As I mentioned in an earlier post, I went to a wholesale nursery today which specialises in conifers. I was surprised to see some JBP for sale for starters, but even more surprised when I seen they were from seed NOT grafted!! Anyway the two smaller ones were in 12cm pots which were $5 each and I have just slip potted them as they were quite pot bound but they had quite a lot of mycorrhiza. I also bought a larger JBP which also was from seed which cost $14 which was in a 25cm pot (I think). I am unsure whether to just let this grow and collect cones/seed from it over the years, or trunk chop it once it settles into its new pot and starts looking that healthy dark green. I plan on wiring the smaller ones and compressing their height with some twists and turns. These will be a learning experiment for me, as I have not done anything with pines before (yes I already own a JBP and have a heap of seeds sprouting atm, plus a collected radiata and a collected maritime but I have not actually done anything to them training wise)
I will probably be back to get some more of these JBPs as they seem like a bargain for practicing with.
Any advice is always welcome, but please try and be constructive
