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I have heard of using ponderosa pine (OB.com preference), black pine (Gary Wood preference), red pine (Mike Hagedorn suggestion), scots pine (Nick Lenz preference) and even white pine (Boon suggestion). The most common is using black pine, though.

I personally would rather keep the tree as natural as possible, and use time & ramification to reduce the needles - they will be somewhat long and possibly always have the yellow/grey sickness look to them, but that is the nature of the beast. Should I ever graft one of my ponderosas, I will first look to genetically short needled ponderosas first (I actually have one) and then black pine second.

27-Nov-2006	#2
rlist bonsaiTALK Adept Join Date: Dec-2005 Country: USA USDA Zone: Zone 8a AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 227	I have heard of using ponderosa pine (OB.com preference), black pine (Gary Wood preference), red pine (Mike Hagedorn suggestion), scots pine (Nick Lenz preference) and even white pine (Boon suggestion). The most common is using black pine, though. I personally would rather keep the tree as natural as possible, and use time & ramification to reduce the needles - they will be somewhat long and possibly always have the yellow/grey sickness look to them, but that is the nature of the beast. Should I ever graft one of my ponderosas, I will first look to genetically short needled ponderosas first (I actually have one) and then black pine second. __________________ NW Oregon, Zone 8a Check out my new blog here... Both gold and muck come out of the same shaft...