Need your advise on this one

[Smoke]

In my country spring's arround the corner (Chile, south hemisphere), so should i repot to a larger one?, what would be the difference in a year of growing in a large vs smaller pot


Thanks!

You won't see a huge difference until the second or third year in a bigger container. It will need a year just to stabilize. Junipers are slow to grow even in the ground, so being in a pot will mean it will probaly only grow a 1/4 inch of diameter in ten years. In the ground you could cut that in half. Thats still pretty slow compared to other species which can grow several inches in the ground in a couple years.

 

[Paradox]

I just looked at the dates for the 2 pictures I posted

This one was taken April 2012




This one was taken May 2013



so over that one year it grew alot but as Smoke says, it did not gain much trunk girth. It did gain some but its not very noticeable.

 

[october]

Do you have any area in your yard where you could plant this? Judging by the feelings you conveyed in this thread, sounds like you would like to get a tree you can work on and enjoy, Maybe planting this one and forgetting about it might be a good plan. Also, going to get another tree. However, this time, maybe picking something with a little thicker, single trunk. Also, something older with some workable branches.

Concerning the current tree. It really won't look much different in 2-3 years. Also, it won't really be workable until 3-5 years.

Rob

 

[Vance Wood]

Junipers do not seem to gain much in the way of girth unless the turn is somehow injured.

 

[Escobar090]

October:

Sadly ive been moving for the last 15 years every year so planting in a yard its not an option (sadly) , but you got it right, i would like a tree i can work with, enjoy and of course learn while it grows. At the moment i have a chinese elm (it was quite nice when i bought it, actually) and a nursery false cypress im working on at the moment. So im learning with these 3 trees.

 

[Paradox]

Junipers do not seem to gain much in the way of girth unless the turn is somehow injured.

Please explain in more detail. How would you do this?