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22-Dec-2001
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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Pine Care for tropical climates
I've always read in the web about taking care and gorwing pines, but all of the care guides talk about pines in colder climates.
Do all these techniques (candle pruning, pinching needles, pruning) work in the same season and the same way in tropical climates? Thank you, Joćo Felipe Kudo |
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22-Dec-2001
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Carrier of Bonsai Fever
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Re: Pine Care for tropical climates
Hey a Joao,
Some of the warm region pines should do ok for you. Japanese black pine in particular. This pine is grown well in Hawaii. Haruo "Papa" Kaneshiro trained this Japanese Black Pine for almost 50 years. It was one of two old trees that he had acquired from Soboku Nishihira and is believed to have been grown from a seed planted before 1920 
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Re: Pine Care for tropical climates
I am on the border of zone 9 and 10. We are not exactly tropical but it stays quite warm all year. I have found that you must adjust what books say to do by up to two months.
Right now candles are elongating. I repot starting right after Christmas. Finish cutting candles by July 4th. Start pulling needles Oct 1st. You get a nice long growing season. You might even try for a second set of buds as perscribed buy Ernie Kuo. http://members.aol.com/erniekuo/index.html
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Re: Pine Care for tropical climates
Oops, when you get to Ern's site click on the pine on the bottom row for the info.
By the way Joao are you in Bolivia?
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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Re: Pine Care for tropical climates
Thank you, Bonsainut.
Actualy, I'm Brazilian, not Bolivian. Will all these techniques be at the same time ( like decandling in early summer, needle plucking in fall)?Or should they be latter or earlier? |
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23-Dec-2001
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Re: Pine Care for tropical climates
Let's put it this way. Forget the calendar and let the trees guide you. When the candles start to elongate- you can transplant. When the needles have turned from a candle and opened into a branchlet- you can begin removal. When the heat of summer has cooled you will notice old needles losing color- then you can pull old needles and select buds to keep for next years growth.
I'm curious as to what type of pines are available to you in your local plant center or in you region to collect. Is there even a pine tree that is native to your area? It would be interesting to know what the terrain is like where you live. I know there must be more than rivers and snakes to your country but that seems like all we ever see in books, TV and movies.
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24-Dec-2001
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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Re: Pine Care for tropical climates
Thank you again, Bonsainut. So all I have to do is follow the tree's need.
Unfortunately, there isn't a native kind of Pinus in Brazil but in some specialized bonsai nurserys (and there are only a few of them) I can buy Japanese Black pines. Now, I'm trying to grow a Pinus elliotii as bonsai. I've bought it as a mallsai six years ago and now that I have more infornation about the art, I'll work in it. I really don't know if this species works for bonsai. Usually the Brazil's nature florest and wild animals are shown in tourism advertisements and documentaries. But as you think, yes, there are more than snakes, indians and rivers. Brazil is a big country and you can find lots of kinds of climate (since the weat climate from the rain forest to the near desert which is some places of the NE) as well as lots of kinds of vegetation. So, you can find lots of plants, most are angiospermae and few are gimnospermae (which are located in the south of the country). I hope this explanation helps to show Brazil geography  |
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