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Hello Everyone, (Juniper Info) (Re-potting a Juniper Info: 1, 2, 3) On Valentines day, I brought one of my junipers to Jason Schley (Bio) for placement of some branches. CFBC was putting on a Bring Your Own Tree Workshop (BYOT) for Junipers. Here is what the juniper looked like before branch placement: Here is Jason working on my tree: And here is what it looks like when it was done having the branches placed: When Jason finished placing the branches, he told me to put it in a nice unglazed, oval pot and to get the moss off the trunk. He also told me not to reduce the length of the branches because it would stress out the tree. So in about a week after placing the branches, I picked out a pot and put it in there. In order to put the juniper in the pot above, I had to go through a couple steps. Here are the steps: I had to get the moss off the trunk. If I kept it on, it would eventually rot the trunk away. All off! Now I have to take it out of it's pot. One of the reasons I have to repot the tree is because it isn't stable in it's pot. It has fallen out of it pot before, squirrels have dug in the pot, and the tree's roots weren't supporting it. The soil was also broken down muck. The juniper just got taken out of the pot, no wonder why the roots couldn't support the tree! There really wasn't any!! Now I have to prepare the pot. I have to put in two screens to hold in the soil, two small pieces of wire to hold in the screens, and two big pieces of wire to hold the tree in the pot. All prepared! Now for some soil and chop-sticking! Chop-sticking helps get rid of the extra air space. The bottom half of the soil is all chop-sticked! Now to fit the tree in the pot. The tree fits and it's placed in the pot. Now to fill it with soil, and finish chop-sticking. Here is the before picture so you don't have to scroll to the top of this post: And here is the after: (Instagram filter on it) I hope you have learned about repotting a tree and about junipers. Thank you to all who helped!
~Ben Jamin (Comment! this post is mobile)
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