When is the best time to repot a Shimpaku? I think it needs repotting badly.
Iris

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In a message dated 8/10/2005 10:09:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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When is the best time to repot a Shimpaku? I think it needs repeating
badly.
Iris

I repot mine in the first week of Jan. For you I would aim for after
the worst of the cold is passed but while some cool weather remains.
For me repeating any Juniper this time of year is almost always fatal.

Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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Good example of regional differences. In the San Francisco Bay Area we do Junipers in October/ November and they do great. If we wait until January, they are not as stable.

Kits

"Billy M. Rhodes" wrote:
In a message dated 8/10/2005 10:09:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

When is the best time to repot a Shimpaku? I think it needs repeating
badly.
Iris

I repot mine in the first week of Jan. For you I would aim for after
the worst of the cold is passed but while some cool weather remains.
For me repeating any Juniper this time of year is almost always fatal.

Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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Here in Zone 4....not too far from Iris who I think is Zone 5...I prefer to
repot them
just after the ground thaws from winter. April thru May. If it is an
emergency, just
move it into a larger training pot with additional soil for now and do it
properly in spring.
Pauline Zone 4 West CharltonNY

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Good example of regional differences. In the San Francisco Bay Area we do
Junipers in October/ November and they do great. If we wait until January,
they are not as stable.

Kits

"Billy M. Rhodes" wrote:
In a message dated 8/10/2005 10:09:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

When is the best time to repot a Shimpaku? I think it needs repeating
badly.
Iris

I repot mine in the first week of Jan. For you I would aim for after
the worst of the cold is passed but while some cool weather remains.
For me repeating any Juniper this time of year is almost always fatal.

Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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On Aug 11, 2005, at 2:35 AM, Billy M. Rhodes wrote:

In a message dated 8/10/2005 10:09:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

When is the best time to repot a Shimpaku? I think it needs repeating
badly.
Iris

I repot mine in the first week of Jan. For you I would aim for
after
the worst of the cold is passed but while some cool weather remains.
For me repeating any Juniper this time of year is almost always fatal.

Billy on the Florida Space Coast

I repot in the spring, sometime in March. I wouldn't do any root
pruning this time of year. If it's potbound, I would take it out of the
pot with the root ball intact and pot up in a larger nursery pot and
then repot next spring.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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Iris:

I have had plenty of experience in growing Shimpaku juniper, especially
in Upstate New York.

The best time to transplant Junipers is in late-May and early June,
when the new growth is actively growing. This way the new growth of
both the foliage and roots will not be damaged by a late spring frost.

The junipers recover very quickly and there is not problem with the new
growth. I would keep the newly transplanted Juniper out of the sun and
wind for no more than one week when transplanting then.

Now, if you transplant Junipers at the "book" recommended time, in
early spring before new growth begins I would place the plant
immediately in a full sun exposure.

Iris, I suggest you transplant your potbound Shimpaku juniper now. If
the water does not train fast, you can easily punch holes in the root
ball with a heavy chopstick. If you decide to go the "whole way",
simply transplant either into the same container or a larger one. Try
not to bare-root the plant, simply remove much of the soil, lightly
root trim making sure to have a nice network of fibrous roots showing
so they will be in contact with the fresh soil.

Good luck, there is still plenty of growing time in our area...

Bill

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