SoCal conifer repotting questions

[Matt3839]

So I live in Los Angeles by the beach, and have some junipers and Hinoki I was planning to repot this year but now it looks like I may be gone for most of March, which is probably when they’d start to push new growth.

I know Jonas at bonsai tonight said he often repots his pines in late Jan early Feb up in the Bay Area. But not sure about junipers and hinokis’s…

Am I stuck with these trees in the pots they’re in for a whole other year or do you guys think it’s safe to repot a little earlier, like late Feb?
They’re all going from nursery soil/containers into pond baskets/grow boxes with pumice and pine bark fines mixes. So some root trimming will be done.

 

[BrianBay9]

We've been repotting junipers here in the central valley for most of the month already.

 

[Matt3839]

We've been repotting junipers here in the central valley for most of the month already.

Have you done anything with Hinoki or you don’t have any? I’m a little worried about them because they seem to be a little more finicky with root work..

 

[Ruddigger]

We’ve been repotting since November.

 

[BrianBay9]

Have you done anything with Hinoki or you don’t have any? I’m a little worried about them because they seem to be a little more finicky with root work..

One Hinoki, but it's not on the repot schedule for this year.

 

[Wulfskaar]

I have repotted pines in Feb a few times. Since we have no frost, I think it's fine. I'll probably be repotting in Feb and March.

 

[Matt3839]

My Hinoki always seem to have a little bit of green tips so it’s a bit hard to tell if they’re starting to come out of dormancy. Or ever really went in. It doesn’t get below 50 very regularly here. Or above 80

Please ignore the cryptomeria branches in the photo below

 

[Wulfskaar]

My Hinoki always seem to have a little bit of green tips so it’s a bit hard to tell if they’re starting to come out of dormancy. Or ever really went in. It doesn’t get below 50 very regularly here. Or above 80

Please ignore the cryptomeria branches in the photo below

Yeah, we're getting lows in the 40s, but nowhere near frost temps.