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2 | 5.26% |
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36 | 94.74% |
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24-Jun-2006
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
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[indoors] Juniper bonsai
Okay I have a question for people who have juniper bonsais. Now I have just boughten a Juniper and now I have a dawning choice outside or inside. I have been looking online and sites tell me either or. But I wanna know from personal experiences. Does a Juniper have to be outside or can it be inside? I am living in Texas so it gets very hot and humid outside, but inside it is kept at around 80 degrees F indoors. Either way it will be recieving morning light from the east and afternoon shade. But again which is better indoors or outdoors from my juniper.
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24-Jun-2006
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
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I had a little juniper (p. nana) that I tried to keep inside and it is now in Bonsai heaven - it went quick too. That was my experience.
If I were you - keep it outside. If you want an indoor tree, get a Chinese Elm. Adam |
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24-Jun-2006
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bonsaiTALK Expert
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You may be able to keep it alive for 6 months or so... but keeping a juniper inside is almost certain death.
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24-Jun-2006
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Bonsai Barry
 
Join Date: Dec-2004
Location: Santa Maria, CA
Country: USA
USDA Zone: 9
AHS Heat Zone: 3,4
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My sister has one that has survived in the house for several years, but it is in a special greenhouse type window. Nonetheless, I still voted outside because of my own experiences.
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24-Jun-2006
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Intermediate
Join Date: Jun-2002
Location: Hudson, FL
Country: USA
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Juniper inside or out....
If you can keep a juniper alive inside the house then you are nothing short of a magician....... If one did survive it would not THRIVE, only barely survive and that is not living. Junipers love sun and heat. Some grow in the desert.
I live in Florida and right now it is very hot and humid. My junipers have lived out in the full sun for many years. One is a cutting I started nearly 30 years ago. Several others are nearly that old. Full sun or at least mostly sun is what they like. Junipers are not house plants. |
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24-Jun-2006
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Bonsai nare-do-well
 
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Tried by 1000 and failed by all.
Best advise I can give you is scrap the idea. Now to all that have posted to this. Do you have any idea why it won't work? Why will a juniper last longer indoors up north that down south.? How come they always die.? |
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25-Jun-2006
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Old Bonsaiman-new pots
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Not that I am endorsing this at all,
but, Jack has certainly made it work. And his trees when displayed are gorgeous.... I've seen his indoor setup and can't hardly believe it(them) Dale http://www.bonsaihunk.us/WikleArticle.html http://www.fukubonsai.com/2b2a2a.html
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25-Jun-2006
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
Join Date: Mar-2006
Location: West Springfield Massachusetts
Country: USA
USDA Zone: zone 5
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I know Ron, or at least I think I do. Up north, at 80 degrees, the doors and windows are open, down south those Ac's are humming away. Air conditioning just sucks the moisture out of the air, there is a fine line between a juniper liking to be dryer and being dry = dead. The other issue is light, inside isn't enough.
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26-Jun-2006
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
Join Date: Aug-2004
Location: Aberystwyth Uni
Country: Wales
USDA Zone: 8
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I'm not surprised that every response to the poll this far is Outdoor.
Being indoors poses many problems for almost every tree: The air is too dry. The air isn't mooving. There isn't enough light. There isn't the right kind of light. The temperature is too constant.(hardly any variation for seasons and even day/night) I tried keeping trees indoors when i started and i'm suprised at how long they actually took to die. Now that makes it sound like i was trying to kill them, but anybody who keeps a tree indoors without a special setup is unconciously killing their tree. Al
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26-Jun-2006
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Here is the biggest culprit . Low relative humidity. The dryer the air the more moisture is sucked out of the plant Air conditioners are blamed mostly . However they do much less to reduce relative humidity than a heater does. This is why most people have a hard time over wintering their tropical trees indoors. |
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