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Evergreen Bonsai Discussion / Re: Hollywood juniper from nursery stock
« Last post by augustine on Today at 12:37 PM »Not criticizing what was done here or the results, just adding my point of view.
I have experienced problems with drastically pruning junipers which has not been mentioned (and I did not even prune to this degree). Even if the tree lives (and I agree a healthy tree can generally survive this treatment) it can get very weak for several seasons really slowing the development process.
Therefore I stopped such drastic pruning. I prune moderately over the course of several seasons and arrive at a desired result in approx. the same time with 2 advantages. One, I didn't compromise the health of the tree and secondly I was able to evaluate the design over several seasons.
Also in my area, a juniper that was stressed like this is going to be attacked by spider mites or scale further slowing the development process.
Someone said something that struck me "the slow way is the fast way." Just my two cents however I tend to be conservative with training so my advice is not for everyone.
I have experienced problems with drastically pruning junipers which has not been mentioned (and I did not even prune to this degree). Even if the tree lives (and I agree a healthy tree can generally survive this treatment) it can get very weak for several seasons really slowing the development process.
Therefore I stopped such drastic pruning. I prune moderately over the course of several seasons and arrive at a desired result in approx. the same time with 2 advantages. One, I didn't compromise the health of the tree and secondly I was able to evaluate the design over several seasons.
Also in my area, a juniper that was stressed like this is going to be attacked by spider mites or scale further slowing the development process.
Someone said something that struck me "the slow way is the fast way." Just my two cents however I tend to be conservative with training so my advice is not for everyone.