The 3 inch in 5 years trunks - how

[Anthony]

@Adair M ,

Sifu,

rather than feed you words here are images.

This is a two year old hardwood cutting, trunk is about 3/4 inch
Pot is 6 x 3 inches.
Plant is about 15 inches tall,
[ happy to go back and shoot another image with a tape measure next to
it in a few days ]

The pot size is slowing it down.
Later this year it will be placed in a larger pot.

As I mentioned before 30 to 36 inches gives an inch on the trunk.
So in a bigger pot, we can cut back and grow another 3 feet.
If I am correct at 3 feet every year, and a new branch, we should come
close to a 3 inch trunk in 5 years..

A colander in the ground would probably make this happen faster.

This cutting is from one of those seeds that grew rapidly.

The second image is really why I took the image.
Enjoy.
Good Day
Anthony

* remember we have dropped back to high and low 80's with rain
until Christmas.
So nothing to really stop growth.




This is what I really did a shot of -
And as you can see long candles when young,

 

[Anthony]

So here is the pine again being prepared for ground growing in a colander.
Then to the grow trough ------ soil prepared as 8 to 12 mm silica based gravel and whatever is in
the grow trough.
See ya hopefully next year.

As Sifu @Adair M , suggested rooted cutting planted at an angle.

Soil is a simple 5 mm silica based gravel and aged compost / might have some peatmoss from Canada.
Good Day
Anthony



close up of roots



Even if the colander dry rots in the settling in period, there are two
more of the same shape.

 

[Victorim]

At last K shows him self! It all makes sense now..

 

[my nellie]

Is there some kind of fungal attack the pine is going under?
You said this tree is from a cutting? A pine tree from a cutting!

 

[Anthony]

No Alexandra, as far as I know the tree is fine.

Yes, it is a cutting, read up how to do, but we started doing wooden cuttings,
instead of young needle cuttings. Whoops.
But it works and we no longer need seed, plus we can also work with the faster seedlings.
See Ausbonsi - Shibui, I believe is the guy.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[Anthony]

Should be interesting, the colander has x times more soil.
Will by say October, the leader reach 30 / 36 inches and give a 1" trunk.
AND does one in waiting for the tree to master the soil allow the other branches to extend ?

If so, is it a waste to ground grow or just use a larger colander for the next 3 branches?

So the colander drains very well, should the soil be made more organic ?
Good Day
Anthony

 

[my nellie]

... ...So the colander drains very well, should the soil be made more organic ?

One member in our local club told me last month that he changed the organic quota (made it greater) in his substrate mix for some of his olive trees and he observed a significant change in growth rate.
Recently I was reading a post of Al's @Smoke and he said that he increased the proportion of organic matter in his substrate mix for his maples (...? was it maples or not?... I don't remember for sure...)