I prefer to work junipers when they are actively growing...
On this one, I waited until the tips where bright green and growing...
+1 me too. Not just starting to push with more Winter in the balance.
I swear I lost a whole year doing one in March last year and had thinned the year prior, big set back.
Nice progression, so is this going to be the dedicated thread?
Really like the nebari better on the 2nd one you got here, nice find.
Steve at Plant City bonsai told me he got a dozen blue spruce shipped from Denver
for his class, all in the $300 range each. He was there when they bare rooted them all
and Saran wrapped the roots tightly prior to their flight back to the East “coast”.
Had a team ready and repotted them all in 2 hrs, all still living today.
So, with your experience, and experience with this current like cultivar, it is probably
safe to follow in the same footsteps of its 1st brother.
I have 2 pots like this one. Prior to planting, I sanded the outside with 80 and 100 grit paper
then sprayed a matte brown on. Couldn’t get the shine knocked down really.
Sure it peels in time here and there but not bad really. Easy touch up. You could try it without
the sand paper, there’s probably an etching acid for glass that would be better.
