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Collected Radiata Pine-Advice on Styling
Posted: March 22nd, 2014, 10:24 pm
by EJZ
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
Re: Collected Radiata Pine-Advice on Styling
Posted: March 22nd, 2014, 10:54 pm
by kcpoole
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
Re: Collected Radiata Pine-Advice on Styling
Posted: March 23rd, 2014, 10:00 am
by Josh
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.
Re: Collected Radiata Pine-Advice on Styling
Posted: March 23rd, 2014, 9:19 pm
by EJZ
Thanks for the replies Ken and Josh.
I'll Try and bend it and repost with updated pics.
Cheers
Eugene
Re: Collected Radiata Pine-Advice on Styling
Posted: March 27th, 2014, 8:52 pm
by EJZ
Hi Everyone,
Thought I'd post up an update on this tree I took kens advice and put some beds in it.
Re: Collected Radiata Pine-Advice on Styling
Posted: March 28th, 2014, 3:55 pm
by kcpoole
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