Second attempt on nursery juniper
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
It feels like you too too much off.
The tree needs a decent amount of healthy foliage to respond to your actions. Styling is more than just clipping everything off I am afraid. Be more conservative. Reducing foliage mass over a period of a year or two, allowing inner foliage to strengthen and then style with that is often a good path.
The tree needs a decent amount of healthy foliage to respond to your actions. Styling is more than just clipping everything off I am afraid. Be more conservative. Reducing foliage mass over a period of a year or two, allowing inner foliage to strengthen and then style with that is often a good path.
Baku1875
Shohin
dont treat a conifer like a ficus. foliage for junipers is their life support, you gotta creep your prunings gradually to reach your goal on these trees.
Jelle on point with the tips... 1-2 year window when you chop some off, and make sure there's plenty of foliage left to keep the tree alive.
I'm a novice, but with junipers it's all about pad creation/ramification, going easy on the hard prunings and root pruning, and timeframes are a lot longer because they dont recover in half a season like a ficus or bougainvillea.....
Jelle on point with the tips... 1-2 year window when you chop some off, and make sure there's plenty of foliage left to keep the tree alive.
I'm a novice, but with junipers it's all about pad creation/ramification, going easy on the hard prunings and root pruning, and timeframes are a lot longer because they dont recover in half a season like a ficus or bougainvillea.....
Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
I think the process is solid. Let's start with the fact that you avoided making pompoms and that's a mile ahead of other beginners.
Enthusiasm? Check! A little too much enthusiasm? Also check!
This is going to take a couple years to bounce back but that's OK. It's not a huge space taker.
Small point of critique is that you left a couple stubs with foliage on them. These stubs are impossible to bend with a plant this size, so it'll likely turn into an odd branch in the future. I would not fix that now, but use the foliage for recovery and fix it later.
Enthusiasm? Check! A little too much enthusiasm? Also check!
This is going to take a couple years to bounce back but that's OK. It's not a huge space taker.
Small point of critique is that you left a couple stubs with foliage on them. These stubs are impossible to bend with a plant this size, so it'll likely turn into an odd branch in the future. I would not fix that now, but use the foliage for recovery and fix it later.
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Yikes.... yea a little too much.
common rookie mistake
Learn from it and do better next time
common rookie mistake
Learn from it and do better next time
Baku1875
Shohin
Is the tree still alive? If it's stressed, give it some mist and partial shade. Curious to see because if it makes it, it's gonna be nice. My main concern is that you didnt leave any runners on there so it can have some hormonal balance (auxin for root growth, root tip growth for more foliage cycle). Always leave a few healthy runners after a heavy styling if in doubt.
