Congrats on the move. Moving is never easy, looks like the JBP are doing great. Is the stuff on top of the soil all bio-gold slow release fertilizer? From what I understand excess fertilizer alters the soil by creating too high of a salt concentration, and this can hurt beneficial soil microorganisms that pines need. You may be wasting some slow release fertilizer, or I need to up my fert game.
Just looking out for you.
Wow nice……more sun is best
i will add some red pines to my black pines that i got from you, if you start producing them!
I would be good for some as well!
Next spring they will all have very big shoots and be quite huge!
Spring……..motherload
. For reference, I've also included a photo of the one that doesn't have any neagari, at least not visible above the soil surface.Nice development! I would take a couple and see if you can continue the growth... I have a Mark Comstock that is a ROR in development for over two years and I am looking forward to potting it up next spring.I have six of Curtis' seedlings from Spring of 2021. Five out of six have some form of very minor neagari, entirely by accident. I'm not saying any of these neagari look good, I'm just saying that they developed some form of neagari, or at least the start of what could someday become neagari
My hypothesis for how the neagari developed is that I have these growing in 100% pumice, which is a bit on the dry side, especially for a climate like Utah. So, I've found that they tend to send their roots straight down to moisture, and often out the bottom of their pots into the ground. Then, when I repot, I probably pot them a bit higher than the previous year, which exposes some roots. Neagari wasn't my goal for these, and for some, I want to get a wider spread of roots in coming years.
Each photo below is of a different tree.
I removed the Grodan block from one of the trees I received this year and there were quite a few circling roots that could have been used for an exposed roots design.
Thanks for sharing these.I have six of Curtis' seedlings from Spring of 2021. Five out of six have some form of very minor neagari, entirely by accident. I'm not saying any of these neagari look good, I'm just saying that they developed some form of neagari, or at least the start of what could someday become neagari
My hypothesis for how the neagari developed is that I have these growing in 100% pumice, which is a bit on the dry side, especially for a climate like Utah. So, I've found that they tend to send their roots straight down to moisture, and often out the bottom of their pots into the ground. Then, when I repot, I probably pot them a bit higher than the previous year, which exposes some roots. Neagari wasn't my goal for these, and for some, I want to get a wider spread of roots in coming years.
Each photo below is of a different tree.
soaking the red and black japanese pine seeds…..then a month of stratification and start germination in 1 st week of Dec.
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@cmeg1 Got great growth on the JBP and Siebrian elms in 6 months. Pine is 11 inches now. The Elm are crazy tall/leggy (14 inches).
