Help juniper

[purelydaniel]

I have a Shimpaku Juniper and I used tire tube and wrapped it around the to bend it and I know now that it works in the colder areas but not here on the sunshine coast where it is hotter. So never doing that again.
Anyway it was starting to die so I took all the wire off and after being told to do so by tess, to then spray it with superthrive and it got worst but there is a branch that is was under the tire tube area, and it has new growth only on this little branch. any suggestions on how to keep it going okay? I have been using plantacoat, and healthy earth organic fertiliser. so I thought maybe to lean it on the side of the good brach and get some sape to it. any suggestions its really bad but has had new growth. I mean it not a lot of growth but its something. please tell me?

[purelydaniel]

I don't have a pic tho, sorry guys

[Jasonb]

I would put it in the corner and make sure that it is watered and kept alive to begin with, by the sounds of it the tree has taken a bit of a beating, so if it were mine I wouldn't touch it. Make sure it bounces back and work it when healthy enough to do so.

Json

[Brian]

agree with the comments above. This happened on one of my sergeants junipers. This variety often buds on old wood so perhaps if the weakened branch is in the sun, it may regrow to how is was previously. ( with a lot of aftercare )

[MoGanic]

These trees r more hardy than ur average needle junipers, but as above youd best just not let it dry out and give it very weak solutions of fert if any. The roots r going to slowly die off naturally as the branches they were supporting have died. This will give you some interesting contrast between live and dead veins in the future but thats years from now mate. Good luck, this is my second favourite variety of juniper .

-Mo

[purelydaniel]

Thank you for the resonses shimpaku arrest hardy and look good, I will incorperate it into my little tree. Another reason why I didn't want it to die is that it has the most amazing little trunk on it and roots so for me it was all about that when I bought it and I'm really praying it doesn't die. This one little branch has the tinnest bit of grown on it compared to everywhere that died. So the trunk has all this live vein around dead wood already. Anyway let's pray it comes good and if so in a year I'll show pics. It is get plenty of water up here and it is in sunlight should I put it directly in sunlight with it tilted on an angle for the branch to get sap to

[MoGanic]

Thank you for the resonses shimpaku arrest hardy and look good, I will incorperate it into my little tree. Another reason why I didn't want it to die is that it has the most amazing little trunk on it and roots so for me it was all about that when I bought it and I'm really praying it doesn't die. This one little branch has the tinnest bit of grown on it compared to everywhere that died. So the trunk has all this live vein around dead wood already. Anyway let's pray it comes good and if so in a year I'll show pics. It is get plenty of water up here and it is in sunlight should I put it directly in sunlight with it tilted on an angle for the branch to get sap to

I'm thinking keep it in shade for a couple weeks tops - just until you see some good growth. Then move it to full sun.

I have a shimpaku that was a bush when I got it and I cut off about 90% of the foliage, placed it in the shade for a couple days and it's now growing on very well. This one was in excellent health when the reductions were made and of course the reductions were intentional and not due to dieback.

Good luck mate, would love to see a picture of it now and when it recovers

-Mo

[purelydaniel]

thanks mo for the advice. I have done the same cut back 90 percent of the foliage on my other junipers my formenia and they back bud very well. where about did you get your little shimpaku that's you speak of? I really hope it survives its only got the minimalist growth but its still a little but hopefully it doesn't dy. would you suggest super thrive

[MoGanic]

thanks mo for the advice. I have done the same cut back 90 percent of the foliage on my other junipers my formenia and they back bud very well. where about did you get your little shimpaku that's you speak of? I really hope it survives its only got the minimalist growth but its still a little but hopefully it doesn't dy. would you suggest super thrive

Never used Superthrive mate, I just look at the labels and go for something high Nitrogen when I want growth - this is pretty much what your after at the moment. But with my Shimps I tend to dilute it to a weak solution (weak meaning less than recommended on the bottle) and apply every half week in summer (due to watering so much the fert washes out quicker) and every week or two in spring. Might start to give a bit of fert at the end of winter too but that depends on how cold it is outside .

If you want an ultimate mix for Junipers I would say PM Anttall - he knows what he's doing.

Cheers,
Mo