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Re: Evolution of a juniper
Posted: April 12th, 2018, 10:53 am
by treeman
Andrew Legg wrote:Mike, not related to the tree directly (which I think is headed in the right direction), but as many people interested in junipers will no doubt read this, a little tip I learnt. The foliage of junipers can be pretty prickly and irritating on the hands. If you wear surgical gloves, this avoids this problem. Just thought I would toss that in here for the hell of it.
Thanks Andrew. My hands are close to rhinoceros hide so I don't bother so much about the needles. Another tip is to spray with water before you work. This softens the very tip of the needle but you have to put up with working wet.
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Re: Evolution of a juniper
Posted: July 29th, 2025, 2:33 pm
by treeman
After many years of procrastinating I've finally decided to change this tree into a shimpaku. Put on 23 grafts of itowigawa
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Re: Evolution of a juniper
Posted: July 30th, 2025, 11:55 pm
by PeachSlices
keen to see how many work i havent had any success grafting i think i unwrapped them too early or didnt provide enough humidity.
Will attempt approch grafting the itoigawa on this year and see how i go with that.
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Re: Evolution of a juniper
Posted: July 31st, 2025, 12:44 pm
by treeman
Did you use sphagnum and seal them in a bag? You only poke holes in the bag at first and that is only after you see good new growth. The bag is removed 2-3 months after that if all is going well. In fact fact at first I usually only cut enough of the bag to allow the new shoot to emerge from it.
Re: Evolution of a juniper
Posted: July 31st, 2025, 4:50 pm
by Matthew
keep us updated Mike. My success rate has been maybe 30%