Specialty Gardening: Ficus Fotos For Prune-o-Fobes, 0 by tapla

tapla wrote:
Here you see how I cut off branches to allow light to the parts of the tree I'll be using. I left other branches I WONT be using attached to the trunk as additional sacrifice branches, They too, are feeding & fattening the trunk, and will be removed when they get to where the scars are a concern.

You needn't worry about some scarring on your pine for two reasons. The scars heal quickly on pines, and there are several deadwood techniques that you can use to incorporate the deadwood into a very natural looking composition.

Al