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Re: Juniper 'Skyrocket'

Junipers do not grow "candles".  Candles are grown by White Pines and
Scotch Pines - thin-needled evergreens.  Junipers grow needles all year
long, and can be pruned throughout the growing season to maintain their
shape. Again, if you allow them to develop two leaders, you can encourage
splitting if exposed to wet heavy snow. 

Of course, an evergreen with two main stems can be protected by tying the
two stems together to avoid splitting.  Be sure to use a very heavy plastic
plant tie material made specifically for this purpose.




At 10:14 AM 10/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>If you do cut, however, I'd wait until it starts sending up growth next
>spring--candling, I think it's called.  Cut the leader about halfway back and
>train one side shoot into leader position.  Some conifers, like spruces,
don't
>like this treatment and you have to be careful about how you cut them.
>
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