Juniper - Big bends and live vein creation`
Posted: June 29th, 2013, 6:56 pm
Hi all.
I'm looking for some shared successful experiences on timing for big bends and creating live veins on your Junipers. Whilst I've had successful experiences with this, I was just wanting to see what works for everyone else, especially from the more experienced members on here
In particular : reducing a Juniper's live vein size by 50-70% - when do you find the best time to do this is? when the sap is flowing @ max capacity? (mid summer).
- Do you perform it in stages? that is, every few weeks you reduce it by 10-15%? (I've seen Kimura use this technique on a YEW in one of his books).
- Have you performed significant live vein reductions in combination with other significant work? such as big bends / re-potting? if so, how successful was it? or do you leave a recovery period between this type of work?
Any info and shared experiences would be most appreciated
Cheers,
Dave.
I'm looking for some shared successful experiences on timing for big bends and creating live veins on your Junipers. Whilst I've had successful experiences with this, I was just wanting to see what works for everyone else, especially from the more experienced members on here
In particular : reducing a Juniper's live vein size by 50-70% - when do you find the best time to do this is? when the sap is flowing @ max capacity? (mid summer).
- Do you perform it in stages? that is, every few weeks you reduce it by 10-15%? (I've seen Kimura use this technique on a YEW in one of his books).
- Have you performed significant live vein reductions in combination with other significant work? such as big bends / re-potting? if so, how successful was it? or do you leave a recovery period between this type of work?
Any info and shared experiences would be most appreciated
Cheers,
Dave.