sorce
Nonsense Rascal
We're pulling the airbrakes soon for this season.
Maybe the last bit of sun to ride this steel horse into......
There's a chain dragging on the track.
Sparks.
Let me know when we pull in.
Sorce
We're pulling the airbrakes soon for this season.
Maybe the last bit of sun to ride this steel horse into......
There's a chain dragging on the track.
Sparks.
Let me know when we pull in.
Sorce
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
If you have repotted or messed with your roots since August you should put your tree on the ground in an areas where it is out of the wind and not in direct sun. You can cover it with leaves or straw.
Agreed ! I blow all my leaves in a pile on top of mine against the basement wall.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
That should work fine but in MO I seriously doubt you will have any problems. The last two winters here in Michigan have been brutal.
Yes, no problems like Michigan.
Didn't you live in Mo?
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I lived in Iowa for a number of years prior to my stint in the Army and after, before getting married and moving to Michigan to go to school.
barrosinc
Masterpiece
Hey Vance, how does one chase growth closer to the trunk? I did the decandling, and no surprise here, the tree has a lot of bud where needles where... I am not getting the tree smaller.
Any ideas? Is grafting the only way?
Any ideas? Is grafting the only way?
Ever try wacking the trunk with a stick?
I know, sounds really stupid! But try it in spring. Use a ball peen hammer on bigger trees.
barrosinc
Masterpiece
seriously?? why?
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
If those buds you see where needles once were are protected enough that they do not get rubbed off and the new growth on the ends of the branches is cut back hard those new buds will produce new growth. If you are careful, and those new little branches grow and get strong, because you are diverting the power that usually goes to the ends of the branches they are attached to, they (the itty bitty branches) will get strong enough you can reduce down the branch/branches to the little branches and there by reducing the size of the tree. Hopefully; if you have done this correctly you will have reduced the vertical and sometimes horizontal size of the tree without diminishing the available energy the tree had before the reduction.
It stimulates tissue and flow so fast budding starts as low as it can.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Don't whack a Pine they don't respond to the process well.
In Mo they do!
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Show me the results please. If you are talking about seedling or liner Pines maybe but anything older in excess of ten years you are going to damage the bark significantly.
M.Craft
Seed
Hi Everyone! This is my first post in the forum though I have been lurking for a while. I just wanted to post a picture of my new Mugo and ask for some advice. This is my first pine, and I'm wondering if I should leave it in its nursery pot until next year or should I slip pot it into some better soil? I'm afraid it's pretty root bound. It is in a 3 gallon pot, and the trunk base is over 4 inches.
JoeR
Masterpiece
That base is nicceee man!
