look fine to me ...

maybe the pots are too small for the future ... the media in the pot could be more attuned to trees ... looks rather peaty ...

the bumps will go away.. over the decades as the trunk swells to beyond one or two feet in diameter ..

they really need to be planted in the proper planting season ... unless you are balcony bound ... then i dont know what to tell you

where are you.. and whats your plan for winter ....

ken

Thanks for replying I'm in South west in uk I'm in an apartment at the moment we don't have any place to plant but in spring next year I will have my own house with a larger garden so I will beable to plant them out then.

as for winter I was going to bring to bring the stone pine inside as that's what my friend said to do till next year as it might not live its first 2 winters.

i don't mind reporting them in a better soil is there anything u would recommend?

i will yell... THEY ARE NOT HOUSEPLANTS ...

i cant think of one pine.. that doesnt need dormancy ... but i might be corrected ...

google Al's gritty mix ... and find links back here.. for a billion discussions on what media does ... and how to manipulate it ...

we have a few brits.. who can probably answer you questions in a local manner.. much better than i ...

ken

Pines need dormancy and don't like the warm dry air of a heated house. The pinus wallichiana has a chance of surviving on a deck. The stone pine is more of an issue...I find to survive the winter outdoors in a pot a plant needs to be able to survive a full zone north of the zone it is in. (Plants in the ground have more insulation around their roots). Do you have access to an unheated garage? Could you put them in the basement near a window?

Thanks edlincoln yes I do have somewhere shelted but cold to keep it in that's really helpful