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Daisaku Nomoto workshop

February 7, 2014 by Jonas Dupuich

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a workshop led by Daisaku Nomoto. In town from Miyazaki, Japan, to help with the BIB exhibit, Nomoto spent the day helping a handful of students with their trees. I spent most of the day with a white pine I’d picked up at last year’s BIB Auction. Here’s what the tree looked like when I bought it.

White pine

White pine, January, 2013

And here’s the tree a year later after removing a branch on the left side of the tree and letting the other branches regain some vigor.

White pine

White pine – January, 2014

White pine

Back side

White pine

Right side

Looking closely at the details brings up a pretty obvious question – onto what species has the white pine been grafted here?

White pine

Deadwood detail

White pine

Grafts

White pine

Deadwood and grafts

White pine

Bark and deadwood

I’ve since learned that Jimmy Inadomi made the grafts, but onto what no one is certain. After a few hours of cutback and wiring, Nomoto helped me get the tree into shape.

White pine

Nomoto putting on some finishing touches (why the long face?)

Here’s how the tree ended up.

White pine

White pine – front

White pine

Left side

The tree still needs plenty of work, but I’m happy that the work has finally begun. I’ll clean up more of the deadwood when I find the time and revisit the tree in fall when the growing season ends.

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  1. peter Chan says

    February 7, 2014 at 4:10 am

    Lots of potential Jonas

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