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Matt:

Thanks for the information. I did some minor candle or, more descriptively, bud pruning last fall. I limited the number at the top of the tree in favor of those on the lower branches. There were no candles of any size this spring but now there are buds at the end of every branch. I guess I was lucky with the needles because they were extremely long and I cut them in half but the browning at the tips is very minor.

Naka recommends pinching any buds that exceed 1 inch in length in the fall especially at the top of the tree. Up to now every pine I touched took the deep six but this one and several pinion pines I bought this spring are doing well. They will be put into grow boxes next spring.

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Ed