Nana BooBoo, WalMart Couldn't Kill You 😋

[Darth Masiah]

rescued from the garden center for 5 bucks.
4/8/2016

3/10/2017
oh, I'm stylin now!

3/13/2018
it's not keeping it's shape?! lemme add more wire

3/1/2019
i finally had a plan in my head. a repot and some real bends later...


8/5/2019
took the wire off


5/2020

 

[Darth Masiah]

yesterday
this guy has started thickening the trunk too fast in this spot, so it needs to stop if i don't want insane reverse taper. i should have already wired some movement into the two lowest branches so as future jin they'll match the movement of the trunk, but i didn't know as much as i do now. oh well, i have to do something, though. i think I'm headed in the right direction.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Man this is a good example of what a sacrifice branch can do to a juniper. Sweet! Thanks for posting.
And also my compliments on the recovery.

 

[Darth Masiah]

Man this is a good example of what a sacrifice branch can do to a juniper.

thanks brother. as soon as the bends get too tight for my liking, I'll go ahead and chop the sacrifice back to about where I'll jin it at. this tree has really heiped me grasp the concept of growing juniper cuttings for bonsai. can't wait to start some myself. i was thinking of taking some this fall since my common and golden sport junipers are really taken off this spring, as it's been 2 years since repot.

 

[Darth Masiah]

8/8/21
i went to remove those couple wires, but there was too much foliage in the way. so i thinned some out... and then thinned the rest. and since it was thinned out, i might as well wire up some branches used 3mm on three branches, and 2mm on about eight. now i won't be stressed out about the branches growing without any movement for awhile. don't know what will be future branches or jin, so you have to be ready.

 

[Darth Masiah]

back on the bench

 

[Darth Masiah]

where i plan to shari when i get some extra time. just to start. I'll move it up the tree slowly. eventually I'll start one on the backside to increase the ribbon effect 🎗

 

[Darth Masiah]

it's a start. probably going to repot in the spring since it's already been 3 years since the last repot and i need to check on the roots.

 

[Darth Masiah]

didn't use cut paste.

 

[Darth Masiah]

growing strong. I'll be back late spring to work on this shari some more.

 

[Esolin]

Looking good!

 

[Darth Masiah]

this guy took a big dive off the bench not too long ago, because of the storm or one of my cats i don't know. not too much damage, but it was loose in the pot. so i repotted and chopped the sacrifice. 8 years old. almost 7 years on my bench.

 

[Zelrod]

Very nice progression photos! You've done a lot with a simple $5 rescue from WalMart!

 

[MaciekA]

This is an awesome thread that I’ll be forwarding to various folks in the future. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Darth Masiah]

looked like it was doing ok after the repot, even though the roots looked super weak, but after that hard freeze in late march it started browning out. here's a pic of the last little bit of green before it passes away.




i just separated the cuttings i took in february. they all had a nice looking little root formation just starting to poke out from the callus. looked like a midevil mace. anyways, we're starting over with more material and more knowledge, soooo...(blows raspberry at air)

 

[pandacular]

This tree will live in on the cuttings and lessons you took from it.

 

[Darth Masiah]

 

[LuZiKui]

Wow, just started from the beginning of the thread, what an emotional roller coaster! Sorry you lost the tree but glad you got some cuttings, interested to see what you can do in another 8-9 years!

 

[Bonsai Forest]

Sorry for the loss. It was quite a ride scrolling through the thread. But Best wishes on the cuttings! They look really nice. I love JPN myself.