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First and foremost hello everyone, this is my first topic despite being an avid reader of this forum.

I come to you because earlier this evening as I was coming back home I found this tree near the trash close to my house. My guess is that someone dug it out of their property and just threw it away.

As I inspected it I noticed it had a fairly long tap root which had been cut. However a few finer roots (about 2-3mm thick and quite long) were still attached.

So I put it in my car and prepared a pot and planted the tree with some universal compost I had around.

This is the tree which I believe to be a maritime pine (pinus pinaster).

Would you recommend me please on how to care for this tree? I would like to train it into a bonsai later on, how would you suggest I approach it?

Thanks in advance

Hey, welcome, nice first post.

Just to lower your expectations.. Pine are very hardy and can deal with a lot. One thing they cannot deal with well is.. Root trauma. So I do not really expect this to pull through. THat being said.. Not is the right time of year for transplanting pine so you might get lucky.

As I kill pines very easily I will not comment on how to care for it, except for the recommendation to not water much. Pine roots and their symbiotic partner prefer a slightly (!) dry soil. Not cement-workers hands dry, but still..

Contrary to Leatherback ( who is a much better bonsaiist than me) I have no problems with pines. As he said, time to transplant is good, but now you have to leave it alone, if you manage to keep it alive that already will be an achievement. Just water it, keep a close eye on it. No wires, no pruning ( it needs all the foiliage mass now). If and when healthy in 2-3 years you can start thinking about doing something bonsai-ish.

Put it this way the tree has two chances. You are losing nothing by trying, at least it has a chance if slim. You could be lucky and it was not out of the ground too long. I wish you luck,

Thank you for your replies. Despite not know whether the tree was left outside for too long, the weather had been a bit rainy so at least it was wet when I collected it. Let's see how things go.

Despite the long trunk maybe I could make it budback and turn it into something bonsai'ish in the future, as someone said.

edit: I come from the coastal Portugal and the weather here is really (seriously) humid. Almost never drops below 60% during the day, even if it's sunny outside, so I guess that'll be a factor. I'll be watering this tree probably once every week or so.