Crowned_One

Got a reply back from Steve Pilacik. His best guess is the heat got it. That's all he said. I removed it from the pot to look at the roots and was disappointed and surprised to not one new root on this tree. Still had the original from when I pruned them back in march. Took Steve's advice and he even helped cut some off. I will try one more thing and that is that I placed it in a bigger deeper pot and kept the same type soil mix but added a little MG potting mix in it. I will place it in an area that gets morning sun, shade midday and sun in the evening. I'll try this for 2 weeks if then its all brown I'll frown, count my loss and move on. I do have 16 more jbp's that are just growing(10 in the ground, 3 in clay pots and 3 more still in black nursery pots) and all are doing darn fine. I also have 2 more jbp's that are in a more advanced form(Wayne has seen one of them) in that they have been trained, trimmed, wired and in bonsai pots prior to me purchasing them. They are doing fine also. I thank all who replied to this and appreciate it very much.