First collected juniper

[Kodama16]

Do you have a porch overhang, preferably on the north side of the house. Any shade would be better then none. Also, it looks like you've got it sitting on a concrete pad? How hot is that in summer (I'm thinking very hot)? Again, the best place for this is full shade, maybe on the grass where the humidity will be consistently high, without a lot of wind.

Hey Dave. Didn't think about the concrete getting hot. Good point out. I was actually at the store buying rope to tie the shade cloth to the fence to raise it off the plant. I was thinking same thing. That sitting on the branches couldn't be good since to would absorb heat.

So I got rope to raise the cloth but the concrete I didn't want it there. Called the wife told her I was moving her plants. Relocated now under my patio. Has 3 walls and a opening to the south that protected by 40% shade cloth. Stays very cool there and humidity is high. I got a plug in fan I'll turn on for a few hours to make sure it getting enough fresh air. This I probably my best location. Wife wasn't happy with it there but she gets over things fast lol. So should be humid and get dapple light. My hanging baskets and house plants do good there. I think this is the winner spot.

 

[rockm]

I would skip the fan. You are trying to reduce transpiration from the foliage since the plant's ability to push water to the foliage has been drastically reduced because of the root chops. That's why misting the foliage is important. A fan would push more air over the foliage and increase evaporation and transpiration from the foliage.

 

[Kodama16]

I was thinking not on the tree but in the corner of the walls just to get fresh air in. And not for long maybe 5-10 min a day.

 

[Dav4]

Hey Dave. Didn't think about the concrete getting hot. Good point out. I was actually at the store buying rope to tie the shade cloth to the fence to raise it off the plant. I was thinking same thing. That sitting on the branches couldn't be good since to would absorb heat.

So I got rope to raise the cloth but the concrete I didn't want it there. Called the wife told her I was moving her plants. Relocated now under my patio. Has 3 walls and a opening to the south that protected by 40% shade cloth. Stays very cool there and humidity is high. I got a plug in fan I'll turn on for a few hours to make sure it getting enough fresh air. This I probably my best location. Wife wasn't happy with it there but she gets over things fast lol. So should be humid and get dapple light. My hanging baskets and house plants do good there. I think this is the winner spot. View attachment 93423

Much better!! I hope it makes it...very sweet trunk!

 

[barrosinc]

hope it makes it! I see what you saw in it!

 

[rockm]

I was thinking not on the tree but in the corner of the walls just to get fresh air in. And not for long maybe 5-10 min a day.

Will still affect the tree and if it's for five or ten minutes why bother? You don't need to set up a fan there.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I agree with what is being said:

(1) With junipers the foliage is really important. Foliage = strength. Don't trim the foliage if you don't have to.
(2) In terms of the shade cloth, there are two schools of thought. The OBJECTIVE here is to keep the foliage from drying out. Shade cloth does this by blocking the sun, but it may not be optimal because at some point the juniper needs the sun for energy. The second school is to build a humidity tent over the tree in a semi-sunny area. The potential risk to this is that you don't want to cook your tree, and you have to watch for humidity issues like mildew and rot.

I have tried both. When moving adult landscape junipers, I wrap them entirely in burlap for a season, and water the whole burlap cover frequently (daily or so). This has been successful for me in full California summer sun. For what it's worth, I have seen no downside from having the burlap sit right on top of the foliage. I wait until winter and then remove the burlap and the foliage doesn't burn.

With collected California juniper I have tried the "place the tree in shade / shade cloth" method and the "humidity tent" method. Both will work, but I think the humidity tent method works better / faster. You just can't place in the tree in full sun (it will bake). Put it in dappled / indirect sun with a tent and the tree both gets energy as well as avoids drying out.

My opinion.

Oh and by the way, no matter WHAT method you choose, you have to mist/water the foliage. The roots are non-existent so there will be very little demand for water in the soil. DON'T over-water the soil, but focus instead on keeping the foliage from drying out.

 

[base797]

I have collected many rmj here in Colorado with great success. Not to discount any other advice that has been given here, but I give them plenty of sun. Pretty sure they need photosynthesis to recover. I protect from sun only at the hottest point in the day and that's only in the heat of summer. I mist with foliar feed (miracle grow) rather than just water and I apply a dressing of spaghnum moss on top of the substrate (50/50 pumice and scoria). Again, this is what works best for me here in Colorado.

Patrik

 

[j evans]

Nice tree, now work your butt off to save it!

 

[Tieball]

I took a Juniper out of the ground. It did have some roots though. Anyway, I was concerned more about the wind and the weight of rain water on the foliage shifting the tree....rattling what ever additional roots might eventually try to grow. I put my box on ground level. Put four stakes into the ground securely. And tied old bicycle inner tubes, the 700 size, around the tree at places and tied that to the stakes. Covering east, west, north and south winds. Basically, I made the tree stay in place regardless of the weather or wind. It not uncommon for that much foliage to collect a lot of water...that's a lot of weight on that mass....pushing it over and stressing anything trying to grow in the soil when the wind blows. My staking and bicycle tubing ( most bike shops toss cut tubes out...you can get them for free) was put in place to hold the trunk secure so there was no movement at all within the soil. Advantage...I had a good sized oak tree for shade.

I will be interested to see if you get roots. I did not think Junipers were very forgiving when you remove all roots. That's a mighty big cutting.

 

[sorce]

most bike shops toss cut tubes out...you can get them for free)

Nice!

Sorce