You read it right! Not a lot, but definitely backbudding. This is on a
tree I collected three years ago on a roadside in Maine. It's about
20-30 years old, rough guess. This is it's third year in a mica pot.
For the last two years I fertilized it heavily and pinched candles, and
this year I wired almost the entire tree. The new buds are not
everywhere, and there aren't a lot, but it is a welcome sight. Eastern
White Pine is often poo-poo'ed by the experts, but it's my tree and I
like it!

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a

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Craig,
Congratulations on the back budding. Eastern white will back bud when
healthy and after pruning it back a bit. Generally the number of back buds
are few and far between. You can not count on them appearing in a specific
spot. Generally the back buds will be on wood that is less than 10 years
old.
You are fortunate, and talented, indeed to achieve this back budding.
Jerry Meislik
Whitefish Montana USA
Zone 4-5
http://www.bonsaihunk.8m.com/
You read it right! Not a lot, but definitely backbudding. This is on a
tree I collected three years ago on a roadside in Maine. It's about
20-30 years old, rough guess. This is it's third year in a mica pot.
For the last two years I fertilized it heavily and pinched candles, and
this year I wired almost the entire tree. The new buds are not
everywhere, and there aren't a lot, but it is a welcome sight. Eastern
White Pine is often poo-poo'ed by the experts, but it's my tree and I
like it!

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a

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Yes, they do when properly encouraged. My 3-year old pre bonsai also has a few
buds here & there. I don't remember if it was you, but somebody told me not to
cut the branches back until the new bud was just about completely grown.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

Eastern
White Pine is often poo-poo'ed by the experts, but it's my tree and I
like it!

Only one person has to like it for it to be art!!!! I was told that by an art
professor who liked my art, so it must be true!

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Iris Cohen wrote:

Yes, they do when properly encouraged. My 3-year old pre bonsai also has a few
buds here & there. I don't remember if it was you, but somebody told me not to
cut the branches back until the new bud was just about completely grown.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

I don't think that was me, that might be a good idea. I suspect that the buds are
a bit on the weak side. The new buds I have are very small compared to the candles
on the tips. On the branches that have new buds I'll probably pinch the candles a
bit more than usual.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a

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Jerry Meislik wrote:

Craig,
Congratulations on the back budding. Eastern white will back bud when
healthy and after pruning it back a bit. Generally the number of back buds
are few and far between. You can not count on them appearing in a specific
spot. Generally the back buds will be on wood that is less than 10 years
old.
You are fortunate, and talented, indeed to achieve this back budding.
Jerry Meislik
Whitefish Montana USA
Zone 4-5


Thanks Jerry. I'm pleased with the results. My hope was that the tree would
respond by being settled in a pot for a long time, to slow down the growth and make
it more compact. Someone in Massachusetts, can't remember who, told me that this
program was the way to go with white pine, and that it would take several years.
Fertilize the living daylights out of it, and pinch candles.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a

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Iris and Craig,
I agree,the strobus is quite a weak pine and if you cut back to only a weak
bud it is the equivalent of cutting a pine back to no needles on the branch
which results in the branches death.
Jerry Meislik
Whitefish Montana USA
Zone 4-5
http://www.bonsaihunk.8m.com/
Yes, they do when properly encouraged. My 3-year old pre bonsai also has a few
buds here & there. I don't remember if it was you, but somebody told me not to
cut the branches back until the new bud was just about completely grown.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40

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The new candles on my white pine are partly grown. The needles are sticking
out, but the pairs of needles haven't separated yet. Is it too early to cut the
branches & leader back to that point?

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No, you can go ahead and pinch them back at this stage.
Jerry Meislik
Whitefish Montana USA
Zone 4-5
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The new candles on my white pine are partly grown. The needles are sticking
out, but the pairs of needles haven't separated yet. Is it too early to cut
the branches & leader back to that point?



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