Japanese Green Mound Juniper - Juniperus procumbens
Sourced from: Bonsai the Imagination Tree in 2007
Cost: $20 from the clearance bench.
Current height: 310mm
Current width: 600mm
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Note: Another Juniper that has sat around for a long time and had nothing much done to it apart from a few trunk chops. Since I have owned it, it's never been root pruned, getting this tree down to shohin size and into a bonsai pot inside 18 months might be umm.......interesting I think I hear the Grim Reaper sharpening his scythe
Cheers,
Mojo
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...Might as well face it, I'm addicted to Shohin...
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Unwanted branching on left hand rear has been removed and the stump on the right hand side has been reduced.
In the next week, I will reduce the root ball of this tree dramatically and pot it into free draining soil in a colander in an attempt to get it down into a bonsai pot of suitable scale within 18 months. Wish me luck
Cheers,
Mojo
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Please post how much you will reduce it. Would like to learn.
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During the last week of April I reduced the roots of this tree substantially, going from a 33cm nursery pot into a 30cm colander and taking 1/2 to 2/3 off the seriously compacted root ball. A little bit of a risk, but I was pretty confident that I could provide the aftercare needed to get the tree through any possible setbacks.
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Outstanding weather in the 6 weeks since repotting has helped recovery quite a bit, up here in the mountains we have been spared the very wet late autumn and early winter that can be challenging for trees that are aggressively repotted in mid autumn. The tree is now showing it's usual rusty tones as it goes fully dormant, I would expect this tree to begin to return to blue-green in late August or thereabouts. I will then commence feeding and in mid spring will begin to look more seriously at design pruning and wiring.
Cheers,
Mojo
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Sorry, What was your after care, apart for a bit of shade, careful watering and perhaps misting?
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Hi Neli, the aftercare was pretty straightforward as it turned out, the weather helped a lot, there were overcast but warm days early, with no really windy days or nights, which meant that I could leave the tree in an open position without needing any shade. I was also careful not to over-water and we were fortunate to not have excessively wet periods through April or May. I have a polytunnel that use to propagate cuttings in, occasionally I will put newly repotted trees in there to protect from frost, to add a bit of warmth, or shelter from heavy rain which can be necessary in both Spring and Autumn.
Cheers,
Mojo
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It's also worth mentioning that the level of root reduction and it's timing would be a bit different with Shimpaku, than it would be with J.procumbens or J.squamata. If I had done this with a root bound Shimpaku, I would be taking a huge risk given my cool climate and the slow recovery and growth rate of Shimpaku.
Cheers,
Mojo
...Might as well face it, I'm addicted to Shohin...
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Thanks!
I have one big procumbens in the ground, and I keep getting cuttings from it...Itt is very thick. Managed to root around 50 cuttings, now it is time to dig it out...or maybe first wire it and grow some leaders???I have not looked inside...it is so thick from all the cutting I get from it.
But Chinensis I have plenty, so Thanks for the info...will have to investigate when to repot that one when the time comes. I guess chinensis is best repoted in spring?
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Cheers,
Mojo
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Soory that you had to withdraw it. May I know what is the reason. Any branch die back? In japan shohin shimpaku junipers were transplanted 1 month before the large ones, which are normally transplanted, twice a year. That is early spring and end of august, september (for shohin). I guess that will be early autumn there though it was very hot and humid.
What is the time you had best success rate with JPN and shimpakus? I am trying to see how our climate equate to theirs.
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I think I hear the Grim Reaper sharpening his scythe 
