darrellw

Hi Steve,

First of all, Welcome!

Are these Japanese Black Pine, or Austrian Black Pine?

Have you read Brent Walston's blog, and black pine articles on the Evergreen Gardenworks site?

http://bonsainurseryman.typepad.com/bonsainurseryman/
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/pines.htm
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/pines2.htm

You will have to search back through Brent's blog entries, but there is a wealth of information there.

-Darrell