Ground grown Shimpaku Juniper

[pjames]

Digging trees from the ground is like opening a present, you will be surprise how they turn up after 3years spent in the ground. They are wired and rewired anually to get that nice taper and movement. The nice bases are a plus. All of my cuttings have some root works done before planting in the pot. These are 5yr old from cuttings. They spent 2yrs in pot and 3yrs in ground.

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[Watto]

That is good stock, and of course we should all be trying to develop or at least use better stock. Well done.

[MJL]

Hey pj - well done - I wish I had started doing this 5 years ago. It’s never too late to start I suppose.

Recently, I paid $50 bucks (shouldn’t have - emotional purchase ) for something ok (but no aggressive turns down low) - shows the value of patience and training your own stock if you have the skills and experience.

Or paying for better stock if some else has put in the time.

[pjames]

That is good stock, and of course we should all be trying to develop or at least use better stock. Well done.

Thanks Watto. Yes im trying to grow my own stock and aiming for good quality trees in the future. Im still new to this so its all trial and error.

Cheers

[pjames]

Hey pj - well done - I wish I had started doing this 5 years ago. It’s never too late to start I suppose.

Recently, I paid $50 bucks (shouldn’t have - emotional purchase ) for something ok (but no aggressive turns down low) - shows the value of patience and training your own stock if you have the skills and experience.

Or paying for better stock if some else has put in the time.

Thanks MJL,

Most important for shimpaku is that initial bend down low. The only difficult part of the growing process is the continuation of that bend. The gap of the second or third bend ideally must not be more than the first one. Thats why sometimes, its better to pull them of the ground before it gets worse. Thats me, maybe others have their own ways.

Cheers