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30-Oct-2004
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Oct-2004
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Help, Please for my Sick Juniper!
I am an 18 year old college freshman, bio major with emphasis in botany, and i just got a bonsai from a friend. He gave it to me because it is on its last leg, it is a juniper in bad condition, about 60% is brown and dry from the tops, under is green. But on some of the outer tips there is new growth and green but brown underneath. It is in a big bowl that had been sitting outside and almost completely full of water. I got some pots to put it in and cleaned out alot of the marbles and stones covering the dirt and got some potting soil. What should i do next? Let the mud dry and replant? Is it even salvagable? Please lend me some advice as i know you guys know your stuff.
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4-Nov-2004
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Oct-2004
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Advice Please
Will anyone please help me, it is getting more dry every day, the brown parts anyway. I want to save it if i can, and books and such i have looked at don't really help. Any advice would be very helpful and appreciated.Primus
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4-Nov-2004
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The Cat's Apprentice
 
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Howdy primus,
sorry to say it is not hopeful. When a juniper starts to go crunchy, it's by-by time the best thing is to make sure it has proper drainage and does not stay soaking good luck pootsie |
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4-Nov-2004
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bonsaiTALK Expert
Join Date: Jul-2004
Location: Chico
Country: USA
Posts: 177
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First, you will always get a better response when you post a picture. That said, some general tips are to make sure you place it outside and that it gets plenty of light. It will definitely not survive indoors. If you have not yet already repotted it, make sure you use a well draining soil (like with sand, pumice, etc.) and not just all potting soil. Also, if you really want to save it, buy a bottle of superthrive. But, like pootsie said, all of this may be beside the point. If the rocks you removed from the surface were glued on, it's a mallsai and probably was bound to go anyway. Anyway, best of luck.
Scott. |
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