San Jose questions

[ABCarve]

Update

Just prune away the adult foliage when it shows up.

A belated thank you Dav4. It was a Daaaaaahhh moment for me. The tree seems more vigorous trimming out the adult foliage. Maybe my imagination..... I'm surprised at how fast it's developing. Jan 2013 and present July 2014. I have a controversial pot in mind for it.

 

[Nybonsai12]

Tree looks great, nice and healthy! Have you treated the deadwood recently? It looks so good.

 

[ABCarve]

Tree looks great, nice and healthy! Have you treated the deadwood recently? It looks so good.

Scrubbed it with a toothbrush and water. The epoxy is really easy to clean and you don't really notice the coating once it weathers.

 

[larlamonde]

A belated thank you Dav4. It was a Daaaaaahhh moment for me. The tree seems more vigorous trimming out the adult foliage. Maybe my imagination..... I'm surprised at how fast it's developing. Jan 2013 and present July 2014. I have a controversial pot in mind for it.

Ab that tree looks great! How did you get the juvenile foliage to take over? Most people want the mature stuff on junipers but on San Jose it looks ratty. I have one with a similar problem. Mixed foliage all over makes the tree look sloppy.

 

[james]

This tree rocks, the 2013-2014 comparison is wonderful. Great job, thanks for posting

 

[bonsairxmd]

Awesome tree! The progression in such a short time is impressive.

 

[Rose Mary]

Awesome tree! The progression in such a short time is impressive.

What he said...beautiful tree and the fullness that has developed in such a short time, after 20 years of not ,,,,you are obviously doing the right things. Thank you for posting the update.

Rose

 

[sorce]

Wow....off to go cut adult foilage!

Nice. Real nice.

Sorce

 

[ABCarve]

Ab that tree looks great! How did you get the juvenile foliage to take over? Most people want the mature stuff on junipers but on San Jose it looks ratty. I have one with a similar problem. Mixed foliage all over makes the tree look sloppy.

Thanks. As Dav4 said "Just cut off the adult foliage when it shows up". The juvenile growth is still coarse but at least it's consistent and seems to fill out the space better. It kinda looks like giant Procumbens.

 

[ABCarve]

What he said...beautiful tree and the fullness that has developed in such a short time, after 20 years of not ,,,,you are obviously doing the right things. Thank you for posting the update.

Rose

Thanks. Actually I'm just starting to pay attention to it instead of just let it grow on the bench.

 

[ABCarve]

New pot for an old ceremony.
Placing this in the new pot was a little more than slip potting and 3 years since its last repot. It a little bigger (rounded rectangle) than the previous oval pot. It didn't like it one bit and is slowing recouping. I wonder if its an age thing.

 

[Adair M]

I like the pot! The trunk is fantastic!

Let's tighten up the foliage:

NO PINCHING!

That will leave brown tips. If you need to shorten s branch, use sharp scissors and cut back into brown wood. Cut little tufts out.

Sit so that your eye is right at branch level, and cut out all the downward growing branches and twigs. As you work around the tree, adjust your chair height or the tree stand do that your eye stays level with the branch you're working on.

When you do this right, all the green foliage will appear to be above the branch. You should see the brown branches, the structure, and then the foliage above. You'll probably have to do some detail wiring, too. Tedious work. But the tree is worth it!

 

[ABCarve]

I can tell you must have done this before.

 

[Adair M]

I can tell you must have done this before.

I see you have trained using guy wires. Do you wire it the traditional way, too?

 

[ABCarve]

I do....but nothing smaller than 20 gauge and nothing larger than 10 gauge. If I have to use larger than 10 gauge the tree is to heavy to pick up.

 

[GrimLore]

New pot for an old ceremony. Placing this in the new pot was a little more than slip potting and 3 years since its last repot. It a little bigger (rounded rectangle) than the previous oval pot. It didn't like it one bit and is slowing recouping. I wonder if its an age thing.

Very nice! And a tribute to your patience and kindness. I miss Dave as well - Great Man too

Grimmy

 

[ABCarve]

Very nice! And a tribute to your patience and kindness. I miss Dave as well - Great Man too

Grimmy

Dave's not here anymore?

 

[GrimLore]

Dave's not here anymore?

ooooooooooooooops, I was thinking of Dave Rochester

Grimmy

 

[drew33998]

Awesome piece of material. My fingers started bleeding just looking at those needles! Had one San Jose and dang are those needles rough on the hands!

 

[ABCarve]

Spring haircut and pulling more branches down.