Did the juniper already have a winter rest?

[Cable]

A juniper will adapt to cold if given time. Your southern USA raised tree would be fine next year in the garage, maybe buried and mulched in the ground next year. It takes between 2 and 3 months of steadily declining night temperatures to make the metabolic changes for winter hardiness. Higher sugars and more resins in sap, less water in cells, especially meristem cells, and so on. Take a Florida juniper and expose it suddenly to 22 F, -6 C, and you can kill it. This is why I recommend window sill for the remaining winter.

Came here to say that, Leo beat me to it. Same reason you can't take a full sun loving tree that has been indoors or growing in the shade and suddenly put it into full sun. It needs time to adjust.

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Bent some wire up in the old drain holes and pinched it around some.

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Give Tim Burton his cage back.

 

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I've been using mine to soak my concrete pots to get the pH down