AusBonsai

Hi Folks,
Just read an informative thread over on the Bonsai Study Group site:

http://bonsaistudygroup.com/japanese-bl ... -johnston/

Cheers,
Mojo

Very interesting, thanks!

Lisa

This article is a little like the techniques JOW has been talking about for the past couple of seasons.
On his advice I have left my black pine pruning until December then they will get a really hard cut to try to force dormant buds back along the bare branches to shoot. I keep wanting to prune but have held off. I think next week could be the time. Will keep records to see what happens.

I have also been doing this for a couple of seasons and have found it great. I am doing mine as we speak, as i think we will have a wet and cool summer so i have gone a fraction earlier then normal. If you do it too late and it is cool and wet, then you may get really short needles and weak growth next season. (note: i am in melbourne)

Hi people,

Being a north Queenslander and having no experience with pines, I bought a JBP which has been growing slowly but steadily. I need to know a few things:

Do I do this when the tree is fully developed, or do I do it now?

I have read that all buds need to be trimmed back to only two per branch tip, even when developing the tree. Is this correct?
Do I then pinch off some of the elongated candles? What does this achieve?

Any help you can give me is appreciated.

Glenda

Chris started posting this here a year or so ago but never finished
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