• Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
During the month of July the candles are cut from Black pines. The reason is to cause the tree to put out new buds to create shorter, and more dense branching. Otherwise the branch becomes to “leggy” and too long for the tree.
Black pine budding after candles removed
As you can see the new buds are growing out just below where the candles were cut. In a few months these will be branches so that the process and repeat. Don’t worry about the brown tips, it’s not needles cast. It is just a bit of die back after the tips of the needles were cut. Also the water drips are because of a rainstorm we were having when I took the picture.
Category: Shohin Black Pine
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