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[IBC] Collecting Junipers
Before I start, just let me say that one of these is a landscape shrub in MY
yard and the other is in the cow pasture of a relative. Both plants are Junipers (one is a yellow-gold variety) the other is growing wild out in a field and I have no idea as to the variety. It has needle-like foliage much like a procumbens, but larger. I would like to actually collect them both next spring. I'm not so worried about the landscape one as the one growing wild in the cow pasture. That one is probably at LEAST 30 years old if not significantly older. There is a lot of dead wood on it and it is growing quite closely to another, much larger plant of the same type. The larger one is way too big for me to even try to collect. My question is: given that I want to collect them in the spring, when should I dig a ring around them to encourage fine root growth prior to collecting them? I probably should have done that this past spring; but I didn't. For reasons I don't really have time to go into, I need to collect them next spring as opposed to waiting until later. Should I wait until early autumn or is it ok to dig the ring now if I leave them where they are until spring? So far our summer has been milder than I can ever remember with lots of rain. Of course that could change dramatically quite quickly! Jeff Isom Cleveland, OH / Sunset Zone 39 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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