Good spot for dwarf Pinus thunbergii?
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Comments (15)'Herb Kelly's Dwarf' not sure of the name on this one. It could just be a temporary name because the name was in [brackets].. It appears to be darkening in its green color, which makes it very choice. -Sam...See MorePinus thunbergii thunderhead water everyday?
Comments (15)I love these debates about soil amendments.However, much as I respect scientific research and their findings, I'm also a strong believer in personal experience. Many gardeners have compost heaps and return to the land what the plants and/or the animals got out of it. It's part of the satisfaction of gardening.Not everyone owns a well drained piece of land wich was grazing pasture for horses some years ago.When I started planting this plot of land ten years ago I was bending the prongs on my garden fork, wrestling with rocks and hard,bone dry clay. I'd call my wife when I came across a worm, just so she could see for herself. I wasn't going to wait until I had dug over and composted the whole site, so I started planting some shrubs and some fruit trees plus also conifers in the last four years or so;some bare root, some B&B and many container-grown plants.I have always made large & deeply-dug planting holes, to wich are added a barrowload of compost, a handful of superphosphate and some Magnesium sulphate. Now we have lots of earthworms.I call them the Labour Party.They tunnel their way through the garden and, if I were a tree root, I would follow them, through these thousands of galleries in wich they leave their worm-casts, for my root-hairs to feed upon and send back the minerals to the mother-plant. Slowly, the planting holes are becoming one as the garden gets fuller.I do not regret putting life back in the soil. Also, on one or two occasions I was too hasty and planted in smaller holes, with the soil 'as is'. These mostly turned out to be the losers - but not always. T. PS. I'm eagerly awaiting better weather conditions as I too have a small 'Thunderhead' still to plant....See MorePinus thunbergii for zone 8?
Comments (12)I have a Pinus thunbergii 40ft tall. My neighbor had one about 12 ft. tall that a borer killed. It went in just above ground level. Mine is OK...so far. I may saw it down before one of the two leaders starting at about 20 ft. splits off and falls where I don't want it to fall. If one half goes the other half is sure to follow. I'm not particularly thrilled with it anyway, because of it's dull green color. Austrian black pines are much better looking, especially trimmed niwaki style. Mike...See MorePinus Thunbergii-life span?
Comments (12)I can't figure out if it is just the size or just the age of the tree or both, just what is it? If just the size then the dwarf cultivars would theoretically work I'm thinking. I have wanted to try some of the dwarfs, maybe let them grow and then cut them down when they get ratty/infested. Are the mexican pines afflicted too?...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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