Are my Juniper bonsais dead?

[713juggalo]

2 days ago I put 3 of my bonsai's in a small greenhouse. They were healthy and green when they went in, but this morning they had all started turning brown. Parts of them are still green, but they look really dry and brittle. Is there a way for me to revive them? Should I cut off all the brown and add fertilizer? Please help!

 

[Vance Wood]

2 days ago I put 3 of my bonsai's in a small greenhouse. They were healthy and green when they went in, but this morning they had all started turning brown. Parts of them are still green, but they look really dry and brittle. Is there a way for me to revive them? Should I cut off all the brown and add fertilizer? Please help!

Pictures are worth 10,000 words but they sound like the ubiquitous pre-dead Procumbens Junipers sold in shopping centers and Malls nation wide, that look fine till you get them home then they turn brown and crispy. No Juniper can turn this quick if they were alive to begin with. Junipers have the trait of looking alive and healthy for months though they have been dead for a long time.

 

[jkd2572]

I have been watching a group of 10 mallsi with pebbles glued on the soil slowly dye over the last month or so at my Home Depot I go to weekly.

 

[713juggalo]

I have had these for over a year and a half.

 

[713juggalo]

two days ago there were super green. then i left them in the greenhouse for a day and a half. i have left them out in full sun many of times. lately they have been in partial shade. i thought greenhouses where good for plants.

 

[Dav4]

Pictures are worth 10,000 words but they sound like the ubiquitous pre-dead Procumbens Junipers sold in shopping centers and Malls nation wide, that look fine till you get them home then they turn brown and crispy. No Juniper can turn this quick if they were alive to begin with. Junipers have the trait of looking alive and healthy for months though they have been dead for a long time.

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I have had these for over a year and a half.

Brown, crispy foliage on a juniper is dead. If the entire tree is like this, it is dead. A juniper with mostly dull green or yellowing foliage is either sick or dead but doesn't know it yet. How hot did it get in your greenhouse...and why did you put them in there in the first place?

 

[713juggalo]

I wanted to keep them from summer thunder storms. Down here in Texas when it rains it comes down. Don't like them to get that much rain. Guess I learned my lesson.

 

[Paradox]

Are all those pictures from the same day? The ones where they look green are from before you put them in the greenhouse?

A greenhouse in Texas at this time of year is a death sentence for many plants. It is just too hot and these certainly look like they got fried.

The only thing you can do now is to keep them outside in an area with a little morning sun and shade the rest of the day. Water them only when they dry out and need it. If they arent dead, youll see green coming back in a month or two.

If your soil drains well and doesnt retain alot of water, they can be out in a downpour with no issues. My tress rutinely go throught a week of on and off rain in the spring with no problems.

If they dont make it, it is just the cost of learning how to take care of trees. Next time youll know better.

Good luck

 

[Kritz]

Hello

I can relate to above sequence I bought last year an amazing super green juniper tree- from a seller on Facebook , it came home and in a day turned light green.

I contacted the seller and he said it’s probably winter time and it’s hibernating, it’s normal until now that I had this juniper turn light brown and green.

and I was told to take off the brown bits and put it in sun- can someone please help me revive this plant, I don’t like killing plants and specially this one. If someone can tell me how to know and what to do with it

pictures below the super dark green is when it came home and the light versions with roots are new ones.

 

[Daluke]

Dead. Sorry bro

 

[Kritz]

Dead. Sorry bro

Thanks for the information

 

[RJG2]

Thanks for the information

@sorce, @HorseloverFat hidden first and second post, get em!

Definitely looks like it's on its way out.

When did you actually repot it (should be done in late winter/early spring)? Why did you choose potting soil instead of a more free draining inorganic mix (soil probably stayed too wet too long)? Did you keep it inside all year and winter (junipers need to stay outside year-round)?

^ some things to research for your next attempt!

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