MattPenton

Hi all:

I am in a quandry. A friend of mine is Landscaping their yard and needed to remove 4 junipers, each about 25 years old. I went over on saturday and dug up the two "garden junipers". These both were ground creepers. While I know this is not the best time to be collecting, I also am in Souther California and understand that we get away with a lot more than most other areas. (we never freeze and will be expecting the "summer" weather untill about September or October)

Each came out with relative ease and had a lot of roots left. They almost fill the 5 gallon nursery cans that I put them in.

My question is this:

I potted these junipers with soil from the collected area. The soil is basically mud now and I am worried that the trees will not survive in this state.

What do I do?... do I repot them with a coarse mix yet? or should I wait and roll the dice?

Also, What can I do to help these trees along and increase my chances of success?

Thanks for any and all help,

Matt

Advertisement