Cleaning and Creating Clouds
Posted: December 3rd, 2016, 9:05 am
I just read this on another forum and thought it was a nice and concise way of explaining things.
Cleaning up juniper foliage involves:
Removing crotch growth
Removing old weak foliage
Removing downward growth, and
Thinning the branches and foliage.
Creating the cloud:
On the branches you leave, you further thin the foliage. Remove the downward facing shoots and remove some of the shoots on the older woody part of the branch. leave alternating shoots and for every 2-3 horizontal shoots, leave one on the top.
Luke
Cleaning up juniper foliage involves:
Removing crotch growth
Removing old weak foliage
Removing downward growth, and
Thinning the branches and foliage.
Creating the cloud:
On the branches you leave, you further thin the foliage. Remove the downward facing shoots and remove some of the shoots on the older woody part of the branch. leave alternating shoots and for every 2-3 horizontal shoots, leave one on the top.
Luke