# Small young japanese black pine

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [April 20, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/small-young-japanese-black-pine/5709 "2020-04-20T16:48:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trunksie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@Trunksie](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Trunksie)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/small-young-japanese-black-pine/5709/1 "2020-04-20T16:48:46Z")

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Hey Bonsai Mirai. Hope everyone is well.

I’m located in Sydney Australia

I have a question regarding what to do with this pine. It is very young small JBP and i want to know what i should do in reguards to the apex. I plan on developing this for the next ten years but becaise it is so yougn should i allow all the branchlets on the apex to grow over autumn and winter or sould needle pluck and select a branch and a new leader???

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**Author:** ![Twisted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Twisted](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Twisted)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/small-young-japanese-black-pine/5709/2 "2020-04-20T18:38:42Z")

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I would think about wiring some more movement into the lower 2/3 of the trunk and l plant it in the ground if you have the space available. Fertilise it over autumn and then begin again next spring.

It needs all the growth you can get and removing any needles at this stage would slow that down.