Thoughtful and filial child.
Spore should have more like you. May your tribe increase in leaps and bounds....
In Johore itself i have seen several types of pines....
So intoxicating......
I was hell bent on this...
But this is the easiest part.....
The harder part is finding a nursery and then finding the pine you like in that nursery.... If not you gotta visit several nurseries until you find the one with the pine of your choice.... This is the tedious and rather laborious process....
1) Now if you try to grow them from seeds/tiny sapplings this is possible. It will be worth the effort as well as you can see the plants growing before your eyes like a baby.... But it is a tiring process no doubt. Finding the right seeds may not be easy while finding the right sappling may be easier...
2) In my case i got 3 foot pine trees. I wanted them to mature soon.... I could not wait to raise them up from the sappling stage.... i got 10 pine trees. Paid a bit more cause the guy knew i was a singaporean. Hardly managed to secure any discount from him.
I decided to get the nursery to plant the trees for me as well cause they are skilled at doing it.
After spending on the plants it would be silly of me to try and plant it and lose the plant. So i got them to plant it....
I even asked them to provide a stick to ensure that the plant grows straight up and not wayward....
Ofcourse they were not interested in doing all that....
And then comes the even more tiring part....
Tending to the plants....
I was in a hurry to plant them closer to the rainy season last year. I ended up planting them in Sept or Oct. Cant remember exactly.... Cause i was on a 45 day holiday from mid Nov to early Jan. Hence i needed the rains. Therefore i chose the Nov Dec period.....
Ofcourse the plants are bigger now and can manage to live for a week to ten days without rain although they may look a bit wilted and worn. but surely wont die......
But those early days were crucial when they were transferred from nursery to rough conditions.....
I chose 10 pines... I felt i needed 13.....
But i cant get the additional 3 now since the sizes would be different..
So you must calculate how many you need and get them at the same time.....
In addition you gotta protect them from insects/fungus/ant attacks during the early period.
Proper nutrition is essential too like compost/ N-K-P mix etc....
and yes a bucket or more of water a day....
Cheers and all the best bro. . .
yeah =) let her have this la since i bought the place in part to give her a nice retirement.
want to ask you AP did you start your pine tree from sappling or a transplant or was it from baby tree? I suddenly have the urge when I saw a house or two having it and I thought it was lush!
