OkieBonsai2424
Seedling
I purchased a couple, really good looking Juniper bonsais back in December, and they were healthy as can be..
My original post: http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/juniper-newbie-here-any-advice-welcome.21337/
However, as the weather has turned warmer, I've noticed that my Juniper has turned, honestly, pretty brown (I'll post pictures later to give you an idea of what I'm talking about!). I don't think it's dead by any means, and I do think it can still be saved, but the problem is I'm just not sure what's wrong. I noticed some very fine spider webs all over it, and my first thought was spider mites. So I sprayed it with Spectracide Malathion once a week ago Sunday, and then hit it again about 4 days later to catch any that might have hatched. I don't know if that was really my problem or not, but it doesn't seem to be improving much. It doesn't seem to be getting any more brown either though. I gave the other Juniper to my brother for Christmas, and he's having similar problems down in Houston now too. Is this normal for a Juniper coming out of dormancy to turn a little brown?
My real question is, how would you all go about troubleshooting what might be wrong? Is there a certain thing you try first before then moving on to more drastic steps? The reason I ask is because as you can see in my previous post, there is pretty heavy soil that retains a lot of moisture. I'm afraid that maybe there might be some root rot or something, but I'm afraid to pull it out of the pot to check for fear of stressing it even more, and possible killing it. I just don't know what's wrong is the problem, and it's hard to fix something when you don't know what to fix!!!
Any suggestions, pointers, or advice is greatly appreciated!! Thanks all!!!
My original post: http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/juniper-newbie-here-any-advice-welcome.21337/
However, as the weather has turned warmer, I've noticed that my Juniper has turned, honestly, pretty brown (I'll post pictures later to give you an idea of what I'm talking about!). I don't think it's dead by any means, and I do think it can still be saved, but the problem is I'm just not sure what's wrong. I noticed some very fine spider webs all over it, and my first thought was spider mites. So I sprayed it with Spectracide Malathion once a week ago Sunday, and then hit it again about 4 days later to catch any that might have hatched. I don't know if that was really my problem or not, but it doesn't seem to be improving much. It doesn't seem to be getting any more brown either though. I gave the other Juniper to my brother for Christmas, and he's having similar problems down in Houston now too. Is this normal for a Juniper coming out of dormancy to turn a little brown?
My real question is, how would you all go about troubleshooting what might be wrong? Is there a certain thing you try first before then moving on to more drastic steps? The reason I ask is because as you can see in my previous post, there is pretty heavy soil that retains a lot of moisture. I'm afraid that maybe there might be some root rot or something, but I'm afraid to pull it out of the pot to check for fear of stressing it even more, and possible killing it. I just don't know what's wrong is the problem, and it's hard to fix something when you don't know what to fix!!!
Any suggestions, pointers, or advice is greatly appreciated!! Thanks all!!!