Good online info on junipers?

[GailC]

I'm stepping out of my comfort zone and getting a couple shimpaku. I need to learn all I can about basic care and stuff like timing for repotting/trimming.

Is there a good online resource? So far all I've read is why pinching is bad and how to properly trim.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Are we on the same forum?
There's a lot of juniper info that can be found here. Peoples threads are littered with hints of care and the reasoning behind it ;-)
And then there's the 'it depends' factor.

It still takes roughly two juniper deaths to get the jist of it.

 

[GailC]

Wow, really? Figured it would be better to find a site with cohesive info instead of having to wade through thousands of threads looking for tidbits.

 

[sorce]

Wow, really? Figured it would be better to find a site with cohesive info instead of having to wade through thousands of threads looking for tidbits.

That Fl Dbag put a resource here that folks said was pretty good.

Lotta water, little worry.

Cut before spring growth.
Cut before summer growth.

Don't cut a good year before repotting.

Straight into full sun and excessive water.

Sorce

 

[LanceMac10]

Tutorial - How to trim and establish pads, Junipers pt1

This tutorial will deal with establishing pads in junipers. This method demonstrated here will show what the bonsai community as a whole, now considers the most widely excepted and best approach to dealing with junipers and their foliage. For a...

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Tutorial - How to trim and establish pads, Junipers pt2

This tutorial picks up where the first one ended. So, to pick up where we left off... One was shown where to cut juniper foliage to start reducing and shaping the pad. With the cuts made from the last tutorial, we would now find ourselves with a...

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Tutorial - How to trim and establish pads, Junipers pt3

This tutorial picks up where the second one leaves off. In the last tutorial we were doing final touches on a pad, and were discussing some problem areas one might encounter when trimming. The following diagram is where we left off. Now we...

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....as far as repotting, won't be long now......now if you can provide frost-free recovery.....

 

[GailC]

Thanks @sorce and @LanceMac10 sounds easy enough and I'm taking notes.

Will have frost for another month at least, maybe longer. I don't even have the plants yet, they will ship in a couple weeks.

They will be bagged in soil, about a gallon pots worth. Should I keep them in the soil for now or work the roots and get them into bonsai substrate?

They are 7-10 inche pre bonsai, one will probably go in the ground

 

[M. Frary]

That Fl Dbag

I miss sawgrass.

 

[LanceMac10]

@GailC

 

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[LanceMac10]