Decandling a shohin sunless pine – Bonsai Tonight

I wrapped up my decandling for the 12 months by eradicating the unique shoots from a diminutive sunless pine final weekend. I waited somewhat unhurried to decandle the tree as there’s a huge gamble I’ll snarl it in the upcoming Bay Island Bonsai snarl and I didn’t desire the unique needles to be too prolonged.

Shohin sunless pine – 19 years current

The tree tends to advance out somewhat evenly so I don’t attain powerful to steadiness the vigor beyond pulling extra needles from the head branches. As you may perchance perchance well see from the photograph below, most of the interior shoots are outmoded – these I didn’t decandle.

Much less lively interior shoots

The distinction between the prolonged spring needles and quick summer needles from the old 12 months always cracks me up.

Apex decandled

Apex and front branches decandled

As the decandling work went rapidly, I had time to rewire the tree. Listed below are the branches old to and after wiring.

Decandling total – old to wiring

After wiring – 6″

Though the tree has the elemental silhouette I’m looking out out for, there are plenty of branches I’d like to sever or rob away – refined adjustments that may perchance pork up the tree and back care for it diminutive – but because of an snarl looms forward, I erred on the aspect of leaving the tree chubby and ought to wait to attain more critical cutback subsequent February.

Uncommon what it seems to be as if to decandle a diminutive pine? For fogeys that haven’t considered it, here’s a video from when I decandled the tree final 12 months.