{"id":366,"date":"2013-03-17T21:56:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T10:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/?p=366"},"modified":"2013-03-17T21:56:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T10:56:28","slug":"black-pine-seedlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/?p=366","title":{"rendered":"Black pine seedlings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I pricked out the last of this year’s black pine seedlings.\u00a0Correct treatment of the roots at this early stage\u00a0pays dividends later with better rootsystems to give superior nebari on your bonsai.\u00a0These photos show my methods.\u00a0These are quite advanced seedlings. Another post shows my technique with much younger seedlings but it is possible to pot up seedlings at any stage. the important thing for future nebari is to restrain vertical roots and promote well branched radial roots so cut downward roots hard.<\/p>\n

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After trimming roots<\/p><\/div>\n

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Seedlings with strong rootsystems are easy to work with.<\/p>\n

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Some have sparse roots but should still be cut back to encourage more lateral roots.<\/p>\n

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sparse roots<\/p><\/div>\n

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I usually trim the tops of strong seedlings when pruning the roots. I am not sure whether this is strictly necessary (another research project?) but has been generally recommended by bonsai experts as a way of taking the stress off the plant while it has a reduced root system. I am now using the shoots I prune off as cuttings. see previous post for more about this.<\/p>\n

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before trimming the top<\/p><\/div>\n

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cut back excess top to reduce stress<\/p><\/div>\n

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Spread the roots as best you can when potting the seedlings but they can be rearranged next year if necessary then water them in well and place the pots in a sheltered location for a few days for the plants to adjust and recover.<\/p>\n

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Seedlings should be watered well after potting up<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I pricked out the last of this year’s black pine seedlings.\u00a0Correct treatment of the roots at this early stage\u00a0pays dividends later with better rootsystems to give superior nebari on your bonsai.\u00a0These photos show my methods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,1,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-propagation","category-repotting","category-uncategorized","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}