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Greybeard
Join Date: Aug-2001
Location: Fresno, CA
Country: USA
Posts: 5,252
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Homeward Bound
Once I get home 3 hours later, I can take the freshly dug plants and plant them out in containers I have prepared for the plants in advance. The trees go into a mixture of lava, pumice, akadama and sand. The moss around the roots is also thrown into the pot along with the soil. The moss had been soaked in B-1 solution prior to the trip to the desert, I figure what the heck, and it can’t hurt. Once the trees are potted up they get a securing of wire around the pot and tied to some branches for security of a passer by or a stray dog. I wouldn’t want my rare juniper find to fall out of the bucket.
Many thanks go out to Harry Hirao for his enthusiasm and willingness to share this unique digging site with his many friends.
Final Thoughts
As I sit at my computer desk and pound out this essay. I can glance over to a wall calendar from the local bonsai nursery. I can see this wind battered juniper with is scoured trunk and mossy base. The chojubi quince, while not a desert species still takes me back to a spring day in the desert with the junipers, the grass and the flowers. This image brings a smile to a desert dwellers heart.
All The best, Al Keppler
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