Brett's Pines

[Dario]

Hi Brett, looking good
The last pic is I assume the same tree that you last posted on Arril 23rd?
I really like it! Did you cut it back this month, or a little earlier?
Thanks for posting, Dario.

[Bretts]

New, old stock Pat pot.

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Still got to carve

[Bretts]

Also first bonsai pot and time for refining

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[Bretts]

The first of the pines from seed into a bonsai pot.

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[kcpoole]

Nice radial root spread on the last one
how come you are putting into a small pot? I woud have thought it is too early in its life?

I assume you have a plan?

Ken

[Bretts]

I have lots to grow on in larger pots Ken. I liked the look of these two as smaller sized trees.
I hear that you must have a certain plan to win with JBP, I am finding that it is hard to go wrong as long as you are doing "something" with them.
The base will flare out more there are numerous new buds that can become the future leader. The taper will come and I think it will be a very nice little tree in the future.

[Scott Roxburgh]

Nice!

Low the low movement and buds, they'll be great little trees!

Keep that fert up!

[kcpoole]

cool plan

[Bretts]

There are so many ways to grow pines. Here is a great technique that was shown by Ray Nesci at a Demo several years ago at the Tops weekend. I loved the trees that Ray showed us from this technique and figured it was a good way to deal with those saplings that had less desirable roots forming.

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It will be grown on for a couple of years before the wire is removed and then you can slowly expose the roots. Then hopefully you have trees like this to work on.
Peter Adams admiring and working on Ray's pines at the Ideas Summit several years ago.

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[Bretts]

Here is a good example of the roots on a seedling cutting. Just a quick trim and back into the soil as the idea is limited root disturbance to keep the growth strong.

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[kanesham]

how old is that one mate?

[Jow]

Hi Brett,

How have you found the seedling cutting roots vs. those that have just had a good root prune from an early age?

[Bretts]

Older than it should be for it's Size Kane as it sat in seedling pot for a couple of years before getting potted on. (3 or 4 years my memory is not great) If I was on top of things with these you can expect to get to this stage after one full year from seed. It should have been in three different pots in it's first year. I have others in this thread that are say 6 times the size but the same age and I still could have done better. This little tree has a bright future from here though and it should grow very fast with that root system and lots of new branches comming.

Not a great deal of Difference for me Jow. In fact some of my seedling cuttings are worse than the others that just got a tap root prune. But the whole idea with seedling cutting technique is that it makes it a precise science in getting a great root system very quickly and then allowing the tree to just grow with limited root disturbance often just potting on.
Get the technique right such as hormone levels soil and pot size and I believe you will have very consistent results very fast but I think that just tap root pruning will give similar results but could be a year or so slower?
I am finding almost anything works with these guys you just have to be doing something to them before they grow up.

[Scott Roxburgh]

Update Brett? Piccy's?