Dwight
Chumono
I have got to get this figured out and you guys are the only way I know how. I've read and been told that Cal junies don't survive long outside Cal. Now I know this has nothing to do with homesickness or anything so it must be either a climate thing or a soil thing. All the articles and posts I've read seem to imply it isn't a soil thing because everyone who keeps these varmits uses different soils. I've seen them in akadama , crushed granite , turface and all sorts of combos of these.Sooooooo ,,,, it must be climate. I can understand climate as I can't keep spruces , firs , cypresses , etc ....too hot and dry. I know Florida sucks for junipers cause it's too wet. Makes sense cause most junies like it dry. So cal junies come from dry , hot climates with mild but cool to cold winters. Boston would be a bad place to try to keep one so I understand that. But here in El Paso our climate is very close to that of So Cal. We're higher ( 4000 ft ) but many Cal junies grow at this altitude such as those froom the Tahachipi ( sp ? ) mts. So why wouldn't one grow here.
I realize I might be blowing smoke as very few bonsaiest in Sunset zone 9 have tried them as far as I know so help me out. Who has had one of these buggers for more than six years outside of Cal.? Anyone ?
I realize I might be blowing smoke as very few bonsaiest in Sunset zone 9 have tried them as far as I know so help me out. Who has had one of these buggers for more than six years outside of Cal.? Anyone ?