Juniper redemption

[Manmountain526]

since I butchered the last one I wanted redemption. I did my best with this one applying all the advice I was given. Please let me know how I did. There is no wiring done yet. I wanted to get some advice on that before I did. Thanks!

 

[bonsaichile]

I dont know where you are, but I would wait until early spring before doing any repotting of nursery material

 

[defra]

Do you have a before picture?
It is hard to tell how ya did if we dont know what you did

 

[Ironbeaver]

Do you have a before picture?
It is hard to tell how ya did if we dont know what you did

Without seeing a before, it does look like you showed good restraint. If it were mine, I think I would develop the right hand side as my tree. Chop or learn to layer the left side. You should probably wait till spring at least to do anymore work.

 

[sorce]

Nice....

I was at the depot yesterday and they sell these in - $5.00 pots for $68.99.

- $5.00 pots Cuz you may chip your hammer when you smash the garbage!

So!

Long as you didn't pay that much! Awesome!

I would recommend even wire it yet....

Maybe some....
But it seems all your future tree is not ready for wire.

I'd be waiting x years to cut back to here.


And wiring this image in later.


More clip and grow than pruning!

Sorce

 

[Paradox]

As others said, where are you?
Please update your profile and add your state of residence.

If you repotted this yesterday and live where it's cold in winter, you are going to want to protect this over the winter in a garage and hope you did not kill it.

You should have waited until spring to repot it. November is not a good time.

Don't do anything else to this until it recovers with vigorous growth.

 

[Manmountain526]

As others said, where are you?
Please update your profile and add your state of residence.

If you repotted this yesterday and live where it's cold in winter, you are going to want to protect this over the winter in a garage and hope you did not kill it.

You should have waited until spring to repot it. November is not a good time.

Don't do anything else to this until it recovers with vigorous growth.

Thank you for the reply and advice. I had to take it out of the nursery plastic pot because it was cracked pretty bad. When I lifted it out of my truck it started to split. I did not prune any of the roots. I placed the tree in this pot and filled in the gaps around it with the soil mix I have at home. I will update my profile. I am in virginia and it is pretty mild here now (mid 50’s to low 60’s) and is expected to be for a few weeks. I believe I am in zone 8

 

[Manmountain526]

Nice....

I was at the depot yesterday and they sell these in - $5.00 pots for $68.99.

- $5.00 pots Cuz you may chip your hammer when you smash the garbage!

So!

Long as you didn't pay that much! Awesome!

I would recommend even wire it yet....

Maybe some....
But it seems all your future tree is not ready for wire.

I'd be waiting x years to cut back to here.
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And wiring this image in later.
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More clip and grow than pruning!

Sorce

Thank you for this! It is great to see some future potential in this tree. I will definitely use this as a guide later in the spring

 

[Manmountain526]

Without seeing a before, it does look like you showed good restraint. If it were mine, I think I would develop the right hand side as my tree. Chop or learn to layer the left side. You should probably wait till spring at least to do anymore work.

I apologize. I probably should have done that. It was very thick with foliage. I did not remove any major branches. I only reduced shoots and foliage. I removed the heavy undergrowth, which was mostly brown and dead branches with no foliage. What I ended up with was this as a shape. This is what the tree was shaped like.

 

[sorce]

Oops sorry.....

That was supposed to be "wouldn't even" wire it ...
Not..,,"would recommend"

I'm not into recommendin.

Sorce

 

[Clicio]

I did my best with this one applying all the advice I was given.

Am I wrong or this juniper has only its juvenile foliage (spiky, not scales)?

 

[Paradox]

Thank you for the reply and advice. I had to take it out of the nursery plastic pot because it was cracked pretty bad. When I lifted it out of my truck it started to split. I did not prune any of the roots. I placed the tree in this pot and filled in the gaps around it with the soil mix I have at home. I will update my profile. I am in virginia and it is pretty mild here now (mid 50’s to low 60’s) and is expected to be for a few weeks. I believe I am in zone 8

In the future, duct tape around the pot or just placing the pot in a bucket with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage would hold it until you can do a repot at the right time.

Just give it some slightly better protection this winter than normal to give the roots a chance to recover. Be careful of the watering.

 

[M. Frary]

Am I wrong or this juniper has only its juvenile foliage (spiky, not scales)?

You aren't wrong. It's juvenile foliage.
And with these it's hard to avoid.

 

[0soyoung]

You aren't wrong. It's juvenile foliage.
And with these it's hard to avoid.

It looks to me to be a procumbens which, if so, means it will always be this way.

 

[Bonsaihead]

It looks to me to be a procumbens which, if so, means it will always be this way.

Isn't that OK on certain junipers, like procumbens and parsoni?

 

[0soyoung]

Isn't that OK on certain junipers, like procumbens?

I certainly think it is okay.

But I'm just saying that is how it is --> a fact of life.
Procumbens foliage will never be 'adult' threads; it will always be spiky 'juvenile'.

 

[twisted trees]

What style is it?

 

[M. Frary]

Isn't that OK on certain junipers, like procumbens and parsoni?

It certainly is.