Forest Scots Pine

Thanks Andy. It'll be a while before its ready though. See you tomorrow.

i know it might sound pretty cheesy but i hope that i am lucky enuff to have the talant that you have some day. beautiful tree and sketch.

Nothing cheesy about that. If we dont aspire to something, we never progress. When I first started, I never thought I would create anything that would inspire others. What you really need is an unhealthy obsession with bonsai. That helps alot. That said, there are loads of artists who inspire me and always will be. Thanks for the compliment.

nice tree!, also nice drawing!.
I really wish to work on pine but all pine in Thailand are long needle and many place are forbidden to yamodori . this reason make the pine are not popular here as we don't know the correct season to do any thing with them.

i am still very new to bonsai, i was wondering how "thick" of a cuttling can you take from scots pine? and after you take the cuttling do you have to use root hormone on scots pines? i guess what im trying to ask is can you just cut off a branch and put it in some soil? also can you get a bigger tree to start out with if you air-layer scots pine? i have been told that air-layering takes a LONG time on pines, is this true? sorry about all the questions but i really want a nice pine in my collection some day and your scots are just stunning. also i think in buffalo i can have a nice scots pine grow good here. thank you for your time.

Pines in general cannot be grown from cuttings.....
Your best bet is to buy seedlings or young trees from a nursery.

will baddeley wrote:Smithy. This tree started life as a large cutting. 3 years in the ground and 4 in a pot. When I originally posted this tree (first Autumn Colour) everyone said what a good tree pot combination it was. Fashion Eh!!! That pot is soooooo 2009!!!!
Sorry this was posted on the wrong thread. Cant delete it for some reason?

it says he started this as a cutting. that means you can just snip a branch off and dip end in root hormone and it will grow?

That post was an accident. He was talking about a different tree.

stavros wrote:Pines in general cannot be grown from cuttings.....
Your best bet is to buy seedlings or young trees from a nursery.

so is their an exception to the rule? or almost all pines dont respond to root hormone?

Sorry for the confusing post. I don't know of any pines that can be raised from cuttings. They are also very poor at airlayering. The Japanese raise Pines from "cuttings" but this is different from what we call cuttings. They grow Pines from seed and wait for a change in stem colour and then remove the root. This gives a better, more even future root spread.

I see, thanks for the explaination. Hope to see alot more of this beauitful tree.

The needles in the middle of the picture, have now got little red buds. By pruning at the end of July/ begining of August, there is enough strong daylight to help with the formation of these buds. Good feeding too.

Very beautiful and worked with a lot of skill !

Very beatiful tree Will , whish you the best for the future .
Just one question , removing the old needles and pruning the bubs on the and of the branches is a work which you do at the same time of the year? (autumn )

Best regards Lazaros.

There are always exceptions that "prove the rule". This is from Brent's Evergreen Gardenworks

Pinus parviflora 'Zuisho' This is a short needled bluish green cultivar, greener than most others. It is rather slow growing, and slower from grafts than our other cultivars. The claim to fame for 'Zuisho' is that it can be grown from cuttings, although it is difficult. Stems are thinner and internodes longer on this cultivar than most of the others, although with age it does form a nice thick trunk. Grafting to Pinus thunbergii helps it form thicker stems with more vigor.

I did the seedling cutting trick with my Japanese Black Pines and it proved easy and works surprisingly well.

will baddeley wrote:I found this old photo this evening. Probably a year after collection.

Will, great tree and great work. When I saw this pic, I was instantly reminded of a Ponderosa pine I picked up this spring. I'll have to keep this in mind as I develop it over the coming years.







Dave

Hombre wrote:Very beatiful tree Will , whish you the best for the future .
Just one question , removing the old needles and pruning the bubs on the and of the branches is a work which you do at the same time of the year? (autumn )

Best regards Lazaros.

Hello Hombre. Removing the old needles need only be done if you are wiring the tree. I plucked the needles as I dont need buds below the tufts of needles I have left. If you want to wire and you want backbudding, then cut the needles with scissors. This preserves the tiny, dormant buds between the pairs of needles.

Thank you Will for useful information.

Hello Dave. I see why you posted your Pine, they are very similar. Long term I think yours has better qualities. Better taper and bark. Look forward to its development.

Very nice pine! It has a lot of character for a tree that came out of a commercial forest You have done well with it and the ramification is looking very nice!

Brian

Thankyou Brian. The Forestry Commision, who own a lot of our commercial woodland, allow clubs and individuals to collect trees that are contorted, self sewn and under 2 feet(600mm), because they aren't of commercial value.

G'Day Will...

What a marvelous documentery...and what a treasure trove of info on pines for anyone wanting to learn about develloping pine bonsai...

Great tree...great work...and great presentation.

Top drawer Will...

Pat...the Stranger Wearing the White Hat (the barber takes some of ir each time I visit) Riding off Wildly on his White Horse...in ALL Directions...

Hello Pat. Thankyou for your comments. The information is for Scots Pine and some other 2 needle Pines, not for all Pines. I think that Sylvestris is the best of all the Pines for bonsai, due to its ability to back bud, its relatively short needles and more delicate twigs and branches.

@Will

Such a keen eye in time!!!
Thanx for youre patience,....and the sharing of it!

I do learn a lot from a distance!

grtzz....Machiel....who just returned from spain....and was at high altitudes..........i realy need that defender.....hahaha

littleart-fx wrote:@Will

Such a keen eye in time!!!
Thanx for youre patience,....and the sharing of it!

I do learn a lot from a distance!

grtzz....Machiel....who just returned from spain....and was at high altitudes..........i realy need that defender.....hahaha

Hello Machiel. Great to see you back and posting again. Good time in Spain?