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Author Garden: A dried out juniper bonsai MissippiKite Gardener Member # 8365 posted                       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 Plants: 2 | From: Birmingham, Al | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 24.175.142.83 Mrs.Bradley Dream Gardener Member # 8183 posted                       Ironicaaly, the same thing happened to me a year or so ago.except mine was crispy,crunchy!! My husband(who bought the plant) was very upset. I tried to revive it with no luck at all! toss it and start over. theres probably no hope * * * * Plants: 468 | From: oregon coast | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 68.118.64.9 GardenGuy_Gardener Dream Gardener Member # 7861 posted                       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! * * * * The good thing about snow is that it makes your yard look just like your neighbors! Plants: 211 | From: philadelphia | Registered: Jan 2006  |  Seeded: 71.242.109.152 Will Creed guest posted                 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. Seeded: 71.247.75.99 GardenGuy_Gardener Dream Gardener Member # 7861 posted                       You should get a fig bonsai i used to have one of them and theyre really pretty. * * * * The good thing about snow is that it makes your yard look just like your neighbors! Plants: 211 | From: philadelphia | Registered: Jan 2006  |  Seeded: 71.242.109.152 TomR Dream Gardener Member # 1618 posted                    I agree with Will. This is an OUTDOOR plant and needs dormancy. Try a TROPICAL type bonsai next. Tom * * * * My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Plants: 233 | From: Dutchess county,N.Y. | Registered: Oct 2003  |  Seeded: 24.161.95.233 SpringFever Garden Pro! Member # 8125 posted                       How about any advice on what was suppose to be an indoor? Ligustrum Lucidum bonsai... any one know about these? * * * * Tonight I am having friends for dinner... Hanibal Lector My Album Plants: 13562 | From: Lawrence,Ma | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 66.31.21.34 Will Creed guest posted                 Ligustrum lucidum (privet) is another non-tropical plant that is unlikely to survive warm winters indoors. Sorry, I don't have better news. Seeded: 71.247.75.99

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