I was given a Juniper bonsai about four months ago, and recently the bonsai stopped growing. Not only that but it leaves have turned dry all the way. I tried watering it and gave it lots of sunlight. Is there something that I need to do to make it turn green again? or is there no hope for this little guy? I really want to revive it and make it grow.
PS: It started to dry up like about two months ago.
ANYONE PLEASE HELP
here is my email as well: sanchalf20@gmail.com
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Junipers die slowly from the inside out. By the time it is showing much on the outside, it is probably completely dead and not revivable. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.
Did you have it indoors? Junipers are NOT indoor trees and are pretty much guaranteed to die indoors (despite whatever the person who sold it to you might have said - there are plenty of ignorant/ unscrupulous dealers out there who either don't really know or will tell you whatever you want to hear to make the sale).
But if it started looking bad a couple months ago, which was only a couple months after you got it, it may well have been well on the way to dying when you got it. Many of the little juniper bonsais you see all over the place are just cuttings, mass produced, stuck in a bit of soil and sold off. They may have hardly any root system.
If you are thinking about replacing it, do some more reading and learning first and then look for a reputable dealer and spend a bit more money buying an older tree that is better established.
Your typical little "mallsai" juniper cutting looks something like this:
https://www.gifttree.com/images/super/70 ... Bonsai.jpg
without spending a fortune, you would be looking for something more like this:
https://www.dallasbonsai.com/v/vspfiles/ ... 06Pic3.jpg
notice development of trunk and roots.
Alternatively you could spend less than you did on what you have and buy an actual juniper in a nursery pot and work on gradually cutting it down (roots and top) to be a bonsai. You will learn more about bonsai and end up with a better and healthier tree.
This was probably a bigger tree/ shrub that has already had its first trimming...
https://lexicon.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341 ... 280970c-pi
Did you have it indoors? Junipers are NOT indoor trees and are pretty much guaranteed to die indoors (despite whatever the person who sold it to you might have said - there are plenty of ignorant/ unscrupulous dealers out there who either don't really know or will tell you whatever you want to hear to make the sale).
But if it started looking bad a couple months ago, which was only a couple months after you got it, it may well have been well on the way to dying when you got it. Many of the little juniper bonsais you see all over the place are just cuttings, mass produced, stuck in a bit of soil and sold off. They may have hardly any root system.
If you are thinking about replacing it, do some more reading and learning first and then look for a reputable dealer and spend a bit more money buying an older tree that is better established.
Your typical little "mallsai" juniper cutting looks something like this:
https://www.gifttree.com/images/super/70 ... Bonsai.jpg
without spending a fortune, you would be looking for something more like this:
https://www.dallasbonsai.com/v/vspfiles/ ... 06Pic3.jpg
notice development of trunk and roots.
Alternatively you could spend less than you did on what you have and buy an actual juniper in a nursery pot and work on gradually cutting it down (roots and top) to be a bonsai. You will learn more about bonsai and end up with a better and healthier tree.
This was probably a bigger tree/ shrub that has already had its first trimming...
https://lexicon.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341 ... 280970c-pi
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Did you read what I said?
Junipers are extremely hardy. The grow well up in to Canada and handle weather like minus 30 degrees. Texas cold is nothing for them.
It doesn't need (indoor) lighting, it needs to be outdoors. But in fact yours likely just needs a decent burial.rainbowgardener wrote:Junipers die slowly from the inside out. By the time it is showing much on the outside, it is probably completely dead and not revivable. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.
Did you have it indoors? Junipers are NOT indoor trees and are pretty much guaranteed to die indoors (despite whatever the person who sold it to you might have said - there are plenty of ignorant/ unscrupulous dealers out there who either don't really know or will tell you whatever you want to hear to make the sale).
Junipers are extremely hardy. The grow well up in to Canada and handle weather like minus 30 degrees. Texas cold is nothing for them.