Theydin't calloys the samee way, but jepping rhe tree growing strongly works very well

They don't callous the same way, but getting the tree growing strongly works very well.

How'd I do John?  (And if I'm right, how'd you get "jepping" from "getting"?)

ONe of my friends just returned from Japan, he told me a funny thing, the japanese don't repot pines as frequently as "most" of the western world does. He told me that they don't repot pines for 5 years, or much more even up to 20 years, to let the soil mature and keep the tree growing strong. How often do you guys repot your pines?

Mr John Kirby, Owen, Mr Adair ?

best regards
Herman

I know that Daniel Robinson doesn't repot his pines... like ever.  Course his are older trees.

Hi guys,

so, of course the age of the pine would play a factor in how frequently it is repotted? wouldn't it slow growth down if a young tree is repotted on a 2 year cycle? most of my black pines are under 15 years old, and every time I've repotted them it has slowed them down considerably for that growing season, only regaining the lost vigor in the second growing season after repotting. Wouldnt it speed up developement, if a pine in developement has 4-6 years of uninterupted growth before repotting it? certainly this would mean that the soil mix should not break down for a very long time....

kind regards
Herman

I am in the middle of repotting pines, most haven 't been repotted for at least 6 years, one 9 years. Funny thing is, despite the warnings of the turface crowd, the Akadama is in good shape.... And thse trees spent years in rapid, repeated , freeze-thaw cycles in NW Arkansas and here in the Connecticut deep freeze. Boon and I repotted for a week, I have another 20 or so older pines to do, then about 100 from Colanders to bigger colanders.

Next year, I'll repot this tree to get the front oriented correctly in the pot. I'll also be raising it a little. I purposely potted it a little deep when I moved it out of the Anderson flat. It will make the trunk appear even broader at the bottom!

To help heal the scars, I've applied the clay type cut paste. I did some carving of the heartwood so the calous can grow over without creating a bulge. Growing a strong apex leader will also help heal old wounds. I'm going to let the apex run untouched. The side sacrifice, the old one, will be pinched back. I need to force the tree to shift its energy away from this old sacrifice branch to the other parts of the tree.

No problem, Herman.

I should go out an take a picture today to record the progress.  It's a strange looking bird right now.  Some candles on the sacrifice branches and branches I'm growing out for possible future approach grafts have long needles and long candles ( 4 inch needles, 6 inch and extending candles, long internodes).  Areas that I've decandled in the past, so there's much more ramification, have short needles and short candles (1.5 inch needles 1 inch candles, short internodes).

Boon says I can decandle the approach graft branches this year.  So, that will help.