All aboard the Mugo train!

[sorce]

Crazy or actually crazy Vance, you are a great asset here! Thank You!

Do you know if this is one of the dwarf cultivars like Mops or Valley Cushion

I do not know. It is larger than a Dwarf one I have seen. But smaller than others as well. The old needles are about 1.5 inch.

Please revise my plan as necessary.

I want to cut about half them branches off. July? Or now?
Nothing else this year.
I want to throw it back into a pond basket with no disturbance.
I'd like to not mess with the roots till year four, so I can lessen the knuckle expansion first.

You reckon this thing is healthy enough?

Thanks greatly!

Sorce

 

[M. Frary]

Got shut down at work early today. So I went out and grabbed a pair of cutters. And a tree.
For good or bad this is what's left of this one. I had to keep telling myself to not cut off more than half of the foliage. I would avtually like to cut more off of this but I'm already running a risk with how much I cut off. I think.

 

[Vance Wood]

Let's see where that goes. I would really have liked to have seen it before ravaging. But I'm pretty confident in your decisions.

 

[Paradox]

I'm almost leaning towards the rarely seen cascading mugo. .

For God's sake don't do that. This tree screams informal upright/slanting.

 

[Lazylightningny]

Here's a mugo I purchased last weekend. All I did was lop off two branches that I knew I wouldn't use in the future. I may remove the main, straight trunk portion in the middle at some point also. I didn't remove any soil to expose the base. I may possibly do it in July. I've killed 2 mugos already by being too hasty with them, so I'm taking it slow with this one. I envision using the right branch for sure as the new leader, and possibly keeping the left one, while removing the main trunk with no taper. I don't know how old it is, but is is forming some small cones, if that is an indicator of age. This is a pumilio. The branches are mostly bare, with an octopus tangle of branches at the terminal ends. How I'll ever make any sense out of them, I have no idea.

 

[Lazylightningny]

By the way, for the newer members, here is a link to Vance's mugo care tips that I compiled from his posts over the years here at B-nut. If he adds any additional tidbits here, I'll add them.
http://www.bonsainut.com/index.php?threads/a-question-for-vance-wood.14635/

 

[M. Frary]

. I would really have liked to have seen it before ravaging.

Whoops! I thought I did the before and after. Well I guess it will have to be after and before. Or whatever?
It was kind of relaxing the whole minute it took me to reduce a perfectly good tree down to that mess. I see the attraction Vance.

 

[M. Frary]

By the way, for the newer members, here is a link to Vance's mugo care tips that I compiled from his posts over the years here at B-nut. If he adds any additional tidbits here, I'll add them.
http://www.bonsainut.com/index.php?threads/a-question-for-vance-wood.14635/

You really need to be thanked again for that!
Thank you.

 

[sorce]

Got shut down at work early today. So I went out and grabbed a pair of cutters. And a tree.
For good or bad this is what's left of this one. I had to keep telling myself to not cut off more than half of the foliage. I would avtually like to cut more off of this but I'm already running a risk with how much I cut off. I think.View attachment 74546 View attachment 74547 View attachment 74548 View attachment 74549

So can I go hack mine, or do I have to live in Michigan?
I thought you was supposed to wait till July?

Sorce

 

[Dalmat]

So can I go hack mine, or do I have to live in Michigan?
I thought you was supposed to wait till July?

Sorce

Yes for repotting and decandeling but not for cutting. And that is if you don't plan to repot this July.

 

[Dalmat]

And I find out that Mugo land is not in Michigan.

 

[Vance Wood]

And I find out that Mugo land is not in Michigan.

Yes you can hack a Mugo almost any time as long as the tree is healthy and you leave stubs, and do not cut flush the first year. You have also mentioned an article about "Mugo land.txt? What ever this is it did not open. Can you clarify please. I believe I have made it more than appearant that Mugos are native to North America and that in your part of the world there are many great artists that have good success with Mugo Pine.

 

[sorce]

Yes you can hack a Mugo almost any time as long as the tree is healthy and you leave stubs, and do not cut flush the first year. You have also mentioned an article about "Mugo land.txt? What ever this is it did not open. Can you clarify please. I believe I have made it more than appearant that Mugos are native to North America and that in your part of the world there are many great artists that have good success with Mugo Pine.

Excellent. Many thanks.

I'm gonna start a thread for mine.
In hopes humiliation will keep me from killing it.

Sorce

 

[Paradox]

I believe I have made it more than appearant that Mugos are NOT native to North America......

I fixed the above statement, Vance I am sure you left the word 'not' out of that.

FYI to all that repsonded regarding Michigan......The original comment about having to be in Michigan was, I believe partly a joke.

Those of us working with mugo are well aware that they are NOT native to North America so lets not start a fight over it shall we?

@ Vance regarding your comment about finding mugos with trunks. The one I bought this year has a 2 inch trunk.

 

[Dalmat]

"Mugo land.txt? What ever this is it did not open

Click on icon, then on the bottom of your screen you have option "open".
In short that is a place in Germany where mugos are grown for medical purpose.

 

[sorce]

I fixed the above statement, Vance I am sure you left the word 'not' out of that.

FYI to all that repsonded regarding Michigan......The original comment about having to be in Michigan was, I believe partly a joke.

Those of us working with mugo are well aware that they are NOT native to North America so lets not start a fight over it shall we?

@ Vance regarding your comment about finding mugos with trunks. The one I bought this year has a 2 inch trunk.

Oh it was 100% joke.

I could only find after July in the Lazylighting thread the other day.

Then Mike comes with the chop.

I got confused! And Im itching to work, Safely.

No fighting on the Mugo train, unless you wanna deal with the Conductor.
Or the engineer.

Not me!

Sorce

 

[Dalmat]

Can you clarify please

It was about that Mugos needles have medical benefits. You can save some after decandling put them in boiled water (not cooking them) leave it to cool and use that water to put it on the acheing places of your body.
Mentioning Michigan is a joke about that you can do all the slushing to Mugo in Michigan and it'll thrive, but
if you do it anywhere else it would die.
No competition ment on Europe and USA mugos

 

[Paradox]

It was about that Mugos needles have medical benefits. You can save some after decandling put them in boiled water (not cooking them) leave it to cool and use that water to put it on the acheing places of your body.

No $hiz? I wonder if it actually works, I might have to try it.

*Edit* Well holy crap, I just googled "mugo pines for medicinal purposes" and found all kinds of things they are used for. Just gave me even greater respect for the "lowly" mugo.

 

[Dalmat]

No $hiz? I wonder if it actually works, I might have to try it.

http://www.pronaturainc.com/allgasan.html

 

[Kelletw]

Here's one more for the train

I picked it up last spring and have been torture it since then.
Here it is last summer after styling.

This year it has been getting brown needles but is also set lots of new buds.