What do you do with a large pine?

This large tall nursery pine challenges whether to make bonsai or Niwaki.

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[roninmethods]

Unloosening the belt. I love that analogy.

[handsandwiches]

Always learning lot's of great tips from peter,

[leeslife]

I was sitting there screaming bonsai bonsai !! Good decision Peter ! Love it.

[lizardmanx]

This whole video had me smiling ☺️ How fun of a video you have made, fun and useful :) Thank you

[lucyb]

I really enjoyed thinking along with you, Peter. It's still deep winter where I live and this video promotes thoughts of the coming spring...thank-you!

[CatPhD]

Peace and contentment. Harmony. Thank you for sharing with us.

[deepanjanbanerjee]

This is one of your best videos. Period !

[karensteigerwald]

You honor the tree by taking so much time deciding what would be best and most beautiful. 🌱

[NamTran-gbpc]

Thank you Peter ! Thank you for sharing your perspective. Your insights are truly valuable. Always looking forward to seeing your posts.

[jamesscott]

Great to see the thought process behind art, Thanks Mr H.

[barryrobbins]

Looks great. Glad you chose the bonsai.😊

[joescalise]

You are so right about everybody making gen They wreck a tree most of the time ugly. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the great videos

[laddieokelley]

You make a good point about the three-point shape of bonsai and ikebana. I love the pot you chose, though the shape makes it difficult to craft a fixing device. The result is pleasing and no doubt fragrant. A branch of holly or nandina berries would make a classic New Year arrangement. I missed doing that this year.

[matshagstrom]

Nice presentation.

I was thinking what I would do. I think I would have done this in stages over a couple of years. I would also chop the top primarily to reduce auxin production to allow better growth of the lower branches. I would trim distal foliage to get back budding. To me the biggest challenge the lack of proximal branch division and foliage and secondly the lack of trunk movement. If the tree will back bud I would keep branch division tight and close to the trunk. I may also choose a short trunk to emphasize the trunk girth as much as possible.

Always fun to see and hear your thinking process,

Thank you

[marker]

Truly a master tree tender, thank you for sharing your craft.

[joegarland]

That was a difficult decision Peter, not many people would have the knowledge to do what you have just created. Scoring the bark I guess would be mainly suitable for evergreen trees, I remember reading years ago that some Japanese master would hammer the bark to achieve a similar result. Thank you for the lesson in flower arranging also.

[stevenwarner]

Peter, You are such a "Balm" for me this time of year. So cold outside here in New Hampshire and here you are struggling with something similar to my "Blue Spruce" (semi bonsai) front lot anomaly from the Home Depot 15 years ago. Now 12 feet tall and a big ball of well, Blue Spruce, on a ten inch trunk, all of it six feet above the ground. I have trimmed twice and last year pruned from the trunk out but still just don't have the nerve for anything dramatic. The day will come. Maybe this Spring. This is inspirational. Thank you so much for this. 🙏. New Hampshire

[fungitorix]

Thanks for this very helpful video tutorial, Peter,

[MidniteSan]

Big tree, nice....thx for sharing Peter

[itmaslanka]

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could root pine cuttings !