AusBonsai

A Mexican pine. I haven’t seen many good ones as bonsai. Why I purchased this I’ll never know. (Actually I do remember, it was about one year ago - throw-out cheap and I regretted it the minute I purchased it!)

A tree by Grant Bowie gave me some hope that there might be something to play with. I think I have seen a nice one at Baloc’s joint too.

I settled on semi-cascade to allow the tree to weep, so to speak. The pot is purely a training pot. Over-sized - all I had on hand really - that said, and breaking the rules for pines - I don’t mind the glaze. It works ok in the context of the flowing fronds and colour of the tree’s new growth.

The old trunk will one day become a Jin.

Funny how the only branch I used was 1cm from the ground! Silly or potentially ok - time will tell.






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More than gently weeps.... Died! Dead as a door nail! Oh well... live and learn - to hard, I went.

... that was a quick demise!

RIP, pour a little out for the fallen pine

Probably died from the usual double whammy effect. Taking off too much foliage and root at the same time.

Would have been best to just cut down and then leave repotting for another year or more. Live and learn.

Grow a lot, Kill a lot, Learn a lot.

Grant

That's unfortunate, but as they've all said , it happens. Maybe it was pining for Mexico. . Try pinus radiata next time, I have some and they are tough. Cheers, Frank.