Well it's a new dawn, it's a new day and it's a new life for this tree. We are,
I say 'we'... 'I' am back again. About to get started some more.
Let's do this.
[Music]
June 2020
So, here's the pine as it stands now today. I have put it into this new pot
I slip potted this. If you remember from the very first video, we had that large
space off to the side where a rock was. Actually, it was on this side over here
where this former branch used to be. You may not be able to see it through the
moss, but there was a large section over here that had no roots. That's because
the rock was there.Tthe minute I removed the rock and looked at this, I realized
that I could remove that section while still safely being able to put this pine
into a pot. The reason I have done this is because the pot itself was tilted at a
very strong angle, and that made watering much more difficult. I have to lay the
pot down flat, water it, let it drain, then lift it back up again. That can be
a problem when having to do that multiple times. I washed the soil away, and that
wasn't good. I do like the ability for this to be stable in a in a new pot.
One of the things about this pot is that it's very very deep. It was deep
enough to account for that mass of roots that were once flat and are now angled.
They are now down in the pot, somewhere down in this area here. Though it is in
this new pot, I want to say that this is not the final angle of the tree.
This could stand to be lifted up a little bit more. But again, I just had to
deal with what I had. You may ask 'Why did I not put this into a different pot
all together?' Well, this is the one I had on hand. I could have built a box. I did
not have time. But it will suffice us for now and I'm happy with this. Once a
new pot comes in, it's gonna look a whole lot better being a little bit
more like that.
This pine has been growing very strongly. What you mostly see is the new flush of growth.
This year's flush. I have thinned some of
the needles out. I removed many of the old needles coming off the
bottom, last year's needles from the bottom, as well as from the top sections.
I left several clusters around the sides, and what this does is allow
the the new buds to be produced where these new needle bases, I mean, these
old needle bases remain. You'll see some little buds starting to pop up here and
there. Those will be for next year. Once these needles have finished hardening
off in late summer, I will go ahead and I'll remove all of the old needles.
I will just leave this year's flush of growth
I hope you all have enjoyed this video on this pine. It's been a journey
for me as well as, I hope, for you. Maybe you've learned a couple of things
just as I have been learning a couple of things. I would like to thank James of
BEAM for the music. James is a student of mine at Virginia Tech's Industrial
Design program and I was very thankful to have that music. He's a very creative talent.
I know many of you may not have liked that music, but it felt good to me. I listen to all
sorts of things. Appalachia is full of flavors. If you have music that you would
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