Utah Juniper 2020

[Housguy]

I just got back from a collecting trip, collected 7 trees but one is special to me and probably a keeper, so I wanted to start a detailed thread for it.
11/07 - In the ground before removal



11/10 - Second day in pot and going through the collection process.


The collectors, I and pops

 

[casun]

Where was it collected?

 

[Potawatomi13]

Very good tree.

 

[Housguy]

Where was it collected?

Mammoth area, permit required through the forestry dept. and you can collect lodge pole pines and Utah Junipers.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Very nice Tree!!!

Now that foliage will “revert” or “adapt” once containerized, right? Just curious..

Take a lot of pictures!

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Really nice collected tree.

Resist the urge to start working on it too soon. Give it at least 2 years before doing anything else.

 

[Housguy]

Really nice collected tree.

Resist the urge to start working on it too soon. Give it at least 2 years before doing anything else.

Exactly Leo! I won't, that is one of my rules as well when it comes to collecting trees! My first trip of collected Utah Junipers has just passed the two year mark and those have grown tremendously and will look to be working on those in 2021.

 

[Housguy]

Very nice Tree!!!

Now that foliage will “revert” or “adapt” once containerized, right? Just curious..

Take a lot of pictures!

Thanks HLF! Definitely will, in the few years that I have been collecting Utah Junipers and watching them through the collection process, the trees foliage will turn either a darker more natural green or turn a brighter more florescent green with each shade of green having huge meaning. Darker more natural green = healthy tree and on its way to recovery
Brighter florescent green = unhappy tree and declining
Even though trees that turn a brighter more florescent green are less likely to make it, once in awhile one will make it and turn to the happier green and start to flourish.

 

[hinmo24t]

nicest yamadiggle i remember seeing on here in a while

that your terrier protecting your crop in chino hills or what?

 

[HorseloverFat]

yamadiggle

LOVE IT!

 

[Housguy]

that your terrier protecting your crop in chino hills or what?

Thanks hinmo24t and yes my blue nose pit would take down any would be bonsai thief!

 

[Cuchilo]

Nice find !

 

[BunjaeKorea]

Nice work! Now let it recover for a good two years

 

[just.wing.it]

Great movement in that trunk line.
Good luck with it, keep us posted!

 

[Housguy]

I am feeling good the tree is doing well, the new green color it has is a good sign it is going in the right direction.

 

[misfit11]

Fantastic pick, Housguy! This has great potential. The movement in the trunks is really nice. I like the lower sub-trunk a lot.

It looks like you know what you're doing regarding collected Junipers. Mostly pumice substrate. Mist it often. Fingers crossed that it makes it.

 

[Housguy]

Mostly pumice substrate. Mist it often. Fingers crossed that it makes it

Thanks Misfit11! I use a mix of 2/3 pumice and 1/3 lava rock and my collected trees seem to like that combination and do well in it. Yes, mist in the morning and evening and if I am off that day, also in the afternoon sometimes.

 

[Dav4]

Looking good so far. Is this one back out in sun yet? If the tips are greening up, it's growing roots and can tolerate morning sun for sure. Make sure that lowest left trunk gets plenty of sun to remain strong as it really sets up this one for something special... the Mother/Daughter is strong in this one. Good luck!

 

[Housguy]

It is in a spot where is gets some more sun and mostly shaded throughout the afternoon. Agree on the mother/daughter relationship, that lowest trunk will be in final design for sure. Thanks Dav4

 

[PaulH]

I went collecting at Inyo last month also. Here's my haul... 5 junipers, 6 lodgepoles, 2 western white pines, and 1 hemlock. All are doing well so far. I plant in straight pumice that I gather at Mammoth Mountain. The junipers are in my cold greenhouse with bottom heat and auto misting every four hours and are starting to push growth.