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Ack! I'm sorry, I did mean to write Pinus densiflora. My mistake. Thanks for asking about that deadgecko (??). It is Japanese red pine. Ugh.

Hank, yes, the apical region needs addressing. One or two more branches there will be removed or jinned.

I know that the jin on this pine will not stay for very long; a few years at most. But in the mean time it will add to a sense of age. By the time the jin is gone, or much smaller, the rest of the tree will have a more mature look to take up the slack.

Kind regards,
Andy Rutledge
www.andyrutledge.com/palaver/main.htm
zone 8, Texas

19-Jan-2004	#9
K.A. Rutledge Guest Posts: n/a	Ack! I'm sorry, I did mean to write Pinus densiflora. My mistake. Thanks for asking about that deadgecko (??). It is Japanese red pine. Ugh. Hank, yes, the apical region needs addressing. One or two more branches there will be removed or jinned. I know that the jin on this pine will not stay for very long; a few years at most. But in the mean time it will add to a sense of age. By the time the jin is gone, or much smaller, the rest of the tree will have a more mature look to take up the slack. Kind regards, Andy Rutledge www.andyrutledge.com/palaver/main.htm zone 8, Texas