MiguelMC
Yamadori
Hello Everyone
I have this juniper for some time now, and I've been relatively happy with its development so far, last year we had a scare but It seems to be recovering nicely.
This year I didn't touch it and let get all the sunshine and rest it wanted.
The goal for next year would be wiring the branches in order to pull them down and add some movement to them in order to better define the branch structure and build a decent foundation to develop pads.
I was even considering if it was a good idea to reduce some of the branches in order to create a more triangular shape, but I'm sure that wiring will resolve much of the problems regarding this issue. Another thing that concerns me is the lack meaningful back budding, often times people state that pinching is the way to go in order to resolve this, but after researching some more, its looks like pinching would cause more stress to the tree, which is something that I don't think the tree is ready for, further evidenced by looking at the current growth.
the problem is that I'm really inexperience with junipers (conifers in general) which is making me a little bit unsure on what is the best way to approach it, or if my plan is the right way to do it.
do you guys have any suggestions on how further develop this tree?
as always any input is great.
I have this juniper for some time now, and I've been relatively happy with its development so far, last year we had a scare but It seems to be recovering nicely.
This year I didn't touch it and let get all the sunshine and rest it wanted.
The goal for next year would be wiring the branches in order to pull them down and add some movement to them in order to better define the branch structure and build a decent foundation to develop pads.
I was even considering if it was a good idea to reduce some of the branches in order to create a more triangular shape, but I'm sure that wiring will resolve much of the problems regarding this issue. Another thing that concerns me is the lack meaningful back budding, often times people state that pinching is the way to go in order to resolve this, but after researching some more, its looks like pinching would cause more stress to the tree, which is something that I don't think the tree is ready for, further evidenced by looking at the current growth.
the problem is that I'm really inexperience with junipers (conifers in general) which is making me a little bit unsure on what is the best way to approach it, or if my plan is the right way to do it.
do you guys have any suggestions on how further develop this tree?
as always any input is great.