My Greatest challenge ever

[Andrew F]

The trunk

[alpineart]

Hi V.S , mate 7 of the 8 are of this size and a small one about 700mm , 1/3 smaller .I have had a good look now and some may need splitting as they are way to big and the branching in the center is worth utilizing . Time will tell as to how much regrowth takes place and what can be used . Minimum pot size required will be 600x 500mm for a healthy tree for the first few years , with bases of 300mm plus they will look impressive . Cheers Alpine

[daiviet_nguyen]

WOW!

I do not think you can up-state yourself again anytime soon!

All the best with the plantings. What is your gut feeling about their survival? There are plenty of roots, I feel that they will do just fine, but I have no knowledge or experience with these.

When they all survive, $1500 seems very miniscule.

Please keep us update.

This collection makes me think of this tree by Mr. Wallter Pall http://walter-pall.de/juniperschinese_juniper_nr__1.jpg.dir/index.html

He was actually on his back look at the trunk

[Mojo Moyogi]

Thanks for that link Daviet, inspiring stuff

Cheers,
Mojo

[alpineart]

Hi Daiviet , mate i don't think i want to top this exercise for a long time .Old hop-a-long is paying the penalty for this exercise .The root mass on all including the ground layers was very impressive, 4 times the size of W.P's collected material and the trunks are twice the size . Yes i'm an optimist , i rate their chances of survival at 95 % .I have had plenty of experience at collecting and killing Pine material , but usually not with root masses like these beauties .Most material in my scoria beds survives and grows extremely well . These will be very impressive trainers and Bonsai in years to come so i have plenty of faith in their ability to recover .

Cheers Alpineart.

[Mojo Moyogi]

Get some regular mist on their foliage Alpine, not too wet, just a few drops, most Junipers I have grown absolutely love a humid environment if their roots are not too wet.

Cheers,
Mojo

[alpineart]

Hi Mojo , onto it mate . I mist all my collected material after the initial watering .This is done 2-3 times a day , then back off to twice a day in a week of two depending on the temps . Then once a day just to be sure . The roots are moist at all times in the wet beds but not actually in water unless they penetrate down into the scoria at the base , then they can drink as much as they require from the 10 mm or so in the bottom of the wet beds , little bit of effort required by the tree to get to the water in the bottom , cant make it too easy .

Cheers Alpine

[alpineart]

Well , one down quite a few to go

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.I think one a week will do this bloke .

Cheers Alpineart

[Andrew F]

Holy shari and jin, thats gonna be a lot of shari and jin

[MattA]

Well , one down quite a few to go

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.I think one a week will do this bloke .

Cheers Alpineart

[Olivecrazy]

Now we talkin these would all be keepers thats for sure in a fully welded cage with a pet tiger this is the best collected junipers that ive seen in Australia by along way in 5-10yrs these trees will match what we see in books of trees that are in japan an the U.S great stuff keep us posted on these very happy to see them survive Alpineart

[Bougy Fan]

Only one a week Ian ? What's wrong with you - you are a man of leisure nowdays

[alpineart]

Hi VS , plenty of carving to look forward too.

Hi MattA , Its bloody huge

Hi Olivecrazy , mate i will play with these for a couple of years then sell them off for someone else to have the pleasure of playing havoc with them , Can't hang on to all 8 monsters have to share them around . I think some of these bases are bigger than a lot of Northern hemisphere and Japanese material that's for sure .Security has been updated , don't worry a blind man could walk in now , these are 4 man tree's so that makes it harder to walk off with .

Hey Bougy Fan , mate i worn out , buggered and broken , still making progress , i repotted 13 plants today , so much for a man of leisure .This was the biggest for the day

Cheers Guys . Alpine

[Craig]

Alpine, any time your ready to swap one of those mediocre juni's for a magnificent Melaleuca lateritia with a 300mm trunk let me know, great work mate.

[Rintar]

Amazing and great work blows the mind of this very humbled beginer . Look forward to watching your work and progress