Hartinez
Masterpiece
Decided to start the thread on this big One Seed juniper I collected the week after returning from nationals back in 2023.
Found on a hill side in Northern NM.
The clay root ball was so heavy that I thought I might have to abandon it and come back with help. I made it up, barely lugged it into the back of my truck and tied it down.
I did not tie it down well enough and the whole tree tipped over as soon as I started driving.
Once home I built a huge box and at repot the rootball began to collapse. Which is typically a death sentence for trees growing in our heavy clay soils.
I persisted and to my surprise the tree not only survived, it through out massive extensions of beautiful mature, not juvenile, growth.
I left it to grow all last summer and this spring I put it into this big mica pot I bought from wigerts. It’s an over sized pot and this tree will need something much cooler once I compact the foliage at design. Which I may do this fall, possibly next spring.
Found on a hill side in Northern NM.
The clay root ball was so heavy that I thought I might have to abandon it and come back with help. I made it up, barely lugged it into the back of my truck and tied it down.
I did not tie it down well enough and the whole tree tipped over as soon as I started driving.
Once home I built a huge box and at repot the rootball began to collapse. Which is typically a death sentence for trees growing in our heavy clay soils.
I persisted and to my surprise the tree not only survived, it through out massive extensions of beautiful mature, not juvenile, growth.
I left it to grow all last summer and this spring I put it into this big mica pot I bought from wigerts. It’s an over sized pot and this tree will need something much cooler once I compact the foliage at design. Which I may do this fall, possibly next spring.
