Hi quys
I got my first bonsai yesterday .It was a beautiful and unexpected gift from my friends. But ,I have no experience with bonsai and I would be very grateful if you can help me with you advices on how to take proper care of this beautiful tree. I want to say that I do not have any history of the life of this plant because it was bought from Bunnings. Also ,I am not sure is it in good condition or not.The top of the plant is nice and green but underneath are lot of brown foliage.I am a little worried.
Thank you to all in advance
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I do not know how to add the photos, pls could you help me .Thanks a lot.
Hi Vesna, and welcome to Ausbonsai.
To add pictures scroll down to below where you write the message and click on Attachments and then on Add Files. It opens the window with your files and you then click on the files you want to attach and then click enter. Then, still down the bottom click on Place in line and the photo will be put where you left the cursor. It's best to keep the file size below 500 kb, bigger than that and they may not load. I've attached a pic of one of my Juniper squamata Prostrata.
Cheers, Frank
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Congratulations on becoming a bonsai grower. Also well done on asking for advice at the start. That should save some heartache.
First advice for juniper bonsai is that they need to live outside. Junipers rarely live very long indoors.
Water when it starts to get dry. Too wet all the time is not good. Too dry is not good. Feel the soil to gauge when it is starting to get dry. If it has stones glued on to of the soil pull those off so you can see and feel the soil and water properly. A good soak when it is needed is far better than little sprays that do not wet the soil properly.
Raging Bull wrote: ↑August 9th, 2020, 5:21 pm
Hi Vesna, and welcome to Ausbonsai.
To add pictures scroll down to below where you write the message and click on Attachments and then on Add Files. It opens the window with your files and you then click on the files you want to attach and then click enter. Then, still down the bottom click on Place in line and the photo will be put where you left the cursor. It's best to keep the file size below 500 kb, bigger than that and they may not load. I've attached a pic of one of my Juniper squamata Prostrata.
Cheers, Frank
Thank you Frank for the welcome and your help You have beautiful Juniper
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shibui wrote: ↑August 9th, 2020, 6:29 pm
Congratulations on becoming a bonsai grower. Also well done on asking for advice at the start. That should save some heartache.
First advice for juniper bonsai is that they need to live outside. Junipers rarely live very long indoors.
Water when it starts to get dry. Too wet all the time is not good. Too dry is not good. Feel the soil to gauge when it is starting to get dry. If it has stones glued on to of the soil pull those off so you can see and feel the soil and water properly. A good soak when it is needed is far better than little sprays that do not wet the soil properly.
Those 2 things are enough to start with.
Thank you shibui for all your tips I will apply all that tips.I am really happy to have found this forum and dedicated Bonsai lovers who want to help
I hope I found a good spot for my Juniper and hope it can provide full sun during day. Pls if you have some advice more tell me. Especially bcs the plant maybe is not in very good condition.Thanks a lot.
Your juniper looks healthy.
The brown needles are a natural part of juniper growth. Notice that all the dead needles are back on the oldest parts of the tree. Each needle only lives for about 2-3 years. When the needle is too old to work properly it dies and turns brown but in the meantime new ones have grown at the ends of the shoots so the tree should always have young, healthy leaves to catch sun to make food.
If you see brown needles on the ends of the branches where there should be fresh, healthy ones that is the time to worry.
At some stage your tree will need some pruning. Pruning stops the tree getting longer and longer and helps us keep our trees in shape.
Selective pruning can also thin out the dense foliage so that light can reach all parts. When the foliage gets too thick inside shoots and branches will die from lack of sun so selective pruning can help keep the whole tree healthy.
Bjorn’s beginner course on bonsai empire is also really worth the $30. It’ll save you $100s in dead trees. If you are going to expand your collection please support dedicated bonsai nurseries like Neil’s (shibui). Don’t go to regular nurseries or bunnings. Bonsai-U by Eisei-En just did a video on YouTube on bonsai terminology and it might help you start off and get excited to do more bonsai.
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