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White pine candle pruning
 

With this candle there are less flowers, and so the stem is not so long as in the previous example.

17th May 2005. Candle length 2.14cm
     

 

At this stage the flowers have ripened and have been removed.
In these three photos the top of the shoot has been cut off to encourage new buds.

     
 
 
These three photos were taken from another large white pine. In the photo above the flowers are well open and very dusty when touched.
The cobweb in the left photo shows a lot of yellow pollen on it. When removing these flowers then a mask should be worn over the mouth.
The shoot with flowers
The shoot with flowers removed
The shoot has been cut off
A sequence of three photos showing flowers, their removal, and then pruning back to a shoot. It was lucky that there was one to prune back too as there isn’t always one there.
   
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