stump of an unknown species

[buddaboy]

I was at Tess's this last weekend, Beeeutiful Junipers. When I dont kill them I will save up my pocket money.

[Jamie]

I was at Tess's this last weekend, Beeeutiful Junipers. When I dont kill them I will save up my pocket money.

lol, i think the biggest problem you would have mate is the sun and dry hot winds. if you could protect them from the winds and keep them under a shadecloth that allows a fair bit of light through i reckon you wouldnt have a problem. did you get anything from tess's???

[Chris Di Nola]

Just a quick vert mate, the tree will need to be on the larger size because the foliage wont reduce.

[Jamie]

skip,

i like the looks of that i think that will be something i will have to aim for.i think we now have a plan. alright!
and thats one thing i dodnt know that the foliage would reduce. thats an important thing to know. how do you go with ramification??
even with defoliation i take it they wont reduce?

thanks for the vert mate, i do like it


jamie

[Jamie]

skip,

looking at your virt and thinking on it... i was concerned about taper. i am not so much now, the trunks look good just like that i think with the way the foliage is. i would have to work on taper just ramification

so here is the next thing on this beast, get rid of the trunks that are of no use, and build ramification to look along the lines of skippy's virt.

how did you go about building ramification on yours mate? being such a ravenous grower it should take to long to get something like the virt should it?

enlighten me please mate, i take it like you originally said wire the young shoots to begin with then use clip and grow?

thanks mate

jamie

[Jamie]

well guys, i went at it today, hoping it will recover fine, i am sure it will.

i will now wait and see how it buds back, it shouldnt be a problem, plenty of water and food and we should be sweet

before and after pics

muraya 001.jpg

murraya chop.JPG

as you can see, a big difference. now its open and we can see whats going on.
my plan is let it back bud like crazy then wire new leaders and apex's. do a bit more chopping if necessary and maybe a couple of jin, if it works into the design

jamie

[JayP]

Arent there basic names Jasmine orange?

yeah mate (Murraya Paniculata) commonly known as 'Orange Jasmine' or 'Mock Orange', i have heard a couple others but i can't remember them off the top of my head! however a quick google search turned up these names, 'Orange Jessamine', 'Chinese Box', 'Mock lime', 'Satinwood' and 'Lakeview Jasmine'. But the first two are definately the most widely used

[Jamie]

heres a bit of an update since i chopped away at it about three weeks ago, its got new shoots all over the place which will allow me to have atleast 5 trunks on this beast, the growth rate on it seems quite strong at the moment so no complaints there
i will be doing some finer chop work later down the track once the new shoots develop some more


jamie