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Posted 6 years 11 months ago #32888
Hi guys. I'm wanting my first pine! Should i choose a Japanese White pine or a black pine?

I'm also for sure getting a red pine. But unsure of the above.

My experience is NIL but i'm reading and studying alot on them
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Posted 6 years 11 months ago #32889

Driver170 wrote: Hi guys. I'm wanting my first pine! Should i choose a Japanese White pine or a black pine?


As your experience is nil, I would not choose a black pine, and most certainly not a (japanese) white pine.
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Posted 6 years 11 months ago #32899
We have got to start somewhere!

I got a JWP starter tree
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Posted 6 years 11 months ago #32916

Driver170 wrote: We have got to start somewhere!
I got a JWP starter tree


You can't run before you can walk. Starting with a difficult tree is just not a good idea.
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Posted 6 years 11 months ago #32920
Cheers for the support guys ;)
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Posted 6 years 11 months ago #32922

Driver170 wrote: Its a bonsai starter tree

www.kaizenbonsai.com/japanese-white-pine...-bonsai-starter-tree


"bonsai starter tree" does not make it anything less than a pine. The tree doesn't know it is a "bonsai starter tree". All the tree knows is that it is a white pine. It will grow like any other white pine, it will have the same needs as any other white pine, and it will be as difficult to tame as any other white pine. Did you already buy it? why not consider an easier species?
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Posted 6 years 11 months ago #32924
Yeh i got it. I'm obsessed with pine trees :)

I have many ficus plants and one Chinese Elm
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Posted 6 years 11 months ago #32926

Driver170 wrote: Yeh i got it. I'm obsessed with pine trees :)

I have many ficus plants and one Chinese Elm


Well. Good luck with your pine! :)
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