Hi everyone was just curious if I kept my white pine in this entry if it would be OK? It's unheated and bright when the weather's nice. I ask because at the minute my garden is windy and havnt got anywere sheltered for my pine out of the wind

Any advice is appreciated thankyou

Pines grow naturally in wind exposed areas. I would not worry about the wind as long as it is not a storm that can move or knock down the pot. When it is windy like that it is good to find a place sheltered from the wind outdoors. If a hurricane is coming your way obviously you will need to bring it indoors.

Pines needs a lot of light, that area may not be as light as you may think. Get yourself one of those lux meter apps and caompare the area with outdoors. The result you will get may shock you.

Thats great advice thankyou. I just wasn't sure with the soil either tbh because it's not to well driving and with the rain I didn't want it getting water logged and kill it. As its not the right time to repot im told.

JWP are indeed sensitive to wet conditions and root rot. However most JWP is grafted on japanese black pine root stock. JBP is far more tolerant to wet conditions and should not be a problem. So what is your case? Grafted or on its own roots?

I'm not sure of what my rootstock is. I have only had the tree a few days. Is there a way of telling?

Take a photo of the first 20 cm of the trunk above soil and add to this thread and I think at least someone can tell.

Close up of the trunk for possible identification.

Yes, grafted.

How can you tell?

The white pine have light smooth bark, the black pine have much darker bark with ruff texture on it. You can clearly see that the lower trunk have a lot more rugged bark than the rest of the tree. That is the japanese black pine part of it. Sometimes it is hard to tell, but I have never seen any more obvious graft before.