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A bit of TLC and lots of feeding should do the trick. |
Juniper No 6 This Informal upright Itoigowa Juniper was also acquired in March 2024, another of the trees being sold by a friend. Like the others, the tree had been neglected for a few years and was pot bound in its weed filled pot. A lot of the foliage had died and there was a lot of work involved in cleaning it out and removing the dead stuff. The large "flat" area of deadwood is quite thin and this unusual feature is sometimes referred to as a "Sail". In this instance the Sail had a few holes that needed to be filled - fortunately my car body filler did the trick. Inevitably this tree has become known as the Sail Juniper. Because I got it at the end of March, I was able to repot the tree, although other than removing the dead foliage there wasn’t much work needed on the basic structure. Unfortunately – once again I didn’t take any pictures before I started the work.
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As the tree gains strength, I will need to rebuild the foliage, but until then no drastic work will be undertaken. The only thing that I have done is to stabilise the deadwood by filling the cracks. The car body filler is very strong and also acts as an adhesive.
See Below - the Sail before filling |
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A bit of TLC and lots of feeding should do the trick. |
