AusBonsai

Picked up this lovely juniper today, i'm planning on just cleaning out for now and getting a better idea of the natural shape it has. Will post more pics after i have uncovered a bit more.

The story so far,
Did a lot of thinning to open up the trunk and have started to compress the large bend which i plan on bringing down further.
Still alot of work to do, but i'll let him have a rest, for now i'll just wire up the primaries and get the general shape sorted.

Here you go... Cheers, Dario

Thanks dario, no matter which way i rotated it tapatalk would just upload it that way.

Here is where this guy is at after removing wire. It needs alot more thinning but im a bit hesitant to go too hard too fast. It has had no major foliage removal for about 6mo now.
Should I look at root reduction now or continue the thinning of the foliage?

Welcome back!

Combination of sun and strong winds have my squamatas looking sad and a little dry. I have been misting foliage too try and maintain some sort of humidity and tried to protect it from the elements as best I can.
Should I mist with straight water or try a weak seasol solution every now and again?
Dont want to lose this guy.

Edit: it still has all the foliage on it as per the last pic I posted. I did no more foliage removal and it is still in the same plastic pot too. Ty

Water the soil with seasol and mist the leaves with straight water.

As for thinning. As a general rule it is best to reduce the leaves when you reduce the roots so you take away some of the demand from the leaves and reduce stress. But you have to balance the reduction.

Can you post a pic so we can see the difference?

Had to evac home due to encroaching fire front. Hopefully my plants survive. Family is safe so I'll take that as a win.
Will continue to nurse these back to health and will post updated pics.

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I'm glad you and your family are safe. I hope the house, trees and everything else stays safe too.

Farout!
Good luck!

This is what the foliage looks like as of this morning.


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gologotha, the foliage looks like the effects of dehydration, the grey tips across the entire tree, it looks at this stage that you will lose the tips of the foliage, but there is plenty of green-blue healthy foliage behind that. I don't now how you can manage as far as care goes, with your evacuation situation, be wary of overwatering as much as as adequate hydration.

Take care brother (or sister),
Mojo

Im back at home now and looking safe for the next while, so I can concentrate on getting my plants back on track. Should I cut back the dying tips now or wait to see what dies off first?

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