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cannot take wet soil; use good draining soil -- turface (100% or less) + wood chips; needles will produce a few flakes of sap on themselves; work the tree over a period of time, do NOT cut off more than 10% of top at a time, once or maybe twice a year; you can wire liberally, and since it is a slow grower, you can leave wire on for a long time; leave needles most of the way to the trunk on the branches, branches need a lot of green to thrive; you do need to thin out the ends to show the lines of the branchlets SEE ALSO: NAU species info guide, http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~plants-c/bio414/species%20pages/pinus%20aristata.htm |