[IBC] New member - Question on junipers
#1. I want to get into junipers but i'm having trouble finding
small starter stock. Could i buy the 1 gallon size and just prune them back ? Sure. But note that for most of us, 1-gallon junipers ARE small starter stock. For many of us 5-gallon juniper are at least fairly small starter stock. ;-) You will (almost) always get a better bonsai by starting with a tree (of whatever size) and cutting it back. #2. My dad has several very scraggly junipers that have not thrived on a hill where he planted about 75 of them several years ago. Why not replace a couple of them with big healthy gallon sized nursery ones and work with the scraggly ones as bonsai ? Think that could be done? This will work, too -- though "scraggly" doesn't infuse me with a great wish to see the resulting bonsai. Be sure you understand the ins and outs of transplanting from the ground to a pot before you try it, though your best time for doing the digging is almost past. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Jerry Meislik++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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