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I've been posting for a while in another thread about a sick shimpaku (dying tips) and I believe that the problem might in fact be root knot nematodes. When I repotted this I noticed a bunch of woody little knots incorporated into the root system. I spoke with an expert on shimpaku in my area...

Just wanted to follow up... Browning seems to have slowed down. The needles that are dying off seem to only be older growth-more so at the bottom section of the tree. I figure that whatever roots died/got pruned corresponded to the foliage that died. Most of the new stuff and top half is not...

Thanks guys:)I repotted it about three weeks ago and loosened up much of the root ball (except under the base/trunk, that part is still pretty tight and holds too much moisture). It was very tight in the pot and drainage was definitely an issue. The soil it's in now is about one third organic to...

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Still dying Okay so I'm really sad to say that I just can't seem to fix this problem. I would really like to but now I'm thinking that I won't be able to save this tree in time before too much of the foliage dies. I've lost quite a bit of foliage now. No mites, no more poor drainage in the...

Anyone tried something like this? Did a little research and came up with a recipe for killing mites: http://www.mellobonsai.com/care/Miticide.aspx I just did this yesterday. We'll see how well it works.

So it's been about a little over a week since I started watering less and stopped misting heavily at night and the problem with tips browning off continues... The tree does have mites as I have found since I checked it again. I found about 10 this time when I did the sheet of paper trick. I also...

Thanks for the info! I'm not going to repot now seeing that it's been really hot (90's) here in San Diego and usually stays that way through October and even into November sometimes. Maybe a late fall re-pot would be ideal?

I started watering less but I don't want to let my trees dry out too much. What would be a good indicator of when to water? Also, the roots are pretty crowded in the pot so I want to do a re-pot. Should I just wait until next spring or will that be too long? I have another juniper that I...

Of course!;)

I'm not so sure about the soil. It's the same soil the tree was in when I bought it and it seems to be of good quality and drains well. I'm weary of repotting right now as this is the hottest time of year here in San Diego. I do want to repot but I think I'll wait on that. I have been...

Hello there, new to the forum and am glad to be here! Okay so my problem is with one of my junipers; it's a shimpaku and has recently started to brown at some of the tips. It's not a serious problem (yet) but I would like to get this taken care of asap. I read a lot about this and most of what I...