Yeah, these trees pop up all over the place. I've never actually seen them in a grocery store until this past year. I plan to keep updating on my progress, whether successful or not. After two weeks it's looking good and appears to be growing.
nice info and video. I enjoyed it. I have a juniper bonsai kit coming from a nursery next week in the mail. They are sending a bonsai pot with it. But, I am not sure. It is a 1-2 year old juniper. and I would like to have it develop more. What would be the best pot and soil for it for development?
Exciting, glad you're getting into bonsai! If you want your juniper to develop more, then I recommend keeping it in a larger pot (it could be a larger bonsai pot), or even in the ground. That will give you faster growth than putting it in a small bonsai pot. The general rule is: once the trunk is the size or at least nearly the size you want, move it to a bonsai pot. You can of course still develop a tree in a bonsai pot, it will just take longer. I kind of go somewhere in the middle with many of my trees - I keep them in slightly oversized bonsai pots.
I did buy one of these...and it's dieing. It started with a brown spot on the top in the middle and has spread across most of the plant now. I have no clue what I did to it. The green is a pale green. I bought mine from Bonsaify, not a grocery store or nursery. Maybe I put it into direct sun too soon. Most of my other trees are all in shade now. My weeping willow and Chinese Elm are the only ones doing well in full sun. Everything else is in varying degrees of shade. I also bought 3 white pine seedlings that don't seem to be doing well. The needles are mostly all brown, but when I do a little scratch test on the trunk, they are still green. So I am leaving them for now in hopes that I will see a bud some day.
Well shoot, I'm sorry to hear your juniper is dying. But good to hear you're having success with the elm and willow. For that reason I do agree with the advice that one hears a lot: get several trees. Chances are you'll have at least a few that do well, even if you have a few that don't. I have a few ailing trees right now, but quite a few that are doing well, so I feel successful. As for why your juniper is dying, it's hard to tell, it could be any number of things. I've had a good experience with bonsaify, a much better source than a grocery store, so I think you made a good choice for getting material. Although I guess I was able to avoid the stress that comes with mailing a live plant and a sudden change of climate. When I do get plants via mail, I also usually keep them in shade for awhile as well, a change of climate has got to be stressful on them. White Pine can be a tough species as well, to my understanding, especially if it's not well suited to your climate, so I wouldn't feel bad if it's not working for you. There's a lot more species to try.
@@BonsaiNorthwest Thank you so much for your reply. I do not blame Bonsaify at all. This tree was beautiful when it arrived. I think my ignorance is why it is suffering right now. I put it into bright sun way too soon. Thanks again!
I thought junipers were supposed to be pretty resilient? I have several that I have outside in full sun mostly, they are in small bonsai pots in bonsai soil, are mostly a pale ish green some parts very green not sure if it’s just new foliage vs older. Younger 3-7 years all of them but appear to be doing well have had them for 2.5 months came from nurseries
Junipers are definitely resilient and are a good beginner species. But a lot of these premade "mallsai" like this juniper that I bought from the grocery store die, I think because they might not have been given great aftercare after being styled and are therefore weak at the time of purchase (my theory). Your approach, buying junipers from garden centers, is what I recommend. Your junipers were likely healthy and vigorous at the time of purchase. It sounds like your trees are healthy - the color of new growth is usually (always?) different on conifers. And if you have a growing conifer you likely have a happy conifer. Thanks for watching and your comment. I hope your junipers keep thriving.
I look forward to seeing how that juniper does for u 👍 wouldn't have thought of seeing something like that at the grocery store
Yeah, these trees pop up all over the place. I've never actually seen them in a grocery store until this past year. I plan to keep updating on my progress, whether successful or not. After two weeks it's looking good and appears to be growing.
nice info and video. I enjoyed it. I have a juniper bonsai kit coming from a nursery next week in the mail. They are sending a bonsai pot with it. But, I am not sure. It is a 1-2 year old juniper. and I would like to have it develop more. What would be the best pot and soil for it for development?
Exciting, glad you're getting into bonsai! If you want your juniper to develop more, then I recommend keeping it in a larger pot (it could be a larger bonsai pot), or even in the ground. That will give you faster growth than putting it in a small bonsai pot. The general rule is: once the trunk is the size or at least nearly the size you want, move it to a bonsai pot.
You can of course still develop a tree in a bonsai pot, it will just take longer. I kind of go somewhere in the middle with many of my trees - I keep them in slightly oversized bonsai pots.
I did buy one of these...and it's dieing. It started with a brown spot on the top in the middle and has spread across most of the plant now. I have no clue what I did to it. The green is a pale green. I bought mine from Bonsaify, not a grocery store or nursery. Maybe I put it into direct sun too soon. Most of my other trees are all in shade now. My weeping willow and Chinese Elm are the only ones doing well in full sun. Everything else is in varying degrees of shade. I also bought 3 white pine seedlings that don't seem to be doing well. The needles are mostly all brown, but when I do a little scratch test on the trunk, they are still green. So I am leaving them for now in hopes that I will see a bud some day.
Well shoot, I'm sorry to hear your juniper is dying. But good to hear you're having success with the elm and willow. For that reason I do agree with the advice that one hears a lot: get several trees. Chances are you'll have at least a few that do well, even if you have a few that don't. I have a few ailing trees right now, but quite a few that are doing well, so I feel successful.
As for why your juniper is dying, it's hard to tell, it could be any number of things. I've had a good experience with bonsaify, a much better source than a grocery store, so I think you made a good choice for getting material. Although I guess I was able to avoid the stress that comes with mailing a live plant and a sudden change of climate. When I do get plants via mail, I also usually keep them in shade for awhile as well, a change of climate has got to be stressful on them.
White Pine can be a tough species as well, to my understanding, especially if it's not well suited to your climate, so I wouldn't feel bad if it's not working for you. There's a lot more species to try.
@@BonsaiNorthwest Thank you so much for your reply. I do not blame Bonsaify at all. This tree was beautiful when it arrived. I think my ignorance is why it is suffering right now. I put it into bright sun way too soon. Thanks again!
I thought junipers were supposed to be pretty resilient? I have several that I have outside in full sun mostly, they are in small bonsai pots in bonsai soil, are mostly a pale ish green some parts very green not sure if it’s just new foliage vs older. Younger 3-7 years all of them but appear to be doing well have had them for 2.5 months came from nurseries
Junipers are definitely resilient and are a good beginner species. But a lot of these premade "mallsai" like this juniper that I bought from the grocery store die, I think because they might not have been given great aftercare after being styled and are therefore weak at the time of purchase (my theory).
Your approach, buying junipers from garden centers, is what I recommend. Your junipers were likely healthy and vigorous at the time of purchase. It sounds like your trees are healthy - the color of new growth is usually (always?) different on conifers. And if you have a growing conifer you likely have a happy conifer.
Thanks for watching and your comment. I hope your junipers keep thriving.