parhamr
Omono
June 2014
Purchased for $12, labeled as a Green Mound Dwarf Juniper
March 2015
Slip potted into a 3-gallon pot with soil at an approximate ratio of 2 parts diatomaceous earth, 1 part medium pine bark, and 1 part pumice. Fed with Osmocote 14-14-14.
June 2015
I moved this into a ceramic pot for better root health and a slightly taller pot to take it further off the ground. (I should have gone big for a $150 super tall pot.) Weeks layer this was lightly pruned to thin out the canopy and to reduce branching down to two forks.
October 2015
I wired the trailing leader upwards as an initial step in changing this toward an informal upright form. This was an early, cautionary set of bends; later I’ll go the full route of wrapping and snapping some wood. The wire wrapped around the pot is providing an anchor that supports the upward bending.
Purchased for $12, labeled as a Green Mound Dwarf Juniper
March 2015
Slip potted into a 3-gallon pot with soil at an approximate ratio of 2 parts diatomaceous earth, 1 part medium pine bark, and 1 part pumice. Fed with Osmocote 14-14-14.
June 2015
I moved this into a ceramic pot for better root health and a slightly taller pot to take it further off the ground. (I should have gone big for a $150 super tall pot.) Weeks layer this was lightly pruned to thin out the canopy and to reduce branching down to two forks.
October 2015
I wired the trailing leader upwards as an initial step in changing this toward an informal upright form. This was an early, cautionary set of bends; later I’ll go the full route of wrapping and snapping some wood. The wire wrapped around the pot is providing an anchor that supports the upward bending.
