jack pine

bttrfly727

I bought this a kit from my college bookstore.....called the mini bonsai kit. It contained a little book with information on bonsai's and how to grow them. A mini pot, mini scissors, and five JACK PINE seeds. I planted them all in this little pot thinking none or maybe one would grow. They all hove sprouted, and I'm very excited. I live in New Orleans and the weather has been sunny and warm. I've left it outside during the day and bring them in at night when temperatures are low.....sometimes I place it under a warm lamp to keep them warm. I"m very new to bonsai and dont' know much about it. I'm very excited about my new little "babies" and wonder what they will look like when they are grown.....I know pine are one tupe of bonsai but I have not found any examples of JACK PINE. I was wondering if anyone knew where i could find a picture of jack pine bonsai plants? THANKS
Elizabeth

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dai-ichi

i think it should be black pine. most bonsai kits that i have seen contain black pine seeds.japanese black pine [pinus thunbergii] vigorous character stiffbright green needles grouped in pairs.position in full sun protect from frost and cold winds, check daily, water only if soil is drying out freely - if free draining - very sparingly in winter and feed every three to four weeks from spring to early winter.

Hope this helps.

Magiver

Actually, i have this same kit and it says they are jack-pines, and i have a black pine seedling and they are differnt from the jack-pine seedlings

TreeBay

Greetings,

There is a jack pine thread with some links over in the Species Specific folder. You'll find it here

In my search I wasn't able to find any Jack Pine Bonsai photos, but there are links to photos of Jack Pine and discussion of Jack Pine as bonsai

Regards,

Matt

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Will_Heath

Pinaceae Pinus banksiana

I have a few jackpines in my collection, nothing that I would call bonsai yet, one I have in a training pot waiting for the roots to grow again, as I purned them and am trying to grow them around a rock. The others I have in the ground trying for some trunk development.

Jack pines are native here in Michigan and they are easily collected here. I find there shapes in the wild to be fantasic, nice bark, and hardy growers. I have had problems reducing the size of the needles, keep this in mind when deciding on a style.

I use a little more sand in my soil mix for these and I find that they are forgiving. They do like full sunlight and they survive here in soils that other trees can't. They do keep they cones for several years in the wild, which gives them a course appearance.

Here in Michigan, the DNR routinely plants great stands of jackpines for Kirkland Waberler habitat and they are quite common in the northern areas of the state.

Good luck

FredL

BB, it is such a pleasure to hear from another Bonsaist using the native trees from his own area. Where would we be today if young men like yourself many generations ago had not looked about at the trees growing about them in Japan, and, bfore that, in China, had not gone out and collected the trees they saw about them?

Jack Pine has trouble with our climate here in Arkansas. I was very surprized to see a whole bunch of them at a local nursery as I wandered about in it about a year ago. Boy, did they look ratty! Looked like they couldn't be sold and were very, very unhappy in their nursery cans. They looked to me like excellent subjects for Bonsai......but NOT in Arkansas. Short Leaf Pine is a much better bet as the native pine of choice hereabouts.

Good luck with yours.

Fred