AusBonsai

Hi all,

Do you think there is anything in the theory of strangling a black pine to force back budding.

The following picture shows a black pine with wire cutting in on a trunk and if you look closely you can see tiny new shoots developing on the trunk below.

I am wondering if it might be a theory worth more experimenting with.

Cheers

Squizz

I have never heard of it but it does seem to be working on this pine. Are you sure this pic is of a black pine? If it is, I'll have a go at it myself.

chris

I believe its a black pine but I am unsure as to which one ( european, Japanese?) It will be interesting to see if the buds kick on next spring.

Hi Sqizzy , to me it looks like a Pinus Nigra "Austriaca" , European Black Pine , needle length maximum of 75mm . Quite young as the old needle positions are present along the trunk in the pic .This species is my specialty . the back bud when chop topped , layered , chewed and ring barked by Bambi and Skippy . I have hundreds of them here and they back bud very well on up to 20 year old trunks .

Cheers Alpineart

Hi there squizzy,

I have seen over the years that JBPs and Japanese white pines sometimes put out buds on old wood when bent and the skin split a little.

JWPs sometimes just put one out. But it is an exception rather than something is predictable and repeatable. So I would not rely on it for any future styling.

Best regards.