What is happening to my bonsai

Snowkatt57

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Hi.
Hope someone can help. I bought this bonsai a month ago and it did have some brown leaves but they seem to be spreading.
I live in the Costa Blanca area of Spain and I put it in a new pot as it was in a small plastic pot. I mostly used the existing soil and literally just swooped it over.
 

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TN_Jim

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I am keeping it on the balcony outside. Is there anything I can do to save it

details, Snowkatt, the nitty gritty...

hrs of direct sun?
kph of nonstop direct wind?
what direction balcony faces?
cold there?
how long in that soil/since repot? -that
soil....looks too organic/wet?
why is water wet?
how much of the roots you removed?
 
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Sifu

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I am keeping it on the balcony outside. Is there anything I can do to save it
Maybe you can try with hard pruning: cut back dead or dying branches (the ones with brown needles) and then hope for the best.
You can also do a quick "check up": take a knife (you can do it with your nails instead) and gently scratch over the bark on the trunk or/and random branches (don't cut into it too deep, just scratch over the surface): if you see a fresh green color that part of branch is still alive (for now) if not, remove it, it is dead.
 
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Nothing to be done here except recycle the pot... sorry. Once juniper foliage turns this color, there's no going back.

Fwiw, the soil in the pot looks like straight potting soil... a big no no for bonsai in general but conifers like junipers in particular.
 

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details, Snowkatt, the nitty gritty...

hrs of direct sun?
2 to 4
kph of nonstop direct wind?
Zero as in a sheltered corner
what direction balcony faces?
South
cold there?
15 - 20° daytime and about 12° night
how long in that soil/since repot? -that
soil....looks too organic/wet?
Soil was quite dry. About 3 weeks
why is water wet?
how much of the roots you removed?
NONE
 
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