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Posted 8 years 6 months ago #23150
Hi guys. I found this pine in nature behind a factory. I know it will be destroyed eventually as it will come in the way, so I decided to take it in March/April 2017. It's around 180cm (70in) now. I like the taper and the thick base. I never took such a straight upward one so does anybody have any suggestion about how to style it in the future (with a lot of grafting I guess). Should I just go with a formal upright style? Would any of you dare something different and unexpected with this one?
Any picture or hand drawing would be appreciated.
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Posted 8 years 6 months ago #23153
If you want to get this tree, I assume you have an idea what to do with it.

I would not bother.
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Posted 8 years 6 months ago #23198
Just a idea......why not look into raftting it?
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Posted 8 years 6 months ago #23224
I absolutely agreed with your idea and started looking for pictures of the rafting style, but came across this (in attached) more literati style. I'll go for it although it will take a long time... hoping that it survives the transplant first.
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Posted 8 years 6 months ago #23226

This is what I'm talking about . Lay the tree down and make a forest out of it
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Posted 8 years 6 months ago #23227
But what you showed is cool to
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Posted 8 years 6 months ago #23229
I think it's going to be quite hard to turn a pine into a juniper.
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Posted 8 years 6 months ago #23230
Never saw a nice raft with such a straight trunk. But a raft in a 30 degree angle might work. It will be a pleasurable dilemma if it survives the transplant.
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Posted 8 years 6 months ago #23235
I think you all both being a bit ambitious.
Here's what I think of your ideas:

Winter: The literati tree that you showed will have had a much more elaborate and curvy trunk. Either that or it had a thin trunk that was wired and allowed to grow for a decade. Ken's tree is far too thick and boring for that.

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Those trees also had thinner or more interesting trunks than Ken's.

Winter:
While you are correct about the trunk being too straight, it is also too thick to bend at all, never mind to the degrees that those trees were bent.

I might suggest the cut and grow technique (or any others that you can find on this website):


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Posted 8 years 6 months ago #23240
名媛直播Learner,
I am not sure what do you mean by using the cut and grow technique in this case. It is suitable for species that backbud easily, but this is a pine.
Most of all - what is the final stile you would suggest?
I guess the most expected idea would be a formal or slanting.
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