Documenting progress on this here tree, my not so little anymore ERC.
I pulled this little volunteer late summer/early fall of ‘22. Here it is pictured April 15 2023 after waking up from its first winter.
Here it is today. Am I crazy, or is this thing growing insanely quickly??
Wrestling with whether to do an initial trimming and styling or to let it run wild for one more year. Kinda leaning toward the latter right now. I believe ERC is an elongating juniper so I would like for it to get the full benefit of the many many runners it is throwing off right now. Have dealt with some small bouts of rust but I think through all of the research and advice I’ve seen here I have a good system of prevention/treatment in place that saw this tree through the danger zone this spring with no issues.
I pulled this little volunteer late summer/early fall of ‘22. Here it is pictured April 15 2023 after waking up from its first winter.
Here it is today. Am I crazy, or is this thing growing insanely quickly??
Wrestling with whether to do an initial trimming and styling or to let it run wild for one more year. Kinda leaning toward the latter right now. I believe ERC is an elongating juniper so I would like for it to get the full benefit of the many many runners it is throwing off right now. Have dealt with some small bouts of rust but I think through all of the research and advice I’ve seen here I have a good system of prevention/treatment in place that saw this tree through the danger zone this spring with no issues.
