Chinese juniper is native of Mongolia, China and Japan, though it is commonly grown as an ornamental or landscape plant in both North America and Europe.
Often grown as a specimen or Christmas tree for lawns, this shrub may also help frame an entryway or walkway, or to act as a windbreak. Blue Point juniper requires full sunlight to truly thrive, although other Chinese junipers prefer partial shade. Blue Point juniper is adaptable to a wide range of soils, and is not picky about soil pH. The shrub will suffer in poorly draining soils. Water regularly, especially when the plant is young. Regular watering helps to establish a healthy, deep root system.
Reduce water after plant is established, and during the winter. Fertilize annually before new growth emerges in the spring. Chinese juniper is generally tolerant of wind.
Voles and juniper webworm may both become a problem for the Blue Point juniper. Reduce voles' burrowing by applying a 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch, and remove nearby dead grasses and perennials because these may provide shelter for the rodents.
Juniper webworms feed on foliage and leave telltale silky threads. Remove webworms by releasing natural predators or using a systemic insecticide.
Rust is a common fungal disease that may be treated with fungicide. Check your juniper for dead, diseased or damaged branches. Diseased or damaged branches will show scars, cuts, bruising or discoloration. Dead branches won't move with the wind and will feel hollow. This wood needs to be removed for the health of the tree. Prepare a sanitizing solution by mixing 1-part bleach with parts water in a bucket. Place your pruning tools in the bucket.
Then cut off the unhealthy wood at its intersection with the trunk or with a main branch. In between every cut, place the tools back in the sanitizing solution to cleanse. Trim back the overall size of the plant by shortening long limbs. The University of Missouri recommends pruning juniper branches back to a Y-intersection to promote a more compact juniper. Cut down the juniper's height by 20 percent if you feel the tree is too tall. Prune back the top branches and outer branches.
Junipers develop a "dead zone" in the center of the tree. Gardeners must not prune into the dead zone and must leave some green foliage on any branch they do prune. If a branch is cut back to a point where it has no growth, it is not likely to produce new foliage. The best time to plant juniper bushes is in the fall, according to This Old House. Junipers can grow well in poor soil as long as they get full sunlight, according to the North Dakota State University Extension. Once you put your juniper shrub in the ground, you must water it each week if there is no rain.
Once the ground freezes for the winter, you no longer need to water your juniper bush. Mulching heavily in the late fall will help your juniper bush live through a heavy freeze. However, once the winter passes, remove most of the mulch. Otherwise, it may stunt your bush's growth.
Pick juniper berries from the tree carefully. They break easily, and once the oils are released, their flavor degrades quickly. Dry the juniper berries by spreading them out on a flat surface in a sunny spot until they are shriveled. Juniper berries should not be eaten by pregnant women, children under the age of 12—or by anyone with breast cancer or kidney disease. Remove new growths from the top that are taller than the main body of the juniper shrub, using hand pruners.
Cut the stems near the dormant bud closest to the main body of the plant. This encourages compact growth. Bonsai forum. Index Recent topics Search. Page: 1 2. Soil type and fertilizer for Juniper? I took the" Caring for your Juniper course" and the instructor suggested a 4, 4, 4 ratio. I could not find this ratio. Does anyone have a suggestion for a fertilizer brand and ratio.
Also, I noticed in the video that most of the trees were planted in dirt mixture. The mixture, I used was TInyroots all purpose mixture which has almost a rock like texture; it drains very well, so I'm wondering if I should water more often. I don't have any brown, but it looks dry. Thanks for the help, Paul. If the soil feels dry then water. I would not use Miracle Grow, but if you are fine.
I use Boigld only and seaweed extract, only every two weeks The ratio does not matter as long as it is balanced NPK with the fertiliser and make sure that you dilute to the instructions on the bottle. The following user s said Thank You: paulyc yahoo. How do you know a fertilizer is balanced? For example, an older larch need less to none N in his fertilizer.
Organic fertilizers, like manure, can also be used with good results. As a plant matures, less fertilizing will be needed. These evergreens are susceptible to mouse damage over winter. Specifically, these mice will eat the bark off the stem of the plant harming it and in many cases, killing the plant.
To control this, a product such as Bait Station should be set out under the evergreen in late fall. To reduce the rodent population, use a product that contains Zinc Phosphide. Care should be taken when using any pesticide or poison. Watering in late fall is very important for the winter health of any evergreen and should be done to young plants every year in early November.
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