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Topic: A dried out juniper bonsai

MissippiKite
Gardener

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Hi! We have a new juniper bonsai plant that we let get too dry. I have cut back all the dried parts to where there is green in the branches. It looks quite scraggly now. It it worth trying to revive or should I just toss it and start over? Thanks for any advice. Diana Vance

From: Birmingham, Al | Registered: Mar 2006 | IP: Logged

Mrs.Bradley
Dream Gardener

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Ironicaaly, the same thing happened to me a year or so ago.except mine was crispy,crunchy!! [Eek!]

My husband(who bought the plant) was very upset.
I tried to revive it with no luck at all! [shocked]

toss it and start over. theres probably no hope [scaredy]

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From: oregon coast | Registered: Mar 2006 | IP: Logged

GardenGuy_Gardener
Dream Gardener

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i agree to get a new one but dont toss it. Plants are amazing and with a little nourishment it might be right as rain!

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The good thing about snow is that it makes your yard look just like your neighbors! [Big Grin]

From: philadelphia | Registered: Jan 2006 | IP: Logged

Will Creed
Gardener

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Hi Diana,

If you were planning on keeping your Juniper bonsai indoors, it was doomed to fail. Juniper is not a tropical plant and it requires cold winter temperatures that it would never get indoors. That is why so many Bonsais fail.

If you are interested in an indoor Bonsai, get one that is a tropical plant, such as Ponytail palm or Ficus benjamina. These plants can adapt to all year round warm temps. Junipers cannot.

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GardenGuy_Gardener
Dream Gardener

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You should get a fig bonsai i used to have one of them and theyre really pretty.

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The good thing about snow is that it makes your yard look just like your neighbors! [Big Grin]

From: philadelphia | Registered: Jan 2006 | IP: Logged

TomR
Dream Gardener

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I agree with Will. This is an OUTDOOR plant and needs dormancy. Try a TROPICAL type bonsai next.

Tom

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My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

From: Dutchess county,N.Y. | Registered: Oct 2003 | IP: Logged

SpringFever
Garden Pro!

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How about any advice on what was suppose to be an indoor? Ligustrum Lucidum bonsai... any one know about these?

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