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hello stime sorry for the delay in response. This is my first white pine , iv had it now for 1 year . iv repotted it this spring in to kiru and a hand full of chipped bark into a cream pot . its in full sun from 1 ish and needs constant monitoring for water in summer . i feed it on green dream organic feed once a month ish . Im wondering if any one can give me advice on needle pinching and when to do it , well basically how to look after it LOL thx , hoooo yer i live in the durham area   Uploaded with ImageShack.us  Uploaded with ImageShack.us  Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Looks good in its new pot and location
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Pinus parviflora are happy to have the planting medium almost dry out from time to time. I say almost because it obviously must not dry out completely. Candles will be appearing now. When individual needle shapes are first seen, reduce the candles by a half in the faster growing top areas and by a third lower down where extension is slower. This is not a particularly fast growing tree although your's seems to have been grafted onto P. thunbergii which does increase the virility somewhat. Two year old, long needles are removed in October or thereabouts to allow light into the interior and encourage back budding. Its fairly obvious that pines do best in open types of medium. In fact some are grown in what can only be called dirty grit. LOL These are only broad ideas for keeping pines happy. Did you read the link that I sent to you which is rather more specialised?
Don't be offended but the majority of your trees seem to be nicely balanced left and right but lack back branches to give depth and perspective. This is often the case where ideas have come from pictures which do not show side views which can be misleading. Branches pointing forward toward the viewer are best restricted to the top third of the tree but back branches should be spaced evenly up the trunk. You have an eye for form and I hope to hear much more from you. =Don.
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| thank u very much for your help don . The pine info was very useful and looking at the candels extending now . I thought it had been grafted when i bought it last year , i didn't have a pine and that one just seem to fit the bill . As for form , thanks again im looking at some of me trees differently now and iv been putting then on different angels in me garden so i can get side views as im walking past .
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