Re: My biggest challenge yet
Posted: July 25th, 2016, 9:08 pm
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... 
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
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
and the trunk is getting better and better
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