Anybody familiar with JWP 'Acto Goyo'

[Japonicus]

Here is my little Myojo today.

Wait a minute...no graft?
You know, as I look at the thumbnail, which puts the tree at a distance, it appears
the tree would benefit from tilting to the right next time you shorten the root ball some more.
Which of the 2 right branches (one is positioned at 2 O'Clock) has the closest in foliage?

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Wait a minute...no graft?

Here’s the other side…actually a slight indentation….it will be interesting to see what the future holds here. May need to monkey a bit with it.

You know, as I look at the thumbnail, which puts the tree at a distance, it appears
the tree would benefit from tilting to the right next time you shorten the root ball some more.

Thanks, that‘s for sure

Which of the 2 right branches (one is positioned at 2 O'Clock) has the closest in foliage?

Both have inner foliage at almost the very same place. When we did branch reductions, about 1/3 of the branches went away, knowing full well even more have to go. … and that there will need to be energy balancing to force the growth inward if possible. (and so far it seems to be reacting well). Gonna be another whole cycle to square this tree away. (Given it makes it this year )

Thanks
DSD sends

 

[kodiac]

Thanks deep sea diver I'm pretty clueless about posting anything on this site or any site for that matter I'm in zone 4. Temps swing 130 degrees from summer to winter so my trees are behind most people.

 

[Japonicus]

There's gotta be some good scions in here. Didn't have a cultivar name on it when I bought it.
Recant...probably more like 12 ft tall. I'm not getting on a ladder to measure it.

 

[kodiac]

Nursery find two weeks ago.... I did some light pruning right away seems healthy how far do I push it? It's a mugo with some of the smallest needles I've ever seen

 

[kodiac]

It has good structure....I don't want to push my luck with this one

 

[TrevorLarsen]

I would hold off on Mugo work for a month or two. This guide someone put together is the best info I have seen.

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[kodiac]

How about some bud pinching

 

[Japonicus]

Trying to get back on track with the subject, I put my Atco goyo in the ground today where a maple had recently been lifted.
If it is successful I will collect info from this thread and start a progression thread for it.

Put it on a 12x12" tile today after removing 60% of the soil but no roots. One less pot on my deck

 

[divergent_little_tree]

I guess I'm refreshing this thread as I haven't found a lot online that isn't nursery write ups. Hope everyone's atco goyos are doing well .. would love to see some updated photos from the thread

Purchased this pinus parviflora "atco goyo" at the tail-end of winter. Of the ones available (seems everything is grafted these days) it had the healthiest candle growth and the best graft I've seen in a long time. I pulled the tree out of the pot at the nursery to inspect the roots too, I live in the PNW so roots can be mushy come spring thanks to lots of rain over the winter. Roots looked surprisingly healthy and in need of a trim, if I'm being honest.
Next up was to remove all the mulch and the top soil to get to the surface roots, nebari, however you'd like to refer to them. 3" of excess soil and the same in mulch, trimmed off the little capillary roots that were growing from the trunk and combed out the roots at the bottom to find the main root ball. Gave a modest trim and prepared the new training pot.

Wrapped a single coil of 5mm aluminum wire from root ball to top candle. Wrapped branches in 2.5 and 1.5mm wire and started to gently bend the trunk from the base up to the top. I forgot how flexible the JWP are when young and coming out of dormancy with fattened new wood. Once the trunk was in the shape I wanted, I secured the root ball on a base of 6-8mm pumice, topped with my mix of 1:1:1:1 pumice, lava, fir bark, and akadama, I sprinkle a healthy amount of mycorrhizal inoculant for the bottom roots to sit on. I sprinkle a bit more over the top of the root ball and fill the pot in with the soil mix and got rid of the air pockets with a trusty chopstick I save from the take out order the other week.
I filled a dish pan with rain water and a tea consisting of fish bone meal and kelp meal I've been steeping for a week. I dropped the tree in the dish pan until no bubbles surfaced and let it all drain away and the soil settle.

I'll drop some solid food on there in a week or two when the tree has had a little time to get used to it's new home. Pictures are before and after ... I forgot to take a before but for some reason made a video ... so there you go.