Pine tree dilemma
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Oh great! I’m glad they helped!
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Looks like a white pine trying to do a black pine's job. I vote for leaving it and let the guy
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Bonsai are supposed to be small. That's just a giant bonsai. I think it will grow upright by itself, but I sure as heck wouldn't pay an arborist to prune it every year for shaping. Interesting for him, expensive for you.
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I like to take a class or something and learn to do it my self. Maybe YiuRube vids?
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I think I'd start small. That's a pretty expensive conifer to cut your teeth on.
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@Mik said in Pine tree dilemma:
Bonsai are supposed to be small. That's just a giant bonsai.
Yes bonsai are supposed to be small — bon means tray, sai means cultivate, so bonsai is cultivating a little tree in a tray.
That being said, Japanese gardens often have shaped pine trees, they’re very popular.
I think that’s what Steve is going for. Hence his willing ness to pay someone to expertly prune it for him. Which makes lot of sense to me.
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@ShiroKuro At least the first time. Once it get a basic shape I can probably maintain it myself. The trick seems to be to proceed slowly and cautiously with a vision as to the desired final form. They grow very slowly and there is plenty of time.
I’ll let it overwinter and address it in the Spring.
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@Steve-Miller said in Pine tree dilemma:
They grow very slowly and there is plenty of time.
Good point!
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Do you know which cultivar the pine is?
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I think it’s a White Pine “Baldwin”
Pinus parviflora 'Baldwin'
