Rudd’s California Juniper #2

[Ruddigger]

Started making the stand. Not a lot of time left before my club’s show on May 4th, I need to get cracking on it.

 

[Ruddigger]

The stand is coming along. Got the base and top all assembled. Just need to attach them together and then apply finish.

The top is a 15” square, total height 19”.

 

[Ruddigger]

Finished the stand last night, and did some touch up on the tree. That back branch I’m growing out looks a little funny right now, but it’ll be nice in the future.

 

[We're all Mad Here...🎩]

Love this, great work!!

 

[Ruddigger]

On display at the show. Still on the search for a better pot.

 

[Ruddigger]

A couple months after showing the tree and you can see how well it continues to grow, the left side is untouched, I already started trimming back the right side.

Normally I’d let it to shoot out until Spring, but it’s probably going to be in the John Naka Memorial show in a few weeks.

 

[clem]

Good job, good cultivation

 

[Ruddigger]

All cleaned up now. It put on a lot of density over the summer, I actually thinned it quite a bit.


Also that little whip I was growing as a back branch thickened up enough that I cut it and have it right where I wanted it.


New back branch as seen from the front.


And now I have some new whips in the upper rear of the tree that I’ll allow to grow out to fill in some open space in that section.

 

[NateDyk47]

Love this tree! Thanks for sharing.

 

[clem]

+1 it is a beautifull and venerable tree
It seems happy to grow in your garden

 

[dmwphoto]

very nice!

 

[Ruddigger]

On display for this weekend’s John Naka Memorial Exhibition in Little Tokyo.

 

[RJG2]

I found a nice video thumbnail

 

[Ruddigger]

Ha, yeah I was surprised by that.

 

[Ruddigger]

Repotting day tomorrow. I have three pot choices:

The Chinese production pot it’s currently in:


This Iana Glushach round:


This Nao Tokutake square:


Easy decision I think.

 

[Hartinez]

Your right. The production pot for sure…

 

[Mike Westervelt]

The Glushach round is very nice, a little dark maybe but the depth is appropriate for the current inclination.

Love the Nao pot but seems a bit tall which is possibly why he is lobbying for an angle change???

 

[Ruddigger]

The Glushach round is very nice, a little dark maybe but the depth is appropriate for the current inclination.

Love the Nao pot but seems a bit tall which is possibly why he is lobbying for an angle change???

It is a little larger than the current pot all around. 1” taller, 2” wider at the top. Nao made the pot to my specs when I was visiting up there, but then we added the lip on top which added to the dimensions.

I plan to rotate the front a bit and increase the angle a tiny bit. We’ll see how it turns out tomorrow.

 

[Ruddigger]

I got the base raised up and the angle further down. Also rotated clockwise in the pot a bit. The foliage is getting out of control, late spring it will need a lot of reduction.

 

[Mike Westervelt]

That turned out great! Looks much better raised up a bit and centered in the pot, doesn't seem too tall at all now. Nice collaboration Ryan and Nao!!