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eangola wrote: I am not planning on bringing it outside, and I am building a cold frame for the winter. It gets to -30 where I live. Tonight we are going to have a stupid cold front, tempo will drop to 30 Fahrenheit. Is there anything I should do?. I mean the tree has waken up, and it is trying to recover from my aggressive mistreat, and now nature is going to beat it up too!. Damn...

I meant bringing it inside, sorry for some reason I can't edit the post.

We"ll just have to wait and see

Update on the tree:

It has been a while since the damage was done. I don't want to jinx it but, this tree is doing fine. In fact, there is new growth already, and growing pattern is very similar to an almost untouched, healthy juniper I have planted on a big pot. No the branches close to the cuts haven't died, in fact, they have new growth. Now, I would like to talk a little about my plans with this tree, as I think it will survive and actually do well (I know it is still a bit early, but I have a feeling).:

- About the three main branches going outwards: This is what I have, it won't get better than that in a long time. Period. Now, I take the challenge as a great learning tool. These three main branches, as you can notice from the picture, were thinned out. I only left small leaves on groupings of two, as I want to work on ramification there. So the plan is, let it grow untouched, until tree is healthy, and passively pinch shoots as they grow, leaving groupings of two. Ramification will follow, and will give me a better idea on how to style the tree as it starts to look more like one, maybe I'll leave the growth at top ,style it as a savanah tree, top the soil with sand. I don't know, we will see in a few years. This process will probably bring some back-budding, any back-bud below the secondary branches, close to the trunk will be leftt almost untouched, this should help with taper, also, they might be plan B if I want to change style of the tree.

- Wiring: Patience... that's all I have to say about wiring (I think I am learning!)

- About the shari: enough was done (clearly), in a very far future, carving will be practiced on this tree.

- About the tiny twig close to the bottom: This is a sacrifice branch, it is growing vigorously. It should let grow freely to thicken the trunk below it.

Time will tell... and this year, I won't touch this tree, unless a miracle happens. In which case only very minor pinching will be carried out on healthy branches.

I think once ramification occurs, and foliage starts filling the tree, things will look much better. As I read on my juniper book "after thinning the tree would look like you did too much, but don't worry, foliage will fill out as soon as you think".

that other, badly beaten small juniper on my other post. Well that one... is not doing so well... :dry: :whistle:

eangola wrote: It has been a while since the damage was done. I don't want to jinx it but, this tree is doing fine. In fact, there is new growth already

New growth definately is a good sign. That does mean that, clearly, I was wrong.

Auk wrote:

eangola wrote: It has been a while since the damage was done. I don't want to jinx it but, this tree is doing fine. In fact, there is new growth already

New growth definately is a good sign. That does mean that, clearly, I was wrong.

Well.. I would like to mention I might have gotten lucky. Maybe this is a very strong Juniper. Also, I've been taking care of it. It was on a shadow spot and I have been misting the leaves it 2-3 times a day. Regardless, I should have work on ramification and taper before even thinking about deadwood. There is really no point to create deadwood on a tree that has such undeveloped secondary branches. So yeah, I don't think the tree will die, but if my goal is to get better ramification, it would have happened faster if I wouldn't have created shari. Now I have deadwood to take care off...

eangola wrote: Well.. I would like to mention I might have gotten lucky.

You are learning fast though!

eangola wrote: So yeah, I don't think the tree will die, but if my goal is to get better ramification, it would have happened faster if I wouldn't have created shari. Now I have deadwood to take care off...

It may go a little slower, but lesson learned on the shari. How tall is the tree, btw?

el_cheezer wrote:

eangola wrote: So yeah, I don't think the tree will die, but if my goal is to get better ramification, it would have happened faster if I wouldn't have created shari. Now I have deadwood to take care off...

It may go a little slower, but lesson learned on the shari. How tall is the tree, btw?

About twelve inches? maybe a little smaller?

so.. Is the tree certainly making a recovery now?

leatherback wrote: so.. Is the tree certainly making a recovery now?

Yes. The tree has some new growth and hasn't shown any signs of distress. All branches are still alive and healthy. Junipers are slow, but it has been about a month already, so I doubt the tree would die, or lose any branch.