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On a recent excursion to the south coast of NSW to help a friend repot an old Mugo Pine I finally got to collect a recent addition to my collection…
This JBP has been in a private collection since 1974, when it was grown from seed imported from Japan.
As can be seen, the bark is a good indicator of the tree’s age.
Although the tree has been repotted this year, I feel that this front would be a better fit. What are your thoughts?
New front?
Current front
The plan is to let the tree adjust to the cooler/drier climate of Canberra and grow throughout Spring to gain strength.
I will decide in early Summer if the tree is strong enough to decandle.
I will keep you posted on the tree’s progress.
Aijou Bonsai 
Looks like a nice tree to have inherrited. Its so hard to tell the front from pics. It will be interesting to see it once it has been needle pruned and or candle pruned later in the season.
It looks like it probably needs a bit of a feed as i would have expected the candles to be much furhter along at this time of year. Mine are almost forming needles after extending and i would guess that coastal NSW would be further along than here in Melbourne.
Nice tree and i look forward to seeing what you do with it.
Joe.
Thanks Joe,
Yeah It does need a feed, it has recently flowered also so I think that would have taken some of the energy away from the new growth.
It is great starting point for further improvement.
I’ll keep you updated.