Great vid some amazing trees . Can’t imagine trying to get them off a mountain. . Before I say the next part . Keep in mind I have never even been to the southwest . What I take away from his aftercare is the man is obviously a very astute student of the trees natural . Environment . He says as much near the end of the vid . About always learning from going to collecting sites . If one considered the environment that is hot and dry during the day . And the normal climate of the desert like situation where the temp drops and the atmospheric moisture increases at night even if it’s only a small amount . Then add a tree that has had thousands of years to evolve and take advantage of this to survive . His misting at night and dry soil conditions make a lot of sense . The lesson is not what he does but why he does it . By learning from the environment and the tree itself . The difference between knowledge and wisdom
Walee, are you seeing any new growth at all? From the pics, the color is concerning, in my experience, the more yellow/florescent your foliage is during the collection process, unfortunately means the tree is dying. You want to see a darker green color, like the pic with your berries, the green on those leaves looks good! So hopefully, you will keep that green and start to see growth soon. Dying off foliage is normal with these trees in the collection process as long as the tree has that nice healthy green color on it, some will die off, remember we cut the roots and the tree can't support everything as it is recovering. The following pics are from our collection earlier this year, and as you can see, I have dying off foliage next to thriving foliage, you will see the darker green I am talking about, and you will see lots of new growth in just a few months. I really hope your trees make it! Good Luck!
A month later, I'm wondering about their status! Would you mind keeping us posted?
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Hey, they ain't dead yet, and still plenty of growing season left in SoCal. I've seen plenty of trees in the wild come back from worse than these.
Takes a while for junipers to really show how they respond. If anything OP has learned about collecting as much root and soil next collecting trip
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Yeah, all I do once I see the tree growing, is get it into more sun, stop misting it and water when needed. The tent and misting are all early-stage recovery methods to get the tree to grow and gain strength, but once it is growing, it needs to get into the sun more to keep regaining strength and push more growth. After a year or two, depending on the strength of the tree, I will repot the trees into a more manageable container. If your trees are growing, which it looks like they are? Then get them out of the misting tent and into the sun. Good luck!
Thank you for the positive energy
I think you're right about the powdery mildew especially with the constant high heat/humidity. I'll look into neem oil treatments, and probably introduce more airflow into the humidity tent to prevent it spreading.Thank you for the solid advice! Over the next month, I'll start transitioning them out of the humidity tent into the open air. Perfect timing too, my make shift humidity tent has started tearing from the UV damage.
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