HI Roosy
Without being disrespectful, I would be cautious with the advice given by bisco-bonsai. He is quoting from a book, not from personal experience.
You may want to find out where (in which climate zone) the Author lived and certainly consult with "local" enthusiats or nurseries that understand the conditions you need to provide for the tree in your climate. I would furthermore suggest that it is not a good idea to bare root (remove all the soil) from any pine unless you have some problem like root rot, infestation of root aphids or any other such problem that can not be remedied in any other way.
Bisco-bonsai- from the questions Roosy asked you should have seen that no previous experience is present and that quoting techniques from a book that talks of pinching back and basic bonsai care without instruction is not very helpful to a person who is not able to distinguish needles from candles.
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Originally Posted by Roosy
Hi all,
So there's a couple of things I need to clear up.
1st: What's the difference between the candles and the needles?
2nd: I know from everything I've read that the needles need to be pinched back so that they grow back shorter and thicker, but how do you actually pinch them?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Regards
Mike