Radiata or Monterey Pine Refinement and Repotting 

Thanks for the video. I have a Radiata Pine, which was my first Bonsai. Bought near you at Ballarat, 25 years ago, with the tree being 2 years old at that time. That pine stands large and proud now in my collection.

Wow what a beauty, i have one growing in a huge pot, ts growing fast, gonna be a great bonsai one day. Thanks for the vid. Something for me to aim for.

What a beautiful tree

Great specimen. I gathered a few slightly smaller ones near a pine plantation up near Mansfield, Victoria. They have been chewed in by deer which has added to their stunted gnarly look. They all survived their transplant well. There is one there that would be thicker but shorter and more bent than your specimen. I cut half the roots this year and will go back and get it next spring2025. It will be an amazing soecimen that i suspect will be a life long project .

Thank you for presenting this great tree. I live in San Francisco and P Radiata gro wild every where. I collect them in areas where they multiply rapidly and never in areas where others enjoy nature. They are so plentiful i can get ten trees by walking 10 meters and still leave the majority of trees. I pull needles in the winter which causes massive back budding response. These trees produce more needles which are thinner than most pines. They thrive in foggy conditions with minimal summer rain. I believe they get a significant amount of their water from the air based on where they grow the best. We have many small micro climates around San Francisco. The areas where these trees grow the best has thick fog during most of June and July. P Radiate are not seen inland in California unless there is fog. These are very much coastal trees but specifically grow in heavy fog. I found one that looks like its two years old with fissured bark. I'm a little surprised how unpopular these trees are with the local bonsai community considering they are our native pine and love the cold summers of San Francisco and the northern California coast. Needle length can be reduced but not as easy as double flush pines. Thank you again, Mats H

very big beast you got there Scott.

Wooow fantastic video! Thank you very much for your interesting news,i really appreciated your work...it's a fantastic pine with a wonderful trunk and a beautiful bark. What type of soil did you use for repotting? Very compliments 👍👍👍👍

Lovely tree , I’m confused and I’m not sure why I never checked before .. but down here in tas I thought the logging forests were radiata and all the natural pines about that are used for windbreaks were Monterey ( which are huge multi trunk/branch trees ) , it turns out they are the same thing , and I’m actually starting just one species … Monterey bonsai… I guess I will see them all take the same form in a few years

Beautiful tree!. Good info. On video production, your music segment was considerably louder than your speaking, which required adjusting volume down and then back up when you started talking again. If your video editor can even out those volumes it would make the audio portion of your video more enjoyable.

I wish you could zoom in so we could see exactly which parts of the branches you are cleaning

Brilliant tree. Easy to pick it's a yamadori but awsome tree none the less. How often are you feeding it ferts?

Hello Scott, 1st off i really enjoy your videos and content! I live in Qld, just north of Brisbane, would our pines in our forestry (predominantly around the glasshouse mountains) be Radiata pines? I have collected a few smaller ones (not in the forestry) and kept them in original soil with minimal disruption to roots but none have survived thus far. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work. Cheers, Bushy

Nice! So you always have to keep the root ball for most pines?

Hi Scott, I noticed at the finish you topped the pine with chopped Sphagnum Moss, what are the benefits behind this, please. John

Hi Scott when you do decandling, do you start from the top as well. Some artist start from the bottom then after 10 days middle then so on. Thanks

When is the best time to collect pines?

When is the best time to make severe bends

What is your soil mix please?

Hey Scott, How long did it take to reduce the tap root down to that size, and how much did you remove each year?

Is it possible to shrink the needles on these x