Freebie Juniper!

johnbaz

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Hi all

I was given this Juni along with another bunch of trees back in 2013, I never knew what to do with it so it was left to it's own devices!!

I finally sat and had a look at it and felt how stiff the bend was on the trunk, It moved but took a fair bit of force!

Anyhow, I broke out the 6mm wire and wrapped the trunk then pulled it up some!!, A few mins later it was back down, The trunk was stronger than the wire but I kept easing it up and eventually it stayed near where I wanted it!, I thought about holding something rigid on to the outside of the bend so I could put wire loops on and twist the loops so as to pull the trunk a little more upright! I didn't bother though, I just give it a pull each time I go near it and it seems to be staying a little better each time!!
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After it stayed up some..
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I decided I didn't like the lower thick branch and was going to jin it but then dicided it would be better gone..
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I also wondered about carving some dead twigs in to faux jins then drilling small holes up the tree trunk to push them in to give a sense of age and a hard life, Not too sure whether i'll do this though!!
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All said, I'm quite happy with it now and plan on regularly feeding it with seaweed extract to try and get some foliage clouds now!!

I was picking a dish for it to go in next year as it's not been repotted for a few years!

I was advised the brown one in the centre would suit best, I'm inclined to agree,,
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EDIT, Not sure what style this would be, Literati maybe? 🤔


Cheers, John 👍
 
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