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Hi All,
I’ve got a couple of pines and they’re growing nicely however their needles are a bit lighter compare to the older one that I’ve got. My questions are….
Candles are all shooting up so does this means my trees are doing ok? Or not?
What’s the best way to get the needles darker? Any tips guys? Esp. from all the Melbournians out there…

Thanks in advance guys!
Carlos





My older one…

Hi Carlos,
Your trees are looking good. You will have to look up how to decandle your pines as you will not want to keep all the candles. As for the colour they will darken as they develop.
Kirky

Thanks Kirky!

They were re potted this season so i'll be doing minimal work as much as possible or if ever... and i want to make sure that they're in good health...Actually being a newbie, i want to focus on keeping them alive

Hi Carlos, just water them with seasol. Every couple of weeks. Don't leave the candles go to long with out trimming them or you will have long internodes. As your a newbie find yourself a bonsai club and talk to people about pines. You can also borrow ooks specific to the care of pines from the bonsai clubs. Or hit the net there is a lot of info out there. You have some nice trees developing them early if the key.
Cheers

Thanks again Kirky!

I will look into candle removal soon…I’m just giving them time to settle a bit.

And yeah, I’ve joined a club two months ago and I have been attending meetings and been really active in JUST watching workshop so far
and asking heaps of questions ...borrowed some nice books too

Hi, You should seriously look at getting the Boon DVD's on JBP's, you will not regret it talk to Scott

viewtopic.php?f=102&t=7721&hilit=boon+dvd#p86830

Hi Craig, is there a particular Boon JBP DVD or would you recommend getting the lot?
Cheers Kirky

You should get the whole set mate, They're all good, each dvd has different things to learn

I'll order the set tomorrow
Thanks Craig.
Cheers

Hi Carlos
I have noticed you joined Bonsai Northwest which is great and wanted to let you know that we have another workshop in November so don't be shy and bring along a couple of those pines and we will be able to give you first hand advice and direction.
See you soon.
David

DavidN wrote:Hi Carlos
I have noticed you joined Bonsai Northwest which is great and wanted to let you know that we have another workshop in November so don't be shy and bring along a couple of those pines and we will be able to give you first hand advice and direction.
See you soon.
David

Great choice of club mate, BNW and BSV have some of the best JBP in Australia!

PM me if you would like more info on the JBP care dvds or check this out http://bonsaiboon.com/au/index.html

Thanks Mr President David,

I will definitely bring a tree on our November’s club workshop for help

Hi Scott,

I'll send you a pm later...


Cheers,
Carlos