BonsaiSteve1

I have a Mugo pine I did some jin on about 3 weeks ago. I have a couple of questions on “jin-ing.” Since I did it, the tree has poured sticky sap, or pine pitch as I call it, out the branch and around it. This has slowed down, but there is a significant amount on the branch still.

Is this a normal process that will stop once the branch has completely died?

Is there a way of removing the pitch, or will it eventually lose its stickiness and go away?

The jin-ing process is to cut the cambium so the branch dies, correct? Do I need to put some of the lime-sulfur jin seal on the branches? What exactly does this stuff do?

Normally, dead branches dry and break off. What keeps a jinned branch from doing this?

I am a beginner with jin and any help would be much appreciated.

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