[IBC] Juniper rescue

Allen

There's a house near me that's being rennovated and they've given me
the old junipers growing on the side. These guys are about 3-4"
diameter and stand about 2-3 feet tall. Besides getting all the roots
i can, putting them in some sandy, well draining mix, in the shade,
foliar feedings, and cutting them back so that i've got a 75% top 25%
root proportion .... What other advice can you all give me to give
them the best chance possible ?

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Allen <chreaux@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
There's a house near me that's being rennovated and they've given me
the old junipers growing on the side. These guys are about 3-4"
diameter and stand about 2-3 feet tall. Besides getting all the roots
i can, putting them in some sandy, well draining mix, in the shade,
foliar feedings, and cutting them back so that i've got a 75% top 25%
root proportion .... What other advice can you all give me to give
them the best chance possible ?

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Jim Lewis

I might be happier with nearer 50/50 root/foliage, but I'm
applying a
general rule. Others may know better in this specific case.


Richard

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Roots are MUCH more important than leaves (needles) -- but be
sure you _have_ needles!!!!!!!

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Allen

Thanks for all the advice! What about superthrive ?
And how soon do you think i'll know if i was successful?
I realize that Junipers stay green and pretty for a while after the roots are gone.

Allen

jklewis@NETTALLY.COM (Jim Lewis) wrote in message
>
> If you are disastrously not successful, you'll know inside a
> month, maybe 6 weeks.
>
> Otherwise, if it clings stubbornly to life you'll be on
> tenterhooks through the winter and into spring before you find
> out whether it decides to make it. I have had late-collected
> juniper put out new growth the following spring, then decide it
> took too much stored-up energy to maintain it, and wither away.
>
> Superthrive will neither help nor (probably) hurt.
>
What i really wanted to know was: How soon I can start treating these
junipers like junipers and put them in the sun ? I'm not going to do
any 'bonsai' work or cause them any further stress until they get some
new growth next spring for sure ! I just don't want them to languish
in the cooler shade when they need to be junipers. So ... 6 weeks
you think ?

Craig Cowing

Allen wrote:

> jklewis@NETTALLY.COM (Jim Lewis) wrote in message
> >
> > If you are disastrously not successful, you'll know inside a
> > month, maybe 6 weeks.
> >
> > Otherwise, if it clings stubbornly to life you'll be on
> > tenterhooks through the winter and into spring before you find
> > out whether it decides to make it. I have had late-collected
> > juniper put out new growth the following spring, then decide it
> > took too much stored-up energy to maintain it, and wither away.
> >
> > Superthrive will neither help nor (probably) hurt.
> >
> What i really wanted to know was: How soon I can start treating these
> junipers like junipers and put them in the sun ? I'm not going to do
> any 'bonsai' work or cause them any further stress until they get some
> new growth next spring for sure ! I just don't want them to languish
> in the cooler shade when they need to be junipers. So ... 6 weeks
> you think ?

If it were me I'd wait until I saw new growth, then gradually introduce them to
full sun over the course of the next few weeks. Even though they eventually will
require full sun, they are not at full strength right now because they've just been
collected.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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