave spent a while looking at the pic, and have noticed a very defined horizontal line running across the bottom of the foliage and small straight section of trunk. Once I saw it my eye travelled back and forth several times and it was all I could focus on. A little tilt to the left and the foliage brought down on the right would remove that visual effect?

Still envious of the old pines your playing with.

Grant Bowie · Post by **Grant Bowie** » October 31st, 2010, 12:40 pm

kcpoole wrote:When are you going to repot? Next year?

Ken

Hi ken,

I will either repot it in early autumn (here April or late March once the heat has gone but early enough for some root growth before winter) or leav it till about November next year( before the heat of summer starts). The windows for repotting here are a lot narrower than in Sydney.

Grant

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