Night: first step of a mugo pine
text and photos by Alfredo Salaccione
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"Summer night" is the name of this mugo pine.
It is very strong, it is ready for the first step of work.
Mugo pine are very sensible tree. They need of long time of resting between work stages.
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A large part of trunk is dead and it has deep cavities. This is an important focal point, it makes the tree very impressive.
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The stumps of old branches have to be carved. I decide to use manual tools, because the wood's fibres are still fresh. In this way the jin looks more natural. |
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The fire help me to make the dead wood older. Than I don't use jin liquid, because I don't want to protect the wood in this moment. |
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Cleaning from the old foliage. The needles of this mugo are thigh and long. I cut them at the base. |
The preliminary operation go on, raffia, tape and copper wire on the main branch.
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A screw on the back of the trunk is very useful to hang tie rods. |
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A jack band help me to bend the main branch to the right position. |
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The bend begins to act, the foliage is moving. Meanwhile a long secondary branch is passed on the back of the trunk. |
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Wiring proceeds, from the picture it is possible to appreciate the dimension of the pine.
The first setting of the tree ends at this point. The styling of foliage optically breaks the heights of this pine, in this way it looks smaller than it really is.
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The following spring the plant grows up without any problems. The new candles are strong and long. |
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