My Best Collected Tree- Story of a Steady Decline

[keri-wms]

My gut feeling is the original soil is going to be a gooey wet ball of clay, sitting in the middle of a nice free-draining soil mix.

I had a Juniper like this from a garden that struggled for years, in the end I hosed off all the clay in the middle, put it back in the pot and left it on a roof with nearly no watering other than rain - to get as much sun as possible.

It worked really well! (for my particular tree)

The problem with this operation is it really would be kill-or-cure, so I'll defer to people with more experience than me.

Maybe find a way to monitor the water levels in the inner root ball as well as the outer soil mix?

Have you fed it at all?

 

[Lazylightningny]

I'd like to ask a question, and I hope I don't insult you... that planter you have them in now- you drilled holes in the bottom, right? It almost looks like the roots might be too wet.

The poor guy is trying really hard to stay alive.

 

[wireme]

I find myself wondering about your juniper occasionally, it looked like there was still hope, so how's it doing? Still got some green?

 

[drew33998]

One of the two is still living. The one I pictured here sadly died. Yes there were probably 40 1/4" holes in the bottom and sides.