fresh meat to replace my two recently deceased juniperus chinensis. Hopefully these larger blue star and grey owl species will be more hardy in a larger deeper pot.
by Blackopsman_21
fresh meat to replace my two recently deceased juniperus chinensis. Hopefully these larger blue star and grey owl species will be more hardy in a larger deeper pot.
by Blackopsman_21
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So far just one. Made the very rookie mistake early on and had it inside.
Over-watering.
Pruned AND repotted in the middle of summer.
Went on vacation and picked the wrong person to look after them for a week.
After the third time I fell out of the hobby for about a decade.
Don’t futz with them too much.
For me it was under watering. I went on vacation, the watering system broke down the day I left, three weeks, no water. Now I have eyes on the system. A friend stops by just to make sure the plants have been watered.
Had it inside.
Since then, no deaths. Well no juniper deaths at least.
I’ll let ya know in a couple months
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I still have my first 2 junipers, cedars don’t like me though
Does it count if my inlaws kill it while I’m out of town?
None out of the 3 actually. They have been extremely resilient in my experience.
One, cut too much green and It died. Other trees all good!
Styled way too aggressively. Started as a 5gal nursery stock and did a ton to it. Took a lot off, branches bent, jins made, didn’t leave leftover foliage for later removal down to a better silhouette. Kind of frustrating because I paid a fair bit for the workshop with a VERY good professional, but the tree just went into a hard decline right after the workshop/styling.
1, but it was nursery stock that just up and died for no reason before I even had a chance to work on it.
Honestly, none I think? I’ve killed a JBP and a Mugo pine, but of the 40+ junipers I have, none have died. I did a lot of research early on that kept me from doing anything silly or drastic.
0. But thats because Im not a fan of conifers, and as such have never owned one.
None. I don’t like the way they look, I’ll never own one!