AusBonsai

Hi All,

I recently acquired a couple of pines that I have styled and thought I would share them here. While they both have along way to go, I think there is potential in both to be reasonable trees, give or take 5 to 10 years.

The first one is just your standard Black Pine, not unhappy with the result but there are many tweaks that will be done over the coming years for it is but young.
Before
After

This next one is a Nishiki Black Pine that I played around with today, there are a couple of front''s I could go with but that depends on the growth over the next couple of years.
Before
After

And a shot with them alongside one another,
They both have a long way to go but I am not too unhappy with the outcome from their first styling. I will update this thread every few months to create a progression. All comments are always welcomed and in fact encouraged, be it sugar coated or brutal opinions, to me it is all positive to me.

Cheers

David

Looking good David, they are going to make great trees in a season or 3. A good start for a good future.

Josh

Hi David, Nice looking stock, will be following this thread with interest . Always interesting when you see from the very beginning. Cheers John.

Hi David , mate these are going to be very nice given time . I certainly like the movement on the JBP , I purchased 1 a couple of years ago from Shibui with very similar clip and grow movement . They certainly progress quick from here on .

Cheers Alpine

Hi all,

I just remembered this thread and thought it about time to update it with some progress pics.

The standard JBP
Feb 2015 after a trim
Aug this year, a few weeks after being potted into a Bonsai pot.
this was taken a couple of days ago.

The Nishiki Black Pine
Feb 2015 before
Feb 2015 after a trim
June 2015 after styling
This was taken a few days ago.

Cheers

David

David like the second tree a lot . Also your photography skills defiantly match your bonsai quality . amazing photos mate.

I agree the second on is vrry nice tree
Congrats

Ken

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Hi all,

Thought I would update this thread as I have recently worked these two pines.

Thank you Matthew and Ken for your kind words, appreciate it.
JBP before
after
Nishiki before
Nishiki after

Give them a few more years and they will be there or there abouts i think, the larger JBP needs 15 more years IMHO

Any thoughts, ideas, comments are most welcomed.

Cheers

David

Do you find with multiple fert baskets after de-candling that you get long internodes and long needles?

Hi all,

Lane, to answer your question, No the node length didn't increase with the heavy fert, buds did which is what I was after.

I got around to giving my Nishiki some attention the last two days. I thinned it out (could do with more) changed the angle to come more towards the viewer and positioned a couple of the branches. I can already see in time that I will bring the right hand side down more and compact it, which will keep with the flow of the tree. It also got a better pot (an old Japanese pot a friend gave me) that is a much better size.
*front
*side

I think it is better than before and enroute to being a far better tree being so static as it was before.

Any thoughts and comments are welcomed.

Cheers

Willow

DavidWilloughby wrote:Hi all,

Lane, to answer your question, No the node length didn't increase with the heavy fert, buds did which is what I was after.

I got around to giving my Nishiki some attention the last two days. I thinned it out (could do with more) changed the angle to come more towards the viewer and positioned a couple of the branches. I can already see in time that I will bring the right hand side down more and compact it, which will keep with the flow of the tree. It also got a better pot (an old Japanese pot a friend gave me) that is a much better size.

Nishiki Black Pine 13 June 2017 A.jpg

*front

Nishiki Black Pine 13 June 2017 B.jpg

*side


I think it is better than before and enroute to being a far better tree being so static as it was before.

Any thoughts and comments are welcomed.

Cheers

Willow

Oh dear.... I see a very big problem. Your recent work has left you with a sensational tree. Now what will you do with the time you would otherwise have spent working on it??
Love it, and the new pot - well done.

Hi all,

Thanks Ryceman haha you picked up on the error of my words +1 :p I meant to say that it 'Isn't' as static as it was before. Well played, I rate that mate and thank you for the kind words. In a few years once it has filled out and the right side is brought down more, it should hopefully be show worthy.

I got around to playing with the larger standard JBP the last few days. It will be fun to see how it responds.
before work *it had pushed itself out of the pot by an inch since last year.
trimmed before wire removed
wire off
the initial rewire, angle change in the previous pot
after repotting, the left side bothered me as it wasn't sitting right to for me.
today where it is at, it just looks right to me in comparison to before.
right side view
rear view

I might be pushing it but lessons will be learned. I intend on cutting up some sphagnum moss tomorrow and soaking it well before covering the surface of each of these pines to help with their recovery. Once it has recovered I will thin each out more, but I have left excess needles and buds to assist in the recovery.

Any thoughts and comments are welcomed.

Cheers

Willow

Hi Willow,
Just wondering how this one has pulled up since its repot in June?
It's a great tree and a good progression thread that I keep coming back to!

DavidWilloughby wrote:Hi all,

Lane, to answer your question, No the node length didn't increase with the heavy fert, buds did which is what I was after.

I got around to giving my Nishiki some attention the last two days. I thinned it out (could do with more) changed the angle to come more towards the viewer and positioned a couple of the branches. I can already see in time that I will bring the right hand side down more and compact it, which will keep with the flow of the tree. It also got a better pot (an old Japanese pot a friend gave me) that is a much better size.

Nishiki Black Pine 13 June 2017 A.jpg

*front

Nishiki Black Pine 13 June 2017 B.jpg

*side

I think it is better than before and enroute to being a far better tree being so static as it was before.

Any thoughts and comments are welcomed.

Cheers

Willow

The look of this tree (the nishiki) from the side is really nice Willow! I realise it's 2D but very nice just the same. Perhaps some ideas for the future?