[KCPOOLE] Juniper sargentii

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Re: [KCPOOLE] Juniper sargentii

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Just starting to move after winter sleep. now looking for a pot for it :-)

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Hi Ken
when you split the trunk did you split 4 ways or just 2 and how far along the trunk did you split , very inspiring to see what you' ve done there ken
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Hi peter
No splitting the trunks here. just lots of Raffia and Wire :-)

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...looking good Ken!
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Its rubbish Ken get rid of it or give it the big chop. :twisted: ( thinking of the only way possible my trees could beat this)

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squizzy wrote:Its rubbish Ken get rid of it or give it the big chop. :twisted: ( thinking of the only way possible my trees could beat this)

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Looking good ken! I am home now. Just arrived.
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hi ken
thanks for that gives me confidence to try it to , would it be a good time now to do it .

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peterb wrote:hi ken
thanks for that gives me confidence to try it to , would it be a good time now to do it .

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I am planning to do one at the School show as a demo, so yep happy to do one now :-)
Just do not touch the roots at the same time. Leave that for 6 - 12 months after recovering.

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Did my Demo today at the school show here viewtopic.php?f=25&t=16597&p=169201#p169201
and potted this one up as part of the show :-)

Happy with the way it is developing, and will now concentrate on building foliage pads and ramification ove rthe next 11 months or so.
I will repot next spring to fine tune the position in this pot depending on the foliage development I will achieve over the intervening time

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I like everything you have done up to now. Just dont get the small branch in the pocket. You can Drop a branch behind from the apex. That is how they do it in Japan.
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Which branch in the "pocket" Neli?

No worries I can do you bending if you like :-) If you can get them into OZ, then I can bend, or better sttill, Fly me over to you and i can do there :-)

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I dare say neli is referring to the first right branch inside the first bend. I thought it looked a little odd myself.
The tree looks amazing though and is coming along well.

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Very cool Ken, and could be a winner. I think the bottom right hand branch also looks a little out of place. Could develop the one above.?
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bodhidharma wrote:Very cool Ken, and could be a winner. I think the bottom right hand branch also looks a little out of place. Could develop the one above.?
Quite possibly doable, There are are a few other small branches around there to maybe use. That one you mention Bodhi is a concern. definitely will be doing more and maybe might be to just reduce it some more.
Thanks Golgotha I will look at that some more thru the week and see what is happening. amazing what you see in trees in a photo

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