Collected Radiata Pine-Advice on Styling

EJZ · Post by **EJZ** » March 22nd, 2014, 10:24 pm

Hi All,
I have this Radiata Pine that was collected about a years or so, ago on the side of a country rd on the NSW south coast.
The tree has settled in and is ready for some working.
Does anyone have any good ideas on how I should Style it.
All comments are much appreciated.
Regards
Eugene

Post by **kcpoole** » March 22nd, 2014, 10:54 pm

the trunk section needs much more movement IMHO, and the foliage needs to come back closer to the trunk and be much denser.

See my thread here on Radiata ( I think) and see how much they can be bent

viewtopic.php?f=131&t=7125&hilit=radiata&start=15

Ken

Josh · Post by **Josh** » March 23rd, 2014, 10:00 am

Yep would agree with ken. These bend pretty well as is seen in Kens link. I have a couple that I put bends into and was surprised how much they bend. Keep the foliage in check to force it back closer to the trunk. In spring feed like crazy to promote budding. Just my

but I'm not as experienced as others here so take with a grain of salt.

Josh.

EJZ · Post by **EJZ** » March 23rd, 2014, 9:19 pm

Thanks for the replies Ken and Josh.

I'll Try and bend it and repost with updated pics.

Cheers
Eugene

EJZ · Post by **EJZ** » March 27th, 2014, 8:52 pm

Hi Everyone,

Thought I'd post up an update on this tree I took kens advice and put some beds in it.

Post by **kcpoole** » March 28th, 2014, 3:55 pm

Much more interesting, let it grow like mad and work the branches so they do not grow long and Lanky with no foliage close to the trunk.

make sure you keep new shoots close in

AusBonsai

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