Needle Juniper Pre Bonsai

[alpineart]

This was potted 3 years ago

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and yes ignored for what it was a pathetic little protrate ground cover put into a bonsai pot .

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I cant recall ever training it in any shape or form so i removed 50% of the branches before repotting it

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After removing from the pot i was stunned to find no soil but 500-600mm roots wound around the whole pot .Not being in a scoria mix tells me it could have been here for more than 3 -4 years .After jimmying it out , i considered smashing the pot it was that tight it actually pushed the base up out above the pot rim the reason why it hadn't fallen out of the pot .

[alpineart]

I have retained as much as possible of the roots so i put it into a deep pot 150-160mm

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made by a local school student

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Top to tail is around 350mm and 250mm wide

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.Now this took some serious time over a couple of days but i think it will pay off in a season or two .

Cheers Alpineart