Nice to see you work on young Scots pines, which are so much more common as a native species in the West than the Japanese black pines (nice though they are). I think that the "double-flush-fever" overtakes some folks with bonsai.
@raynorris1353 ай бұрын
Thanks Eric
@gaiabonsaicornwall5 ай бұрын
I am finding all your videos so helpful. I am jusst a begineer with growing Pines and am learning so much from your videos and very clear, detailed instruction. Thank you :-)
@glas97917 ай бұрын
I’ve found my young scots grow very high as 2-3 year olds. Lots of energy into height with the 1st year node super low. I do have lots of buds throughout for the spring so interested to see how those turn out
@jang.11857 ай бұрын
Well, these are really nice seedlings. Next year I will try to cut back my scots pines to possibly get some back budding. It should work if I cut the tips from the new growth. One year needless will keep the brunches alive and the new buds should appear. But anyway I need to bring some new seedlings and I must try to make them look more like yours :) So, possibly, after one year I will trim these back and hopefully I will get more brunches to work with.
@9daywonda7 ай бұрын
Hope you have a shapely and prosperous new year ERIC.
@phillipwaterman57217 ай бұрын
Nice one Eric keep up the great work thanks
@peterjohnson3507 ай бұрын
Great video as always. This will inspire me to try to grow some from seed. Happy New Year.
@DavesBonsai7 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this video. Excellent information! Thanks!
@matshagstrom98397 ай бұрын
Eric, Good topic and as usual an excellent presentation. There seem to be a lot of seed variety but little information on expected differences from trees from so many regions. I have some with very short needles. I think the seed source was Auvergne France, I find them very easy to bend with wire but it takes longer for the branch or trunk to hold its shape even after wire has grown into the bark. To me they seem more resistent to root rot than JBP. they do produce a lot of branches at nodes esp if pruned. I like growing them. I would love to find a source describing all the genetic variations. Scheffield's seed company must have seeds from 30 geographic areas of seed for pinus Sylvestris
@edmanescurc28237 ай бұрын
Excellent video like always, Eric,very informative! Where can we buy those plastic grow bags? I've browsed your website and I didn't find them.
@Bonsaify7 ай бұрын
I've been getting them from leftcoastbonsai.com. I may start carrying them on the site in the future but John can help now.
@morriganflorabonsai7 ай бұрын
😍😍😍
@BeesBonsai7 ай бұрын
Would these grow ok in Northern Florida? We still get a decent amount of chill hours and nights in the low 30s so I was thinking about giving them a try.
@jkleczewski7 ай бұрын
Zones 2-9, the USDA re-configured the zones recently: planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/ North Florida looks to be OK to try...
@Bonsaify7 ай бұрын
We're in Zone 10a and they do fine also. They are so widely spread across Europe and Asia that it seems like they can handle diverse conditions - another plus in terms of them being good bonsai. There is a range map on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_sylvestris
@BeesBonsai7 ай бұрын
@@jkleczewski appreciate it!
@BeesBonsai7 ай бұрын
@@Bonsaify Sounds good, will give them a try. Thanks!
@lolpwndk7 ай бұрын
Would you do the same type of work on red pines?
@Bonsaify7 ай бұрын
Yes - for 1-3 year old red pines, the work would be nearly identical. When red pines are older you decandle them like black pines - where with Scots pines you use the spring bud-shortening technique like a Japanese white pine. Bjorn ( Eisei-en Bonsai )did a great video about the technique last year I think. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX3HhqOrmNhoq6s
@atomartin7 ай бұрын
Hi, how scots pines react on such hard root pruning?
@charlotteruiloba55435 ай бұрын
Hi Eric, in your experience which pine develops a thicker trunk faster between the Scots and JBP?
@Bonsaify5 ай бұрын
I don't think I could say. I have about 100 scots pines growing out in 6" colanders, they seem to be about the same. Some are larger some smaller, but not a clear winner in terms of girth.
@brucedeacon287 ай бұрын
👍👌🙂
@raynorris1353 ай бұрын
What mix are you using in the grow bags it looks like bark and pumice?
@Bonsaify3 ай бұрын
Perlite / Coco. But 60% perlite, 20% bark and 20% coco is my newer mix. Pumice would be fine rather than perlite as long as you wash/sift away as much dust/residue as possible.
@mowgli103947 ай бұрын
What soil mix did you use for the grow bags ?
@Bonsaify7 ай бұрын
60% perlite, 20% coco coir and 20% fir bark. I've been playing with more bark for pines to keep the pH lower. I may need to do another soil video soon...
@mowgli103947 ай бұрын
@@Bonsaify great thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly, I really appreciate it
@Slippedndipped7 ай бұрын
Whats a whorl?
@GritCityBonsai7 ай бұрын
A whorl is where a group of branches all grow from the same area on the trunk. If left unchecked it will cause inverse taper in bonsai. It is very common in pines.
@Slippedndipped7 ай бұрын
@@GritCityBonsai Thank you, I fixed my spelling error. Excellent explanation.