Hi All
Thanks in advance for your help.
I am a bit concerned after buying a Japenese White Pine from a gentleman who collects pines for garden trees.
I bought the tree home and took for granted that the tree was in good health due to the growth on top. So after hard pruning and a first shaping of the tree to address shape and reverse taper as all candles had been left to grow. The plan was to then let the tree develop
A couple of weeks later we had rain and the drainage wasn't the best. So I ended up removing all the soil due to the smell.and amount of dead roots.
I am a bit concerned I have now over stressed the tree.
Great thank you, thats a great help. I think I have applied too many. Principles all at once and not pine specific either.
The original was very top dominant and all candles had been left you to grow out so there was alot of swelling on top branches. I did take the multiple branches where swelli g hasn't started as well though.
Great thanks
I have repotted in a mix of peat, pine bark, molar clay and akadama for good drainage. Due to the state of the roots, I used what I had to hand as I was planning on slip potting, just opening the roots slightly.
I have also planted it in the ground in a bottomless pot. The soil mix I mentioned above is the same volume under the pot as in the pot. Under that is clay.
The original plan was to develop the tree further, thickening the trunk and main structure. Followed by ramification of the lower branches then cutting the sacrificial branches.
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A very open mix (check out the mixes online what others use). I use searles bonsai mix, akadama and diatomite 2:1:1ratio plus a good drink of seasol gold about 2/3-3/4 strength😬