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Bill's right on here.

I would only add that you should mulch it very well around the trunk and up to the first branch. Pack it out past the root ball thick with pine needles if you can get them, pine bark if you can not. Plant it in a area protected from the north and west winds but where it will recieve full sunlight. If no such place exists for you then plant it in full sunlight and make a tempory windblock for the winter.

Leave it alone, if it survives then maybe in the spring of 2006 if all goes well you can get it back into a pot with good soil.

Junipers are not indoor plants, this will be your best bet. Do not distrib the roots or do so as litle as possible.

Will

edit: mulch after thanksgiving, by then the little bark chewing rodents have already found their winter homes and most likely will not move into your fresh mulch condo.

31-Oct-2004	#7
Will_Heath BANNED Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Clinton Township, MI Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 MI AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 4,227	Bill's right on here. I would only add that you should mulch it very well around the trunk and up to the first branch. Pack it out past the root ball thick with pine needles if you can get them, pine bark if you can not. Plant it in a area protected from the north and west winds but where it will recieve full sunlight. If no such place exists for you then plant it in full sunlight and make a tempory windblock for the winter. Leave it alone, if it survives then maybe in the spring of 2006 if all goes well you can get it back into a pot with good soil. Junipers are not indoor plants, this will be your best bet. Do not distrib the roots or do so as litle as possible. Will edit: mulch after thanksgiving, by then the little bark chewing rodents have already found their winter homes and most likely will not move into your fresh mulch condo.