I dug these up this year, and they seem to be doing well. Today I noticed these things on the tips of the candles
And more importantly, does this mean the trees are hao and healthy?
Thanks
Did they already push out new spring growth? If not, my guess is that these are this year’s spring growth which is a bit weak and late due to the tree being dug. I repotted a couple of pines this spring that had been neglected for several years in their boxes that that is how they are behaving.
Here’s a picture from shortly after i dug them up… i was assuming that they had already pushed me growth, but I’m new the pine trees
Those short needles have all become much longer
I agree that those look like the spring candles. Do you know what type of pine? Some will push a second growth - some reliably, others in response to a change.
I have had young vigorous Scots pines puch twice in the same season before. This looks like the same thing. I have a photo somewhere from 4ish years ago.
They are apparently Short Leaf Pines
Short leaf pine (P. echinata) has the same basic range as loblolly pine (P. taeda) and will hybridize with it - hybrids look more like short leaf pine (Wikipedia). Mirai lists P. taeda as multiflush pine so I am betting that P. echinata would be a multiflush pine at least one that will multiflush part of the time.
Yeah, i read that i thought the same thing. So, as per Randy Knight (Night?), I haven’t touched it as far as pruning or bending, and it can still double flush? Also, is this a good sign (or maybe stress related? )
I am guessing a combination of stress (being dug) and good growing conditions (oxygen to the roots and any fertlization you may have done).
Well, I take that as encouraging then! Thanks for your replys
If that yamadori is a Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata) then the light blue-green flush is a secondary or tertiary flush that can emerge from needle nodes as well as dormant buds back on old bark (like at the base of the trunk). I have been collecting this species for some time now and that is very normal behavior from them. SLP’s are not exactly double flush, they are multi-flush. I have had as many as 5 flushes in a season, and three flushes is quite common (in my region, SW Missouri).
Here is a link to a thread on the species | Pinus echinata | Short Leaf Pine | General Inquiry
Also, here is a video from Bjron Bjornholm working on one of my SLP Yamadori that was shown at the 2023 US National Bonsai Exhibition | Bunjin Pine Bonsai - Experimental Techniques | Bonsai-U
