Secret Formula
Hi Manny - I'm afraid that there is no secret formula. It took a long time for me to figure out what works for me in my area. First of all, I live right on the coast of Northen Calif, and collected junipers don't thrive here. I normally collect from Oct into Nov til the snow keeps us out. I plant them in 2 parts dry stall (pumice) and one part vermiculite, and they go into my greenhouse under timed misters that come on twice a day for one minute. I don't do any feeding til about now, and they come out of the green house in April or May. They stay at my place til late summer or early fall when thay are taken to a friends house about one and a half hours inland. They are on a drip system, and the climate is drier and much warmer in the summer. I feed them just as I would any other tree, nothing special.
I collected 40 last fall, and all but a couple have new growth and doing well. If I lose more than one or two this year, I will be shocked.