Carl_Bergstrom

A few notes.

First, I agree wholeheartedly with Matt. There's a delayed gratification from growing in the ground or growning boxes. Maples are amazing that way. They typically do almost nothing the first year, and then go nuts the second year.

Second, juniper may not be the fastest-growing species around. Be patient with them.

Third, take pictures as you go along. Sometimes you don't think a tree has really changed much until you go back and look at the "before" picture...and then you see it's doubled in girth.

(Alternatively, you can wire the tree and then forget that you wired it, and measure the growth a year later by the depth of the wire scars - but I prefer the photographic method, myself.)

-Old Mister

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