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Originally Posted by Arnie
Hans,
Great story.
How easy is the Juniper to aclimatise? I hear Communis are very difficult and rarely survive more than a few years after collecting.
Arnie
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Hi Arnie,
And thanks, well so far this one is doing great(knok on wood) they are allmoost imposible to keep i know, but because the ones i have seen dowing great are more or less from this same zone, i wend for this one. i have been reading German articles about keeping Communis in good condition after collecting, and the say more or less the same as i learned from all those storys of the ones that just would not stay alive: you have to give them planty time to recover after collecting!
You should allso be carefull with wire, they dont like to be bend to much, and when you repot them you must take care not to do to much prunning there, they hardly have any feeder roots so you can only shorten the thick ones! And again give them time to recover! Looking at the place where the grow; they allmoost only live from water they collect out off the air, so you can not water them to much and the soil should be on the dry side. Misting the foliage is very importend here i think, and a nice warm and sunny spot as well is very importend. I just give her plenty off time, and only when i am absolutly sure she is up to it, will i have a look if there are enough roots to put her safe in a pot! For now i just enjoy her as she is, knowing well that it is a small wonder she is dowing so fine!
Regards,
Hans van Meer.