Eastern Red for Sorce

[Vin]

This one is for you @sorce. Its four year journey has been relatively cookie cutter. It still has a little way to go but it's getting there. Next year it needs to go a bit deeper in the pot. Here it is shortly after I collected it:



This morning before repotting it:






After repotting:

 

[sorce]

Nice!

I like the Jin and that interest there.

You must have been pruning a lot yes?

Sorce

 

[Vin]

Quite a bit since collection along with lots of wire as well.

 

[sorce]

Mine are just losing the last bits of blue.

I am going to try to reposition my group...
For you! For Me!

I might do a drastic root prune to prep it for that Iker slab.
And put it in a super shallow basket.

No stopping my love for these trees.

Really think reclassification is in order.
They just don't act like Juniper.

There is a different way, there must be!

Sorce

 

[Vin]

The foliage will eventually get shortened to around this size:

 

[Spdyracer]

The foliage will eventually get shortened to around this size:

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Thanks for posting it helps me to see what can be done with these.

 

[Vin]

Thanks for posting it helps me to see what can be done with these.

No problem. My other one is much better. I don't have any recent photos of it but I'll post what I have tonight.

 

[Vin]

My other ERC that was collected within days of the other one:







Last year in a Dale Cochoy pot:

 

[Spdyracer]

My other ERC that was collected within days of the other one:

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Last year in a Dale Cochoy pot:

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Very nice! Did you get rid of all that foliage at one time between your first and second picture? Never would have guessed you could get rid of that much with no problems.

 

[Vin]

Very nice! Did you get rid of all that foliage at one time between your first and second picture? Never would have guessed you could get rid of that much with no problems.

No, I removed about a third every six months.

 

[sorce]

Notajuniper.com

Sorce

 

[Spdyracer]

Notajuniper.com

Sorce

Should we have
Notacedar.com also?

 

[Vin]

Let me add, I was very confident each time I removed foliage that the tree was extremely vigorous.

 

[sorce]

Notacedar.com also?

Well... It isn't a cedar!

, I was very confident each time I removed foliage that the tree was extremely vigorous.

I wasn't!

And they still live!

Sorce

 

[Spdyracer]

Let me add, I was very confident each time I removed foliage that the tree was extremely vigorous.

Thanks for the info I'll make sure I'll keep that in mind for the future.

 

[Vin]

They seem to love crappy gooey very organic soil and plenty of fertilizer.

 

[sorce]

Lol!

I disagree!

They are just that badass!

Sorce

 

[Rusty Davis]

That's it Friday is the day I'm digging!

 

[YukiShiro]

This one is for you @sorce. Its four year journey has been relatively cookie cutter. It still has a little way to go but it's getting there. Next year it needs to go a bit deeper in the pot. Here it is shortly after I collected it:

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This morning before repotting it:

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After repotting:

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this is a beaut Vin!

would like to find some more eastern reds here in my valley

best regards
Herman