golden mugo

[ricardo]

hi all on the way to picking up my new car aka beast we had some time to kill
so dropped into a nursery and couldnt help but buy a large golden mugo..
any way is it too late in the season for a bit of work (branch removal, wiring,
and tip pruning)?

[shibui]

You should be able to remove branches and wire at any time of the year. wire might need to be on a bit longer until theres enough new wood to hold the wired branches in position.
Not certain about pinching tips on a golden mugo. I pinch tips on black pine and standard mugo any time they need it - budding is still good no matter when. The way I understand it late spring/ summer pinching results in smaller regrowth. Buds from pinching now will probably open in spring as large candles but can be pinched again next spring/ summer.

Have fun with the tree. It should be quite unusual.

Have you decided on styles for the black pines you got up here?

[dragon]

all would you use the same technique on a corky bark scotts pine

[shibui]

I would if I had one
Traditionally Japanese use the same techniques on all 2 needle pines (black, red) but a slightly different program on 5 needle pines (white pine) but I'm not sure what differences. In my experience all pines respond in similar ways but the different techniques probably produce subtly different results - probably only needed on very advanced trees.

[ricardo]

You should be able to remove branches and wire at any time of the year. wire might need to be on a bit longer until theres enough new wood to hold the wired branches in position.
Not certain about pinching tips on a golden mugo. I pinch tips on black pine and standard mugo any time they need it - budding is still good no matter when. The way I understand it late spring/ summer pinching results in smaller regrowth. Buds from pinching now will probably open in spring as large candles but can be pinched again next spring/ summer.

Have fun with the tree. It should be quite unusual.

Have you decided on styles for the black pines you got up here?

Thanks shibui gave the amber gold mugo a fair old trim didn’t wire as i didn’t want to do too much work,
I did tip prune so I’ll see how it goes the buds hopefully well. I’ll try post pics soon.
The jbp are doing well the two lager ones i cut back for Informal’s and shoot back very well,
The smaller one well that’s going to be a bit of a head ache i might ground grow them with
The red pines i got from you.