Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
2006 and 2018:
Zuisho White Pine
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my nellie
Masterpiece
Nice Pine and a helpful thread of your tree's progression.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Any update on these cuttings?
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Yes, they all died.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Wow! That's great to see!
my nellie
Masterpiece
Thank you for your reply.
May I ask if you are planning to try again with Pine cuttings?
Recently I had been searching on the internet for info about Pine cuttings (@Anthony has mentioned he has been successful in growing them in Trinidad) and I read about successful propagation of Pines by hardwood cuttings using Hydroponic/Aeroponic cloner systems.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Probably won’t try cuttings in the near future. I would be surprised if JWP grows in Trinidad.
my nellie
Masterpiece
No, he is not talking about JWP cuttings, but for JBP cuttings.
If interested post #35
By the way, I was reading a few days ago a post of yours and you were referring to your Mediterranean Cypress.
May I ask you, is there any separate thread here on BNut about this tree which I was not successful to locate?
I am interested in your growing/designing method/technique
Thank you very much for your response, Sir!
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
No, those were just Cypresses as landscape plantings, nothing in pots.By the way, I was reading a few days ago a post of yours and you were referring to your Mediterranean Cypress.
May I ask you, is there any separate thread here on BNut about this tree which I was not successful to locate?
I am interested in your growing/designing method/technique
my nellie
Masterpiece
Thank you for your reply!
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
Ah ha, a challenge from Brian 
Now the question is it fridge winter every year or
once within four years?
Starts Jan/Feb.
Good Day
Anthony
*Sadly no Zuisho from seeds.
Now the question is it fridge winter every year or
once within four years?
Starts Jan/Feb.
Good Day
Anthony
*Sadly no Zuisho from seeds.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
I think it has been in the ground since 2016, 4 growing seasons. I always get worried about growing pines in the ground because the roots tend to run away. So I dug it up today, and slightly overpotted it, without removing any roots. I’m hopeful it won’t skip a beat.
Dug:
the roots:
soil worked in:
Dug:
the roots:
soil worked in:
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
The graft is not bad, and maybe one day I’ll ground-layer it.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
10 years ago, I used rebar to straighten the trunk. You can still see the scars:
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
One last shot:
Nice!
it looks like it’s trying to “break out of” the juvenile bark. Just starting to develop cracks.
once it starts to crack open, and it starts to peel away, it’s helpful to peel the juvenile bark off, and expose the mature bark underneath. You won’t be able to get it all off at once, it takes a couple years, but peeling it accelerates having mature bark.
I have three zuishou, two in the middle stages of “peeling” and one just starting.
you just peel the grey junenile bark off once. The mature bark underneath, you leave alone.
it looks like it’s trying to “break out of” the juvenile bark. Just starting to develop cracks.
once it starts to crack open, and it starts to peel away, it’s helpful to peel the juvenile bark off, and expose the mature bark underneath. You won’t be able to get it all off at once, it takes a couple years, but peeling it accelerates having mature bark.
I have three zuishou, two in the middle stages of “peeling” and one just starting.
you just peel the grey junenile bark off once. The mature bark underneath, you leave alone.
0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
This is just a zuisho specific thing?
I’m not sure. The only ones I’ve done it to are Zuishou. But I don’t know why it wouldn’t apply to other JWP as well. But... I need to ask. Boon has mentioned the technique to me twice, but both times the subject was a zuishou.
erich_raudebaugh
Shohin
Thanks Brian. I have a Kokonoe JWP that needs thickening and I'll use this progression for reference. The needles are about the same size, so I hope that it reacts in a similar way.
They’re very similar, both are considered “dwarf” pines. I have both cultivars.
I asked Boon, and he says it applies to all JWP.
