Pitch Pine (pinus rigida) wiring and styling - thoughts please

[BonjourBonsai]

Hopefully no pitching of the pine will happen!

I collected and wired it in October 2019. Admittedly, that was probably too aggressive and it set it back a year. Last year it did not do much. I just repotted it yesterday. There were hardly any roots when I collected so all those fine roots and the new candles gives me hope. Fingers crossed!

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Oh, I was just kidding. What I meant to suggest would be to add some bulk to the trunk, put some more needles on, and get thicker branches.

I don't know a store that sells those, but a websearch might work.

 

[BonjourBonsai]

Yes, it needs to thicken up definitely. I avoided chopping the trunk because I'm leaning towards a leggy literati.