Scots Pine Advice
Hi all
So this is my second line I am working on. I managed to pick this up at a good price, initially as a garden tree. My intentions started for it to go in the front garden with several other pines.
However following giving it a clean out of dead needles on a mass of branches, that has also caused some ugly balls throughout the trunk.
I started to like the trunk line and started to see some potential, thinking was literati style.
Giving its a Scots Pine I thought it was also a good tree to learn on.
This has lead me onto doing some, initial wiring and removal of around 40% to 50% of the branches. I am now leaving the tree to grow out and adjust for at least the next season.
Any advice would be welcome regarding the initial structure addressing the spots of reverse taper and further removal of branches. The chop stick shows the front I was thinking of before the wiring but now I am unsure.
The tree is roughly 3 to 3.5foot not including the pot.
Some future plans I am think of now also include possible looking at attempting some bends in the trunk. To enhance the slight bends already there.
We are just going into our last month of Autumn here in the UK. So escuse the wet pictures.
Thank you
T
Thank you for you message, I was thinking that myself. However, given that it's a tree that I could learn with as it grows. I have decided to challenge myself with the purpose of learning more techniques possibly if I am brave enough in a few years, maybe wedge cuts.
I have done somemore work on the tree this week. Mainly putting a lot more movement into the top section of the tree. The needles are very long at the moment so I am trying to imagine this with shorter needles as I work.
Being the first time I am starting with nursery stock on a pine. I am reluctant to reduce the branches anymore.
I am now looking to leave it to grow out next season. (UK)
Any pointers or though on where I have stopped so far would be great.
Thanks again all appreciate it.
Thank you for you message, I was thinking that myself. However, given that it's a tree that I could learn with as it grows. I have decided to challenge myself with the purpose of learning more techniques possibly if I am brave enough in a few years, maybe wedge cuts.
I have done somemore work on the tree this week. Mainly putting a lot more movement into the top section of the tree. The needles are very long at the moment so I am trying to imagine this with shorter needles as I work.
Being the first time I am starting with nursery stock on a pine. I am reluctant to reduce the branches anymore.
I am now looking to leave it to grow out next season. (UK)
Any pointers or though on where I have stopped so far would be great.
Thanks again all appreciate it.
Looking at the tickness of the trunk, the branch placement and lack of flowing lines I would recommend this tree would become a informal opright. Anything else would, in my humble opinion, fight against the tree. I would just repot the tree at the end of winter this year or the next. Making sure to plant it a bit more upright and start refining it. You will get a great tree that way.